Re: MUST use ffmpeg3

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost> writes:

> On Fri 21 Jul 2023 at 21:11:13 +0000, Todd Gruhn wrote:
>> I have a PERL program that uses    ffmpeg3.   BUT ,     ffmpeg4 and    ffmpeg5
>> are already on my system.
>> 
>> Is there a reason to have all  ffmpeg3 , ffmpeg4 ,  ffmpeg5 installed
>> on my system??
>
> No, this is often not needed. If the perl program just uses the command
> line ffmpeg program, it is very likely that you can use ffmpeg4 or
> ffmpeg5 instead.

Note that with pkg_alternatives you get ffmpeg as a link.  But it's a
bug for another package to rely on this.