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Re: Newbie having a egcs1.1.1 compile problem
- To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh at usa dot net>
- Subject: Re: Newbie having a egcs1.1.1 compile problem
- From: "Kenneth J. Baker" <bakerkj at engin dot umich dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 00:01:39 -0500 (EST)
- cc: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
It definitely is not the hardware, the problem is reproducable everytime.
I tried both using cpp out of gcc-2.7.2.3-11.i386.rpm with egcs-1.0.2-10
and out of cpp-1.1.1-7.i386.rpm with egcs-1.1.1-7. I was trying to
compile egcs-1.1.1-7 because I have always had better results when running
something having built it on my own computer rather than using supplied
rpms...
Thanks,
Ken
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> Ouch! It looks like the preprocessor exploded for some reason.
>
> * Hardware error -- flaky RAM SIMMs will cause spurious crashes like
> this in compiles. Often before any other symptoms become apparent.
> Compiles use a LOT of RAM and are very demanding on its reliability!
> -- Try reissuing make. It may continue where it left off. If it does
> not crash at the same place again, keep doing this until it
> finally gets done. If it crashes at the same place again you
> have a different problem; otherwise it's almost surely a flaky
> SIMM. Swap SIMMs one by one with another computer to identify the
> one that is not bhaving.
> * Bug in the preprocessor that you are using to compile egcs
> This is the only conclusion to draw if it happens consistently at the
> same place. Report it to the preprocessor's maker.
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