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authorGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2006-09-24 16:59:15 +0000
committerGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2006-09-24 16:59:15 +0000
commit2c114078ac81fbcec112c0b9c39f4de2366e0f75 (patch)
treec67d5b05ee5f12e5eee467547aa820ee4f929744 /DOCS
parent8f8276e366535759a8058f67471eb0847fa92ec4 (diff)
Update gcc section, some rewording.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@19974 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS')
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/install.xml22
1 files 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.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- <emphasis role="bold">binutils</emphasis> - suggested version is <emphasis role="bold">2.11.x</emphasis>.
+ <emphasis role="bold">binutils</emphasis> - Recommended version is <emphasis role="bold">2.11.x</emphasis>.
This program is responsible for generating MMX/ 3DNow!/etc instructions,
thus very important.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <emphasis role="bold">gcc</emphasis> - suggested versions are: <emphasis role="bold">2.95.3</emphasis>
- (maybe <emphasis role="bold">2.95.4</emphasis>) and <emphasis role="bold">3.2+</emphasis>.
- <emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for
- <application>MPlayer</application>. 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 <systemitem class="library">libstdc++</systemitem> 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.
+ <emphasis role="bold">gcc</emphasis> - 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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <emphasis role="bold">XFree86</emphasis> - suggested version is <emphasis role="bold">always the
+ <emphasis role="bold">XFree86</emphasis> - Recommended version is <emphasis role="bold">always the
newest</emphasis> (4.3). Normally, everyone wants this, as starting
with XFree86 4.0.2, it contains the <link linkend="xv">XVideo</link>
extension (somewhere referred to as <emphasis role="bold">Xv</emphasis>)
@@ -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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <emphasis role="bold">make</emphasis> - suggested version is
+ <emphasis role="bold">make</emphasis> - Recommended version is
<emphasis role="bold">always the newest</emphasis> (at least 3.79.x). This
usually isn't important.
</para></listitem>
@@ -82,7 +74,7 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<emphasis role="bold">lame</emphasis> - recommended, needed for encoding MP3 audio with
- <application>MEncoder</application>, suggested version is
+ <application>MEncoder</application>, recommended version is
<emphasis>always the newest</emphasis> (at least 3.90).
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>