From: jrl AT netcom DOT com (Dr. J. Robert Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: gcc djgpp stopped working
Date: 19 May 2000 01:46:31 GMT
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Until earlier today, I had been happily using the djgpp gcc compiler
for many months. Around midday, I made the mistake of updating
windows 98 by responding to the critical update notification message.
Now that I have the latest security package in place, gcc no longer
works. It runs for a several minutes then aborts. Here is what I get:

jrl E:\src\SIGPROC>gcc -dumpversion
2.952

jrl E:\src\SIGPROC>gcc -c anyfile.c
Abort!
Exiting due to signal SIGABRT
Raised at eip=00014ff6
eax=000a9a44 ebx=00000120 ecx=00000000 edx=0000b460 esi=00000002 edi=000b0956
ebp=000a9af0 esp=000a9a40 program=E:\COMPILE\DJGPP\BIN\GCC.EXE
cs: sel=00a7  base=82c0f000  limit=000bffff
ds: sel=00af  base=82c0f000  limit=000bffff
es: sel=00af  base=82c0f000  limit=000bffff
fs: sel=0087  base=0000b460  limit=0000ffff
gs: sel=00bf  base=00000000  limit=0010ffff
ss: sel=00af  base=82c0f000  limit=000bffff
App stack: [000a9f2c..00029f2c]  Exceptn stack: [00029e80..00027f40]

Call frame traceback EIPs:
  0x00014f14
  0x00014ff6
  0x0001584b
  0x00010c98
  0x0000bc56
  0x0000ccf1
  0x0000c509
  0x0000ccf1
  0x0000c509
  0x0000ccf1
  0x0000c509
  0x0000ccf1
  0x0000c509
  0x0000ad44
  0x0000ea58
  0x000127f6

Interestingly, another machine has the same security upgrade, done around the
same time today, but gcc on it still functions. Both machines are running Win98 
second edition with all of the critical MS updates. The machine that works is a 
Pentium II 400; the one that does not work is a Pentium III 733.

On the bad machine:
jrl E:\compile\djgpp\bin>go32-v2
go32/v2 version 2.0 built Dec 24 1999 17:46:57
DPMI memory available: 94977 Kb
DPMI swap space available: 32603 Kb

On the working machine:
DPMI memory available: 22201 Kb
DPMI swap space available: 40095 Kb

Ideas for trouble-shooting?
--
J. Robert Lee, Ph.D.
jrl AT netcom DOT com