[FFmpeg-cvslog] r10233 - trunk/configure

[Måns Rullgård]

"Guillaume POIRIER" <poirierg at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On 8/27/07, M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com> wrote:
>> "Guillaume POIRIER" <poirierg at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > On 8/26/07, mru <subversion at mplayerhq.hu> wrote:
>> >> Author: mru
>> >> Date: Sun Aug 26 11:11:22 2007
>> >> New Revision: 10233
>> >>
>> >> Log:
>> >> use POSIX "strings -a" rather than "strings -"
>> >
>> > I'm sorry, but this breaks PPC/OSX support again :-(
>>
>> How does it break?
>
> It breaks in the same way as previously (when the line read "strings
> $TMPO ...").
> I didn't actually check how the configure test behaved, I only noticed
> that H264 was broken again since you replaced "strings -" by "strings
> -a".

Very strange.  In GNU strings - and -a are equivalent.  POSIX only
mentions -a, so I assumed this would work everywhere.  Apparently the
macos version is more twisted than I thought (which I should have
learned to expect by now).

> I shall be able to give you more details about how the configure test
> behaves tonite or the day after.

I'll try to fix it, but without a MacOSX/PPC machine I can't easily
test it.

>> > What can I do to help you?
>>
>> By shooting whoever decided that macosx has to be subtly different in
>> nasty ways.
>
> What I can do is file a bug report to Apple, if you are sure that the
> correct way to implement this test is with "strings -a". If ever the
> bug gets fixed, it still won't help support for older version of OSX
> with a non-POSIX "strings".

Could you send me the object file this test creates?  That might be
helpful.

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
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