From: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2009-02-05T12:36:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Building 1.9.1 on Debian Lenny - gcc issue

2009/2/5 M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net>:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> While building ruby 1.9.1 on a Debian Lenny box with gcc4.3 (the
>> default) compiling parse.c might take several minutes on decent
>> hardware.
>>
>> This problem happens on multiple x86 and x86_64 boxes for me but does
>> not happen on Debian gcc maintainer's boxes.
>>
>> gcc 4.2 works fine for me.
>>
>> Anybody else sees this problem?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Michal
>>
>>
>
> I just built 1.9.1 successfully with gcc 4.3 on openSUSE 11.1 (64-bit
> machine). I haven't done much with Lenny recently, although I will
> probably download it when it's release and build a virtual machine
> with it.

It's not that it does not build, it's just that it compiles that
particular file for very long and causes a particular pattern appear
on graphical system monitors that normally appears when something
locks up in a tight loop.

Thanks

Michal