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

[Mika Korhonen <mikak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Kevin Brown wrote:

>alain.henry@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> 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...)
>>
>
>As Thue said, this is a compiler error.
>
>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)...

In addition, MandrakeFreq #2 is kind of a keep-on-the-egde distribution, so
it may well contain software that is not tested enough.

        Mika