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Date:      Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:41:50 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Compiler Difficulty
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811081039030.16226-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981107164223.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>

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On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote:

> 
> Doug Rabson, On 07-Nov-98 you wrote:
> >  On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote:
> >  
> > > cc -I. -O -fPIC -Ifd -Ixpm -Ispec -I../FORMS -I../FORMS/private
> > > -DMAKING_FD
> > > -I../xpm-3.4g -I/usr/X11R6/include  -c fd_select.c
> > > cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 6
> > > *** Error code 1
> > > 
> > > This is in xforms, without which xfmail will not compile, without which
> > > I
> > > am dead...
> >  
> >  Have you tried the gcc patches from my web page 
> >  (http://www.freebsd.org/~dfr/gcc.diff).  I needed them to fix a register
> >  allocation bug in libX11.  They probably fix other things too.
> 
> I merged them, for the next build here.  Hopefully these are correct for
> other than Alpha ports...

I have completed many x86 buildworlds with these patches.

> 
> BTW, why are we not upgrading our compiler?

I think mainly because its a difficult job and noone who is competent
enough to do the job has stepped forward (me included).  Changing the
system compiler is a traumatic event at the best of times and this next
change will be a big one whichever compiler we choose.

--
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891
					Fax:   +44 181 381 1039


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