[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] INSTALL: explain the circular dependency issue and solution

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sat, Nov 02, 2024 at 02:45:39PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> On 11/2/2024 2:24 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> > ---
> >   INSTALL.md | 8 ++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
> > index 3b220bc6ff2..4398ca12fa1 100644
> > --- a/INSTALL.md
> > +++ b/INSTALL.md
> > @@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ NOTICE
> >   ------
> >    - Non system dependencies (e.g. libx264, libvpx) are disabled by default.
> > +
> > +NOTICE for Package Maintainers
> > +------------------------------
> > +
> > + - It is recommanded to build FFmpeg twice, first with minimal external depandancies so
> 
> Recommended, dependencies (this one repeated below).
> 
> > +   that 3rd party packages, which depend on FFmpegs libavutil/libavfilter/libavcodec/libavformat
> > +   can then be build. And last build FFmpeg with full depandancies (which may in turn depen on
> 
> "be built", depend.
> 
> > +   some of these 3rd party packages). This avoids circular depandancies during build.
> 
> LGTM otherwise.

will apply

thx

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