This problem started somewhere between april 17, and april 20. Afftects 4.2 only.
Here is the -v output of the compilation terminated with ICE: /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/./gcc -nostdinc++ -L/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/src -L/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/bin/ -B/local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/lib/ -isystem /local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/include -isystem /local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/sys-include -I/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/include/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec -I/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/include -I/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/gcc-trunk/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 basic_file.cc -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/basic_file.o -v --save-temps Reading specs from /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/./gcc/specs Target: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec Configured with: ../gcc-trunk/configure --prefix=/local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450 --with-local-prefix=/local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450 --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads --target=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec --disable-linux-futex Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.0 20060511 (experimental) /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/./gcc/cc1plus -E -quiet -nostdinc++ -v -I/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/include/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec -I/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/include -I/local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/gcc-trunk/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -iprefix /temp/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/gcc/../lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/4.2.0/ -isystem /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/./gcc/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -D__unix__ -D__gnu_linux__ -D__linux__ -Dunix -D__unix -Dlinux -D__linux -Asystem=linux -Asystem=unix -Asystem=posix -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPIC -isystem /local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/include -isystem /local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/sys-include basic_file.cc -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -fno-implicit-templates -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -fworking-directory -O2 -fpch-preprocess -o basic_file.ii ignoring nonexistent directory "/local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/temp/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/gcc/../lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/4.2.0/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/temp/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/gcc/../lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/4.2.0/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/sys-include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/temp/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/gcc/../lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/4.2.0/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/include" ignoring duplicate directory "/local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/4.2.0/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/sys-include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/4.2.0/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/include/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/libstdc++-v3/include /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/gcc-trunk/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/./gcc/include /local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/sys-include /local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/4.2.0/include End of search list. /local/gnu_toolchain/build_area/obj_gcc-trunk_7450/./gcc/cc1plus -fpreprocessed basic_file.ii -quiet -dumpbase basic_file.cc -auxbase-strip .libs/basic_file.o -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -version -fno-implicit-templates -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -o basic_file.s GNU C++ version 4.2.0 20060511 (experimental) (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec) compiled by GNU C version 3.4.3. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 Compiler executable checksum: d35c3de0261cf05d5cbea100862a0fee /local/gnu_toolchain/install_area/gcc-trunk-20060511-7450/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec/sys-include/sys/uio.h:40: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. -- Summary: ICE during build of libstdc++-v3 Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: edmar at freescale dot com GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnualtivec http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27578