Commit 193af819 authored by Rémi Denis-Courmont's avatar Rémi Denis-Courmont

contrib: documentation update

parent d95361b0
...@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ should be listed in the PKGS special variable. See some examples: ...@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ should be listed in the PKGS special variable. See some examples:
PKGS += x264 PKGS += x264
endif endif
If a package is a dependency of another package, but it is not a
direct dependency of VLC, then it should NOT be added to PKGS. The
build system will automatically build it via dependencies (see below).
Some packages may be provided by the target system. This is especially Some packages may be provided by the target system. This is especially
common when building natively on Linux or BSD. When this situation is common when building natively on Linux or BSD. When this situation is
detected, the package name should be added to the PKGS_FOUND special detected, the package name should be added to the PKGS_FOUND special
...@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ variable. The build system will then skip building this package: ...@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ variable. The build system will then skip building this package:
endif endif
Note: The need_pkg function always return 1 during cross-compilation. Note: The need_pkg function always return 1 during cross-compilation.
This is a bug. This is a known bug.
Dependencies Dependencies
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