Subject: Re: Problems with PC164SX and -current
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Jeff Roberson <nomad@nop.aliensystems.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/29/2000 19:51:12
I was just about to try and build current to see if that helps my DPWS
500a situation.  I assume this means I should definately not do this then?

Thanks,
Jeff

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Jason Thorpe wrote:

> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 17:38:57 -0800
> From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
> To: Ken Wellsch <kcwellsc@math.uwaterloo.ca>
> Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Problems with PC164SX and -current 
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:16:18 -0500 (EST) 
>  Ken Wellsch <kcwellsc@math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> 
>  > The last time I was able to "successfully" build -current on my PC164SX
>  > was Dec 25th. Since then, when starting with a freshly built kernel (and
>  > current -current) my "make build" tends to die.  Earlier in January it
>  > would fail with the huge clean in libc (massive argv list) - ending with
>  > a signal 11 death. So I'd simply return to my old kernel and wait til
>  > I was home again to try with a newer -current.  With a fresh sup from
>  > Friday (Jan 28) I see the following:  with a new GENERIC kernel, as soon
>  > as the new shared libc is installed, the next command faults with signal
>  > 11.  Lots of commands do (I suspect those relying on shared libc).  I
>  > happened to have an old system image circa last September, and when I
>  > drop libc.so.12.45 in place, replacing the link to the current 12.54,
>  > everything appears to work again. What the heck have I done wrong here? 
>  > Did I miss rebuilding some part that has left me in a dead-end state? 
>  > Thanks for any suggestions!  -- Ken
> 
> I noticed this to, and forgot to send a bug report.  Foo.
> 
> Anyhow, some of the delinting that was done to malloc.c is bogus, and
> causes death on the Alpha.
> 
> I'll send a PR about it ASAP.
> 
>         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
> 
>