[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] 'configure' big-endian test not reliable

[Derek E. Lewis]

Linkers, assisted by a compiler, can optimize out the string that is
being used to test for endian-ness in 'configure'. At the suggestion of
dalias, this patch prevents the linker from optimizing out the string,
as it is being returned.  As of now, AIX builds break on 5200-07 or
higher, and more linkers could pick up this behaviour in the future.

Thanks,

-- 
Derek E. Lewis
dlewis at solnetworks.net
http://riemann.solnetworks.net/~dlewis
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