Re: DDD 3.3.1 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) gets `Segmentation fault' signal

[Stew Benedict]

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 15:12:51 -0400, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > What I was doing: Trying to run ddd.
> > 
> > We've moved to gcc-3.1.  lesstif and gdb have both been recompiled with
> > gcc-3.1.  I've tried relaxing compiler flags with no change.  Oddly enough
> > it runs on PPC with the same compiler/libs.
> 
> Hmm... in Debian, we've been using gcc 3.1 as the primary compiler on
> several non-x86 architectures for some time now; I haven't had any reports
> similar to the problem you're experiencing. Comparing your setup to
> Debian's, there are a few avenues to explore, in order of my decreasing
> "this could be it" gut feeling:
> - The backtrace looks like a memory allocation problem, quite possibly in
>   LessTif (Debian currently has a slightly older version of LessTif).
>   Do you get a different backtrace when attempting to run this DDD binary 
>   under Electric Fence?

I'll try it.

> - Does switching to gcc 3.1-compiled versions of all libraries DDD uses
>   (including X, ncurses and glibc) make a difference?

These should all be gcc3.1 by now.

> - Can you reproduce the problem when using DDD CVS (which is what Debian is
>   actually using at the moment)?

I'll try it.

> - Is the problem reproducable with a plain glibc build for x86, not
>   optimised for i686?
> 

Thanks - I'll try this too.

Stew Benedict

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