See http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=octave-forge&ver=2004.01.18-1&arch=mips&stamp=1074506653&file=log&as=raw
for more details, the pertinent part is mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_21 -v lp.cc /usr/bin/g++ -c -fPIC -I/usr/include/octave-2.1.52 -I/usr/include/octave-2.1.52/octave -O2 -DHAVE_OCTAVE_21 lp.cc -o lp.o lp.cc: In function ctave_value_list Flp(const octave_value_list&, int)': lp.cc:640: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. make[3]: *** [lp.oct] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18/main/optim' make[2]: *** [optim/] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18/main' make[1]: *** [main/] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 ****************************************************************************** Build finished at 20040119-1059 FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died] Purging chroot-unstable/build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18 mkoctfile is just a wrapper used by Octave. Cou someone with acces to a mips box please try if it builds with -O1 or -O0 ? It builds on a bunch of ther architectures just fine. Thanks, Dirk -- The relationship between the computed price and reality is as yet unknown. -- From the pac(8) manual page