diff --git a/Compiling-on-Debian-11-Bullseye.md b/Compiling-on-Debian-11-Bullseye.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca76bb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Compiling-on-Debian-11-Bullseye.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +# Compiling MKVToolNix on Debian 11 "Bullseye" + +The upcoming release 11 of Debian ships with a buggy `gcc` compiler that causes an "internal compiler error" when compiling recent versions of MKVToolNix. Debian will not ship a fixed version of `gcc`, making compilation of MKVToolNix harder on that release. + +At the moment (2021-07-10) there are no known workaround. However, there are two things I'll be looking into: + +1. Compiling with `clang` instead of `gcc` +2. Compiling with `gcc` version 9 which Bullseye ships with, too + +Both will hopefully work. I'll add instructions later. \ No newline at end of file