Bug#768808: libvlccore-dev: Missing vlc_interface.h

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: tags -1 + upstream

On 2014-11-09 08:05:47, Maxim Biro wrote:
> Package: libvlccore-dev
> Version: 2.2.0~pre4-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I have a plugin that uses pl_Get function of vlc. In 2.1 versions this function
> was declared in vlc_playlist.h header file, but in 2.2 it was moved to
> vlc_interface.h, which is not present in this package. Because of that I'm
> unable to build my plugin.
> I would like to have vlc_interface.h and other missing headers, if there are
> any, to be included in the package.
> 
> Interestingly, vlc_interface.h is also missing in the 2.1 version of this
> package in Wheezy, while it is present in vlc 2.1 source tree. Is there some
> reason why this header file is not included in the package?

The reason is that vlc_interface.h is listed in noinst_HEADERS and thus
the build system does not install them. I don't think that it would be a
good idea to install a header file in the Debian package that is not
installed by the build system. So please talk with the vlc developers
about this.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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