egcs_1_1_branch compiler crashes

["Jack Howarth" <howarth at nitro dot med dot uc dot edu>]

    The linuxppc folks have been using the egcs_1_1_branch cvs as of
01-30-99 for their most current builds. I have discovered some new
compiler problems that have appeared in egcs_1_1_branch in the last
month. In particular building the rawhide rpm for patch 2.5, 
patch-2.5-6.src.rpm, results in the following compiler error...

gcc -c -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Ded_PROGRAM=\"/bin/ed\" -I. -I. -
O2 -fsigned-char pch.c
/tmp/ccATdtvw.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccATdtvw.s:4589: Error: Can't emit reloc {- .rodata-seg symbol ".L1604"} @
file address 15214.
/tmp/ccATdtvw.s:4594: Error: Can't emit reloc {- .rodata-seg symbol ".L1604"} @
file address 15234.


If I use either the -O0 or -fno-schedule-insns2 flags I can build the above
file however the resulting binary of patch malfunctions being unable to
parse many patch files. Has anyone on any other platform seen this problem?
Also is egcs_1_1_branch considered stable at the moment? Or shouldn't be
using it? Thanks in advance for any information.
          Jack

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