Bug#483836: vlc fails playing http streams on powerpc

[José Jorge]

Package: vlc
Version: 0.8.6.c-6+lenny5
Severity: normal

If you try to play a file over http on a powerpc machine (iMAC DV - G4) 
vlc crashes with 'illegal instruction'.

As a workaround, it plays the file with :

wget -O - http://server/file (pipe) vlc -

So it seems the problem is really in http code.
 
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1                 1.4p5-36          ascii art library
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.22.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                  2.7-10            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcaca0               0.99.beta13b-4    colour ASCII art library
ii  libcairo2              1.6.4-1+b1        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcdio7               0.78.2+dfsg1-2.1  library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libcucul0              0.99.beta13b-4    low-level Unicode character drawin
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.1-2           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.74-2            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.5-1           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0            0.10.9-1          Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.0-3         GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.0.3-1           A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.16.3-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 7.0.3-1           The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.9-3          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                2:1.0.4-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libiso9660-5           0.78.2+dfsg1-2.1  library to work with ISO9660 files
ii  libjpeg62              6b-14             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.4-3           sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.2-2          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.27-1          PNG library - runtime
ii  libsdl-image1.2        1.2.6-3           image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debian        1.2.13-2          Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libsm6                 2:1.0.3-1+b1      X11 Session Management library
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.0-3           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar                 1.2.11-5          C library for manipulating tar arc
ii  libtiff4               3.8.2-8           Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libvcdinfo0            0.7.23-4          library to extract information fro
ii  libvlc0                0.8.6.c-6+lenny5  multimedia player and streamer lib
ii  libwxbase2.6-0         2.6.3.2.2-2       wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI
ii  libwxgtk2.6-0          2.6.3.2.2-2       wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t
ii  libx11-6               2:1.0.3-7         X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-1         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxosd2               2.2.14-1.5        X On-Screen Display library - runt
ii  libxv1                 2:1.0.4-1         X11 Video extension library
ii  ttf-dejavu-core        2.24-2            Vera font family derivate with add
ii  vlc-nox                0.8.6.c-6+lenny5  multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

vlc recommends no packages.

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