INQUIRY: Inconsistent gcc compile failures

[Erik Mouw]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 02:19:00PM -0500, fhirsch@tse.com wrote:
> I am getting a number of compile failures at inconsistent points of major
> compiles with no code specific errors or warnings. Examples of code sources
> which I have seen these errors are the expat-lib, Apache, and PHP 3 and 4
> are especially prone to the problem. I believe that the compiler may be
> running out of memory somehow (32MB RAM w/150MB swap), though if I run the
> make through the gdb tool, I have never receive these errors. Errors do not
> always occur in the same module of code. Sometimes the code element will
> compile fine, and fail on a subsequent element. Eventually the code will
> compile all the way through in most cases.

Random crashes while compiling stuff...

> Enclosed is a sample report of the error (received when compiling Perl DBD
> mysql module). I believe I had one of these in gdb once, but no backtrace
> was actually available. gdb reported a normal exit state.
> 
> cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
> cpp: output pipe has been closed
> make[1]: *** [mysql.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/somepath'
> make: *** [subdirs] Error 2

... and Sig11. Sounds like flaky hardware. If you are running
GNU/Linux, check out the sig11 FAQ at:

  http://www.BitWizard.nl/sig11/


Erik

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