[FFmpeg-cvslog] r15670 - trunk/doc/general.texi

[diego]

Author: diego
Date: Thu Oct 23 16:39:02 2008
New Revision: 15670

Log:
Add information about a workaround for MinGW gcc versions.
based on a patch by Art Clarke, aclarke vlideshow com


Modified:
   trunk/doc/general.texi

Modified: trunk/doc/general.texi
==============================================================================
--- trunk/doc/general.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/doc/general.texi	Thu Oct 23 16:39:02 2008
@@ -458,10 +458,13 @@ are listed below:
 @item mingw-runtime 3.15
 @end itemize
 
+You will also need to pass @code{-fno-common} to the compiler to work around
+a GCC bug (see @url{http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37216}).
+
 Within the MSYS shell, configure and make with:
 
 @example
-./configure --enable-memalign-hack
+./configure --enable-memalign-hack --extra-cflags=-fno-common
 make
 make install
 @end example