It was sunny and warm and i was compiling MPlayer ...minding my own business,when i got at the very beginning of the ./configure process this to say the least intriguing message..( i censored some words... : )
[root@ric MPlayer-0.50pre3]# ./configure You can get detailed help on configure with: ./configure --help Please wait while ./configure discovers your software and hardware environment! Detected operating system: Linux Detected host architecture: i386 Checking version of gcc ... 2.96, bad Please downgrade(upgrade) gcc compiler to gcc-2.95.2+ or gcc-3.0+ version! Note: gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or in RedHat-based distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY unsupported by us, because it simply SKIPS or badly compiles some MMX codes! Important: this is NOT an MPlayer-specific problem, numerous other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this &%$# too. DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! If you don't want to downgrade, use the --disable-gcc-checking option to avoid this check, but DO NOT SEND BUGREPORTS OR COMPLAIN, it's *YOUR* fault! Get ready for misterious crashes, no-picture bugs, strange noises... REALLY! WOW ! said the lil red riding hood ... What can be done about this ? Im a bit intrigued ,cause it's not the first time that i got strangely behaving applications when compiled on my machine. Changing gcc versions seem a bit of an adventure. Does RH have a different release of gcc in the works ? Should i really downgrade or use non RH gcc packs on the machine ? Id realy like to have your opinions on this. Best regards Richard Hebert _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
