I say 'buggy' becouse it does not compile some libs correclty; I was/am trying to compile and install the newest version of Mplayer (As said in the email- see, I DID tell you the prog), but due to the fact that some of the libs (like LAME for example)compile incorrectly due to a very small bug in the code that does not get used many times due to its nature, I am sorry if I offended, but I consider something buggy if it fails to do even one simple thing it should, such as failing to compile a bit of code when the language's own parameters lets you do it such and such a way; Its a personal definition, not stricly a technical one, although it does have merit under that term as well, you must admit - Once again, my headache (As I again said in the email) made me forget to #define myself a bit more.. oops.
As for the agressive defence of it, I understand what you are saying, as I said, its a rare thing, yet when it does happen it creates errors; No matter how little experiance you have as a programer, a error is still a bug - I was not mistaken, although your point is taken, understood, and agreed on ;) As for cooker, if you are on the dev team (I have no idea, as I have not been on this list long enough to know the dynamics in detail), then may I sugest you take out xmovie and replace it with a working Mplayer? AS for my problem, I did a standard upgrade/install from source; Yet when I do a --version, I get th old one.. as if its not taking, strangly enough - any ideas on this? --- civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > >On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:19:08 -0700 (PDT) > >Duane King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Due to the buggy nature of the mandrake installed > Gcc > >>2.96 (I fail to understand just why they installed > a > >>buggy gcc in the first place.. blah), and the fact > >>that it can not compile some sound and vidio libs > >>correctly, > >> > > > >I do not know what compile problems you are having > But the Mandrake > >version of gcc-2.9.6 Was and Is not buggy. > >I used it for nearly a year. > > > >The more probable reason is that you are missing a > necessary lib are > >devel needed for the specific apps that you are > trying to build or that > >they themselves were built using a different > compiler. > >But since you did not bother to name those programs > there is no way to > >know. > > > > > > Charles > > > >-------------- > >The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it > and run. > >---------------------- > >Charles A Edwards > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >---------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > Well, unles you believe Mandrake developers are > idiots, you should note > that 2.96 has been in use there in preference to all > others, for three > distros. The so-called "bugs" were the fact that > the compiler is > STRICT, not allowing sloppy C++ code that 2.95 did > allow (Perl compiled > under 2.95.3 actually failed its own regression > tests at our shop). > Anyway, when we think about making a distro, we > start with a compiler > we can trust. We have tested all the gcc3.x > compilers and yet they have > not been used... Now finally, Cooker will be using > a gcc3.1 version and > this is likely to become the 9.0 distro compiler, > but until this time, > we had found nothing to match the performance of > gcc2.96 in producing > reliable code (many times we had to tweak source, > but usually it was > something simple like a header that was no longer > loaded by default and > had to be #include (d).) The fact that the number > was abandoned by the > gcc team made no difference in the stability of the > compiler, which was > a miraculous combination of patches. It shouldn't > have worked as well > as it has, but it undeniably did so. > > Now if we can compile 3000 packages with 2.96, could > it be possible that > the one or two you have that won't compile might be > missing something, > or be expecting some slack that is not there or even > be set up as a few > packages were to refuse to compile if it saw 2.96? > > Civileme > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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