Linux version of PMS with statically linked ffmpeg/mencoder

[chocolateboy]

Fix for 0.9.6: Fontconfig depends on FreeType:

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build_freetype
build_fontconfig


[langerak]

On the builds by PMS itself as we are testing now, what is the procedure for building?

I run a 64-bit OS with 8 Gb RAM, when using 32-bit tools, I am not able to use this to the fullest. Would it be wise to build 2 generic versions, for 32- and 64-bit on the X86(_64) platform?

[happy.neko]

The build process is good enough for the maintainers, but for me as a poweruser, I would like to build this stuff myself, maybe you want to create a userscript with the generic and native options applied to them . I never tend to download prebuild versions if I can build it myself and setting it up for my usage .

I think "march" can be set as user-defined variable like "mtune". That way it will be possible to easy tune optimization options without script modification if needed.

Have you looked into this as well:
I've also received an error about autoconf, the script does not check if this is installed, fixed by issuing:

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apt-get install autoconf automake

On line 1262 there is:

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$GPP -shared -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc -o ./../libmediainfo.so ./*.o  -Wl,--whole-archive -L./ -lzen -Wl,--no-whole-archive

That results in an error stating that you want to create a shared library with static options, I managed to get the compile further by changing it into:

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$GPP -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc -o ./../libmediainfo.so ./*.o  -Wl,--whole-archive -L./ -lzen -Wl,--no-whole-archive

Checks for autoconf/automake are now in place. As for libmediainfo problem you can compile shared library like this. Change in build_libmediainfo()

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./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-staticlibs --prefix=$TARGET

to

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./configure --enable-shared --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$TARGET

and in build_ps3mediaserver() change

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    set_flags
    mkdir tmp-libmediainfo
    cd tmp-libmediainfo
    cp $TARGET/lib/libmediainfo.a .
    ar x libmediainfo.a
    rm libmediainfo.a
    $GPP -shared -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc -o ./../libmediainfo.so ./*.o  -Wl,--whole-archive -L./ -lzen -Wl,--no-whole-archive
    exit_on_error
    cd ..
    rm -rf ./tmp-libmediainfo

to

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cp $TARGET/lib/libmediainfo.so .

[happy.neko]

Fix for 0.9.6: Fontconfig depends on FreeType:

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build_freetype
build_fontconfig


thanks

[langerak]

Sorry to be picky, but can you update this in your script? Then I'll give it another run for you .

[happy.neko]

Actually this is how it was in the beginning. The problem is that resulting libmediainfo.so links to a shared version of libstdc++ and libgcc. I need to find better solution.

[langerak]

If that file always has the same name, should that really be a problem? If you make dependencies for software on this particular piece, that shouldn't be a problem I guess? Or am I misreading it?

[happy.neko]

It may be a problem if you copy resulting library to system with other version of libstdc++.

[langerak]

Would it be possible to build that library static as well or is that a no-go? I assume not as this is part of gcc and would require a custom build of gcc.

EDIT:
Found this (rather old) article:
http://www.trilithium.com/johan/2005/06/static-libstdc/

[chocolateboy]

The problem is that resulting libmediainfo.so links to a shared version of libstdc++ and libgcc. I need to find better solution.

Please don't waste any time/effort on this. It's not possible to make portable shared libraries on Linux. I left it out of the ticket for a reason.