[MPlayer-users] compile error: mplayer/libavcodec

[Dominik Mierzejewski]

On Tuesday, 05 November 2002, gabor wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 14:59, Dominik Mierzejewski wrote:
> > > 
> > > his gcc is a working one :-)
> > 
> > I wouldn't call a compiler that segfaults a working one.
> > 
> 
> you mean that mandrake's gcc is broken?

I'm saying it might be.

> why are you so sure that it's not a problem with something else ( can you
> be sure that in the same circumstances a "standard" gcc3.2 won't
> segfault? )

That's possible, too. But since MDK's gcc is patched by MDK developers,
it becomes "their" compiler.

> > > i'm using mandrake here, and i've just compiled mplayer fresh from cvs.
> > 
> > It's been worked around in the meantime, probably.
> 
> sorry, but i don't understand you...
> you mean that when he compiled his version, it segfaulted, but after
> that time someone committed a patch to mplayer to workaround the problem
> in mandrake's gcc, and because of that now i can compile mplayer?

Yes, I meant that.

> because it's not true... i've been compiling mplayer-cvs for x months
> 1-2-3 times a week... there was problem only once when gcc3.2 had
> problems with some gcc parameters.... and we weren't able to watch wmv
> files...

Well, I've had one case of a bug in gcc-3.1 from RH, which was worked
around in a day or so by ffmpeg developers and fixed in RH (after I
submitted a report in RH's bugzilla). So I can easily imagine that
something similar may have happened this time. Even if it's not the case.

> i don't want to offend anyone, i just want to understand what are you
> saying

No offence taken. :-)
It's just that I think the compiler shouldn't segfault while compiling
*any* code.

PS. Where can I get your public PGP key?
 
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