my system: kje...@familien:~/git/incanter$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch) Release: 10.10
my gcc version: (standard version from ubuntu Maverick): kje...@familien:~/git/incanter$ gcc --version gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu3) 4.4.5 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. I was compiling gcc version 4.5.1 from source, using the tarball downloaded from the gnu site: gcc-4.5.1.tar.gz I was building this with the incantation: kje...@familien:~/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir$ ../gcc-4.5.1/configure --program-suffix=-4.5.1 kje...@familien:~/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir$ make profiledbootstrap resulting (after a long time) in the segfault: . . . libtool: compile: /home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/./gcc -nostdinc++ -L/home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L/home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include -I/home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/i686-pc-linux-gnu -I/home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include -I/home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -fno-implicit-templates -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -c ../../../../gcc-4.5.1/libstdc++-v3/src/pool_allocator.cc -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/pool_allocator.o In file included from ../../../../gcc-4.5.1/libstdc++-v3/src/pool_allocator.cc:31:0: /home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/pool_allocator.h: In constructor __gnu_cxx::__pool_alloc<_Tp>::__pool_alloc() [with _Tp = char]: ../../../../gcc-4.5.1/libstdc++-v3/src/pool_allocator.cc:171:18: instantiated from here /home/kjetil/gcc/gcc-4.5.1-objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/pool_allocator.h:140:30: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, -- Summary: Internal compiler error when compiling gcc-4.5.1 from source Product: gcc Version: 4.5.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: kjetil1001 at gmail dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45684