> I've recently built (a number of times) teTeX-1.0.7 (with update 001 and
> update 002) on a new Solaris 2.8 system (with numerous patches) using GCC
> 2.95.2 built on the same system. The configure and compilation step
...
> Running mf to create plain base ...
> Bus Error
...
> Running mpost to create plain mem ...
> Bus Error
Exactly happended on earlier Solaris releases with gcc versions 2.95
and 2.95.1. The reason was an problem in the gcc optimizer. Compiling
mf / mpost w/o optimization has helped. I guess that there is some bug
in gcc 2.95.2 on Solaris 8, too.
Workarounds:
- compile with less optimization
- use a different compiler
- use binaries compiled by someone else
Consider writing a bug report for gcc.
Thomas