The mplayer developers are rabid about gcc 2.96 being "broken" -- it isn't.
Mplayer should work fine if you compile with gcc 2.96.
Mandrake 8.1 comes with gcc 3.01 as well, which can be installed alongside gcc
2.96. If you have any difficulty compiling something with 2.96, try with 3.01.
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 20:40:01 +0800, mnu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried to install mplayer, but it warns me about using gcc-2.96 (which is
> the gcc version that comes with mandrake 8.1). Has anyone experienced
> forcing an install anyway? Were there a lot of bugs?
>
> I'm willing to downgrade to 2.95.x if it will help, but I can't seem to find
> it. All the sites just seem to offer the full mandrake 7.2 iso :/
>
> Meg
>
> On Sunday 18 November 2001 06:44 pm, you wrote:
> > Yeah sure :-0 There are many programs that support DivX :-) . Personally I
> > prefer MPlayer as it supports many other formats too, including mpg, avi,
> > asf, DivX 3 and 4 ... and so on.
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