From: Rafal Kustra (rafal@utstat.toronto.edu)
Date: 07/01/93 

From: rafal@utstat.toronto.edu (Rafal Kustra)
Subject: [BUG] libc.a (4.4): when compiled with -g option
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1993 16:29:50 GMT

I have gcc 2.4.5, linux.99pl10 and libs of 4.4 .
The following comes from package XlispStat, which
compiles OK with -m486 -O6, but dies with SIGSEGV after
building with -g. It dies in following code:
 
 StInitGraphics()
 {
   char *display_name = NULL;

     /* connect to X server */
       if ((StX11Globals.dpy = XOpenDisplay(display_name)) == NULL) {
           fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't connect to X server %s\n",
                    progname, XDisplayName(display_name));
           StX11Globals.has_windows = FALSE;
           return;
     }

It dies on call to XOpenDisplay, and gdb says it dies on
strncpy(). The above is std way to open a display on X11.

BTW I have libg.a as a softlink to libc.a.

                Rafal 

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