[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] Revert "configure: ask vdpau.pc for the default location of the vdpau drivers"

[Ilia Mirkin]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/09/14 20:08, Emil Velikov wrote:
>> On 28/09/14 19:04, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>>> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>>> This, however, has nothing to do with mesa. When I set --prefix,
>>> that's saying "hey, install here". Not "hey, install here for most
>>> things, but actually overwrite my system install for other things".
>>>
>> The point is if we are to revert this, we have to nuke the equivalent
>> omx and va ones. Afaics there is no middle ground - either we keep the
>> commit or add some default and hope that distros and anyone building
>> mesa will bother correcting their config. Are you volunteering to hold
>> everyone's hand during the transition ?
>>
> Had this idea, but I'm not too trilled about it:
> Default = blank, and error out if the user did not set it. The error
> message will state how to get it of course :)
> This approach is not ideal but in a way it covers the "all must adhere
> prefix" and prevents the case of xx reports on the topic "vdpau/omx is
> broken".
>
> Thoughts ?

What was wrong with the thing we did before that worked fine for
everyone in all cases? Use ${prefix}/lib/vdpau, allow people to
override if they want something funky?

  -ilia