[Ffmpeg-devel] build systems

[matthieu castet]

Michel Bardiaux wrote:
> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> 
>> Michel Bardiaux said:
>>
>>> Attila Kinali wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:14:03 +0200
>>>> Sam Hocevar <sam at zoy.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>> >
>>>
>>>> And last but not least, what are the major features taht
>>>> someone would need from such a configure system ?
>>>> Resp. why is auto* so bad?
>>>>
>>>>             Attila Kinali
>>>>
>>>
>>> *My* pet peeve with autotools is that if you want to work on some
>>> project with its current CVS, you *must* have the autotools at the same
>>> version as the rest of the developpers. That usually means a *very*
>>> recent one. And that is usually incompatible with your distro.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gentoo installs lots of different versions, including very recent 
>> ones, and
>> uses a wrapper to figure out which version is expected.  If the detection
>> fails, you can always call the proper version directly.
>>
> Cool. But debian is mandated here...
> 
IIRC on debian, you could install all versions and use 
update-alternative to choose the default one.