> Thanks for the info. I think this is more serious than the ftp
> issue. I couldn't remember what my partitions are laid out like so I
> thought I'd have a look...
>
> andy:~$ su
> Password:
> root:/home/andy# cfdisk
> Segmentation fault
> root:/home/andy#
>
> DOH!
> I edited the configure script to set the CFLAGS to -O and recompiled
> and it's working fine now. To me, cfdisk is a much more important
> system function than ftp. The gcc-4 book should set the optimisation
> to -O by default, perhaps with
>
> sed -i '[EMAIL PROTECTED]"-O2"@CFLAGS-"-O"@g' configure
If only one utility from a package is causing a problem, wouldn't to
be better to recompile that utility with a specific flag set rather
than drop the optimisation on everything across the whole build ?
Just my threepen'th,
(though I guess this posting might be considered more of a
"why spoil the ship for a ha'p'th of tar"
for those of you who speak old-money)
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