Re: DDD 3.3.1 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) gets `Segmentation fault' signal

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 15:12:51 -0400, Stew Benedict wrote:
> What I was doing: Trying to run ddd.
> 
> We've moved to gcc-3.1.  lesstif and gdb have both been recompiled with
> gcc-3.1.  I've tried relaxing compiler flags with no change.  Oddly enough
> it runs on PPC with the same compiler/libs.

Hmm... in Debian, we've been using gcc 3.1 as the primary compiler on
several non-x86 architectures for some time now; I haven't had any reports
similar to the problem you're experiencing. Comparing your setup to
Debian's, there are a few avenues to explore, in order of my decreasing
"this could be it" gut feeling:
- The backtrace looks like a memory allocation problem, quite possibly in
  LessTif (Debian currently has a slightly older version of LessTif).
  Do you get a different backtrace when attempting to run this DDD binary 
  under Electric Fence?
- Does switching to gcc 3.1-compiled versions of all libraries DDD uses
  (including X, ncurses and glibc) make a difference?
- Can you reproduce the problem when using DDD CVS (which is what Debian is
  actually using at the moment)?
- Is the problem reproducable with a plain glibc build for x86, not
  optimised for i686?

HTH,
Ray
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