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Bug 516 - xfree-4.2.0-r5.ebuild will not build
Summary: xfree-4.2.0-r5.ebuild will not build
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High critical (vote)
Assignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2002-02-03 20:48 UTC by Greg Sprinkle
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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Description Greg Sprinkle 2002-02-03 20:48:31 UTC
Have tried repeatedly - more than 30 times to compile the r5 ebuild of X. I've 
got it to build just once, but with errors involving XtShellStrings and 
libXt.so.6. XFree86 command would run, but X would not run from startx - the 
libXt.so.6 would cause it to crash. Graphic config utility included with X 
produced the same results. The build process always bombs out while building 
the lib files, but not always in the same place or on the same file. Rest of 
system built fine. My only option at this point seems to install the 4.2.0 
binary, wait for a fix, or looks for another distro to play with in the mean 
time. Machine is Athlon 850, 256MB RAM with VIA KT133 chipset. Please help!!!!

hornsmoker
Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-02-03 23:12:12 UTC
If it is dying at different places in the build process each time you try it,
you very likely have defective RAM (use "memtest86" to test (see freshmeat)) or
a flaky CPU.  Compiling X is a very good hardware test.  I'm marking this as
WORKSFORME since you are having it die in various places which should not happen
if this is a software problem.