c++/1699: can't compile Linux kernels

[Bernd Schmidt]

On 19 Jan 2001 jhurt@prodigy.net wrote:

> Cannot compile kernels, have tried 2.2.16, 2.2.17, 2.4.0
> same problem.
>
> Addmittedly I am no guru, but I can compile the same kernel on other machines with the exact same software (to include OS) using the same CDs and options.
>
> I copied the error code by hand rather than try to figure out the nasty commands (I have command-line phobia?)  It is as follows:
>
> in file included from /usr/src/linux/capability.h:17,
>                  from /usr/src/linux/binfmts.h:5,
>                  from /usr/src/linux/sched.h:9,
>                  neighbour.c:21:
> /usr/src/linux/fs.h:799: Internal compiler error in 'grokdeclarator', at c-decl.c:4435

Does it always fail in the same place?  If not, your hardware is broken
and you'll need to replace it.


Bernd