From 2c114078ac81fbcec112c0b9c39f4de2366e0f75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:59:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update gcc section, some rewording. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@19974 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/xml/en/install.xml | 22 +++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml index a01daa2104..4ec060dede 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml @@ -27,25 +27,17 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended. - binutils - suggested version is 2.11.x. + binutils - Recommended version is 2.11.x. This program is responsible for generating MMX/ 3DNow!/etc instructions, thus very important. - gcc - suggested versions are: 2.95.3 - (maybe 2.95.4) and 3.2+. - Never use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for - MPlayer. If you decide to change gcc from - 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.x just because it's newer! Early - releases of 3.x were even more buggy than 2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x - (downgrade libstdc++ too, other - programs may need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be - prepared for runtime problems). If you vote for 3.x, try to use the - latest version, early releases had various bugs, so be sure you use at - least 3.1, it's tested and working. + gcc - Recommended versions are 2.95 + and 3.3+. 2.96 and 3.0.x are known to generate faulty code, 3.1 and + 3.2 also had problems. - XFree86 - suggested version is always the + XFree86 - Recommended version is always the newest (4.3). Normally, everyone wants this, as starting with XFree86 4.0.2, it contains the XVideo extension (somewhere referred to as Xv) @@ -56,7 +48,7 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended. For some video cards you don't need XFree86. See list below. - make - suggested version is + make - Recommended version is always the newest (at least 3.79.x). This usually isn't important. @@ -82,7 +74,7 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended. lame - recommended, needed for encoding MP3 audio with - MEncoder, suggested version is + MEncoder, recommended version is always the newest (at least 3.90).