[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] INSTALL: explain the circular dependency issue and solution

[James Almer]

On 11/2/2024 2:24 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> ---
>   INSTALL.md | 8 ++++++++
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
> index 3b220bc6ff2..4398ca12fa1 100644
> --- a/INSTALL.md
> +++ b/INSTALL.md
> @@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ NOTICE
>   ------
>   
>    - Non system dependencies (e.g. libx264, libvpx) are disabled by default.
> +
> +NOTICE for Package Maintainers
> +------------------------------
> +
> + - It is recommanded to build FFmpeg twice, first with minimal external depandancies so

Recommended, dependencies (this one repeated below).

> +   that 3rd party packages, which depend on FFmpegs libavutil/libavfilter/libavcodec/libavformat
> +   can then be build. And last build FFmpeg with full depandancies (which may in turn depen on

"be built", depend.

> +   some of these 3rd party packages). This avoids circular depandancies during build.

LGTM otherwise.

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