YDL 3.0 Ogle DVD

Bill Fink yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed May 14 01:33:01 2003


On Tue May 13 2003, Matthias Saou wrote:

> Stephen Reiach wrote :
> 
> > Yes the problem is you have to disable altivec on G3s. To do this
> > download and install the ogle.src.rpm. Then edit the spec file located in
> > /usr/src/rpm/SPECS/. Change the line to say:
> > %configure --disable-altivec
> > Save it.
> > then run 'rpmbuild -ba ogle.spec'
> > If you dont have alsa its 'rpmbuild -ba ogle.spec --without alsa'
> > 
> > that will build the rpm and place it in /usr/src/rpm/RPMS/ppc
> > 
> > Have fun!
> 
> Good tip! As I don't have any DVD player on my Mac, I've never actually
> tested any of my ppc builds of ogle :-/
> Anyway, expect a new build to pop up on freshrpms.net anytime now, with
> "--without altivec" build options included, just like alsa. The default
> build will still have it enabled though.

I don't know about ogle, but if you use xine, it has a runtime check
for Altivec support, so the same binary can be used on both G3s and G4s.

						-Bill