[Nix-dev] Re: compile error while bootstrapping

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to> writes:

> while trying to bootstrap on Linux/x86, I get "make check" failures in
> libgmp that cause the build to fail. The system identifies itself as
> follows:
>
>   $ uname -a
>   Linux 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT i686 mobile AMD Duron(tm) AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
> And these are the errors:
>
>   PASS: t-cdiv_ui
>   /bin/sh: line 4: 30361 Illegal instruction     ${dir}$tst
>   FAIL: t-gcd

Surely an indication that GMP was compiled with instruction set
extensions (e.g., `-msse4.2') not supported by your CPU.

Perhaps you should look at the value of `CFLAGS' in `config.log' and
then look above at the `configure' tests that led to these flags.

Thanks,
Ludo'.