Subject: Re: gcc breaks at compiling xinstall?
To: None <frueauf@ira.uka.de>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/03/1996 18:03:15
>From: Thorsten Frueauf <frueauf@ira.uka.de>
>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:49:50 +0000 (GMT)

>I got problems compiling xinstall with NetBSD current 02.12.1996 sources:
>
>On NetBSD/amiga I get:
>
>/src/usr.bin/xinstall:
>[milano@di_frueauf]/src/usr.bin/xinstall# make
>cc -O  -Werror  -c /src/usr.bin/xinstall/../../bin/ls/stat_flags.c
>cc -O  -Werror  -c /src/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c
>cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 6
>*** Error code 1

>So is that an m68k problem with gcc? Anyone else had this problem too?
>Any ideas on how to track this down?

gcc calls abort() whenever it detects an internal error, so this is
definitely a bug in gcc.

Try applying the patches in PR bin/2827, which will bring your
NetBSDized gcc up to version 2.7.2.1.  2.7.2.1 fixes several serious
bugs in gcc.
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