I got the following error output when trying to compile a jar file from the limewire project (http://www.limewire.org/): gcj -v -save-temps core.jar Using built-in specs. Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/../../../libgcj.spec rename spec lib to liborig Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.0 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=mt --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --disable-werror --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.2 (Debian 4.0.1-9) /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/jc1 core.jar -fhash-synchronization -fno-use-divide-subroutine -fuse-boehm-gc -fnon-call-exceptions -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fkeep-inline-functions -quiet -dumpbase core.jar -mtune=i486 -auxbase core -g1 -version -o core.s GNU Java version 4.0.2 (Debian 4.0.1-9) (i486-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.0.2 (Debian 4.0.1-9). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=90 --param ggc-min-heapsize=113113 Class path starts here: ./ /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_03/jre/lib/rt.jar/ (zip) /usr/share/java/libgcj-4.0.2.jar/ (system) (zip) java/lang/String.java:18: internal compiler error: in make_class_data, at java/class.c:1760
-- Summary: internal compiler error, make_class_data Product: gcc Version: 4.0.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: java AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: bflat1 at gmx dot net CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org,java-prs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC target triplet: i486-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24162