Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:33:29 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Bolster <j.bol@gte.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: procmail port broken? Message-ID: <20010111093329.K44170@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOCEKICLAA.j.bol@gte.net>; from j.bol@gte.net on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 05:09:39PM -0500 References: <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOAEKHCLAA.j.bol@gte.net> <20010111085813.J44170@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20010111082432.C44170@wantadilla.lemis.com> <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOCEKICLAA.j.bol@gte.net>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Wednesday, 10 January 2001 at 17:09:39 -0500, John Bolster wrote: >> On Wednesday, 10 January 2001 at 5:35:34 -0500, John Bolster wrote: >>> Has anyone ran into this situation: >>> >>> I am trying to install Procmail from the ports (FBSD 4.1). I'm >>> doing it from the ports instead of from a package because I need >>> to alter one of the files so procmail uses $home directories >>> instead of /var/mail/. Each time I try to make the port I get the >>> following error: >>> >>> Initiating fcntl()/kernel-locking-support tests >>> Whoeaaa! There's something fishy going on here. >>> You have a look and see if you detect anything uncanny: >>> ******************************************************* >>> cc -c -O -pipe _autotst.c >>> cc: Internal compiler error: program cpp got fatal signal 11 >>> *** Error code 1 >>> >>> Stop in /usr/ports/mail/procmail/work/procmail-3.15/src. >>> ******************************************************* >>> I suggest you take a look at the definition of CFLAGS* and CC >>> in the Makefile before you try make again. >> >> Well, the Makefile's guess is way off. Your compiler is dying with a >> segmentation violation (SIGSEGV). This can be a program bug, or it >> can be a hardware problem. Since gcc doesn't normally die with >> SIGSEGV, I'd guess hardware. Can you compile anything else? >> >> FWIW, I installed procmail a few days ago, and had no problems. > > Thank you. I rebooted the server and it made without the error. On Thursday, 11 January 2001 at 8:58:13 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 10 January 2001 at 16:53:42 -0500, John Bolster wrote: >> Any ideas what I can do about this? This is from running ./configure for >> maildrop: >> >> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no >> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot >> create executables. > > I'd guess that this is a permission problem. Are you root? If not, > does it happen after you become root? Reconsidering, I'd suggest that this is an indication that you do, indeed, have hardware problems. Check memory and BIOS settings. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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