The exact error message is: src/.libs/libvlccore.so: undefined reference to `__sync_fetch_and_sub_4'. According to irc discussion gcc version 4.1.2 (fc8), 4.1.3, 4.2, 4,3.2 and 4.3.2 (archlinux) fail with this error message. This patch fixes it by bumping up the minor number for gcc to 4.