On 06/08/2019 17:05, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote:
> On 8/6/19 8:43 AM, Jean-Marc Pigeon via blfs-dev wrote:
>> On 08/06/2019 09:38 AM, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev wrote:
>>> On 06/08/2019 15:03, Jean-Marc Pigeon via blfs-dev wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> According web page about libvpx-1.8.1, using yasm is
>>>> mandatory because:
>>>>
>>>> "compiling with NASM-2.14.02 is currently broken"
>>>>
>>>> I have seen no difference (naked eyes) between
>>>> using nasm-2.14.02 or yasm-1.3.0
>>>> Both build appear to be successful.
>>>>
>>>> Could someone elaborate about
>>>> "currently broken".
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm, Looks like this sentence has been added by andy at revision 9049 in
>>> 2011. I'd say the exact meaning of "currently broken" is:
>>> "At a time between the introduction of that page into the book and present, 
>>> it
>>> has been broken. And it is possible that nobody have tested since then." ;)
>>
>> No problem.
>>>
>>> Actually, it is not easy to test that: at a point in nasm life, or libvpx
>>> life, a release allowed compiling libvpx against nasm again, and now you see
>>> that. But owing to the heavy work on updating the book, it is too time
>>> consuming to test that all packages work against all their dependencies,
>>> specially when those dependencies have been disabled...
>>
>> Then.. lets consider I tested it, ;)
>>
>> May I suggest to update book, keeping "yasm requirement" and
>> removing "currently broken", to avoid confusion...
> 
> OK.  I'll do that at my next commit.
> 

Please read my post!

Pierre
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