http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52172
--- Comment #8 from Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol dot ac.uk> 2012-02-11 22:01:52 UTC --- bear with me.. # pwd /usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-gcc # cat stage2-command /usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/./stage2-gcc/g++ -fcompare-debug -save-temps -B/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/./stage2-gcc/ -B/usr/local/ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/bin/ -nostdinc++ -B/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -I/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/include/ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9 -I/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/include -I/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/gcc-4.7-20120204/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -L/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -c -g -O2 -gtoggle -DIN_GCC -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -W -Wall -Wno-narrowing -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-format-attribute -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -Werror -fno-common -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/. -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../include -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../libcpp/include -I/usr/local/include -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../libdecnumber -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd -I../libdecnumber -I/usr/local/include .././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/var-tracking.c -o var-tracking.o # ./stage2-command # cd ../stage3-gcc/ # cat stage3-command /usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/./stage2-gcc/g++ -fcompare-debug -save-temps -B/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/./stage2-gcc/ -B/usr/local/ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/bin/ -nostdinc++ -B/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -I/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/include/ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9 -I/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/include -I/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/gcc-4.7-20120204/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -L/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/usr/ports/lang/gcc47/work/build/stage2-ia64-portbld-freebsd9.9/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -c -g -O2 -DIN_GCC -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -W -Wall -Wno-narrowing -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-format-attribute -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -Werror -fno-common -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/. -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../include -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../libcpp/include -I/usr/local/include -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../libdecnumber -I.././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd -I../libdecnumber -I/usr/local/include .././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/var-tracking.c -o var-tracking.o # ./stage3-command g++: error: .././../gcc-4.7-20120204/gcc/var-tracking.c: -fcompare-debug failure # ls -al var-tracking.* -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 17465618 Feb 11 21:51 var-tracking.gk.gkd -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1621224 Feb 11 21:51 var-tracking.gk.ii -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 17465618 Feb 11 21:51 var-tracking.gkd -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1621224 Feb 11 21:50 var-tracking.ii -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4186799 Feb 11 21:51 var-tracking.s I uploaded var-tracking.ii at: http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/var-tracking.ii Or have I misunderstood you?