I have this same problem. Could you made a summary of the thread? Is it fixed? In RH7.2 compiler? In LVM tools? Is -O0 sufficient to fix? Another solution would be to use kgcc instead of gcc (kgcc is egcs v1.1.2 or gcc 2.91 and used to build the kernel) -jec > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric M. Hopper [mailto:hopper@omnifarious.org] > Sent: vendredi, 26. octobre 2001 14:57 > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Segment Failure ,while doing lvcreate > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 08:49:18AM -0400, Jason Edgecombe wrote: > > "Eric M. Hopper" wrote: > > > If gcc-2.96-96 doesn't have the problem, RH 7.2 > should work just > > > fine. > > > > I suspect that the problem will be in RH 7.2 also. > > > > I was reading the roswell archive and someone from redhat > said that all > > 7.x release will be binary compatible, i.e. they all have that buggy > > gcc. > > > > I may be wrong on this though. > > Just because it's 2.96 doesn't mean it's buggy. Apparently > their latest version happens to have the same bug, but that didn't > necessarily have to be true. I doubt the bug is an inherent 'feature' > of their calling conventions. > > I've actually had a lot of luck with gcc 2.96 fixing problems > for me. But, I'm a C++ developer. :-) > > Have fun (if at all possible), > -- > "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty > gods or no God. > It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --- Thomas Jefferson > "Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company." -- Mark Twain > -- Eric Hopper (hopper@omnifarious.org http://www.omnifarious.org/~hopper) --
