[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg does not build with latest gcc SVN

[İsmail Dönmez]

On Feb 15, 2008 11:38 PM, Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> wrote:

> Alexander Strange wrote:
> > On Feb 7, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Mike Melanson wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have time to investigate this problem again. The first thing I
> >> noticed
> >> is that the build command in question does not fail if -O0 is
> >> specified
> >> rather than -O3. Are the gcc maintainers less sympathetic to these
> >> types
> >> of bugs?
> >
> > Nope. Also, 4.3 rc1 is coming out really soon, so don't be too slow.
> > You can even leave out the delta if you're having trouble with it.
> > I'd report it, but I don't have a working G4 these days.
>
> I haven't made a move on the matter. It looks extremely complicated to
> submit a worthwhile bug to gcc.
>
> Now I know how outsiders feel when trying to submit a bug to FFmpeg.
>
> Will this signal the end of PowerPC as a viable Linux platform? :)
>

Just reporting the bug without a testcase sometimes helps, gcc developers
are really helpful they even fix application bugs :-)

Regards,
ismail