https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68663
--- Comment #4 from The Written Word <bugzilla-gcc at thewrittenword dot com> --- (In reply to The Written Word from comment #3) > (In reply to David Edelsohn from comment #2) > > Group Bull, Perzl, and I have been able to build it. Are you using an up to > > date AIX Assembler? > > Hmm. Let me try upgrading. Thanks. I upgraded the system to the following: $ oslevel -s 7100-04-05-1720 $ lslpp -h bos.rte.bind_cmds Fileset Level Action Status Date Time ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: /usr/lib/objrepos bos.rte.bind_cmds 7.1.0.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 11/13/10 21:01:20 7.1.0.15 COMMIT COMPLETE 06/18/12 19:54:09 7.1.0.16 COMMIT COMPLETE 10/12/16 21:23:45 7.1.2.19 COMMIT COMPLETE 10/17/16 20:41:47 7.1.3.47 COMMIT COMPLETE 07/10/18 21:18:33 7.1.4.32 APPLY COMPLETE 07/10/18 21:31:27 Path: /etc/objrepos bos.rte.bind_cmds 7.1.0.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 11/13/10 21:01:20 7.1.0.15 COMMIT COMPLETE 06/18/12 19:54:10 7.1.0.16 COMMIT COMPLETE 10/12/16 21:23:45 7.1.2.19 COMMIT COMPLETE 10/17/16 20:41:47 7.1.3.47 COMMIT COMPLETE 07/10/18 21:18:33 7.1.4.32 APPLY COMPLETE 07/10/18 21:31:29 I built gcc-4.9.4 and I still get the error: g++ -c -g -DIN_GCC -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -fasynchronous-unwind-tables - W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wno-format -Wmissing-format-attribute -peda ntic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -fno-common -D HAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/opt/build/china/gcc-4.9.4/gcc -I/opt/build/china/gcc-4. 9.4/gcc/. -I/opt/build/china/gcc-4.9.4/gcc/../include -I./../intl -I/opt/build/c hina/gcc-4.9.4/gcc/../libcpp/include -I/opt/TWWfsw/libgmp61/include -I/opt/TWWfs w/libmpfr31/include -I/opt/TWWfsw/libmpc10/include -I/opt/build/china/gcc-4.9.4 /gcc/../libdecnumber -I/opt/build/china/gcc-4.9.4/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd -I../l ibdecnumber -I/opt/build/china/gcc-4.9.4/gcc/../libbacktrace -DCLOOG_INT_GMP -I/ opt/TWWfsw/libcloog018/include -I/opt/TWWfsw/libisl015/include -o insn-output.o -MT insn-output.o -MMD -MP -MF ./.deps/insn-output.TPo insn-output.c /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s: Assembler messages: /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:1361: Error: value of 0000000000012990 too large for field of 2 bytes at 000000000000046e /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:1495: Error: value of 0000000000012990 too large for field of 2 bytes at 00000000000005ee /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:1628: Error: value of 0000000000012990 too large for field of 2 bytes at 0000000000000772 /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:1761: Error: value of 0000000000012990 too large for field of 2 bytes at 00000000000008f6 /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:1913: Error: value of 0000000000012994 too large for field of 2 bytes at 0000000000000aa6 /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:2047: Error: value of 0000000000012990 too large for field of 2 bytes at 0000000000000c2a /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:2183: Error: value of 0000000000012990 too large for field of 2 bytes at 0000000000000db6 /tmp//ccGCJgTB.s:2289: Error: value of 0000000000012998 too large for field of 2 bytes at 0000000000000eca ... I was able to build gcc-8.1.0 on this system. Trying gcc-5.5.0, 6.4.0, and 7.2.0 now.