[FFmpeg-devel] Hacks on FATE

[Måns Rullgård]

Some of the FATE configurations are using decidedly non-standard
configure options.  Some even apply PATCHES to the code.  This is not
the way we want it to be.

Here's a summary of scary-looking things:

x86_32 MacOSX: --disable-decoder=cavs
  Compiler bug?

x86_64 MacOSX: --extra-cflags="-m64" --extra-ldflags="-m64"
  Does macos build 32-bit by default, or what?

x86_32 DOS: --extra-cflags='-U__STRICT_ANSI__ -fno-builtin' --disable-network
  -U__STRICT_ANSI__ looks like a workaround for broken system headers.
  What breaks without -fno-builtin?  Can it be checked for in configure?
  Why is --disable-network needed?  Are more tests in configure needed?

x86_32 FreeBSD: --extra-cflags=-D__BSD_VISIBLE
x86_32 NetBSD:  --extra-cflags=-D_NETBSD_SOURCE
  These are presumably required to work around the broken system
  headers (bktr.h) on these systems.

x86_32 OpenBSD: cavsdsp_mmx-fPIC-friendly.diff; CFLAGS='-fPIC -DPIC'
  Does OpenBSD require PIC even for static builds?  If so, this should
  be handled in configure.  And what's in the patch?

x86_32 OpenSolaris: sed -i -e 's/^\(SHFLAGS\)=\(.*\)/\1=-mimpure-text \2/' config.mak
  The -mimpure-text option allows non-PIC in shared libs.  This should
  be set in configure.

Sparc Solaris 10 gcc 3.4.6: --disable-demuxer=mpc8
  Compiler bug?

All Solaris: --extra-libs=/usr/lib/values-xpg6.o
  We know what values-xpg6.o is about, but has this issue been
  reported to the gcc bugtracker?

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