Quoting Fabian Greffrath (2014-01-20 09:43:49) > Am Freitag, den 17.01.2014, 16:40 +0100 schrieb Helge Deller: >> Package x264 has a circular build-dependency with libav >> (libavformat-dev). >> I mean, the libav package build-depends on x264, and vice versa. >> This prevented building x264 and libav on a new debian platform. >> I fixed it manually for the hppa platform, but nevertheless, I think >> this should be fixed. > > This is already known and documented in libav's README.source. > However, as long as we don't have staged Build-Depends or > Build-Recommends in Debian, we see little chance to fix this. :/
Progress on implementing such staged builds is tracked here: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec I believe the "Build-Profiles" approach is the most realistic approach to implement (and can even be applied already now - Wookie probably knows best so ask him if interested in helping test it). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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