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ffmpeg package

  1. Bug #312898
  2. Comment #35

Comment 35 for bug 312898

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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote : Re: [Bug 312898] Re: libxxx-unstripped should also Provide libxxx

bojo42 <email address hidden> writes:

> added "ffmpeg-debian" as the bug is rather fixed there than in the
> "ffmpeg" source package. as this issue is now fixed in debian (thanx to
> all involved) it's now up to fix it in ubuntu too.

That would be me.

> for karmic this should be done with a debian import,

No, the new package needs to be merged properly. I see that I get to
that later this week

> but for jaunty we will need a SRU
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates). as it's a really safe
> small change in debian/control i don't think this should be a big
> deal,

I don't think that this is a so harmless as you claim. I really like to
have it tested in the wild before considering an SRU.

However feel free to work on that in a PPA.

And TBH, I don't understand all the fuzz people are making about
this. It really isn't so hard to remove the unstripped package before
building.

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