Bug#504220: Missing dependencies

[Sebastian Dröge]

Am Montag, den 03.11.2008, 09:14 +0100 schrieb Reinhard Tartler:
> Sebastian Dröge <slomo at circular-chaos.org> writes:
> 
> > Even if this is a dupe of #475031 ffmpeg should be fixed as it currently
> > breaks packages depending on it (gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg FTBFS because the
> > pkg-config check for libavcodec fails because libtheora is not pulled in
> > by libavcodec-dev).
> 
> Some ways this bug could be fixed of the top of my head:
> 
>  - adding hardcoded dependencies to libav{codec,format}-dev
>  - adding calculated dependencies via some substvars mechanism
>  - adding hardcoded dependencies to gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
>  - not using pkg-config in gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg in the first place
> 
> You suggest using option 1. TBH, I don't think this is the best
> technical solution, but rather an ugly workaround. Depending on Tollef's
> answer, I'd suggest implementing 2. or even better, fix pkg-config to
> avoid the issue in the fist place.

1. is what thousands of other packages are currently doing but if you
don't want a fast solution for now until the "perfect" solution is found
I'll simply add those dependencies to gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg for now.
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