Ubuntu
audacity package

  1. Bug #602934
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 602934

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In , Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :

> I assume your patch attached to bug 233 will not
> address that if you do not set USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG.

The patch should work with newer FFmpeg version regardless if USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG
is set or not.

> What happens in your bug 233 patch if user uninstalls Ubuntu's FFmpeg

Nothing if Audacity was compiled without setting USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG. Audacity
would crash on startup if the is no other FFmpeg version installed which is
binary compatible if Audacity was compiled with USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG.

When the audacity Ubuntu package is compiled with USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG, it will
depend on the FFmpeg packages. If you uninstalls Ubuntu's FFmpeg, it will
uninstall audacity too.

> or otherwise sets SVN FFmpeg as the system FFmpeg,

How do I do that? Compile with ./configure --prefix=/usr?

> then sets USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG? Is there some way you can test such
> a scenario? If FFmpeg files are not recognised in that case then it seems we
> need a new bug for that.

Do you want me to install SVN FFmpeg and then compile Audacity with
USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG against it?