[MPlayer-users] Compiling MPlayer for a package

[Dominik Mierzejewski]

On Wednesday, 19 June 2002, Creep wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 
> 
> Hello. 
> 
> I usually install apps using the package system, but making them
> on my own. Usually this is not a problem, because some of 
> DESTDIR=/tmp/pkg make install
> make prefix=/tmp/pkg install
> or prefix modifications in Makefiles work.
> 
> But not with MPlayer. not only the first too are ignored,
> but when i change Makefile it recompiles.
> I thought i do make clean && make again to reinstall. 
> But wow. MPlayer does this for me.
> Maybe i should preserve mtime but this really isn't how this
> should work. 

See my source RPM package for patches that fix this.

Maybe I'll post them to -dev-eng for inclusion into mainstream source. 

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Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <rathann(at)rangers.eu.org>