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Date:	Wed, 9 Sep 1998 05:26:10 +0200
From:	Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
To:	John Nishinaga <jingoro AT gte DOT net>, pgcc-list AT Desk DOT nl
Subject:	Re: PCG pgcc-1.1 SIGSEGV
Mail-Followup-To:	John Nishinaga <jingoro AT gte DOT net>, pgcc-list AT Desk DOT nl
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In-Reply-To:	<35F5384E.7610953F@gte.net>; from John Nishinaga on Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 06:59:42AM -0700
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On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 06:59:42AM -0700, John Nishinaga wrote:
> While trying to compile the GNU package m4 I came across the following
> pgcc bug.  It generates the error against pgcc 1.1 but does not generate
> an error under egcs 2.91.52 so I assumed it's probably related to pgcc. 
> This is under linux 2.1.120 and glibc 2.0.95.  Anyways, here's the info
> that I hope is enough to go on...

a segfaulting compiler is, in almost all cases (except flaky hardware)
a bug in the compiler indeed!

> A few notes:
> 
> o I tried to prune error down much as I could -- both in source and

thanks, you've helped me a lot by doing this. I get the same error here.
I'll debug it ASAP.

> o Hopefully this is enough for information for you to go on.  I spent an
> hour or so on this trying to track it down the error myself but it's

Well, I actually get bugreports of such a quality once a month - at most ;)
I'm glad you made so much work yourself!

> Note: I'm not on the pgcc mailing list so if you need to contact me give
> me an email at the address listed below.  I would also be appreciative
> if I could get subscriber's address so I can get this list myself.

just subscribe to the list pgcc-list on majordomo AT desk DOT nl (same
as for beastium-list)

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