--- vlc-3.0.18/configure.ac~	2023-10-19 14:28:37.000000000 +0200
+++ vlc-3.0.18/configure.ac	2023-10-19 14:31:22.113579556 +0200
@@ -2450,7 +2450,7 @@
     have_avcodec_vaapi="yes"
   ],[
     AS_IF([test -n "${enable_libva}"], [
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([libva is present but libavcodec/vaapi.h is missing])
+      AC_MSG_WARN([libva is present but libavcodec/vaapi.h is missing])
     ], [
       AC_MSG_WARN([libva is present but libavcodec/vaapi.h is missing ])
     ])