[comp.os.minix] Difficulties with ast

pcm@iwarpr0.intel.com (Phil Miller) (06/12/90)

I am having difficulty constructing a boot image file.   I have traced
the problem  down to the  `build' program, which  chokes  & dies while
trying to read the symbol table information from the `kernel' program.

Since the `ast' program is what puts the symbol table into the `kernel'
program, I monitored what it was doing.  Turns out that when `ast' is
run, it successfully modifies the file (a.out) header to reflect the
addition of symbol table information, but it doesn't actually add the
information.

Anybody seen a problem like this, or have a suggestion as to what
might be wrong?  Following are some pieces of information about my
system.

	version I'm running:  v1.5.3
	version I'm building: v1.5.10
	`ast' was built with the v1.5.10 `libc.a'

	runs tests up to test18 fine

	  (Probably others are ok; I'm too cautious to run more 'til I
	   hear it's ok; I have a related article requesting info
	   about the tests)
	
Thanks in advance for the info,

Phil C. Miller          iWarp Development Program     5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy
pcm@iwarp.intel.com     Intel Corporation             Hillsboro, OR 97124
                        Beaverton, Oregon             M/S CO4-02
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Phil C. Miller          iWarp Development Program     5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy
pcm@iwarp.intel.com     Intel Corporation             Hillsboro, OR 97124
                        Beaverton, Oregon             M/S CO4-02