Re: GtkWindow fails to pass make test

[Jeff Trefftzs <trefftzs tcsn net>]

On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 13:09, muppet wrote:

> are you running OpenMosix?  ross ran across this sort of behavior for gcc when
> running an OpenMosix kernel, and the fix was "don't do that".
No.
Linux version 2.4.20-8 (bhcompile stripples devel redhat com)

> i've also seen problems with gcc segfaulting while compiling a kernel on my
> wife's inspiron laptop --- because the kernel that shipped with her distro
> didn't include support for the machine's fan.  the annoying thing is that the
> compile would cause the machine to overheat and miscompile things until it
> just locked up.  (the hi-tech fix was to compile with the laptop suspended
> over the A/C vent.)
>
> in other words, if you're having GCC segfaults and seeing test errors that say
> they shouldn't happen, i can't really trust that you're getting an
> accurately-compiled Gtk2.so.

gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)
I'm running on an AMD K6, 450 Mhz, 256MB.  It feels more like a memory
leak than anything else, since it only happens on huge compiles (e.g.,
the gimp), and everything works if I say, for example, make; make; make;

I haven't noticed this being reported snywhere else, and certainly my
big compiles seem to work fine once they finish.

> > Solidly repeatable.  All the remaining tests were successful.
>
> i am guessing the perl tests are dying in the same place because the compiled
> code is broken in the same spot.  if you recompile and relink everything, do
> you get the same results?  (i know it takes forever to compile, i
> apologize...)

I think Ross may have spotted the problem.  We'll see.

--
Jeff