Hello Andreas, list,
> > checking for working mmap from /dev/zero...
> > nico@flapp:~/tar.gz/gcc-3.2.2 $
> >
> > this stays forever, i got to comment out the check in line 4273 with
> > the source code before. [gcc/configure]
> >
> > #if { (eval echo configure:4296: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext} && (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null
> >
> > changed to
> >
> > if 0
> >
> > same goes with working mmap, i got to set if 0 there, too.
> > I am using Linux 2.5.[50-63] with devfs. Always the same problem.
>
> It looks like a bug in your system. Please try without devfs - or
> with a 2.4 kernel,
tested it with 2.4.21pre3+devfs and it keeps on hanging again.
I can't test it with a non-devfs system, as I converted all system to devfs...
I am forwarding this message to lkml, perhaps Richard Gooch knows about
this problem or howto fix it.
Did no one else have this problem, too ?
Nico
p.s.: attached relevant parts of configure for lkml. [gcc-3.2.2/gcc/configure]