[FFmpeg-devel] Hacks on FATE

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 03:08:22AM +0400, Michael Kostylev wrote:
> 
> On Tue Sep 29 21:55:51 2009
> Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 
> >>> Some of the FATE configurations are using decidedly non-standard
> >>> configure options.  Some even apply PATCHES to the code.  This is not
> >>> the way we want it to be.
> >>> 
> >>> [...]
> >> 
> >> There is a new FATE machine with new hacks: OpenSolaris on x86_64.
> >> 
> >> http://fate.multimedia.cx/index.php?machine=24
> >> http://fate.multimedia.cx/index.php?build_record=115807
> >> 
> >> configure --arch=amd64 --cc='ccache gcc-4.4 -m64' --extra-cflags=-Wa,--divide
> >> --extra-libs=/usr/lib/64/values-xpg6.o --disable-debug --enable-shared
> >> --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf
> >> --enable-zlib && /usr/gnu/bin/sed -i -e 's/^\(SHFLAGS\)=\(.*\)/\1=-mimpure-text \2/' config.mak
> > 
> > Another question: What is this '-mimpure-text' hack about?
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.4.1/gcc/SPARC-Options.html
> /mimpure-text
> 
> I don't know what is the reason for the `-z text' diversion,
> even the Sun ld doesn't use `-z text' by default.

It's a hack in any case.  If -mimpure-text is needed, then it should be
set by configure, not in a private FATE configuration.

Diego