[Freeciv-Dev] Re: compiling error (PR#875)

[Thue <thue@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 05 August 2001 14:41, Kevin Brown wrote:
> alain.henry@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Full_Name: Alain Henry
> > Version: 1.11.10
> > Distribution: Built from source
> > Client: Both (or N/A)
> > OS: Mandrake 8.0 MandrakeFreq #2
> > Submission from: (NULL) (213.132.154.175)
> >
> >
> > Using the MandrakeFreq #2, I compiled 1.11.6 and used it.  Now I'am
> > trying 1.11.10 .  Configure is all right, but the make (or gmake)
> > gives me an error
> >
> > combat.c: In fucntion 'get_defense_power':
> > combat.c:264: Internal error: Segmentation fault.
> > Please submit a full bug report (to Mandrake...)
> >
> > Let me know if you need additional information.  I had a similar
> > error with 1.11.8
> >
> > Thanks for the good work
>
> As Thue said, this is a compiler error.
>
> Maybe.
>
> The other possibility is that you have a hardware problem.  Kernel
> compiles are known to segfault under Linux when there's a memory
> error.  That may be what's happening here.
>
> You might want to look at your hardware before bugging the Mandrake
> guys about this.  Even so, Mandrake uses gcc "2.96", an unofficial
> RedHat spinoff of gcc, which I understand isn't the most stable
> compiler out there (gcc 3.0 is out now, and may be better)...

If it was a hardware error you wouldn't expect it to be reproducible. 
So try compiling again, and if the bug happens at the same place it 
should be a compiler error.

-Thue