[dmd-internals] Assertion failed: (len <= 6), function OmToHeader, file libmach.c, line 168., m

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Being on the road with my Mac laptop I thought I'd work on Phobos for a 
bit. Unfortunately I'm hitting a snag. Here's the build log:

make --no-print-directory -f osx.mak OS=posix BUILD=release
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/adler32.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/adler32.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/compress.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/compress.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/crc32.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/crc32.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/deflate.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/deflate.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/gzio.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/gzio.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/infback.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/infback.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/inffast.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/inffast.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/inflate.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/inflate.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/inftrees.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/inftrees.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/trees.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/trees.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/uncompr.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/uncompr.o
cc -c  -m32 -O3 etc/c/zlib/zutil.c 
-ogenerated/posix/release/etc/c/zlib/zutil.o
make -C ../druntime -f posix.mak
dmd -lib -oflib/libdruntime.a -Xfdruntime.json -O -release -inline 
-nofloat -w -d -Isrc -Iimport src/object_.d src/core/atomic.d 
src/core/bitop.d src/core/cpuid.d src/core/exception.d src/core/memory.d 
src/core/runtime.d src/core/thread.d src/core/vararg.d 
src/core/stdc/config.d src/core/stdc/ctype.d src/core/stdc/errno.d 
src/core/stdc/math.d src/core/stdc/signal.d src/core/stdc/stdarg.d 
src/core/stdc/stdio.d src/core/stdc/stdlib.d src/core/stdc/stdint.d 
src/core/stdc/stddef.d src/core/stdc/string.d src/core/stdc/time.d 
src/core/stdc/wchar_.d src/core/sys/posix/sys/select.d 
src/core/sys/posix/sys/socket.d src/core/sys/posix/sys/stat.d 
src/core/sys/posix/sys/wait.d src/core/sys/posix/netinet/in_.d 
src/core/sync/barrier.d src/core/sync/condition.d src/core/sync/config.d 
src/core/sync/exception.d src/core/sync/mutex.d src/core/sync/rwmutex.d 
src/core/sync/semaphore.d src/gc/gc.d src/gc/gcalloc.d src/gc/gcbits.d 
src/gc/gcstats.d src/gc/gcx.d src/rt/aaA.d src/rt/aApply.d 
src/rt/aApplyR.d src/rt/adi.d src/rt/alloca.d src/rt/arrayassign.d 
src/rt/arraybyte.d src/rt/arraycast.d src/rt/arraycat.d 
src/rt/arraydouble.d src/rt/arrayfloat.d src/rt/arrayint.d 
src/rt/arrayreal.d src/rt/arrayshort.d src/rt/cast_.d src/rt/cmath2.d 
src/rt/cover.d src/rt/deh2.d src/rt/dmain2.d src/rt/invariant.d 
src/rt/invariant_.d src/rt/lifetime.d src/rt/llmath.d src/rt/memory.d 
src/rt/memset.d src/rt/obj.d src/rt/qsort.d src/rt/switch_.d 
src/rt/trace.d src/rt/util/console.d src/rt/util/ctype.d 
src/rt/util/hash.d src/rt/util/string.d src/rt/util/utf.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_AC.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Acdouble.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Acfloat.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Acreal.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Adouble.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Afloat.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Ag.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Aint.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Along.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Areal.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_Ashort.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_byte.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_C.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_cdouble.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_cfloat.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_char.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_creal.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_dchar.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_delegate.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_double.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_float.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_idouble.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_ifloat.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_int.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_ireal.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_long.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_ptr.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_real.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_short.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_ubyte.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_uint.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_ulong.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_ushort.d src/rt/typeinfo/ti_void.d 
src/rt/typeinfo/ti_wchar.d obj/errno_c.o obj/threadasm.o obj/complex.o 
obj/critical.o obj/memory_osx.o obj/monitor.o
Assertion failed: (len <= 6), function OmToHeader, file libmach.c, line 168.
make[2]: *** [lib/libdruntime.a] Abort trap
make[1]: *** [../druntime/lib/libdruntime.a] Error 2
make: *** [release] Error 2

I recall we've discussed this problem before, without having reached a 
conclusion. What could be the matter?

I updated and built dmd from svn.


Andrei