[FFmpeg-cvslog] r18501 - trunk/configure

[Ramiro Polla]

Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Tuesday 2009-04-14 00:54:21 +0200, ramiro wrote:
>> Author: ramiro
>> Date: Tue Apr 14 00:54:21 2009
>> New Revision: 18501
>>
>> Log:
>> win32, dos: Work around a bug in the GNU toolchain.
>> The bug[1] is exposed when gcc decides to put some data in a common
>> section (i.e. data that will be used by more than one object). It will
>> suggest the data to be aligned, but binutils >= 2.19 will fail to
>> properly align it. Thus if the data requires any alignment greater
>> than 4, the application will crash.
>> The workaround prevents gcc from putting data in a common section,
>> instead putting it in a properly aligned section.
> 
> Did you miss the reference to bug[1]?

Yes =)

Thanks for spotting.