From: Randolph Gregory Brown (rbrown1@cc.swarthmore.edu)
Date: 04/09/93


From: rbrown1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Randolph Gregory Brown)
Subject: Re: [A]: Re: core dump on good prgm: ".._PLT__oct__FUii(.."
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 05:05:37 GMT

hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) writes:
> In article <1pkh2r$loe@agate.berkeley.edu>, nsf@tahoe.ced.berkeley.edu (NSF SF Bay research projects) writes:
> |> As a newbie, I'm stuck on this one. A perfectly good
> |> C program (runs when done on a Sun compiler, turboc-c)
> |> dumps core when run after a compile on Linux's gcc (SLS distribution).
> |> When I run "gdb a.out core", I get:
> |>
> |> #0 0x60025400 in _PLT__oct__FUii(
> |> cannot access memory at address 0x60001f40
> |>
> |> This is an extremely simple program, the only slightly odd
> |> thing is that it uses the "string to token" function.
> |>
> |> Any help is appreciated.
> |>
>
> You may have used an incompatible ld and library. You can wait for next
> SLS update or the Linux C library 4.3.3. You can also send me a small
> piece of code to let me reproduce the error.
>

Is there a ld newer than the one with gcc 2.3.3? (Got it with SLS 99p4,
did that come with a bad ld?) I've been winding up in _PTL__oct__FUii() a
lot with gdb lately playing with omega (buggy game but fun), when I should
be in a real function.

        -Randy