That's right. Red Hat called their version, which was taken from CVS, 2.96. The GCC project then abandoned the number, and so Mandrake decided to use it as well for their CVS pruning from GCC 3.0 (which was far from complete at the time). On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 23:28, Adams, Jamie wrote: > Useless bit of information for you, which i think is correct. > > I think Mandrake decided to use the 2.96 version because it was > discontinued by the authors, so Mandrake were free to use it for their > version???? > > > Jamie Adams > Housing Assistant > --------------------------------- > Tel: (01723) 507543 > Fax: (01723) 355862 > > >---------- > > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 24 August 2001 07:36 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ronald J. Hall > >Subject: Re: [newbie] mplayer > > > ><<File: message.txt>> > > > >On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:12, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > >> Willy Sutrisno wrote: > >> > Actually before you start to compile it, there is an option to disable > >> > the GCC checking. I done that, and they will pass the GCC checking, > >> > and my mplayer can work smoothly. I dont know, why the manual say that > >> > you should use GCC 2.96 because it does not support MMX, but in my > >> > computer the mplayer works perfectly, eventhough my GCCis 2.96. > >> > >> Hi Willy. I got it now. I went to the mailing list digest on Mandrakes > >> site and did a search. Found just what I needed: > >> > >> ./configure --disable-gcc-checking > >> > >> I remember that 2.96 was supposed to be a crippled version on a Red Hat > >> distro, but while Mandrake has the same version number, I don't think it > >> has Red Hats problems. > >> > >> Somebody correct me on this if I'm wrong! > > > >The Red Hat compiler is totally different from the Mandrake one. Red Hat's > >version is not buggy, it is just less forgiving of errors in code. > > Mandrake's compiler is rock solid, but is often discriminated against > > because it has the same version number as Red Hat's GCC. > > > >> Thanks for your reply. > >> > >> PS BTW, mplayer's cool, eh? ;-) > > > >Yes indeed. I can get it to play AVI (including DivX) and ASF files that I > >can't get working in the (in)famous Windows Media Player (with DivX codecs > >installed). This is despite the fact that these files are played using > > WINE to emulate Windos DLL files. I can get better video performance for > > all video files through MPlayer than I can get in Windows Media Player. > > > >-- > >Sridhar Dhanapalan. > > "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: > > LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." > > -- Jeremy S. Anderson > > > > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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