Re: egcs-1998-06-12: bootstrap failure

[Manfred Hollstein <manfred at s-direktnet dot de>]

On Sat, 13 June 1998, 03:40:22, burley@gnu.org wrote:

 > >../../egcs/gcc/c-lex.c:1445: warning: variable `conversion_errno'  
 > >might be clobbered by `longjmp' or `vfork'
 > >../../egcs/gcc/global.c:401: Internal compiler error in function  
 > >global_alloc
 > >make[2]: *** [c-lex.o] Error 1
 > >
 > >Note that the error message reports the source file as  
 > >`../../egcs/gcc/global.c', which is completely bogus, as the compile  
 > >line above clearly shows that the file being compiled is c-lex.c.
 > >
 > >Something very fishy is going on here.
 > 
 > Is it at all possible the stderr output you're seeing is "beating"
 > the stdout output showing the new compile line?  Or that somehow
 > you're seeing a strange flushing behavior?
 > 
 > Seems unlikely, given how much later global.c normally is compiled
 > after c-lex.c, and that make still reports an error occurring
 > for the c-lex.o target.  (I wonder whether that report is to
 > stdout or stderr?)
 > 
 > So, another possibility might be I/O error or similar, affecting
 > any of: the relevant Makefile (c-lex.o fragment, for example);
 > the compiler itself; the preprocessor; the OS; etc.
 > 
 >         tq vm, (burley)

Well, I'd guess it's just saying `I've got an "internal compiler error"
in function global_alloc at line 401 from file global.c'.

manfred