On Tuesday 19 November 2002 17:56, Camm Maguire wrote: > Greetings! I've built this package successfully on trex several times, > yet the autobuilder has failed twice in the same place with an > effective segfault. Is something different on the autobuilding > machine l003092? >
The only difference seems to be the kernel version. I will check this and let you know. > Separately, I've noticed that trex is now running kernel 2.4.x, in > which the known mprotect bug has been reportedly fixed. GCL can use > more efficient garbage collection on such machines, but currently has > no way of detecting 2.2 kernels at runtime and using the slower gc. > Is it safe to assume now that the vast majority of machines running > Debian on this arch will be using 2.4.x now, and that a simple note in > README.Debian coupled with an enabling of the stratified garbage > collection is now advisable? > The problem was not the 2.2 kernel but a bug in an earlier 2.4 kernel. This may be somehow related to your first item. Gerhard
