Fix compiler warning about asprintf return value.

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-$Id: HACKING,v 1.9 2003/07/01 11:58:29 sam Exp $
-
 Hacking vlc
 ===========
 
-Requirements
-------------
+First
+-----
+
+ - Read this file
+
+ - Read the information present on http://www.videolan.org/developers/
 
-You will need the following tools if you plan to use the CVS version of vlc:
 
- - autoconf version 2.50 or later
+Requirements
+____________
 
- - automake version 1.5 (but 1.6 or later is recommended)
+You will need the following tools if you plan to use the GIT version of vlc:
 
- - gettext version 0.10.40 (but 0.11.3 or later is recommended)
+ - Autoconf version 2.60 or later
+ - Automake version 1.9 or later
+ - gettext version 0.16.1 or later
+ - pkg-config
+ - libgcrypt 1.2 (or compatible)
 
-After retrieving the CVS tree, you need to run the bootstrap script to
+After retrieving the GIT tree, you need to run the bootstrap script to
 generate all the files needed to build vlc. You can then run configure.
+Run ./configure --help for a description of the available options.
 
 If you do not have the correct version of these tools, or if they are
 simply not available for the operating system you plan to develop on,
-you can check out a CVS tree on an OS that provides these tools (such
+you can check out a GIT tree on an OS that provides these tools (such
 as a recent Linux distribution), run bootstrap, and then copy the whole
 tree to your retarded OS.
 
@@ -63,6 +70,18 @@ How to add a module
 -------------------
 
 To add a module to the repository, just add its sources to a Modules.am
-file. If you create a new Modules.am, do not forget to add a corresponding
-Makefile line at the end of configure.ac.
+file. If you add a new directory you will need to create a new Modules.am,
+inside that directory. Do not forget to add a corresponding
+Makefile line at the end of configure.ac for this new Modules.am file.
+
+To have the module built, you need to add a call to VLC_ADD_PLUGIN or
+VLC_ADD_BUILTINS to configure.ac with your new module name as argument.
+Look at other modules for guidelines on how to add build and linkage options.
+
+After changing configure.ac you will always need to rerun bootstrap and 
+configure.
+
+VLC keeps a cache of its modules (in ~/.cache/vlc/ on Linux), so you'll have to
+delete it (or use vlc --reset-plugins-cache). Then use vlc -vvv --color --list
+to check that your plugin is seen by VLC.