SERIOUS GPC BUG!!

Sat, 14 Jun 1997 02:20:45 +0800

If you look at the time stamp of this message you'll see that it was written
at 2:30am. :-( I have just (hopefully) isolated a VERY SERIOUS GPC bug.

Every time I compiled my programs with "-g" (debugging) the compiler crashed
with a SIGSEGV. With a bit of late-night detective-ing, I think I figured
WHY this happens!

I managed to get an assembly dump of my program without the compiler
crashing. The "-g" option wrote ".def _(null) ... " to the assembly output.
Somehow, some NULL strings have crept into GPC.... :-( Whats even scarier is
that the number of _(null) defs varied between different compiles!

When "--automake" is enabled, the compiler crashes with a SIGSEGV. I dont
think "AS" was ever invoked because it usually complains about those
_(NULLS). I am using GPC-970510 for DJGPP 2.01.

Now, I desperately need some sleep!!  Good night :-)
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