[vlc-devel] [vlc-commits] configure: Prepend contrib -L arguments

[Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017, at 05:03 PM, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le maanantaina 18. syyskuuta 2017, 8.27.10 EEST Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen a
> écrit :
> > vlc | branch: master | Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen <hugo at beauzee.fr> | Mon Sep 18
> > 09:19:20 2017 +0200| [166defa9b2be15b209b6738353cf02edecd76c8c] |
> > committer: Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen
> > 
> > configure: Prepend contrib -L arguments
> > 
> > Appending them would cause the system libraries to be used over our
> > contrib versions
> 
> Sorry but this is total BS. The system libraries are included implicitly,
> and 
> the only way to remove them is via some special removal flags.
> 

Sorry then, my wording was wrong. What I was referring to is "libraries
installed system wide", or with a more specific example, a system
provided (old) zlib that was used instead of our contribs version, on
macOS and iOS for instance.

> As with contribs, putting external flags before automatically detected
> one is 
> a feature - which you just broke. Please revert.

I fail to understand this part.

-- 
  Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen
  hugo at beauzee.fr