http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52610
--- Comment #1 from Mikael Pettersson <mikpe at it dot uu.se> 2012-03-17 20:32:59 UTC --- Are you using binutils-2.22 or newer with a host gcc built from some revision earlier than r180966 (November 4 2011)? If so then you're the victim of sparc binutils issue <http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13441> On sparc you have to update your host gcc to one that includes the PR50979 fix before you can update binutils to 2.22 or newer.