Re: READ ME: updating mpc, mpfr, and eventually gmp

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

I've had intermittent similar problems with NetBSD for at least three 
years now.  I have no idea what the problem is, though.  I've suspected 
some sort of memory corruption, but was never able to make any progress 
in tracking it down.



On Sun, 1 Dec 2013, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> >      Base gcc hasn't been updated.  Updating mpc, mpfr, and gmp
> > are part of the preparation for update base gcc.  "Segfault due to
> > internal compiler error" is often due to bad memory.  You might
> > want to run pkgsrc/sysutils/memtestplus.
>
> I tried again, this time noticed that the choking point was in libgmp.
>
> So maybe it was the new stuff: mpc, mpfr and gmp.
>
> Maybe not compatible with existing gcc, or maybe an error in the code.
>
> Things I could try would be to try to build, from pkgsrc, gcc-aux or
> a newer version of gcc.  Or maybe from NetBSD 6.1_STABLE if that boots,
> but then I have the same old(?) gcc.
>
> Another possibility would be to do the same from FreeBSD, using
> gcc-aux or a newer gcc from ports.
>
> Tom
>
>
> !DSPAM:529b9c96211091274116419!

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