Hi Eric, On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:20 AM, Eric Blake <e...@byu.net> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Aaron Gray on 12/16/2008 10:05 AM: > > Hello Aaron, > > > I am getting the following error message on two 32bit Vista machines :- > > Thanks for the report. You didn't mention which version (including the > output of 'm4 --version' would have been helpful), but... > > > c:\Gnuwin32\bin\m4: internal error detected; please report this bug to > > <bug-m4@gnu.org <mailto:bug-m4@gnu.org>>: Aborted > Thanks for the reply. GnuWin32.sf.net says version 1.4.12. M4 will not even give a version number, so its probably something trivial. ...this message is only printed by 1.4.12. Did you build this yourself, > or are you using it pre-compiled from the gnuwin32 folks? They have Its from GNUWin32. > typically not had the best track record for reliable ports (although the > fact that you appear to be using 1.4.12 means that they at least have > modernized things recently). You may also want to try mingw or cygwin, if > you like using precompiled ports. > > I personally don't have access to a Vista machine, so I can't reproduce > the error. To get to the bottom of this, we need to know whether this > happens for every invocation, regardless of the command line, or whether Yes. it is a particular input sequence that triggers the failure (and if so, > can you please send us the input files). If you built m4 yourself, the > next step would be attaching a debugger and getting a stack trace at the > point where the abort occurs; if you are using it precompiled, then you > may be better off asking the gnuwin32 people who compiled it to look into > the issue. It may also be that the crash is occurring inside code added > or modified by the gnuwin32 people, rather than in the pristine m4 package > (although the GPL requires that they publish any modifications alongside > their binary, so a link to where you downloaded from might be useful). > Okay I will report it to the GnuWin32 crew otherwise I'll try building it myself when I get some time. > > - -- > Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Thanks :) Aaron > > > Eric Blake e...@byu.net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAklIjCEACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBgqQCfYQN/Vtyi4DYbOxxDJuI9xXDn > tscAoKm8/rz0USz2+SkB7S4Z8D2hYx71 > =3hS7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
