Subject: [bug#65668] [PATCH] gnu: gst-plugins-bad: Remove the svt-hevc input.

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 23:08:12 -0400

* gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm (gst-plugins-bad)
[inputs]: Remove svt-hevc; add comment.
---
 gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
index 86886c025f..f38d2157bd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
@@ -849,7 +849,9 @@ (define-public gst-plugins-bad
     (inputs
      (append
       (if (target-x86?) (list mediasdk) '())
-      (if (target-x86-64?) (list svt-hevc) '())
+      ;; Note: svt-hevc cannot be used, as it would break the package for
+      ;; older x86_64 CPUs such as Core 2 Duo that lack AVX2 (see:
+      ;; https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-HEVC/issues/573#issuecomment-680678144).
       (list bluez
             bzip2
             cairo

base-commit: d6966b8a5b4f2ddda2bc685b9642e7a1c2cbe17c
prerequisite-patch-id: c9372a1255e3bfb4f2e820f4e7c9706e3bf04203
prerequisite-patch-id: 5cbcf4b4ec5ee0db003b10898a2197c6b741973e
prerequisite-patch-id: 0a763f65a4b5042a187bd4aa039e80a3c173015d
prerequisite-patch-id: 71a9ea33b991aa2829aef26c51a3e892d34ab4e1
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2.41.0