Re: stable gcc for sid

2001-12-21 Thread John Hasler
Shri writes: > It doesn't segfault - it merely says internal compiler error. This is a typical symptom of hardware problems. Gcc works the cpu pretty hard, heating it up. If your cooling or timing is maginal this can cause memory errors. When these hit the compiler's data structures it interpre

Re: stable gcc for sid

2001-12-21 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 16:38, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 16:41:27 +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > except if I run make again(without doing anything else), it goes through > > fine so I _cant_ reproduce the problem. Its seems to be almost random. > > That's a typical sign

Re: stable gcc for sid

2001-12-21 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 16:41:27 +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > except if I run make again(without doing anything else), it goes through > fine so I _cant_ reproduce the problem. Its seems to be almost random. That's a typical sign of bad or badly configured hardware. Time to read http://www.bitw

Re: stable gcc for sid

2001-12-21 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 15:10, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 14:56:06 +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > Im keen on getting a stable version of a c++ compiler for sid. the version > > I have says that it is a debian prerelease version > > That's because, technically speaking, it

Re: stable gcc for sid

2001-12-21 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 14:56:06 +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Im keen on getting a stable version of a c++ compiler for sid. the version > I have says that it is a debian prerelease version That's because, technically speaking, it is. It is a stable release of gcc, updated with CVS changes from