eugeneware/ffmpeg-static

store platform & arch information next to installed binary

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#48 opened on May 19, 2020

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Description

#35 made clear that, in a cross-platform-packaging project using ffmpeg-static as a dependency, a second npm install should install an ffmpeg binary for a different platform/arch than before.

To enable this, install.js needs to

  1. write the platform & arch next to the binary (e.g. to ffmpeg.json).
  2. check if there's a ffmpeg.json in place, with a different platform/arch than desired. If platform & arch are equal, it can exit successfully.

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Research direction
Modify install.js to write platform and arch to a JSON file (e.g., ffmpeg.json) after downloading the binary. On subsequent installs, read the JSON file and if the platform and arch match the current environment, exit early without re downloading.
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nodejsjavascript
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