Andrew MacIntyre wrote: > David P. Riedel wrote: > >> I tried building Python 2.5.2 using gcc 4.3.0. The build completes >> with no problems but when I run 'make test', I get a segfault part >> way through the test run. >> >> here is the last part of the output from make test >> >> test_softspace >> test_sort >> test_sqlite >> test_sqlite skipped -- no sqlite available >> test_startfile >> test_startfile skipped -- cannot import name startfile >> test_str >> make: *** [test] Segmentation fault > > You don't identify the platform or O/S, though I'd guess some Linux > distro on i386 or x86-64... > > If you have gdb available, a backtrace might give a clue. > > However, as this is a new major release of gcc I'm automatically going to > assume an optimisation issue. To test this I'd suggest doctoring the > makefile generated by configure to reduce the optimisation level - I'd > suggest trying -O instead of -O3. If that works, try -O2 or -Os. > > If -O2 or -Os works, I'd be taking the matter up with the gcc team. > You are correct -- Mandriva Linux 2007. I will try varying the optimization level and see what happens.
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