[FFmpeg-devel] Hacks on FATE

[Michael Kostylev]

On Tue Sep 29 21:55:51 2009
Diego Biurrun wrote:

>>> Some of the FATE configurations are using decidedly non-standard
>>> configure options.  Some even apply PATCHES to the code.  This is not
>>> the way we want it to be.
>>> 
>>> [...]
>> 
>> There is a new FATE machine with new hacks: OpenSolaris on x86_64.
>> 
>> http://fate.multimedia.cx/index.php?machine=24
>> http://fate.multimedia.cx/index.php?build_record=115807
>> 
>> configure --arch=amd64 --cc='ccache gcc-4.4 -m64' --extra-cflags=-Wa,--divide
>> --extra-libs=/usr/lib/64/values-xpg6.o --disable-debug --enable-shared
>> --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf
>> --enable-zlib && /usr/gnu/bin/sed -i -e 's/^\(SHFLAGS\)=\(.*\)/\1=-mimpure-text \2/' config.mak
> 
> Another question: What is this '-mimpure-text' hack about?

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.4.1/gcc/SPARC-Options.html
/mimpure-text

I don't know what is the reason for the `-z text' diversion,
even the Sun ld doesn't use `-z text' by default.

Michael