Re: [PATCH v4l-utils] configure.ac: drop --disable-libv4l, disable plugin support instead

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Hello,

On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:06:13 +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 08/21/17 23:02, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > In commit 2e604dfbcd09b93f0808cedb2a0b324c5569a599 ("configure.ac: add
> > --disable-libv4l option"), an option --disable-libv4l was added. As
> > part of this, libv4l is no longer built at all in static linking
> > configurations, just because libv4l uses dlopen() for plugin support.
> > 
> > However, plugin support is only a side feature of libv4l, and one may
> > need to use libv4l in static configurations, just without plugin
> > support.
> > 
> > Therefore, this commit:
> > 
> >  - Essentially reverts 2e604dfbcd09b93f0808cedb2a0b324c5569a599, so
> >    that libv4l can be built in static linking configurations again.
> > 
> >  - Adjusts the compilation of libv4l2 so that the plugin support is
> >    not compiled in when dlopen() in static linking configuration
> >    (dlopen is not available).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > NOTE: this was only build-time tested, not runtime tested.  
> 
> Hugues, can you test this to make sure this still does what you need?
> 
> It looks good to me, but I'd like to make sure it works for you as well
> before committing this.

Thanks for your feedback. Unfortunately, Hugues has not answered. What
can we do ?

Thanks,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com



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