http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52128
--- Comment #3 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-02-06 09:32:28 UTC --- Created attachment 26579 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=26579 does this patch fix it? I can't reproduce this on i686-pc-linux-gnu x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu x86_64-unknown-netbsd5.1 powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu I don't see those failures in i686-pc-linux-gnu testresults: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2012-02/msg00415.html http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2012-02/msg00413.html http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2012-02/msg00410.html http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2012-02/msg00310.html What configure command are you running? Have you tried a clean build in an empty objdir? what version of binutils are you using?