https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95952
--- Comment #15 from Mikael Pettersson <mikpelinux at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Will Schmidt from comment #14) > (In reply to Will Schmidt from comment #13) > > Created attachment 48871 [details] > > proposed patch > > > > Attached patch appears sufficient to resolve the issue on the 970 based box > > I have access to. > > Mikael, would be appreciated if you could give that a run-through to confirm > it fixes the problem on your system. > thanks, I can confirm that this patch restores gcc-8 bootstrap with the older binutils.