More forte compiler fixes, added a .h file to store commonly used macros that have to ifdefed out on non-gcc compilers

Original commit message from CVS:
More forte compiler fixes, added a .h file to store commonly used macros
that have to ifdefed out on non-gcc compilers
diff --git a/gst/Makefile.am b/gst/Makefile.am
index 8f3a85e..c13eb20 100644
--- a/gst/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 	gstformat.h		\
 	gstinfo.h		\
 	gstlog.h		\
+	gstmacros.h		\
 	gstmemchunk.h		\
 	gstpad.h		\
 	gstpipeline.h		\
diff --git a/gst/elements/gstmd5sink.h b/gst/elements/gstmd5sink.h
index a78976d..2ad4fdb 100644
--- a/gst/elements/gstmd5sink.h
+++ b/gst/elements/gstmd5sink.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
   guint32 total[2];
   guint32 buflen;
-  gchar buffer[128] __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (__alignof__ (guint32))));
+  gchar buffer[128];
   
   /* latest md5 */
   guchar md5[16];
diff --git a/gst/gstmacros.h b/gst/gstmacros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb4ef66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst/gstmacros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) <1999> Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_MACROS_H__
+#define __GST_MACROS_H__
+
+#if     __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 4)
+#  define GST_GNUC_CONSTRUCTOR \
+  __attribute__ ((constructor))  
+#else  /* !__GNUC__ */
+#  define GST_GNUC_CONSTRUCTOR
+#endif /* !__GNUC__ */
+
+
+#endif /* __GST_MACROS_H__ */
+
+
diff --git a/gst/gstplugin.h b/gst/gstplugin.h
index 130d9da..1b7c859 100644
--- a/gst/gstplugin.h
+++ b/gst/gstplugin.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <gmodule.h>
 #include <gst/gstpluginfeature.h>
+#include <gst/gstmacros.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@
 #define GST_PLUGIN_DESC_DYNAMIC(major,minor,name,init)
 #endif
 #define GST_PLUGIN_DESC_STATIC(major,minor,name,init)	\
-static void __attribute__ ((constructor))		\
-_gst_plugin_static_init__ ##init (void)				\
+static void GST_GNUC_CONSTRUCTOR			\
+_gst_plugin_static_init__ ##init (void)			\
 {							\
   static GstPluginDesc plugin_desc_ = {			\
     major,						\
diff --git a/gst/gstprops.h b/gst/gstprops.h
index 52de5af..5c8468f 100644
--- a/gst/gstprops.h
+++ b/gst/gstprops.h
@@ -60,13 +60,9 @@
 #define GST_STR_FOURCC(f)		(guint32)(((f)[0])|((f)[1]<<8)|((f)[2]<<16)|((f)[3]<<24))
 
 #ifdef G_HAVE_ISO_VARARGS
-
-#define GST_PROPS_LIST(...)	    GST_PROPS_LIST_TYPE,__VA_ARGS__,NULL
-
+#  define GST_PROPS_LIST(...)	    GST_PROPS_LIST_TYPE,__VA_ARGS__,NULL
 #elif defined(G_HAVE_GNUC_VARARGS)
-
-#define GST_PROPS_LIST(a...)	    GST_PROPS_LIST_TYPE,a,NULL
-
+#  define GST_PROPS_LIST(a...)	    GST_PROPS_LIST_TYPE,a,NULL
 #endif
 
 #define GST_PROPS_GLIST(a) 		GST_PROPS_GLIST_TYPE,(a)