[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Current SVN doesn't build with gcc 4.2.x

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

On Monday 02 July 2007, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> On Monday 02 July 2007, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> > > ffmpeg.c:118: error: initializer element is not constant.
> >
> > I see no such error on this machine.
> >
> > gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 20070627 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2-20070627-1)
>
> Happens here with
>
> gcc (GCC) 4.2.1 20070613 (prerelease)
>
> So either it was fixed between 20070613 and 20070627 or Debian is applying
> a patch...

Or it's caused by compiler flags.
I just talked to a gcc guy, this happens if gcc is run in C99 mode (-std=*99, 
even gnu99), and not if it's run in one of the traditional modes.

Since gnu99 will be the default for gcc 4.3, the code should probably be 
fixed.

Regards
bero