>> The gcc update just failed to compile on one of my systems with a >> segfault, but then succeeded after trying again even though I didn't >> change anything. Does that indicate a hardware problem for sure? >> Should I run memtester? Any other tests to run? Nothing in dmesg. >> >> - Grant >> > > Nah, most likely it's a -j<something bigger than 1> issue > > Parallel builds are not deterministic so if the Makefile allows a race > condition to develop it's pot luck whether you'll be hit with it or not
I got sick of stuff like that so I run MAKEOPTS="-j1" on all of my systems. - Grant
