[vlc-devel] [PATCH] contribs: ffmpeg: subst path separators

[Filip Roséen]

Hi Rémi and Francois,

On 2017-02-20 18:30, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:

> Le maanantaina 20. helmikuuta 2017, 14.23.53 EET Francois Cartegnie a écrit :
> > allows using a non ffmpeg HEAD reference
> 
> I have no clue what that is supposed to mean.

My guess is that Francois would like to be able to specify
`FFMPEG_HASH=` as (example) *"refs/heads/release/12"* without running
into issues because of the slashes (and potential dots).

I would however propose renaming `FFMPEG_HASH` to `FFMPEG_HEAD`, as
the latter is a more accurate name given the accepted contents.

Currently `FFMPEG_HASH` of course accepts any *hash* (including
*"HEAD"*) since such does not include the previously mentioned
characters.
 
> Surely the current code handles references other than "HEAD".

There is however a problem with the patch, and given that I just
noticed that it got pushed I will reply to the relevant commit instead
of outlining it here.

Not tested as I am on a very slow connection and don't feel like
emulating the retrieval, but `contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak:219` (post
patch) uses `FFMPEG_HASH` instead of `FFMPEG_BASENAME`.

Best Regards,\
Filip Roséen

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