[FFmpeg-trac] #4197(build system:new): libspeex detection is broken on systems without pkg-config

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#4197: libspeex detection is broken on systems without pkg-config
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             Reporter:  cehoyos      |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect       |                   Status:  new
             Priority:  important    |                Component:  build
              Version:  git-master   |  system
             Keywords:  libspeex     |               Resolution:
  regression                         |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Comment (by Cigaes):

 Replying to [comment:3 cehoyos]:
 > This is a (very) bad regression and we should do the same as for x264.

 I strongly object to that. It makes the build system slower and harder to
 maintain for no benefit.

 > Several operating systems don't install pkg-config by default.

 Several operating systems don't install a C compiler by default. And most
 operating systems do not install the development files for the libraries
 by default.

 If people need pkg-config, they install it, just as the libraries they
 want and yasm and texi2html and...

 > Additionally, I believe it is very useful to link an external library
 without installing it first.

 Please share the basis for that belief.

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