[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS users_against_developers.html,1.35,1.36
Diego Biurrun CVS
diego at mplayerhq.hu
Mon Dec 9 21:48:42 CET 2002
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv16001/DOCS
Modified Files:
users_against_developers.html
Log Message:
Corrected some links and removed dead ones, thanks to Nico Tourmentine.
GCC compilation section now version independent.
Index: users_against_developers.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/users_against_developers.html,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -r1.35 -r1.36
--- users_against_developers.html 9 Nov 2002 02:22:19 -0000 1.35
+++ users_against_developers.html 9 Dec 2002 20:48:26 -0000 1.36
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@
issued an <A HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html">official response</A> to
GCC 2.96. Many developers around the world began having problems with GCC 2.96,
and started recommending other compilers. Examples are
- <A HREF="http://www.apachelabs.org/apr-mbox/200106.mbox/%3c20010623194228.C25512@ebuilt.com%3e">Apache</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html">MySQL</A>,
<A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/news-old1.htm">avifile</A> and
<A HREF="http://www.winehq.com/news/?view=92#RH%207.1%20gcc%20fixes%20compiler%20bug">Wine</A>.
Other interesting links are
- <A HREF="http://www.realtimelinux.org/archives/rtai/20017/0144.html">Real time Linux</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/kernel-newsflash.html">
Linux kernel news flash about kernel 2.4.17</A> and
<A HREF="http://www.voy.com/3516/572.html">Voy Forum</A>.
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@
bugs, especially since some workarounds may imply a performance penalty.</P>
<P>You can read about the other side of the story
- <A HREF="http://www.bero.org/gcc296.html">at this site</A>.
+ <A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20011024212120/http://www.bero.org/gcc296.html">at this site</A>.
GCC 2.96 does not allow | (pipe) characters in assembler comments
because it supports Intel as well as AT&T Syntax and the | character is a
symbol in the Intel variant. The problem is that it <B>silently</B> ignores the
@@ -63,25 +61,26 @@
If you want to compile with 2.96 give the <CODE>--disable-gcc-checking</CODE>
flag to configure. Remember that you are on your own and <B>do not report any
bugs</B>. If you do, you will only get banned from our mailing list because
- we have had more than enough flame wars over GCC 2.96. Please let the matter rest.</P>
+ we have had more than enough flame wars over GCC 2.96. Please let the matter
+ rest.</P>
<P>If you have problems with GCC 2.96, you can get 2.96-85 packages from the
Red Hat <A HREF="ftp://updates.redhat.com">ftp server</A>, or just go for the
3.0.4 packages offered for version 7.2 and later. You can also get
- <A HREF="ftp://people.redhat.com/jakub/gcc3/3.1-1/">gcc-3.1 packages</A>
- (unofficial, but working fine) and you can
- install them along the GCC 2.96 you already have. MPlayer will detect it and
- use 3.1 instead of 2.96. If you do not want to or cannot use the binary
- packages, here is how you can compile GCC 3.1 from source:</P>
+ <A HREF="ftp://people.redhat.com/jakub/gcc/3.2-10/">gcc-3.2-10 packages</A>
+ (unofficial, but working fine) and you can install them along the GCC 2.96 you
+ already have. MPlayer will detect it and use 3.2-10 instead of 2.96. If you do
+ not want to or cannot use the binary packages, here is how you can compile the
+ latest GCC from source:</P>
<OL>
<LI>Go to the <A HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html">GCC mirrors page</A>
- page and download <CODE>gcc-core-3.1.tar.gz</CODE>. This includes the
- complete C compiler and is sufficient for MPlayer. If you also want
- C++, Java or some of the other advanced GCC features
- <CODE>gcc-3.1.tar.gz</CODE> may better suit your needs.</LI>
+ page and download <CODE>gcc-core-XXX.tar.gz</CODE> where <CODE>XXX</CODE> is
+ the version number. This includes the complete C compiler and is sufficient
+ for MPlayer. If you also want C++, Java or some of the other advanced GCC
+ features <CODE>gcc-XXX.tar.gz</CODE> may better suit your needs.</LI>
<LI>Extract the archive with<BR>
- <CODE>tar -xvzf gcc-core-3.1.tar.gz</CODE></LI>
+ <CODE>tar -xvzf gcc-core-XXX.tar.gz</CODE></LI>
<LI>GCC is not built inside the source directory itself like most programs,
but needs a build directory outside the source directory. Thus you need to
create this directory via<BR>
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
<LI>Then you can proceed to configure GCC in the build directory, but you need
the configure from the source directory:<BR>
<CODE>cd gcc-build<BR>
- ../gcc-3.1/configure</CODE></LI>
+ ../gcc-XXX/configure</CODE></LI>
<LI>Compile GCC by issuing this command in the build directory:<BR>
<CODE>make bootstrap</CODE></LI>
<LI>Now you can install GCC (as root) by typing<BR>
@@ -121,8 +120,8 @@
<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
about problems related to these closed-source drivers
and their poor quality, instability and poor user and expert support.
- Here is an example from the
- <A HREF="http://www.nvnews.net/forum/showthread.php?s=fda5725bc2151e29453b2da3bd5d2930&threadid=14306">
+ Some examples can be found on the
+ <A HREF=http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=6d83dc289805c37caef49b77857a0b7e&daysprune=&forumid=27">
nVidia Linux Forum</A>.
Many of these problems/issues keep appearing repeatedly.
We have been contacted by nVidia lately, and they said these bugs
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