On Sunday 12 Apr 2015 20:48:29 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:30:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > > > grep libav /usr/portage/profiles/base/make.defaults
> > > 
> > > # Move the current Gentoo preference (libav over ffmpeg)
> > > USE="${USE} libav"
> > > 
> > > If you want to use ffmpeg instead of libav, "It should be noted that
> > > the users still need to enable USE=ffmpeg on packages with optional
> > > libav support as well. Users who want to use ffmpeg instead need to
> > > specify USE=-libav in make.conf explicitly."
> > > 
> > > Otherwise, set USE=-ffmpeg in /etc/portage/make.conf to stick with
> > > libav.
> > 
> > This last part is wrong. The libav USE flag controls the choice between
> > ffmpeg or libav. The ffmpeg flag controls whether packages get built with
> > support for whichever of the choices is set by the libav flag, so you
> > still need the ffmpeg flag to include option libav/ffmpeg support.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Neil Bothwick
> > 
> > BING But It's Not Google
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out. My mistake. Apologies for that.

What I wasn't sure is if ffmpeg will be removed in the future and gentoo will 
end up following debian, et al.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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