While we're on the topic of adjusting the Makefile.. I propose the following change to install-plugins: old: @cp --remove-destination $(PLUGINDIR)/lib/lib*-*.so.$(APIVERSION) $(PLUGINLIBDIR) new: @cp --remove-destination $(PLUGINDIR)/lib/*.$(APIVERSION) $(PLUGINLIBDIR) The difference is copying *.$(APIVERSION) rather then lib*-*.so.$(APIVERSION). The reason is because not all plugins use the same naming (softdevice for example) and this minor adjustment would eliminate the need to edit the Makefile for this with every new version of vdr, or having to manually copy them to the install dir. Also I see no reason against it since we keep the APIVERSION. And also the following change to clean-plugins: old: @-rm -f $(PLUGINDIR)/lib/lib*-*.so.$(APIVERSION) new: @-rm -f $(PLUGINDIR)/lib/*.$(APIVERSION) @-rm -f $(PLUGINLIBDIR)/*.$(APIVERSION) Again using *.$(APIVERSION) instead of lib*-*.so.$(APIVERSION), and also if we're going to clean plugins from the source dir, it seems fitting to clean the installed ones as well since it's the expect behavior from most users I've observed. These two minor changes resolve problems that are experienced by many users. Those problems being vdr not running because of missing plugin binaries because not all of them were copied during install-plugins (the inquiries about this are endless). And users having a ton of old plugin binaries left in their install dir even after 'cleaning'. Sure the authors of plugins, if they can be contacted, can be hassled to change the file naming, and people can be taught to manually remove plugin binaries...but why not just make a couple small changes to the system that eliminates the problem? Seems like win-win to me. Other opinions are welcome. Thanks! _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
