[mythtv-users] Is libdvb actually used?

[Tom Dexter]

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed today that Gentoo maintainers are removing
> media-libs/libdvb. Apparently the current Gentoo ebuild for mythtv is
> the only dependency referencing that, and the dependency is apparently
> bogus:
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451792
>
> I wanted to know if anyone could verify that. I'm almost sure they're
> correct...that is, that the only real requirement are the kernel
> headers. I still have one remaining pcHDTV HD-5500 card that requires
> DVB support.
>
> Thanks!
> Tom

I was looking and I could see based on ldd that that library wasn't
used. I removed the dependency from the ebuild and uninstalled
media-libs/libdvb completely, and the backend works fine. So that
answers that.

Tom