[FFmpeg-user] running configure on SPARC

[Micael Silva]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 5:20 PM Eric Thomas <eric21797 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure this email went through the first time. My apologies if this
> is a repeat...
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> I cannot figure out what I am missing, to get the configure script to
> generate the config.h file, which would then be used to build ffmpeg.
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> Here is some system info:
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> env
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> PATH=/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
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> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/eric/ffmpeg/FFmpeg-4.0.2/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
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> uname –a
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>      SunOS devm 5.10 Generic_150400-61 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V490
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> make –v
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>      GNU Make 3.81
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> gcc –v
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>      Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.4.3/specs
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>      Configured with:
> /sfw10/builds/build/sfw10-patch/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure
> –prefix=/usr/sfw –with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as
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>                                            –without-gnu-as
> –with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld –without-gnu-ld –enable-language=c,c++
> --enable-shared
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>      Thread model: posix
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>      gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)
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> Configure cmd
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>      bash ./configure –prefix=/home/eric/ffmpeg/FFmpeg-4.0.2
> –extra-cflags=”fPIC” –arch=sparc –target-os=sun
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> The configure script does not run to completion – I have to kill it with
> ‘Ctrl-z’, and I do not get a config.h file.
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> I am not the administrator of this server, so I can only request upgrades.
> I am planning to request a gcc upgrade to 8.2 (latest).
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> Can you help me identify what options I am missing to get ffmpeg to
> configure, and then compile?
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> Thanks,
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> Eric
>

I am no specialist but catches my attention that gcc version is quite old.
I think that the first step should be upgrade it and try again.