[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] configure on amd64

[Levi Bard]

> Glad that you don't recommend to apply this !
> This patch force gcc to use -m32 on x86_64 arch and this is a very
> bad idea ! It simply don't work at all on a pure 64 bits system,
> without any 32 bits lib installed (which is the case of my system).
I agree.  And even if you have a mixed 32/64 system with a multiarch
gcc toolchain, it's a nightmare tracking all the dependencies for the
correct architecture.  Users who would be at a level to get this
working at all would be able to configure it themselves without the
patch.

> Current MPlayer compile and works well on x86_64 in 64 bits mode.
> It lacks all the mmx/sse/... extensions but compling it as a 32 bits
> binary is not the right solution IMHO.
> Maybe you could add a configure option to be able to select 32 bits
> mode on x86_64 ?
As previously stated, any user who could get it to build correctly
with -m32 would be able to do so anyway without a hackish patch.  IMO
the time would be better spent tweaking the mmx/sse/... code to build
natively on amd64.