----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Blake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gilles Espinasse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "bug-gnulib" <bug-gnulib@gnu.org> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:43 AM Subject: Re: m4-1.4.10 segfault with x86_64 during ./configure when checking whether printf supports infinite 'long double' arguments
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Gilles Espinasse on 12/12/2007 3:29 PM: > > Hi Gilles, > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: 4.0 > > APT prefers stable > > APT policy: (500, 'stable') > > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-amd64 > > Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > > > m4-1.4.10 ./configure segfault on amd64 > > conftest[<number vary>]: segfault at 502000 rip 00002b3b28099a7 rsp <number > > vary> error 6 > > > > I try this patch with no change > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-m4/2007-09/msg00007.html > > > > On the same machine but with Etch 32b version, it just run with trouble (no > > test with the patch) > > Thanks for the report; I'm adding gnulib, since that would be where the > fix (if any) should be made. I need to make an m4 snapshot with a more > recent gnulib snapshot, to see if we've addressed this in the meantime. > > Meanwhile, was configure still coming up with the correct answer, and just > printing bogus intermediate text, or was it failing to compile because of > the segv? Perhaps attaching the complete config.log would be helpful. > It compile fine. I didn't look the result of tests. The problem stay un-noticed for some times until I was looking at the console screen during compilation. Nothing special appear in compilation log (m4 is only one of the numerous packages to compile a full distrib à la LSF). I have attached config.log. Gilles
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