Re: [jkohen@tough.com] libc/2099: Error compiling glibc-2.2.2 on Linux kernel 2.4.1.

[jury gerold <gjury at grips dot com>]

I have met this before with gcc-2.95.2.
I switched to   gcc-2.95.3.test3.tar.gz and the problem was gone.

ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/GCC/releases/gcc-2.95.3-prerelease/

Gerold

Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> 
> Hi libc developers,
> 
> This looks like a compiler error.  Anything we can do to workaround
> it?
> 
> Andreas
> 
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> Subject: Topics
> 
> Topics:
>    libc/2099: Error compiling glibc-2.2.2 on Linux kernel 2.4.1.
> 
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> Subject: libc/2099: Error compiling glibc-2.2.2 on Linux kernel 2.4.1.
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:35:02 -0500
> From: jkohen@tough.com
> To: libc-gnats@gnu.org, gnats-admin@gnu.org
> 
> >Number:         2099
> >Category:       libc
> >Synopsis:       Can't compile glibc-2.2.2.
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       critical
> >Priority:       high
> >Responsible:    libc-gnats
> >State:          open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Class:          sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id:   unknown
> >Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 19 01:35:02 -0500 2001
> >Cases:
> >Originator:     Javier Kohen
> >Release:        libc-2.2.2
> >Organization:
> >
> >Environment:
> Host type: i586-pc-linux-gnu
> System: Linux jkohen 2.4.1 #3 jue feb 1 16:54:10 ART 2001 i586 unknown
> Architecture: i586
> Working glibc-2.2.1
> 
> Addons: linuxthreads
> 
> Build CC: gcc
> Compiler version: 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
> Kernel headers: 2.4.1
> Symbol versioning: yes
> Build static: yes
> Build shared: yes
> Build pic-default: no
> Build profile: no
> Build omitfp: yes
> Build bounded: no
> Build static-nss: no
> Stdio: libio
> 
> >Description:
> Can't compile glibc-2.2.2 with my current setup. Make dies with the following message:
> gcc ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getdents64.c -c -O2 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -g      -I../include -I. -I/mnt/store/tmp/glibc/dirent -I.. -I../libio  -I/mnt/store/tmp/glibc -I../sysdeps/i386/elf -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/i386/i586 -I../sysdeps/unix/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/i386/i586 -I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic
> -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include ../include/libc-symbols.h     -o /mnt/store/tmp/glibc/dirent/getdents64.o
> In file included from ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getdents64.c:22:
> ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c: In function `__getdents64':
> ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c:123: Invalid `asm' statement:
> ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c:123: fixed or forbidden register 2 (cx) was spilled for class CREG.
> make[2]: *** [/mnt/store/tmp/glibc/dirent/getdents64.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Saliendo directorio `/usr/src/glibc-2.2.2/dirent'
> make[1]: *** [dirent/subdir_lib] Error 2
> make[1]: Saliendo directorio `/usr/src/glibc-2.2.2'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> make
> 
> >Fix:
> 
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> --
>  Andreas Jaeger
>   SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
>    private aj@arthur.inka.de
>     http://www.suse.de/~aj