[techtalk] Update: gcc versions and bus error

[Becky L. Norum]

Naturally, right after I send the original message I got my program to run
on the school system by adding a return statement in my getnode function
(building a tree is the program).  I still don't understand why it isn't
necessary at home and is at school, however...

Thanks and good night!

Becky
bnorum at coe.neu.edu

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Becky L. Norum wrote:

> 
> I've been developing my C programs at home using RH6.0
> We are required to submit them on Sparc workstations at school.
> A program I've been writing compiles and executes correctly at home; when
> I try to execute it at school I get a bus error.
> 
> My question is: What exactly is a bus error (I thought it was like a seg
> fault - trying to reference a NULL location...) AND why would I be getting
> it on one machine and not another?
> 
> Does it have anything to do with the version of gcc?
> 
> At home, gcc is:
> gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
> 
> At school:
> gcc version 2.8.1
> 
> Any thoughts/suggestions/references would be highly appreciated.
> I realise this isn't purely Linux.. but is somewhat related.  :)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Becky
> bnorum at coe.neu.edu
> 
> 
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