Re: Segmentation fault with 2.17.14

[David Kastrup]

"Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:

> Paul Scott wrote Wednesday, March 20, 2013 7:56 AM
>
>
>>I get segmentation faults with 2.17.14 on a medium to large set of files 
>> which compile fine with 2.17.13.  I have gotten these errors with
>> some other
>> recent 2.17.xx versions.  I don't believe I will get errors with a
>> minimal
>> example.
>> 
>> What evidence can I provide that might help find the problem?
>
> Well, start removing things from your code until the error goes away.
> Start with large sections.  Put back what you have just removed and 
> continue removing other things or smaller pieces.  When there is nothing 
> left that can be removed without also removing the error you have a 
> minimal example.  
>
> The chances are in carrying out this process that you will discover
> what is causing the problem.  Tell us what it is.

That's more or less cut&paste from the instructions for a minimal
example.  There is no guarantee that the code removed along with the
segfault is responsible for the segfault.  But there is a good chance
that you have arrived at a version where the segfault is easier to
diagnose, because we'll be searching for the needle in a quite smaller
haystack.

-- 
David Kastrup