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--- a/DOCS/gcc-2.96-3.0.html	Wed Oct 24 02:26:49 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/gcc-2.96-3.0.html	Wed Oct 24 02:55:08 2001 +0000
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+<B>Question:</B> What is GCC 2.96 ? I can't find it at GNU site.
+</P>
+
+<P>
+<B>Answer:</B> Read the <A HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html">official answer from GNU GCC team.</A>
+</P>

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 <B>Question:</B> What is the problem with GCC 2.96 ? And with 3.x ?
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 And for the people, who periodically asks what are the exact problems with
-gcc 2.96, my answer: <I>we don't know.</I> We just see various bugreports mostly
+gcc 2.96, my answer: <I>we don't know exactly.</I>
+There were various problems and new problems / bugs come up periodically.
+It is <I>not a single bug/problem</I>. We just see various bugreports, mostly
 gcc internal bugs, compiler syntax errors in source or bad code compiled. They
 all are solved using different version of gcc. I understand that gcc 2.96
 has different default optimization flags and they conflicts with our inline
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 I've talked one of gcc maintainers, and he told me that gcc 2.96 and 3.x
 supports intel asm syntax, and it caused the pipe bug. But it was a bug,
 because gcc silently, without any warning, ignored the whole asm block.
-*They* have fixed that, now it prints warning and doesn't skip the block.
+<I>They</I> have fixed that, now it prints warning and doesn't skip the block.
 (at least he told me, i didn't checked)
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 <I>If it works for you using gcc 2.96, it doesn't mean it will work for everyone.</I>
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+<P>
+<B>Question:</B> No! You are wrong! Everything works with gcc 2.96 <I>but</I> MPlayer
+</P>
+
+<P>
+<B>Answer:</B>
+</P>
+
+<P>
+No. You are wrong!
+Several projects (mainly which source contains high optimized inline asm code)
+had problems with gcc 2.96. For example: avifile, MESA / DRI, ffmpeg.
+But other projects already workarounded gcc bugs (changed code which
+triggered compiler bugs) so they work for now.
+</P>
+
+<P>
+<B>Question:</B> No! You are wrong! Everything works with gcc 2.96 <I>including</I> MPlayer
+</P>
+
+<P>
+<B>Answer:</B>
+</P>
+
+Good. Be happy. But you must know, it depends on many environment
+elements, including gcc 2.96 release number, enabled mplayer features, etc.
+<I>If it works for you using gcc 2.96, it doesn't mean it will work for everyone!</I>
+It only means that you are lucky, until you find a problem. But don't forget the
+<B>No.1 rule of gcc 2.96 users: NEVER REPORT BUGS OR PROBLEMS IF YOU ARE USING GCC 2.96</B>
+
+<P>
+<B>Question:</B> Ok. Understood. But I want to give it a try... how to compile with gcc 2.96?
+</P>
+
+<P>
+<B>Answer:</B> Really? Are you sure? Ok. You know... here is it: ./configure --disable-gcc-checking
+</P>
+
+<P>
+<B>Question:</B> No! I don't agree with you, because ...
+</P>
+
+<P>
+<B>Answer:</B> It doesn't matter. Keep your commets for yourself. We're not interested in gcc 2.96 stories.
+</P>
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