[FFmpeg-cvslog] r18501 - trunk/configure

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2009-04-14 00:54:21 +0200, ramiro wrote:
> Author: ramiro
> Date: Tue Apr 14 00:54:21 2009
> New Revision: 18501
> 
> Log:
> win32, dos: Work around a bug in the GNU toolchain.
> The bug[1] is exposed when gcc decides to put some data in a common
> section (i.e. data that will be used by more than one object). It will
> suggest the data to be aligned, but binutils >= 2.19 will fail to
> properly align it. Thus if the data requires any alignment greater
> than 4, the application will crash.
> The workaround prevents gcc from putting data in a common section,
> instead putting it in a properly aligned section.

Did you miss the reference to bug[1]?

Regards.