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Re: [trinity-devel] mlt++ can only build without compiling 'test' files (Makefile patch required)

From: Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:53:26 -0700 (PDT)
> > Does building mt++ require first building mt? I want to
> help but I am unable to build mt. Looks like mlt can't find
> the tqt header files....
> 
> Yes you need mlt build because mlt++ calls mlt-config, but
> this problem is an obvious "Chicken or the egg issue" ... and the answer is
> "egg".
> 

Just a guess, but sounds as though mlt++ is self-referencing. I don't know the correct terminology but qt3 does the same thing. Perhaps pattern the mlt++ build script similar to the (t)qt3 build scripts.

Darrell