[vdr] Re: vdr / vdr plugins - make process

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

Am Sonntag, 10. August 2003 00:04 schrieb Oliver Endriss:
> On Saturday 09 August 2003 20:58, Steffen Barszus wrote:
> > Hi !
> >
> > Two things i discovered today, while trying to package a vdr plugin :)
> >
> > 1)
> > Some Plugins don't make use of Make.config, From what I have looked at,
> > this is f.i.: vcd, remote, games . There may be more, but I have not all
> > plugins on my hd ;).
>
> ad remote plugin:
> IIRC, I created the Makefile around vdr-1.1.13.
> Maybe it's time for an update. ;-)
> Unfortunately we might loose backward compatibility with older vdr
> releases if we modify the makefiles. That's why I never changed it.
> Anyway, I'll update the Makefile if required.
>

No we wouldn't, if there is no Make.config it is basically the same as now. 
Nothing will change compared to before. 

> > 2)
> > The target libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so contains a cp of the plugin to the
> > destination. This should go to the target install and for getting the old
> > behaviour back extend the vdr Makefile accordingly (that make plugins
> > does the same as now). I will provide a patch for newplugin and Makefile
> > if wished, But before patching the Makefile of vdr all plugins should now
> > the target install ;). A seperate make install is cleaner, since someone
> > wants to compile as user and to install something you have to be root.
> >
> > Can this things be changed ?
>
> IMHO these changes will break all current plugins, so all plugins must
> be updated. This will cause a lot of trouble...

Yep I don't see a smart way for migration for that either. But it isn't that 
important at all. Just wanted to report my issues, so it can maybe taken in 
account in future. 

Regards

Steffen


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