SuSE gcc blows up

James R. Van Zandt jrv at vanzandt.mv.com
Fri Jul 14 20:15:13 EDT 2000


Charles C. Bennett, Jr.	 <ccb at valinux.com> writes:

>As I said in my last mail - the first symptom of bad memory is
>trouble from gcc.
>
>If you have a memory diagnostic tool, run it.

The explanation I've read is that gcc uses LOTS of pointers.  With bad
memory, most programs will tend to silently generate bad answers, but
gcc will tend to segfault.

	 - Jim Van Zandt

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