[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en ports.xml,1.68,1.69

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 9/10/05, Diego Biurrun CVS <syncmail at mplayerhq.hu> wrote:
> CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS
> 
> Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en
> In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv14679/en
> 
> Modified Files:
>         ports.xml
> Log Message:
> Mac OS X section reviewed for wording/spelling/grammar and content.
> 
> 
> Index: ports.xml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml,v
> retrieving revision 1.68
> retrieving revision 1.69
> diff -u -r1.68 -r1.69
> --- ports.xml   30 Aug 2005 16:32:45 -0000      1.68
> +++ ports.xml   10 Sep 2005 15:13:13 -0000      1.69
> @@ -555,49 +555,55 @@
>  <sect1 id="macos">
>  <title>Mac OS</title>
>  <para>
> -Only Mac OS X 10.2 and up is supported by the "raw"
> -<application>MPlayer</application> source. Feel free to make support for older
> -Mac OS versions and send patches!
> +<application>MPlayer</application> should compile out-of-the-box on
> +Mac OS X 10.2 and up. The preferred compiler is the Apple version of
> +GCC 3.x or later, Apple's GCC 2.95.x does not support C99 syntax well.

If I'm not mistaken Apple GCC 3.x and up is preferred because it
generates much better Altivec code from the intrisincs than what FSF
can... maybe this could be mentioned is someone can confirm...

Guillaume
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