[vlc] VLC installation under sid impossible

[Rafaël Carré]

Le Mon, 5 Nov 2007 01:51:47 +0100 (CET),
<mouille at freesurf.fr> a écrit :

> Hello,
> 
> Installing VLC under SID 2007:02 was made without any problem.
> 
> But when we passed to sid 2007:03, the 2 packages : libcdio6 and
> libiso9660-4 which vlc depends on became virtual after changing of
> version : . libcdio6 became libcdio7
> . libiso9660-4 became libiso9660-5
> 
> As the last VLC version still depends on the respective versions 6
> and 4, it's  not possible to install it by the binary packages.
> Perhaps by the source, but I think it's a little bit risky to make
> symbolic links on different versions of the librairies, to trick the
> configure script.
> 
> I tried to send an e-mail to somebody of the Videolan's and/or Sid's
> staff. It's impossible to join them directly.
> 
> So, if someone has got an idea, he/she will be welcome.
> 
> Thank's for read.
> 
> JPM

You can still run apt-get source vlc
then change debian/control to modify the libraries dependances
and finally run "dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot" to rebuild the
vlc package.

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