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| author |  Stefano Pigozzi <stefano.pigozzi@gmail.com> | 2013-09-14 09:55:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefano Pigozzi <stefano.pigozzi@gmail.com> | 2013-09-14 10:00:59 +0200 |
| commit | 61790c98e8ade47e4b6e5362a3d1dde94afe10fe (patch) | |
| tree | b97e007d9432bd938615ef078fc0e1911dcaa25c | |
| parent | 438f9e585df00b3dd1d55a611120b506a1757687 (diff) | |
README: add clarification about --enable
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -47,18 +47,22 @@ If you are running Mac OSX and using homebrew we provide [homebrew-mpv][homebrew to date formula that compiles mpv with sensible dependencies and defaults for OSX. -configure --enable-* parameters -------------------------------- +### configure `--enable-*` parameters -The --enable-* parameters unconditionally force options on, completely +The `--enable-*` parameters unconditionally force options on, completely skipping autodetection. This behavior is unlike what you may be used to from autoconf-based configure scripts that can decide to override you. This greater level of control comes at a price. You may have to provide the correct compiler and linker flags yourself. + If you used one of these options and experience a compilation or linking failure, make sure you have passed the necessary compiler/linker flags to configure. +mpv's configure script is greedy and automatically enables features as a result +of autodetection. The cases where you may want to use `--enable-*` are very +limited. + Bug reports ----------- |