>Number:         6503
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       egcs -O2 loops endless while compiling sane-0.74
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 27 17:35:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Frank van der Linden
>Organization:
Feh, Inc.
>Release:        NetBSD-current 11251998
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD frank 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (FRANK) #2: Wed Nov 25 02:12:08 MET 1998 frank@frank:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/FRANK i386


>Description:
	egcs gets into an endless loop, eating up all memory, while compiling
	sane-0.74 out of the package collection, to be more specific:
	backend/umax.c
>How-To-Repeat:
	Compile the sane-0.74 pkg.
>Fix:
	Workaround: compile with -O, not -O2
>Audit-Trail:
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