I just tried to compile Suse package grub-0.97-40 with the new GNU C compiler version 4.3 snapshot 20061230.
The compiler said gcc: Internal error: Segmentation fault (program cc1) Please submit a full bug report. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. Here is some help from valgrind ==3736== Stack overflow in thread 1: can't grow stack to 0x7FE001F04 ==3736== Can't extend stack to 0x7FE0015E0 during signal delivery for thread 1: ==3736== no stack segment ==3736== ==3736== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV) ==3736== Access not within mapped region at address 0x7FE0015E0 ==3736== at 0x611927: fold_comparison (fold-const.c:7950) ==3736== Invalid write of size 8 ==3736== at 0x4A1E348: _vgnU_freeres (in /usr/lib64/valgrind/amd64-linux/vgpreload_core.so) ==3736== Address 0x7FE001E48 is on thread 1's stack ==3736== Stack overflow in thread 1: can't grow stack to 0x7FE001E48 ==3736== ==3736== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV) ==3736== Access not within mapped region at address 0x7FE001E48 ==3736== at 0x4A1E348: _vgnU_freeres (in /usr/lib64/valgrind/amd64-linux/vgpreload_core.so) Preprocessed source code attached. Flags -Os -m32 required. -- Summary: Segmentation fault for legal code with -Os -m32 Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dcb314 at hotmail dot com GCC host triplet: x86_64-suse-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30338