http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44959
--- Comment #30 from Hin-Tak Leung <htl10 at users dot sourceforge.net> 2012-09-01 08:18:06 UTC --- I commented out gcc-4.7.1/config/bootstrap-debug.mk : #STAGE2_CFLAGS += -gtoggle and 4.7.1 passed. this seems likely the cause - -gtoogle was introduced in 4.5.x. I am going to try going backwards to see whether this will have the older versions pass. Two curiosity: - how did I get 4.6.1 to pass, once? - why Rainer's system isn't similiarly affected?