Thread: problem with compilation of dynalloc2 segmentation fault

Did anybody face the same problem during the compilation of postgresql 8.2.5
on suse 10.2?
I'm using gmake 3.81


gcc -I../../include -I../../../../../src/interfaces/ecpg/include
-I../../../../../src/interfaces/libpq -I../../../../../src/include -D_GNU_SOURCE   -O2
-Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline
-Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing   dynalloc2.c -L../../ecpglib
-L../../pgtypeslib -L../../../../../src/port  -Wl,-rpath,'/usr/local/pgsql/lib'
-lecpg -lpgtypes -L../../../../../src/interfaces/libpq -lpq -lpgport -lz
-lreadline -lcrypt -ldl -lm   -o dynalloc2
dynalloc2.pgc: In function âmainâ:
dynalloc2.pgc:55: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://bugs.opensuse.org>; for instructions.
gmake[5]: *** [dynalloc2] Error 1
gmake[5]: Leaving directory
`/home/.../tmp/postgresql-8.2.5/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/sql'
gmake[4]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[4]: Leaving directory
`/home/.../tmp/postgresql-8.2.5/src/interfaces/ecpg/test'
gmake[3]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory
`/home/.../tmp/postgresql-8.2.5/src/interfaces/ecpg'
gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/.../tmp/postgresql-8.2.5/src/interfaces'
gmake[1]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/.../tmp/postgresql-8.2.5/src'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2

=?UTF-8?Q?Marcin?= <rion@o2.pl> writes:
> Did anybody face the same problem during the compilation of postgresql 8.2.5
> on suse 10.2?
> ...
> dynalloc2.pgc: In function âmainâ:
> dynalloc2.pgc:55: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> See <URL:http://bugs.opensuse.org>; for instructions.

This is not Postgres' problem.  Either you have a broken gcc, or you
have flaky hardware that causes the compiler to crash.  Is the behavior
repeatable if you try the build several times?  If yes, file a bug
report against gcc (might as well do it through the mentioned opensuse
page, since given the lack of other reports, odds are good it's a
SUSE-induced breakage).  If not repeatable, you have bad hardware;
time to try the usual clean-everything-and-reseat-connectors rain dance.

            regards, tom lane

Try to set enviroment variable LANG to C value before compilation. If you use sh shell you must execute: export LANG=C.

The gcc manual documents this. It's not a compiler bug.

Best regards.