[oe] Issues building vlc

[Philip Balister]

On 04/07/2015 09:56 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> I'm trying to build vlc and I get this error:
> ERROR: Multiple .bb files are due to be built which each provide jpeg
> (/local/poky-cutting-edge/meta-oe/recipes-core/jpeg/libjpeg-turbo_8d+1.4.0.bb
> /local/poky-cutting-edge/meta/recipes-core/jpeg/jpeg_8d.bb).
>  This usually means one provides something the other doesn't and should.
> 
> This comes from the fact that vlc depends on libjpeg-turbo
> which conflicts with the main jpeg library in OE-core.
> 
> What's the best way to fix this?

This page starts to explain:

http://openembedded.org/wiki/PREFERRED_PROVIDER_for_jpeg_and_jpeg-native

It could use some work explaining the difference between the two
alternatives.

Philip

> 
> Thanks
>