Re: Initdb problem on debian mips cobalt: Bus error

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: glynastill(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, remi_zara(at)mac(dot)com
Subject: Re: Initdb problem on debian mips cobalt: Bus error
Date: 2008-08-07 20:56:33
Message-ID: 27443.1218142593@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Glyn Astill <glynastill(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>> The conclusion of the thread seemed to be that it was a linker or
>> assembler problem triggered by our use of SUBSYS.o files to aggregate
>> all the backend .o files into a smaller number of files for the final
>> link. If so the answer is either (a) update to a newer toolchain
>> that might fix the problem, or (b) try our CVS HEAD which doesn't use
>> the SUBSYS.o trick anymore.

> So tonight I've built CVS HEAD and rerun make check.
> All 115 tests passed! It works :-)

Okay, so it is indeed the linker's fault. Now try plan (a) --- can you
find a more up-to-date toolchain?

regards, tom lane

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