From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Jan 30 16:10: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C8A11521B for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:10:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id QAA00764; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 32767) id 0FF22151C5; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:07:55 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20000131000755.0FF22151C5@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:07:55 -0800 (PST) From: simonw@d2.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: gnu/16481: Cpp crashes frequently Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 16481 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: Cpp crashes frequently >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 30 16:10:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Simon Walton >Release: 3.4-rel >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD stepney 3.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE #0: Sun Jan 30 15:35:07 PST 2000 simonw@stepney:/usr/src/sys/compile/STEPNEY i386 >Description: When, for example, rebuilding the kernel, cpp crashes with a variety of signals, sometimes SEGV or ABRT, at random times. The distribution is CDROM from cheapbytes.com. >How-To-Repeat: cd /sys/i386/conf config GENERIC cd make depend >Fix: setenv MALLOC_OPTIONS Z This seems to indicate that cpp is assuming all malloced memory is zeroed. With this fix kernel rebuilds correctly. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message