64bit mplayer reports its version as UNKNOWN-4.4.1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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mplayer (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Rolf Leggewie |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: mplayer
mplayer on 64-bit Karmic reports its version to be UNKNOWN-4.4.1, causing other players (like smplayer) to a confusion.
Only 64-bit version seems to be affected, 32-bit mplayer reports as SVN-r29237-4.4.1.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 13 17:49:25 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20091008)
Package: mplayer 2:1.0~rc3+
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: smplayer
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-
(gnome-
(polkit-
(nautilus:2472): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Smplayer doesn't recognize mplayer version + Mplayer reports its version as UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (only on 64-bit Karmic) |
summary: |
- Mplayer reports its version as UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (only on 64-bit Karmic) + 64bit mplayer reports its version as UNKNOWN-4.4.1 |
I confirm this in Karmic.
mplayer -h gives
[...]
MPlayer UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
Smplayer doesn't recognize UNKNOWN-4.4.1