http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46072
Dr. David Kirkby <david.kirkby at onetel dot net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |david.kirkby at onetel dot | |net --- Comment #12 from Dr. David Kirkby <david.kirkby at onetel dot net> 2011-03-23 10:34:54 UTC --- I'm seeing this error on AIX 5.3. Two GNU projects effected by this are * GNU patch * GSL (GNU Scientific library) In the case of the former, if one configures with CFLAGS =-g0, so not to include debugging information, the problem goes away. So when one compiles GNU patch like this I see: gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Ded_PROGRAM=\"/usr/bin/ed\" -I. -I. -g0 quotesys.c But the GSL Scientific library can't be compiled this way, as the users's -g0 gets in before the -g added by GSL, so one see something like: gcc -g0 -g foo.c which means the debugging information is still present.