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-----Original Message----- From: Martin Macok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: gcc-2.96 mmx bug? (mplayer) On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:43:30AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47817 > > I was compiling new MPlayer-0.18pre and it complains about gcc > version. (http://freshmeat.net/projects/mplayer/) > So I read the DOCS and found this in their FAQ: > (http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/) > > Q: What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ? > A: gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat > sites, or RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is > TOTALLY unsupported by MPlayer, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, > it just does not compile it. Important: this is NOT an > MPlayer-specific problem, numerous other projects (DRI, avifile, > etc..) have problems with this shit too. ** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 > !!! ** > > When I ./configure --disable-gcc-checking it compiles and run well. > gcc-2.96-85 > kernel-2.4.3-12 > CPU: AMD Athlon 850 mplayer-0.50: ===== ./configure athlon-redhat-linux --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --prefix=/usr --disable-gcc-checking You can get detailed help on configure with: ./configure --help Please wait while ./configure discovers your software and hardware environment! Detected operating system: Linux Detected host architecture: i386 Hmm. You want to compile MPlayer with gcc 2.96? Ok. You know. Do it. *** BUT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND SENDING ANY MAIL TO THE *** *** MAILING LISTS OR DIRECTLY TO THE AUTHORS! *** *** gcc 2.96 is broken. nobody will help you! *** If you have any problem, then install 2.95.x or 3.0 version and try again. If the problem still exists, then read DOCS/bugreports.html. Enter keyword to continue: WTF?! Wrong answer. Next time try 'gcc 2.96 is broken'. But you'd better to downgrade. ===== http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/ ... Appendix D - Known bugs ... * No image (black image) in RGB 15/16bpp (x11,dga,fbdev,svga) playing MPEG or OpenDivX files: Problem: gcc 2.96 bug Workaround: ./configure --disable-mmx, or use gcc 2.95.x SOLVED: code fixed ... I have searched through their mailing list archives and couldn't find anything closer. Does anyone here have a clue what's the problem? Is it a real bug in rh's gcc or "just" some incompatibility? Thanks and have a nice day -- Martin Mačok underground.cz openbsd.cz _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
