[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 1/1] vlc: New package

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On Monday 12 March 2012 20:15:15 Ismael Luceno wrote:
> >  Why do the normal configure commands not work?
> > 
> >  The revision.txt could be done in POST_PATCH_HOOKS.
> > 
> >  The bootstrap can be done in PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS.  However, isn't vlc
> > distributed with a configure script?  So the bootstrap will never be
> > executed, right?
> 
> It's for scm versions, which I use from time to time. It doesn't hurt
> to have, that's why I left it.

 It seems a bit overkill to override the configure commands for these
rare occasions.

 Anyway, if you use a n SCM (or any other) version from time to time,
it's probably better to use the _OVERRIDE_SRCDIR infrastructure.  And
then you can run the bootstrap in your local checkout.

 Regards,
 Arnout

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