[Ffmpeg-devel] BUG: Unable to compile ffmpeg from svn

Víctor Paesa wzrlpy
Thu Dec 7 01:49:26 CET 2006


Hi,
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:00:05PM -0000, M??ns Rullg??rd wrote:
>
>>> If the check fails, it's because some feature the script requires
>>> is not supported by your shell.
>>>
>>> DO NOT DISABLE THE SHELL TEST.  IT'S THERE FOR A REASON.
>>
>> we should change the error message to be more clear then, something
>> like
>>
>> no POSIX compatible shell found THIS IS NOT A BUG IN FFMPEG, DO NOT
>> REPORT IT ON ANY FFMPEG RELATED PLACE instead install a working POSIX
>> compatible shell, also DO NOT disable this test in configure it will
>> create broken ffmpeg and you will be flamed to death if you report
>> the resulting issues as bugs
>
> Edited for capitalization/punctuation, with a couple of editorial
> rephrasings to taste:
>
> No POSIX-compatible shell found. Configuration cannot proceed.
> THIS IS NOT A BUG IN FFMPEG. DO NOT REPORT IT IN ANY FFMPEG-RELATED
> PLACE. Inatead, install a working POSIX-compatible shell.
         ^^^^^^^
It sounds a quite creative expression :)

> Do not disable this test in configure; it will create a broken FFmpeg.
> Do not report that brokenness as a bug; it will get you flamed to death
> and back.
>
> (In case it wasn't clear: I think a message like this is a good idea.)
>
> (I had a hard time resisting several more creative expressions in that
> last line, but discretion did win out in the end.)

Regards,
V?ctor




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