As of doko's request I am attaching the pre-processed source file devices/vector/gdevpdfb.c to this bug report, generated by the original gcc command line (from the Makefile output) with "-save-temp" added on a ppc64el server, coming out as gdevpdfb.i in the root directory of the source tree.
Command line: gcc -save-temps -DHAVE_MKSTEMP -DHAVE_FILE64 -DHAVE_FSEEKO -DHAVE_MKSTEMP64 -DHAVE_FONTCONFIG -DHAVE_LIBIDN -DHAVE_SETLOCALE -DHAVE_BSWAP32 -DHAVE_BYTESWAP_H -DHAVE_STRERROR -DHAVE_ISNAN -DHAVE_ISINF -DHAVE_PREAD_PWRITE=1 -DGS_RECURSIVE_MUTEXATTR=PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE -fPIC -O2 -fPIC -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wundef -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -fno-strict- aliasing -Werror=declaration-after-statement -fno-builtin -fno-common -Werror=return-type -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_DIR_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_LIBDL=1 -DGX_COLOR_INDEX_TYPE="unsigned long long" -D__USE_UNIX98=1 -g -O3 -fdebug-prefix- map=/home/ubuntu/ubuntu/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.50~dfsg=. -fstack- protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -DHAVE_RESTRICT=1 -DUSE_LIBPAPER -I/usr/include/powerpc64le-linux-gnu -fno-strict- aliasing -DHAVE_POPEN_PROTO=1 -DGS_DEVS_SHARED -DGS_DEVS_SHARED_DIR=\"/usr/lib/ghostscript/9.50\" -I./soobj -I./base -I./soobj -I./devices -I./devices/vector -o ./soobj/gdevpdfb.o -c ./devices/vector/gdevpdfb.c ** Attachment added: "gdevpdfb.i from ppc64el server" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc/+bug/1862053/+attachment/5326237/+files/gdevpdfb.i -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1862053 Title: Compiler gets stuck (or extremely slow) on ppc64el To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc/+bug/1862053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs