Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 10:45:45 -0800 (PST)
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To: covici AT ccs DOT covici DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: error in building emacs 20-2
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At 12:57  12/21/1997 -0500, John Covici wrote:
>on Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:12:01 GMT Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> in
><Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 971221141137 DOT 8399a-100000 AT is> wrote:
>>
>>On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, John Covici wrote:
>>
>>> When I try to build emacs, I get a SIGSEGV while compiling syntax.c.
>>
>>It doesn't happen to me.  Please tell which version of Emacs is that
>>(19.34 or 20.2), and post the crash traceback.
>It is 20.2 and here is what I got.
>
>cd lib-src
>f:/djgpp/bin/make.exe
>make.exe[1]: Entering directory `f:/emacs-20.2/lib-src'
>make.exe[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
>make.exe[1]: Leaving directory `f:/emacs-20.2/lib-src'
>cd ..
>cd src
>f:/djgpp/bin/make.exe
>make.exe[1]: Entering directory `f:/emacs-20.2/src'
>gcc -c  -Demacs -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I. -I.             -O2 -g syntax.c
>
>When I run it now, it just sits there -- not even an error.  That would
>suggest some kind of memory problem since I have a couple of more
>processes running now than before.
>
>I am using Windows 95 with a 200mhz Pentium and 40mb of real memory.
Random shot in the dark: Is it possible GCC runs out of stack space? Try
using `stubedit' to give cc1.exe a huge stack (4MB or more) and see if it
still happens.

I've found this to be the most common reason for GCC to crash, so I thought
I'd suggest it.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net