[Mplayer-users] FAQ entry concerning gcc 2.96

[Felix Buenemann]

On Friday, 5. October 2001 10:13, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > 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.
>
> Not really. Most users still use the old, buggy version comes with the
> distro. Maybe a note can be added telling that latest version fixes some of
> the problems.
>
but we (I?) fixed the prob in mplayer by moving asm style comment to c-style 
comments.
>
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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Best Regards,
	Atmos
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