merge 557330 561418 stop On 17.12.09 Kurt Roeckx ([email protected]) wrote:
> Source: texlive-bin > Version: 2009-3 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > There was an error while trying to autobuild your package: > The third incarnation of this bug. > I think this part of gcc's docs is relavant: > > -msmall-data > -mlarge-data > When -mexplicit-relocs is in effect, static data is accessed via > gp-relative relocations. When -msmall-data is used, objects 8 > bytes long or smaller are placed in a small data area (the ".sdata" > and ".sbss" sections) and are accessed via 16-bit relocations off > of the $gp register. This limits the size of the small data area > to 64KB, but allows the variables to be directly accessed via a > single instruction. > > The default is -mlarge-data. With this option the data area is > limited to just below 2GB. Programs that require more than 2GB of > data must use "malloc" or "mmap" to allocate the data in the heap > instead of in the program's data segment. > > When generating code for shared libraries, -fpic implies > -msmall-data and -fPIC implies -mlarge-data. > > I don't see any options in the calls to gcc, so I think it's > using the defaults. > > I don't know that much about alpha, so I hope someone else can > give some insight in what the problem might be and help to get > this resolved. I suspect this is some problem in the compiler. > Such a pity. I guess we should ask the porters. H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
