Signal 11 to try compile with aCC 3.37 on HP-UX 11.0

[Manuel Plaza]

Hi all,
When we try to compile with aCC 3.37 on a K370 server with HP-UX 11.0 we obtain this error:
Error (system problem) 689: # Compiler received signal 11

Somebody could help us ?

Thanks in advance

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Signal 11 is a segmentation violation. It is possible that this could be caused by maxssiz being too small especially if running with the default maxssiz of 8MB. I would increase it to 32MB but no more than 64MB. This may fix you but this could well be a compiler bug. 3.37 is very old. You should really install a later compiler along with any cumulative patches. You should find aCC on your latest Application CD's.

[Manuel Plaza]

We have maxssiz established in 96 Mb and we are using 3.37 due to requisites of an application.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

You need to install PHSS_28756 and probably PHSS_28594. This will patch 3.37 upto 3.45 and does fix a SIGSEGV problem. It's been my experience that newer compiler releases work with software packages and you should view the 3.37 version as a minimum required version for your software. In any event, your compiler is broken and this appears to be the only viable fix. By the way, a 96MB stack (even in 64-bit land) would only be required by very poorly written software. 32MB-64MB is very generous.

[SG Ganesh]

There are two main causes for compiler getting Sig 11. One is that the compiler uses-up stack space beyond maxssize (or other kernel parameters). Other possibility is that its a compiler defect.

Can you provide us a reduced testcase or a preprocessed file (use -E -.i option)?

Thanks!
-Ganesh

[Manuel Plaza]

We have instaled the last version of aCC, 3.67 and the error persists.
We have discovered that the problem is the use of the pragma VERSIONID and option -E.
HP says that is a bug of the compiler.
Thanks for your answers.

[Manuel Plaza]

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