Re: kernel compile failure

[Michael Heironimus <mkh01@earthlink.net>]

On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 07:08:03PM -0800, Torrin wrote:
> I'm having trouble compiling kernel 2.4.20 on my woody system.  I'm
> using gcc version 2.95.4
> 
> I issue the command . . .
> su -c "make-kpkg kernel_image"
> 
> After compiling some files it always ends up with an error like . . .
> 
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 4
> make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20'
> make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:0: Warning: end of file not at end of a line; newline inserted
> {standard input}:500: Error: no such instruction: `j'
<snip>

The first thing to check when you get strange inconsistent errors in a
compile is bad hardware, bad memory seems to be a particularly common
cause.

-- 
Michael Heironimus