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c/5623: GCC 3.0.3 crashes when assigning pointer to an array of undefined size which is member of a struct
- From: "Ulrich Roeder" <roeder at efr-net dot de>
- To: gcc-gnats at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 17:55:34 +0100
- Subject: c/5623: GCC 3.0.3 crashes when assigning pointer to an array of undefined size which is member of a struct
>Number: 5623
>Category: c
>Synopsis: GCC 3.0.3 crashes when assigning pointer to an array of undefined size which is member of a struct
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: unassigned
>State: open
>Class: ice-on-illegal-code
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 07 09:06:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ulrich Roeder
>Release: 3.0.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: Linux dreamland 2.4.17 #1 Mon Jan 28 00:39:20 CET 2002 i586 unknown
Architecture: i586
host: i586-pc-linux-gnu
build: i586-pc-linux-gnu
target: i586-pc-linux-gnu
configured with: ../gcc-3.0.3/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-3.0.3
>Description:
When trying to compile the little test-program, gcc says:
Reading specs from /opt/gcc-3.0.3/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.3/specs
Configured with: ../gcc-3.0.3/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-3.0.3
Thread model: single
gcc version 3.0.3
/opt/gcc-3.0.3/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.3/cc1 -lang-c -v -iprefix /usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.3/ -D__GNUC__=3 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=0 -D__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=3 -D__ELF__ -Dunix -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__linux -Asystem=posix -D__NO_INLINE__ -D__STDC_HOSTED__=1 -Wall -Acpu=i386 -Amachine=i386 -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -D__tune_i586__ -D__tune_pentium__ test.c -quiet -dumpbase test.c -Wall -version -o /tmp/ccFAYR0e.s
GNU CPP version 3.0.3 (cpplib) (i386 Linux/ELF)
GNU C version 3.0.3 (i586-pc-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 3.0.3.
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/local/include
/opt/gcc-3.0.3/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.3/include
/usr/include
End of search list.
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:10: Internal compiler error in incomplete_type_error, at c-typeck.c:157
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/bugs.html> for instructions.
>How-To-Repeat:
typedef struct {
int number;
char array[];
} blah_t;
int main()
{
char *string = "hello";
blah_t b;
b.array = string; /* gcc ice's when typechecking this assignment */
return 0;
}
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: