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compiling addr2line.c
compiling dmyext.c
linking miniruby
make: *** [.rbconfig.time] Illegal instruction
++ return 2
There has been an error while running make. Halting the installation.
I have exactly the same issue with my Athlon XP 2600+.
The compilation process stops every time at the same point as mentioned by Ahilleas Balaktsis, no matter if I compile with rvm or use the Ruby sources directly. Trying to compile with CFLAGS="-march=athlon" or CFLAGS='-m32' CXXFLAGS='-m32' LDFLAGS='-m32' does not help either.
The same problem occurs when trying to compile Ruby 2.1.2.
Compiling the mentioned Ruby versions with an old Pentium M works flawlessly. Might be because Athlon XP CPUs do not support SSE2?
Athlon XP processor does not have SSE2 support.
SSE2 support was added with the Athlon 64 processor.
But the generated Makefile has XCFLAGS includes -msse2 -mfpmath=sse
It seems that the configure script failed to check whether -msse2 -mfpmath=sse is accepted on the linux build on Athlon XP.
Great tip, thanks a lot Heesob Park!
In line 67 in Ruby 2.1.2 Makefile, one simply has to change -msse2 to -msse, and compilation will complete successfully on Athlon XP processor.
I hope this will get fixed in future releases.
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