Unable to build gcc-4.8.2 on sparcv9 Solaris 10.

[Ian Lance Taylor]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Don Krause <dkrause@optivus.com> wrote:
>
> I've been trying to build gcc-4.8.2 on Solaris 10 on Sparc.
>
> The bootstrap process gives me an "internal compiler error"
>
> Using:
>
> SunOS sunv210 5.10 Generic_127127-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210
> gcc 3.4.6
> make 3.81
> bunutils 2.24
>
> As for the source code stack, it:
>
> gcc 4.8.2 +
>
> gmp 4.3.2
> mpc 0.8.1
> mpfr 2.4.2
>
> Procedure,
>
> expand gcc 4.8.2 into clean directory.
> expand gmp, mpc, mpfr into gcc 4.8.2 tree, rename directories as appropriate.
>
> ./configure --prefix=/home/tools/solaris2013
>
> make.
>
> That churns for a couple hours. (yes, old and crappy equipment. No options here..)
>
> Then:
>
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/towelie/dkrause/src/solaris2013/gcc-4.8.2/BUILD/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/libgcc'
> /home/towelie/dkrause/src/solaris2013/gcc-4.8.2/BUILD/./gcc/xgcc -B/home/towelie/dkrause/src/solaris2013/gcc-4.8.2/BUILD/./gcc/ -B/home/tools/solaris2013/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/bin/ -B/home/tools/solaris2013/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/lib/ -isystem /home/tools/solaris2013/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/include -isystem /home/tools/solaris2013/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/sys-include    -g -O2 -O2  -g -O2 -DIN_GCC   -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition  -isystem ./include   -fPIC -g -DIN_LIBGCC2 -fbuilding-libgcc -fno-stack-protector   -fPIC -I. -I. -I../.././gcc -I../../../libgcc -I../../../libgcc/. -I../../../libgcc/../gcc -I../../../libgcc/../include  -DHAVE_CC_TLS  -o _muldi3.o -MT _muldi3.o -MD -MP -MF _muldi3.dep -DL_muldi3 -c ../../../libgcc/libgcc2.c -fvisibility=hidden -DHIDE_EXPORTS
> ../../../libgcc/libgcc2.c: In function '__muldi3':
> ../../../libgcc/libgcc2.c:549:17: internal compiler error: Segmentation Fault
>    const DWunion uu = {.ll = u};
>                  ^
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> See <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
> make[3]: *** [_muldi3.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/towelie/dkrause/src/solaris2013/gcc-4.8.2/BUILD/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/libgcc'
> make[2]: *** [all-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/towelie/dkrause/src/solaris2013/gcc-4.8.2/BUILD'
> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/towelie/dkrause/src/solaris2013/gcc-4.8.2/BUILD'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>
> Suggestions?


Since GCC 4.8.2 is known to build on SPARC Solaris 10, the first thing
I would consider is which compiler you are using to build GCC.
Perhaps there is a bug in that compiler.  Since you mentioned "old and
crappy equipment" the second thing I would consider is the possibility
of a hardware failure.

So: first try to repeat the build in a clean directory.  If it fails
in the same way, consider the build compiler.  Can you perhaps stage
the build by building an earlier version of GCC and using that to
build GCC 4.8.2?

Hope this helps.

Ian