On 4/22/2017 2:16 AM, Clément Bœsch wrote:
On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 04:48:27PM -0700, Aaron Levinson wrote: [...]diff --git a/doc/fate.texi b/doc/fate.texi index 7a96c25..f3b8c0c8 100644 --- a/doc/fate.texi +++ b/doc/fate.texi @@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ FATE_SAMPLES=fate-suite/ make fate @float NOTE Do not put a '~' character in the samples path to indicate a home directory. Because of shell nuances, this will cause FATE to fail. + +In addition, FATE will fail if files are checked out from git such +that @kbd{@key{CR}@key{LF}} is used for line endings. This will occur +on Windows when git is installed using the default options, because +that causes git's @var{core.autocrlf} setting to be set to +@option{true}. Make sure to set @var{core.autocrlf} to @option{input} +or @option{false}, or, in the case that the repository has already +been cloned, it is possible to get past this by executing the +following command in the top-level ffmpeg directory: @command{find +-name '*.h' -type f | xargs dos2unix}. @end floatThis is documented in doc/git-howto.texi, isn't it?
Yes it is, but just because it can be found elsewhere in the documentation doesn't mean there isn't benefit to having a fallback elsewhere in the documentation.
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