Re: findutils-4.2.27: build feedback

[James Youngman]

On 4/27/06, Hans Meine <address@hidden> wrote:
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11

The Internal Compiler Error message usually means either that there is
a bug in the compiler or that there is a prolem with the hardware, I
think.

>   SunOS kogs1 5.8 Generic_117350-28 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250
> I could neither compile 4.2.27 nor 4.2.26 (both lead to the sig11),
> and with 4.2.25 I get this strange error:
>
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../lib -I.. -I../gnulib/lib -I../../gnulib/lib
> -I/software/gettext-0.11.5/include -I/software/libiconv-1.8/include
> -I/software/libiconv-1.8/SunOS-5.8/include
> -I/software/gettext-0.11.5/SunOS-5.8/include  -g -O2 -c ../../lib/regextype.c
> ../../lib/regextype.c: In function `get_regex_type_synonym':
> ../../lib/regextype.c:147: parse error before `int'
> ../../lib/regextype.c:150: `flags' undeclared (first use in this function)
> ../../lib/regextype.c:150: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> ../../lib/regextype.c:150: for each function it appears in.)
> gmake[1]: *** [regextype.o] Error 1
>
> Which I don't understand at all because the code looks fine and is not changed
> by the preprocessor (I ran the above command with -E and it looked the same).
> For today, I will stop trying. ;-/

In fact that code is not fine.  In 4.2.25 the get_regex_type_synonym()
function included executable code before the declaration of the
variable 'flags', whcih C89 does not allow.  That problem was fixed in
findutils-4.2.26.

James,