ffmpeg-debian debug packages, -fpic, unstripped libraries

[Loïc Minier]

On Sun, May 10, 2009, Andres Mejia wrote:
> Currently the debugging symbols for all ffmpeg packages are in a single package, 
> ffmpeg-dbg. I think this should be split for each library and binaries, i.e. 
> 'libavcodec52-dbg', 'libavformat52-dbg', etc. I can of course make the changes, 
> but it will require ffmpeg-debian to enter NEW again. What do you think?

 I disagree; -dbg packages are a pollution in the list of packages
 (which grows larger and larger) and I don't think it's an issue when
 they are very large as they are only used for debug.

> Also, I've been working on getting ffmpeg to build with '-fPIC -DPIC' enabled. I 
> have a patch ready and I'm testing it right now. I'll push the changes in a 
> moment.

 What are you trying to fix?  -fPIC -DPIC should be set automatically on
 platforms which require it (e.g. x86_64) and is allowed on i386 for
 performance reasons; I wouldn't want to change that unless there's a
 good rationale for it.

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Loïc Minier