INQUIRY: Inconsistent gcc compile failures

[Nick Burrett]

fhirsch@tse.com writes:

> One last question related to this, I've done a few compiles today as I am
> installing a new version of the O/S (Mandrake Linux 7.2), I've found that
> with a few code modules that a compile will fail several times in a row on
> the same piece, and then I can eventually smash my way through on the third
> or fourth attempt. The make might fail somewhere else in the build (same
> reason), but usually does fine. However, if I pull "make" into "gdb" and
> type "run", it always works fine. Might this symptom indicate better where
> the problem might be?

It is still bad RAM. If you run memtest86 for 24 hours, you will become
enlightened.
  http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/

Nick.