> > > make[1]: *** [fastdep] Segmentation fault > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/ppc/boot' > > > make: *** [archdep] Error 2 > > > > > > It seems make is to blame here??
Might as well be mkdep: fastdep: dummy $(TOPDIR)/scripts/mkdep $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -- $(wildcard *.[chS]) > .depend Rebuild that (make distclean should throw away mkdep IIRC). Please do also run mkdep under gdb control and report the resulting backtrace after segfault. > > Spurious segfaults can only really be caused by libc, the kernel or > > hardware, or am I missing something? > > I don't know if you can call these 'spurious', since they _always_ happen on > kernel compile, > but (so far) on nothing else. I think memory has been exercised enough during > install and > during first tests (running Mozilla and konqueror at the same time under > Gnome ;-). It would > really be a very bad coincidence to always hit that bad memory block on > kernel compile. > > Which leaves libc: but why doesn't anything else that uses libc segfault then? I'd blame libc though I really can't put a finger on why :-) If it's not a bad memory issue. mkdep uses realloc quite a lot. Michael