>
> Hiya
>
> I do not know if I am encountering a Linux specific problem or a
> bug with GCC. This is my setup:
>
> Linux 1.3.58 and 1.3.79 (same problem on both) on an i586. Using
> gcc 2.7.2 and 2.7.2p.
>
> For a long time I have gotten what seems like random errors when compiling,
> for example when compiling the Linux kernel, I get:
>
> gcc [snip...]
> cpp: output pipe has been closed
> gcc: Internal compiler error: Program cc got fatal signal 11
>
> (note, 11 is SEGV somtimes its signal 6)
>
> sometimes the "cpp: output pipe has been closed" does not appear.
>
> (an invalid .o file is left as a result causing ld to fail its linking).
>
> The error seems to happen in particular on certain .c files. For example
> the drivers/block/floppy.c does this over and over, but perhaps one out
> of 10 compilations succeed. Sometimes logging out & back in solves
> the problem.
>
> What should I do?
>
> --Michael
For several days, the great gurus of linux have been arguing... this may be
a memory problem (bad ram) or this may be a misconfigured memory system (try
disabling your cache) or this may be a bug in gcc or it's friends.
Sig 11 is known to be ambiguous in this way, signal 6 is variously defined
as SIGIOT and SIGABRT, but when I do this:
cat
^Z
ps (look for the pid of cat)
kill -6 (that pid)
fg
it gives me IOT trap/Abort, so I guess this signal is being redefined or
includes more stuff?
So fiddle with the hardware, and see what happens.
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