http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54710
--- Comment #2 from Larry Evans <cppljevans at suddenlink dot net> 2012-09-25 17:15:29 UTC --- The gcc compiler was downloaded from: ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/snapshots/4.8-20120624/gcc-4.8-20120624.tar.bz2 it was configured with the shell script: #!/bin/bash this_dir=`pwd` $this_dir/../src/configure \ --prefix=$this_dir/../install \ --enable-languages=c++ \ --enable-checking=assert,misc,tree,gc,rtl,runtime and my system is: uname -a Linux evansl-desktop 2.6.32-41-generic #90-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 22 11:29:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux