Changeset ef35d61 for multimedia/libdriv/x265.xml

Timestamp:

08/17/2024 07:40:38 AM (5 weeks ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.2, lazarus, trunk, xry111/for-12.3

Children:

0f667d5, a2ed014c

Parents:

ade0ad4

Message:

x265: Add caveats for removing old installation

File:

• multimedia/libdriv/x265.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

multimedia/libdriv/x265.xml

@@ -106 +106 @@
     </para>
 
+    <!-- To editors: hard coded versions "209", "212", and "3.6" are not a
+         bug.  This <important> block should be removed when we update x265
+         to 3.7 (or 4.0 or whatever new version).  The problem only happens
+         when we downgrade libx265.so, upgrading is OK (as long as following
+         the LFS package management page).  -->
+    <important>
+      <para>
+        If downgrading from the bleeding-edge x265-20240812 (it had been
+        mistakenly used in the BLFS development book for several days),
+        remove the shared library from x265-20240812 as the &root; user:
+      </para>
+
+      <screen role='root'><userinput>rm -fv /usr/lib/libx265.so.212</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        This is for preventing <command>ldconfig</command> from recreating
+        the symlink <filename>libx265.so</filename> with the target
+        <filename>/usr/lib/libx265.so.212</filename> which seems to be
+        <quote>a newer version</quote> of <filename>libx265.so.209</filename>
+        from x265-3.6.
+      </para>
+    </important>
+
     <para>
       To install the package, first remove any old library versions.
@@ -112 +135 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>rm -vf /usr/lib/libx265* &amp;&amp;
-make install             &amp;&amp;
-rm -vf /usr/lib/libx265.a </userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
+rm -vf /usr/lib/libx265.a</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>