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diff --git a/DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt b/DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt index 9d852372db..974a20d46f 100644 --- a/DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt +++ b/DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt @@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ the following features MUST be included in any official binary package: (*) if available for your OS/hardware -There is great demand for the GUI, so it SHOULD be included, but it MUST -come as a separate package (see Tips and Tricks for details). - Including other features, like LIVE.COM streaming or JACK support, is acceptable. They SHOULD, however, be build-time configurable, with the default build configuration containing the above set. @@ -111,7 +108,6 @@ for Red Hat and Fedora RPMs I am using FHS-compliant paths: /usr/share/doc/mplayer-version/ docs /usr/share/man/man1/ man page /usr/share/man/XX/man1/ translated man page -/usr/share/mplayer/skins/ GUI skins You MUST NOT include the codecs.conf file in your package. It is useful only for development purposes and often causes obscure problems for users. @@ -129,13 +125,9 @@ install only what you need. This is the layout I am using for Red Hat and Fedora RPMs: mencoder contains MEncoder binary (mencoder) -mplayer contains MPlayer binary without GUI (mplayer), - config files, man pages and documentation; - required by mplayer-gui +mplayer contains MPlayer binary config files, man pages and + documentation; mplayer-codecs-* contain binary codecs available from MPlayer's site -mplayer-gui contains MPlayer binary with GUI (gmplayer); - contains default skin (Blue) -mplayer-skin-* contain various MPlayer GUI skins There is no strict policy for now, just use your common sense. @@ -200,14 +192,8 @@ ao=alsa, Tips and tricks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -In my package layout, mplayer and mplayer-gui can be installed at the same -time, because they contain differently named binaries and there is no -conflict. The trick is to build MPlayer once with --enable-gui, rename the -resulting binary to "gmplayer" and then build it again, without GUI, but -keeping the rest of ./configure options the same. - -To provide man pages for all MPlayer suite binaries (mplayer, gmplayer, -mencoder), you can use man-links instead of regular symbolic links. +To provide man pages for all MPlayer suite binaries (mplayer, mencoder), you +can use man-links instead of regular symbolic links. Creating a mencoder man page linked to mplayer is as simple as: echo ".so mplayer.1" >> mencoder.1 |