[mythtv-users] Cannot compile MythTV 0.18.1 on Athlon 64 Suse 10

[Cymen Vig]

On 12/11/05, Paul A. Bennett <paul_a_bennett at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> Are there any RPMs of MythTV 0.18.1 (or newer) available for Suse 10 running
> on the Athlon 64?
> If not, could someone please explain how to recode
> mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libavcodec/common.h (at lines 61 and 69) where the whole
> line consists of 'struct AVOption;'.  My gcc version 4.0.2 can't get past
> that line.
> I have read that using an older version of the compiler makes this problem
> go away.  My problem is that I would really not go back to an older version
> of a compiler just because of some faulty code in one program.  Is there a
> way of making a later version of the gcc compiler act as though it were an
> earlier version?
> Is there an alternative solution to this problem that I have yet to
> consider?
>  I would greatly appreciate the input of anyone who can help me get MythTv
> going on my machine.

You can have two versions of GCC installed at the same time:

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-programming-e/2005-Nov/0030.html
http://www.opensuse.org/Qemu_with_kqemu_kernel_module_support

I think that is going to be your best option.