From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Jan 31 11:40: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED13715040 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 11:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id LAA87030; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 11:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 11:40:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001311940.LAA87030@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ruslan Ermilov Subject: Re: gnu/16481: Cpp crashes frequently Reply-To: Ruslan Ermilov Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR gnu/16481; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov To: simonw@d2.com Cc: Subject: Re: gnu/16481: Cpp crashes frequently Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:31:45 +0200 On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 04:07:55PM -0800, simonw@d2.com wrote: > > When, for example, rebuilding the kernel, cpp crashes with a variety > of signals, sometimes SEGV or ABRT, at random times. The distribution > is CDROM from cheapbytes.com. > This usually happens due to bad RAM chips. Can you replace them and try again? > setenv MALLOC_OPTIONS Z > > This seems to indicate that cpp is assuming all malloced memory > is zeroed. With this fix kernel rebuilds correctly. > Hmm, do you have /etc/malloc.conf? -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message