[Use libavcodec for mythtv compilation as it is - part of ffmpeg]

[private@…]

The compilation of mythtv 0.22 fails on Gentoo since the PIC register (ebx) collides in with the assembler code in cabac.h of libavcodec (ffmpeg) included in the mythtv libs directory. A USE-flag specific compilation of ffmpeg succeeds perfectly. QT specific options for qmake imply the pic switch for the GNU compiler, which leads to compilation errors on some 32 bit machines. A non preferable hacking solution would be a an adaption to the build process in order to avoid this previously described constellation.

What I consider as a real improvement on the other side is a reference to all corresponding headers of other projects and not the inclusion within the own development directory structure. In this way a more modular design could be achieved. This implies an easier dependency resolution and the assignment of package specific feature inclusion like implemented by Gentoo with their USE-flags.

[stuartm]

No ... no, no no