[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en faq.xml,1.62,1.63

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 11:03:32PM +0100, Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
> CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS
> 
> Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en
> In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv29121/en
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	faq.xml 
> Log Message:
> general gcc bug FAQ entry
> 
> 
> Index: faq.xml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml,v
> retrieving revision 1.62
> retrieving revision 1.63
> diff -u -r1.62 -r1.63
> --- faq.xml	10 Feb 2005 10:01:31 -0000	1.62
> +++ faq.xml	25 Feb 2005 22:03:29 -0000	1.63
> @@ -73,6 +73,23 @@
>  <title>Compilation</title>
>  <qandaentry>
>  <question><para>
> +Compilation fails with an error and <application>gcc</application> bails out
> +with some cryptic message containing the phrase
> +<systemitem>internal compiler error</systemitem> or
> +<systemitem>unable to find a register to spill</systemitem>.
> +</para></question>
> +<answer><para>
> +You have stumbled over a bug in <application>gcc</application>. Please
> +<ulink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html">report it to the gcc team</ulink>
> +but not to us. For some reason <application>MPlayer</application> seems to
> +trigger compiler bugs frequently. Nevertheless we cannot fix them and do not
> +add workarounds for compiler bugs to our sources. Upgrading your compiler
> +often makes the problem go away.

IMO this advice is bad. The other way around, never upgrading your
compiler and always sticking with a known good one, is much more
reliable.

Rich