From: cjeffery@optima.cs.arizona.edu (Clint Jeffery) Subject: Re: Compiling XV; general porting problems Date: 14 Apr 1993 22:45:27 GMT
From article <1993Apr14.200018.21295@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, by mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus):
> I'm trying to compile xv 2.21 under Linux 0.99.6. gcc can make the
> libjpeg.a just fine, but it runs out of memory and dumps when I attempt
> to make libtiff.a. Since I have 12M RAM and a 10M swap partition, this
> must either be a gcc bug or bad options.
When I compiled it under 0.99.7A on a 16MB 486/33, the machine appeared
to "hang" while compiling files for libtiff.a. Under X, the mouse no
longer moved; outside X, I could still switch consoles, but could not
type anything at any of them. This has to be more than just gcc or
bad options. Had to hard-reset to reboot.
Fortunately, I didn't really need tiff support, so I just commented it
out of the makefile and went on my merry way... ;-)