libc_p.a under Gutsy (7.10) (32 bit version) causes floating exception under gcc

[Richard Pember]

Hi,

I'm trying to profile a code that's I/O intensive and so I would like to
use the profiling version of the C library, libc_p.a. In a nutshell,
executables
compiled with gcc with -p (or -pg) and linked with libc_p.a have a floating
point exception right out the gate. (I also have the Intel C compiler
installed,
icc, and the same is true.)

This is true for all versions of gcc I have installed, except for 2.95, for
which the link fails.

For example:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
%coot 108: cat hello.c
#include <stdio.h>

main() {

  printf ("hello, world!\n");

}
%coot 109: gcc hello.c
%coot 110: a.out
hello, world!
%coot 111: gcc hello.c -lc_p
%coot 112: a.out
hello, world!
%coot 113: gcc -p hello.c -lc_p
%coot 114: a.out
Floating exception
%coot 115: gcc -p hello.c
%coot 116: a.out
hello, world!
%coot 117: gcc -pg hello.c
%coot 118: a.out
hello, world!
%coot 119: gcc -p hello.c -lc_p
%coot 120: a.out
Floating exception
%coot 121: gcc -pg hello.c -lc_p
%coot 122: a.out
Floating exception
%coot 123: gcc-3.3 -pg hello.c -lc_p
%coot 124: a.out
Floating exception
%coot 125: gcc-3.4 -pg hello.c -lc_p
%coot 126: a.out
Floating exception
%coot 127: gcc-4.2 -pg hello.c -lc_p
%coot 128: a.out
Floating exception
%coot 129: gcc-2.95 hello.c
%coot 130: a.out
hello, world!
%coot 131: gcc-2.95 -pg hello.c
%coot 132: a.out
hello, world!
%coot 133: gcc-2.95 -pg hello.c -lc_p
/usr/bin/../lib/libc_p.a(syslog.op): In function `__vsyslog_chk':
(.text+0x70e): undefined reference to `_Unwind_Resume'
(blah-blah-blah)
%coot 134:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm using the version of libc_p.a found in the Synaptic Package manger (SPM)
under libc6-prof.
The versions of gcc were also found under the SPM.

I found  in the Synaptic Package manger (SPM) under libc6-prof.

I've also installed gcc in the same way. Under the SPM, versions 2.95,
3.3., 3.4, 4.1, and 4.2 are available. The base version is 4.1:

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%coot 104: gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i486-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr
--enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
--without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.1.3
--program-suffix=-4.1--enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
--enable-libstdcxx-debug
--enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
%coot 105:
-----------------------------------

I have a neighbor running Red Hat with gcc 3.2.3, and I am able to build and
run there:
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[pember at tern _gprof]$ gcc -p hello.c -lc_p
[pember at tern _gprof]$ ./a.out
hello, world!
[pember at tern _gprof]$
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Is there some other version of libc_p I should be using?

Thanks,
Rick Pember
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