http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46861
--- Comment #5 from Jay <jay.krell at cornell dot edu> 2010-12-11 09:40:39 UTC --- No problem with 4.4.5 either. j...@alphalinux:~$ $HOME/gcc-4.4.5/bin/gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu Configured with: /home/jay/src/gcc-4.4.5/configure -prefix=/home/jay/gcc-4.4.5 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.5 (GCC) j...@alphalinux:~$ $HOME/gcc-4.4.5/bin/gcc 1.c 2.c -fPIC -shared => success