here is the backtrace:

# gdb /usr/local/libexec/mysqld /var/mysql/mysqld.core
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This GDB was configured as "alpha--netbsd"...
Core was generated by `mysqld'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.12...done.
#0  0x120221448 in machdep_sys_sigprocmask () at
syscall-template.S:53
syscall-template.S:53: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0  0x120221448 in machdep_sys_sigprocmask () at
syscall-template.S:53
warning: Hit heuristic-fence-post without finding
warning: enclosing function for address 0x124cf0bf0
This warning occurs if you are debugging a function
without any symbols
(for example, in a stripped executable).  In that
case, you may wish to
increase the size of the search with the `set
heuristic-fence-post' command.

Otherwise, you told GDB there was a function where
there isn't one, or
(more likely) you have encountered a bug in GDB.
Current language:  auto; currently asm
(gdb)
----

i believe their is some bug associated with memcpy on
64-bit architecture as well in egcs-1.1.2 and also the
last release of gcc.


--- Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 01:28:26AM -0800, netbsd
> alpha wrote:
> 
>  > anyone compile latest gcc cvs on alpha? any
> problems?
>  > i have a need to use that cvs version of gcc to
> get
>  > mysql-3.23.27 to stop coredumping on me. i'm told
> my
>  > the mysql developers that the cvs version of gcc
> fixed
>  > many issues related to the alpha.  i'm running
>  > 1.5_beta as of:
> 
> I have not --- but the latest cvs gcc is NOT a
> stable compiler.  There
> are many problems with it -- it is not ready for
> prime time yet.
> 
> Specifically, what sort of problems are you having
> with our standard
> compiler?  If there's a codegen bug in our standard
> compiler, chances
> are we can fix it.
> 
> BTW, we're going to have gcc-2.95.2 in post-1.5, and
> possibly 1.5.1, if
> we can get it working on all platforms by then.
> 
> -- 
>         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>


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