[MPlayer-users] rc2 wont build

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 02:37:44PM -0500, john q public wrote:
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> stream_dvd.o stream_dvd.c
> In file included from /usr/include/netdb.h:28,
>                  from network.h:16,
>                  from stream.h:66,
>                  from stream_dvd.c:35:
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:259: error: parse error before '(' token
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:259: error: parse error before "__u32"
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:260: error: parse error before '(' token
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:260: error: parse error before "__u16"
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:262: error: parse error before '(' token
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:262: error: parse error before "__u32"
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:264: error: parse error before '(' token
> /usr/include/netinet/in.h:264: error: parse error before "__u16"
> stream_dvd.c: In function `dvd_parse_chapter_range':
> stream_dvd.c:168: warning: passing arg 2 of `strtol' from incompatible 
> pointer t
> ype
> make[1]: *** [stream_dvd.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/john/src/mplayer-export-2007-12-20/stream'
> make: *** [stream/stream.a] Error 2
> 
> maybe Im getting too old for this

It looks more like your system is getting too old for this.
This was reported before, end while we were not able to find what
exactly is the problem, it almost certainly is due to broken system
headers.
The other reports were on some old RedHat system.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger