Backing off gcc version

[jonsmirl]

gcc version 4.5.2 20110127 is segfaulting for me when compiling one of my programs. Are there older versions of it I can back off to?

Problem program is here:
git://contiki.git.sourceforge.net/gitro ... ki/contiki

in tools/tunslip6

[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]# make tunslip6
cc tunslip6.c -o tunslip6
tunslip6.c: In function ‘main’:
tunslip6.c:901:1: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
make: *** [tunslip6] Error 1
[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]#

[kmihelich]

No need to. Problem is you ran out of memory. You generally see gcc and ld segfault when this happens. Enable some swap space somewhere, it will work. I just checked out that git repo and compiled without issue.

[jonsmirl]

Just to be sure I gave it 8GB of swap.
I am on PogoplugPro.
The device is a 802.15.4 radio (Zigbee).
http://mc1322x.devl.org/
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[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]# swapon -s
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/media/hd-sdb1/swapfile file 8388600 44 -1
[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]# make tunslip6
cc tunslip6.c -o tunslip6
tunslip6.c: In function ‘main’:
tunslip6.c:901:1: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
make: *** [tunslip6] Error 1
[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]#

[jonsmirl]

I gave up and reinstalled all of Arch Linux ARM install. I can compile everything now.

[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]# make tunslip6
cc tunslip6.c -o tunslip6
[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]# ./tunslip6
tunslip6: usage: ./tunslip6 [-B baudrate] [-H] [-L] [-s siodev] [-t tundev] [-T] [-v verbosity] [-d delay] [-a serveraddress] [-p serverport] ipaddress: Success
[root@Arch Linux ARM install tools]#

[WarheadsSE]

Holy moly!
8GB?

I've never come near 1GB even when compiling a full toolchain.

[jonsmirl]

I didn't need the 8GB swap file, I just wanted to be sure. I had already had a 512MB swapfile initially.

The reinstall fixed it. Some problem with the install was caused the seg fault. It takes about 40MB and a Pro only has 16MB of memory.