Leopard, gcc 3.3 and other bizarre questions...

Question

Hi all.
I'm currently trying to install amarok music player onto Mac OS X 10.5.2,
I've already done so on an identical hardware configuration, under Mac OS X 10.4.x, and after a few compiling errors, and unmet dependencies, managed pretty well I thought.
This time my problem(s) is(are) different.
I've user what the amarok wiki ( http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/OnOSX ) describes as the "Amarok via Fink in complete" method, which is to say install fink, hit fink install amarok, and hope for the best... Having pushed through a few bits and pieces here and there, amarok is now compiled and installed.
But I get this strange error message when launching amarok, which then subsequently and very rapidly crashes :
[start code]
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: dscaler_greedyh_getmethod
Referenced from: /sw/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.10/post/xineplugposttvtime.0.0.0.so
Expected in: dynamic lookup
dyld: Symbol not found: dscaler_greedyh_getmethod
Referenced from: /sw/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.10/post/xineplugposttvtime.0.0.0.so
Expected in: dynamic lookup
[end code]
(I don't think the entire amarok debug output is relevant, it's just version 1.4.8 and the rest seems pretty standard to me, do please ask if you want the full gdb output though)
After looking up the dyld errors I found this :
http://naranja.umh.es/~atg/blog/archives/2007/01/entry_0.html
(quite old I know, but sound and the closest I found to my error)
which lead me to believe I should have compiled amarok, and for that matter libxine1 (which I compiled myself with the --with-external-ffmpeg flag because fink wouldn't do so...), with gcc set to version 3.3 (should I?)
I then discovered that gcc_select didn't exist in Mac OS X 10.5, nicked it of a 10.4, removed and tweaked it until everything worked fine on the 10.5 with gcc 3.3 (I compiled a test.c with no problem), and tried again... with no luck. I couldn't get xine, nor amarok to compile.
So my questions are these (after that lengthly introduction, bear with me please :
-firstly (or miraculously...) does anyone recognize or understand those errors amarok is giving out?
-secondly can someone please explain the situation with Mac OS X 10.5 and gcc versions <=4.0 'cos I'm really out of the picture here ?!
Thanks a lot in advance for any help, and sorry for the long post, I figure it's always best for folks to have an overall picture of things...
Kind regards,
Mark.
Message was edited by: Marcool

Answer 1

I quote :
Re: Mac OS X 10.5 ? gcc 3.3 ? and other strange happenings
From: Benjamin Reed ([email protected])
Sent: Mon 24/03/08 15:51
To: Mark COLLINS ([email protected])
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Mark COLLINS <[email protected]> wrote:
start code
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found:
dscaler_greedyh_getmethod
Referenced from:
/sw/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.10/post/xineplugposttvtime.0.0.0.so
Expected in: dynamic lookup
dyld: Symbol not found: dscaler_greedyh_getmethod
Referenced from:
/sw/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.10/post/xineplugposttvtime.0.0.0.so
Expected in: dynamic lookup
end code
I'm sorry, I can't really help with xine issues, you'll have to
contact the xine maintainer.
As for getting amarok 1.4.x, if you want 1.4.8, I've already got
amarok 1.4.8 in fink unstable, your best bet is to not try to build it
by hand, and instead get it there...
-firstly (or miraculously...) do you recognize or understand those errors
amarok is giving out?
I recognize them as an issue with xine, but I don't know where the
errors come from.
-secondly can you explain the situation with Mac OS X 10.5 and gcc versions
<=4.0 'cos I'm really out of the picture here ?!</div>
gcc 3.3 does not exist on any of the intel platforms, except for
compiling backwards-compatible powerpc code. The first apple gcc that
supports x86 Mac OS X is gcc 4.0. You can't gcc_select it, if there
is something that supposedly requires 3.3, it won't work on 10.4 or
10.5, on an intel box, except building a complete powerpc application
and running it under rosetta.
Benjamin Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick
Fink, KDE, and Mac OS X development
http://www.racoonfink.com/
So thanks a lot Benjamin, that solves that, no way to run gcc 3.3 on Intel Mac OS X 10.5, and the errors I'm encountering are from xine.
I guess I'll be chasing up the xine maintainer now!
Thanks all for you help guys, and see ya' !
Regards,
Mark.