[mythtv-users] Can't build fixes/30 from source on Gentoo

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On 11/07/2019 14:26, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On 6/27/19, mythtv <mythtv at mdabbs.org> wrote:
>> I'm guessing someone must have built fixes/30 on Gentoo by now. I get
>> the following error:
>>
>> libavdevice/alsa.c: In function ‘ff_alsa_close’:
>> libavdevice/alsa.c:306:9: error: ‘CONFIG_ALSA_INDEV’ undeclared (first
>> use in this function); did you mean ‘CONFIG_VALGRIND’?
>>       if (CONFIG_ALSA_INDEV)
>>           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>           CONFIG_VALGRIND
>>
>>
>> If I remove alsa-lib from my machine to get ffmpeg to ignore it, then I
>> get a different error:
>>
>> libavdevice/avdevice.c: In function ‘avdevice_configuration’:
>> libavdevice/avdevice.c:72:12: error: ‘FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION’ undeclared
>> (first use in this function); did you mean ‘FFMPEG_VERSION’?
>>       return FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION;
>>              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>              FFMPEG_VERSION
>>
>>
>> I'm on Gentoo, gcc 8.3.0. It fails pretty much immediately when trying
>> to build.
> 
> I just noticed this today. I can't imagine what's going on there to be
> honest. Assuming you're not looking to install any of the plugins,
> I've attached an ebuild here that should work:
> 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/688084
> 
> It's the one that says "with additional requirements". Note however
> that it needs the patch to the configure script that's attached there
> as well. The only other catch is that it seems that when using
> gcc-8.3.0 you need the "dvb" USE flag or the compile fails very late
> in the compile:
> 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/683280
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Tom

I will also add that Gentoo's libhdhomerun libs appear woefully out of
date.

Regards
Stuart