broken 970929 snapshot

[Aaron Jackson]

>Disclaimer: I don't think I've ever seen an Ultrix system in my life.

You might not ever see one in the future since DEC killed them off... 

>To prove or disprove this theory, try the following, in decreasing ease:
>        Manually compile with file with either -fno-exceptions which
>                turns exceptions off completely.
>        Compile the file with -fsjlj-exceptions to force the use of
>                the setjmp/longjmp exceptions.

Both flages fixed the problem.

>        Install GNU as.

I'll wait a little before I try this option ;)

>You can roam through the archives for conversations on this topic.

I guess I should read more of the posts...but I tend to ignore
subjects that I know nothing about.

>Experimenting with disabling the DWARF2 exceptions by adding a
>                        #define DWARF2_UNWIND_INFO 0
>                in your tm.h file

I'll give it a try.  How about on the command line?  I'll have
to try that tomrrow afternoon.  Sleep now!

Aaron Jackson		jackson@msrce.howard.edu