Hello all.

I have been having some severe problems with compiling Pascal files on an Ultrasparc II box running Solaris 2.6. The compiler has crashed several times and generated cores. The crashes ranged from seg violations and bus errors, to SIGIOT (signal 6). Some of the crashes seem to result from syntax errors, while other seem to mysteriously vanish.

These crashes have occurred with the stable version of GPC(beta? it's dated early 1999) using gcc 2.8.1. I have made sure that this version has been compiled for 32 bit mode. I also have had the signal 10s and 11s occur with gpc-19991030 using gcc 2.95.2.

These problems seem to bve specific to this box/OS. I can compile the same code at home on a AMD K6-3 running Linux with a 2.2.13 kernel and the compiler will not crash.

Is there something peculiar about setting up or compiling GPC for an Ultrasparc using Solaris 2.6 that I may be missing? Should I submit bug reports since the platform is not listed on the web site?

Thanks

Russell Minnich minnrp01@holmes.ipfw.edu