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From: "Charles Hines" <chuck_hines@VNET.IBM.COM>
To: Jonathan Edwards <edwards@intranet.com>
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Subject: Re: .mailrc SEGV
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>>>>> "JE" == Jonathan Edwards <edwards@intranet.com> writes:

>> >>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Edwards <edwards@intranet.com> writes:
>>
Jonathan> I have a user who put
>> # -*- mode: ksh -*-
Jonathan> as the first line of her .mailrc.
>>
Jonathan> This causes XEmacs to SEGV, with the following Lisp backtrace:

JE> The problem goes away when I recompile with -O2 instead of -O3. This
JE> is with the IBM compiler on AIX4.2.

I've seen IBM's compiler have oddball problems with -O3 from time to
time, so now I never go above -O2 with it.  Actually, I've heard that
many compilers have troubles sometimes above -O2 so I never go above
that with any compiler, just to be safe.

Chuck

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Charles K. Hines <chuck_hines@vnet.ibm.com>
IBM Logic Synthesis Developer [BooleDozer (TM)]
Martial Arts Instructor [Modern Arnis, Presas Style Filipino Martial Arts]

         "Go back to sleep, Chuck.  You're just havin' a nightmare
             -- of course, we ARE still in Hell." (Gary Larson)
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