[Mplayer-users] FAQ entry concerning gcc 2.96

[Alex Kanavin]

This FAQ entry is inaccurate:

Q: What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ?
A:  gcc  2.96  is  RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat
sites,  or  RedHat  distributions)  and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is
TOTALLY  unsupported by MPlayer, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, it
just  does  not compile it. Important: this is NOT an MPlayer-specific
problem,  numerous  other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems
with this shit too.
** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! **

This "MMX asm codes are skipped" problem has been fixed for ages, since
June 2001 as far as I remember. So the FAQ maintainer should probably come
up with a new real problem (3DNOW! compile errors would do for the moment,
till someone fixes that as well ;) or remove the whole Q/A altogether.

-- 
Alexander

Homepage: http://www.sensi.org/~ak/



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