Re: 2.3.31 (and 2.3.32pre2) breaks cpp with segmentation fault (ok

Terry Hardie (terryh@orcas.net)
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 19:02:20 -0500 (EST)


On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, David Dyck wrote:

> something (mremap?) broke cpp between 2.3.30 and 2.3.31
> (2.3.30 is ok, 2.3.31 causes segmentation fault in cpp)
>
> Compiling and testing perl has proved useful to find bugs/problems
> with new linux kernels. This is the first time I get a repeatable
> Segmentation fault from gcc (the preprocessor at that!)
> after upgrading to a new kernel. (older kernels don't have
> this problem.)
>
[... snip ...]
>
> Can anyone else reproduce this also?

Yes, this is happening when compiling ppp_deflate as a module also. I know
my system doesn't have abd memory/other hardware, and other have posted
with the same problem. I can do several make -j 10 on the kernel source
and not have it barf (except on that same file every time)

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