Finally, it turned out, that it is a bug in the NFS-code/-setup. When I copy the file to a local hard disk (even with cp from a NFS mounted disk), I can compile cvs without any problems (and even to times). Before it was impossible to get Code which does not segault.
The NFS server is a SUN-UltraSPARC running Solaris 2.6. My mount options are ramona:/export/disk1 /scratch nfs defaults 0 2 Does not look suspicious, does it? Can I do more experiments, before I report a bug? --Rainer. > On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 09:50:11 +0300, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > checkin.o: file not recognized: File truncated > > > /usr/bin/ld: cuddZddGroup.o: invalid string offset 285212672 >= 89 for > > section `.shstrtab' > > > I would expect the problems more in egcs, libc6 or the kernel itself (the > > system rebooted this morning automatically). > > I see no similarities with other EGCS or libc6 problem reports. > > > Any ideas what co8uld be wrong? The system was running slink rock-solid > > for months. > > It sounds much more like a hardware problem (try the suggestions of > http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11) or having corrupted .debs installed (try > forcefully reinstalling the current packages e.g. dpkg -OGR /archive). > > Ray > -- > UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried > to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, > UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. > - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan