Building mplayer on 9.1-PRERELEASE host architecture "UNKNOWN"

[Justin Hibbits]

On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:38:36 -0400
Michael Copeland <michael at kryptos-security.com> wrote:

> Sure, I'll be glad to do it. Is there a certain format to follow?

Not really, you can look at other PRs if you want some ideas.  A patch
to attach would be best, and set the category to ports since it's a
bug in third-party software. You may also want to notify upstream, so it
can be fixed in the original source.

> 
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:37:34 -0400
> > Michael Copeland <michael at kryptos-security.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Configure script fails when detecting $host_arch.
> > >
> > > guilty part is:
> > >
> > >  # host's CPU/instruction set
> > >   case "$(uname -m 2>&1)" in
> > >
> > >
> > x86_64|amd64|i[3-9]86*|i86pc|x86|x86pc|k5|k6|k6_2|k6_3|k6-2|k6-3|pentium*|athlon*|i586_i686|i586-i686)
> > > host_arch=i386 ;;
> > >       ia64) host_arch=ia64 ;;
> > >       macppc|ppc*|Power*) host_arch=ppc ;;
> > >
> > >
> > > uname -m gives us powerpc, this isn't here, so add it.
> > >
> > >
> > >  # host's CPU/instruction set
> > >   case "$(uname -m 2>&1)" in
> > >
> > >
> > x86_64|amd64|i[3-9]86*|i86pc|x86|x86pc|k5|k6|k6_2|k6_3|k6-2|k6-3|pentium*|athlon*|i586_i686|i586-i686)
> > > host_arch=i386 ;;
> > >       ia64) host_arch=ia64 ;;
> > >       macppc|ppc*|Power*|powerpc) host_arch=ppc ;;
> > >
> > >
> > > builds and installs now.
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> > Can you file a PR for this?  This way the ports team can see it and
> > track it.
> >
> > - Justin
> >

- Justin