[Buildroot] SDL directfb dependence [was: Re: svn commit: trunk/buildroot/package/sdl]

[Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:55:57AM +0200, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
>>> The SDL compile failed since "directfb.h" could not be found
>>> so I made the assumption, that it was neccessary.
>>> Maybe I was wrong, but if it is not required, why the error message?
>>>
>>>
>>> > If you want directfb and directfb-support, the you should select it
>>> > manually, no?
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> Ulf Samuelsson
>>>
>
>> DirectFB is not required.
>> SDL only needs the directfb.h header to build, in case directfb might be
>> invoked later at run time.
>> directfb is not used by default by SDL
>> 
>> 
>> -Rex
>> 
>
>OK, so we need to download the DirectFB and install its headers.
>SDL won't build in buildroot, unless we do.

Can you check if a
ifndef ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB),y)
	$(SED) "/directfb.h>/d" all/odd/files/*
endif

in the configure stage bypasses this odd dependency?
I.e. if we (or rather the SDL folks) don't need some structs from
directfb then we can wipe the header just fine.

Apart from that, isn't there a --disable-directfb or something like
that in SDL?
/me pets GGI