Re: Compiling glibc-2.3.2 (-2.3.3?) snapshot 20031115 with gcc-3.4snapshot 20031119

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Robert Moss wrote:
> It appears that this is sadly completely knackered - as is compiling 
> *any* glibc 2.3.2 release or snapshot. The compile dies as soon as 
> elf/ld.so is used for the first time, with the following error:
>
> CPP='gcc -E -x c-header' 
> /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/elf/ld-linux.so.2 
> --library-path 
> /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/math:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/elf:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/dlfcn:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/nss:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/nis:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/rt:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/resolv:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/crypt:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/nptl 
> /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/sunrpc/rpcgen 
> -Y ../scripts -c rpcsvc/bootparam_prot.x -o 
> /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/sunrpc/xbootparam_prot.T 
>
> make[2]: *** 
> [/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/sunrpc/xbootparam_prot.stmp] 
> Segmentation fault
> ... The compile was done 
> with CFLAGS="-O" to prevent other errors that stopped the build getting 
> even this far.

Hmm.  http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-glibc/2001-01/msg00065.html
suggests that -O2 (and maybe -pipe?) are needed to avoid this problem.

What trouble did you run into that made you switch to -O ?
- Dan