Thomas Mittelstaedt writes: > We have a large app with a lot of static libraries in it (and I mean a > lot, about 20) and it compiles and links successfully. If I compile it > without optimiztion turned on > (-O2 or some more subtle with -O and others), the program also runs. > With optimizations, though, the program would crash. > > Entailed is the gdb stacktrace. We use the native linker of aix and are > updated to the latest bos packages for 5.2. > > Thanks for hints! Redirected to gcc-help. I suggest, to begin with, that you try running your program under Valgrind. Also, be very sure to compile your program with -Wall and fix whatever warnings you come across. Then, if the problem persists even with no complaints from Valgrind or the compiler, get back to us. Andrew.