Subject: Re: (fwd) problems building kernel
To: None <bdale@chunks.gag.com>
From: Phil Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
List: port-pc532
Date: 11/21/1994 10:32:30
>Is anyone else having trouble building a kernel with 1.0? I was able to
>compile and install all of /usr/src other than sys on my 1.0beta system, but
>when I try to build a kernel, there are several files where the machine locks
>up tight with no errors during the compile. If I manually type the command
>line less the '-O' I can get those files to compile, so I presume this means
>the optimizer is blowing up? I've got 8meg of RAM and 32meg of swap, so unless
>I'm missing something obvious, I have no idea what's going on....
As I remember, I distributed the wrong copy of cc1 with one of the 1.0beta
releases. Make sure you have the right one. (Note, "cc -v" will respond
with 2.4.5, but (if I remember correctly) the /usr/libexec/cc1 should be
over 800k. If it is 500k, it may be 2.4.5 cc1 and we need at least
2.5.8 cc1.
--Phil