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Re: INQUIRY: Inconsistent gcc compile failures
- To: fhirsch at tse dot com
- Subject: Re: INQUIRY: Inconsistent gcc compile failures
- From: Nick Burrett <nick at dsvr dot net>
- Date: 22 Dec 2000 11:47:29 +0000
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <OF6633A85A.22BD7DE4-ON852569BC.006E9302@asd.tse.ca>
fhirsch@tse.com writes:
> One last question related to this, I've done a few compiles today as I am
> installing a new version of the O/S (Mandrake Linux 7.2), I've found that
> with a few code modules that a compile will fail several times in a row on
> the same piece, and then I can eventually smash my way through on the third
> or fourth attempt. The make might fail somewhere else in the build (same
> reason), but usually does fine. However, if I pull "make" into "gdb" and
> type "run", it always works fine. Might this symptom indicate better where
> the problem might be?
It is still bad RAM. If you run memtest86 for 24 hours, you will become
enlightened.
http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/
Nick.