I have gcc-4.1.1 installed & have been using it without problems for 6 months. I tried to compile gcc-4.1.1-r3 with the 'gcj' flag for the Java compiler (I added the flag in make.conf; I want to use 'pdftk' which requires it). The compile failed with the messages below. Emerge details also below. Bug 163986 is similar, but the crash is at a different point in the compile. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. 'emerge gcc' 2. 3. Actual Results: Compile fails Expected Results: Compile succeeds Last lines of compiler output : mv tmp-libgcc.mk libgcc.mk TARGET_CPU_DEFAULT="" \ HEADERS="auto-host.h ansidecl.h" DEFINES="USED_FOR_TARGET " \ /bin/sh /z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/mkconfig.sh tconfig.h ./xgcc -B./ -B/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -isystem /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include -L/z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/build/gcc/../ld -O2 -O2 -O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -isystem ./include -I. -I. -I/z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc -I/z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/. -I/z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/../include -I/z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/../libcpp/include -g0 -finhibit-size-directive -fno-inline-functions -fno-exceptions -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-unit-at-a-time -fno-omit-frame-pointer \ -c /z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/crtstuff.c -DCRT_BEGIN \ -o crtbegin.o /z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/crtstuff.c: In function '__do_global_dtors_aux': /z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/crtstuff.c:301: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/> for instructions. Preprocessed source stored into /z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/temp/ccMtSnT5.out file, please attach this to your bugreport. make[2]: *** [crtbegin.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/build/gcc' make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/z/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/build/gcc' make: *** [profiledbootstrap] Error 2 !!! ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-4.1.1-r3 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1546: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 937: Called src_compile ebuild.sh, line 1255: Called toolchain_src_compile toolchain.eclass, line 24: Called gcc_src_compile toolchain.eclass, line 1539: Called gcc_do_make toolchain.eclass, line 1413: Called die Emerge --info output : Portage 2.1.1-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r4, 2.6.18-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:20:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--alphabetical" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/z/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa_cards_ali5451 alsa_cards_als4000 alsa_cards_atiixp alsa_cards_atiixp-modem alsa_cards_bt87x alsa_cards_ca0106 alsa_cards_cmipci alsa_cards_emu10k1x alsa_cards_ens1370 alsa_cards_ens1371 alsa_cards_es1938 alsa_cards_es1968 alsa_cards_fm801 alsa_cards_hda-intel alsa_cards_intel8x0 alsa_cards_intel8x0m alsa_cards_maestro3 alsa_cards_trident alsa_cards_usb-audio alsa_cards_via82xx alsa_cards_via82xx-modem alsa_cards_ymfpci alsa_pcm_plugins_adpcm alsa_pcm_plugins_alaw alsa_pcm_plugins_asym alsa_pcm_plugins_copy alsa_pcm_plugins_dmix alsa_pcm_plugins_dshare alsa_pcm_plugins_dsnoop alsa_pcm_plugins_empty alsa_pcm_plugins_extplug alsa_pcm_plugins_file alsa_pcm_plugins_hooks alsa_pcm_plugins_iec958 alsa_pcm_plugins_ioplug alsa_pcm_plugins_ladspa alsa_pcm_plugins_lfloat alsa_pcm_plugins_linear alsa_pcm_plugins_meter alsa_pcm_plugins_mulaw alsa_pcm_plugins_multi alsa_pcm_plugins_null alsa_pcm_plugins_plug alsa_pcm_plugins_rate alsa_pcm_plugins_route alsa_pcm_plugins_share alsa_pcm_plugins_shm alsa_pcm_plugins_softvol apm bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 cdr crypt cups dri elibc_glibc foomaticdb gcj gdbm gif gnutls gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse java javascript jpeg kde kernel_linux lcd_devices_bayrad lcd_devices_cfontz lcd_devices_cfontz633 lcd_devices_glk lcd_devices_hd44780 lcd_devices_lb216 lcd_devices_lcdm001 lcd_devices_mtxorb lcd_devices_ncurses lcd_devices_text lcms libwww lm_sensors mime motif mpeg ncurses nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia opengl pcre pdf perl plotutils png pop python qt3 readline scanner session slang ssl tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userland_GNU video_cards_nv video_cards_nvidia video_cards_vesa xml xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
does it fail in the same place every time ? does the old gcc still build ? does it work with -gcj ?
Sorry for the false alarm. I tried again & it compiled successfully; I've used it to compile 'pdftk', which also compiled ok. It's difficult to remember that this can happen: one assumes that the machine will do exactly the same each time, but there must be some obscure interaction with the system which upsets the apple-cart one time but not another. Thanks as always for the devs' volunteer labors.