[mythtv-users] Is libdvb actually used?

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On 02/01/18 20:37, Tom Dexter wrote:
> 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.
> 

No we don't use that library at all.
We do it all ourselves



Regards
Stuart