At 16:40 23/07/98 +0200, Gunnar Evermann wrote:
>Robert_Pluim(a)BayNetworks.COM (Robert Pluim) writes:
>% xemacs -q
>
>C-x C-f ~/test.c RET (open new file in cc-mode)
>
>M-; M-; (press indent-for-comment twice)
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Does this work (i.e. crash) for you? The proposed solution was:
Yep, that does it for me.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>I found that
>this is compiler optimization problem (egcs-1.0.2 on sparc solaris-2.5.1).
>
> gcc -g -O search.c ... ---> no problem
> gcc -g -O2 search.c ... ---> core-dumped by above operations.
This fixes it as well.
>This might solve the problem for now, but I still think we should
>track it down a bit more.
>
>If you still have the original coredump, please go up to frame #3, do
>'print *buffer' and mail the result.
print *buffer wasn't at all interesting, however, print *buf gives:
(gdb) print *buffer
$1 = 105840660
(gdb) p *buf
$2 = {header = {lheader = {implementation = 0x1655dc}, next = 0x601b60,
uid = 5143, free = 0}, own_text = {
beg = 0xef170000 "From: \"Thomas M. Thomas II\"
<tom.thomas(a)mci.com>\nSubject: RE: need help understanding ospf
redistribution into RIP\nNewsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco\nDate: 20 Jul 1998
09:59:48 -0600\nOrganization: Univer"...,
gpt = 1074, z = 2337, bufz = 2337, gap_size = 6042, end_gap_size = 0,
modiff = 282, save_modiff = 0, changes = 0x601b20}, text = 0x69b20c,
pt = 159, bufpt = 159, begv = 1, bufbegv = 1, zv = 2337, bufzv = 2337,
face_change = 503, changes = 0x601b00, markers = 0x4916f4,
extent_info = 543169248, base_buffer = 0x0, indirect_children =
-1608028156,
local_var_flags = -3, modtime = 0, auto_save_modified = 0,
auto_save_failure_time = -1, last_window_start = 1, name = 1613719976,
filename = -1608028156, directory = 1613978840, backed_up = -1608028156,
saved_size = 0, auto_save_file_name = -1608028156, read_only = -1608028132,
mark = 541820132, local_var_alist = 1081538580, major_mode = -1605184836,
mode_name = 1617022336, modeline_format = 1079608796, keymap = 540936320,
abbrev_table = -2144701184, syntax_table = 545359872,
mirror_syntax_table = 544026624, case_fold_search = -1608028132,
tab_width = 8, fill_column = 70, left_margin = 0,
auto_fill_function = -1608028156, downcase_table = 1613272436,
upcase_table = 1613272448, case_canon_table = 1613272436,
case_eqv_table = 1613272448, truncate_lines = -1608028156,
ctl_arrow = -1607255628, selective_display = -1608028156,
selective_display_ellipses = -1608028132, overwrite_mode = -1608028156,
abbrev_mode = -1608028156, undo_list = -1608028132,
dedicated_frame = -1608028156, file_format = -1608028156,
point_marker = 541820156, point_before_scroll = -1608028156,
file_truename = -1608028156, invisibility_spec = -1608028132,
generated_modeline_string = 1613719952, modeline_extent_table = 541938368,
line_number_cache = -1608028156}
>
>I also had a look at the diffs against previous versions (as Steve
>suggested) and to me they all looked kind of innocent but if you have
>the time you might still try an older version...
I had a look, but none of the versions back to 1.12 of that file crashed
when compiled with -O, but they did with -O3. <sigh> Is there a gcc2.8.2 yet?
Robert
