gcc internal compiler error

["acsgomes at openlink dot com dot br" <acsgomes at openlink dot com dot br>]

Hi

When I run gcc I got the "internal compiler error" as follows:

$gcc -c -v hello.c
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf4.0/2.7.2.1/specs
gcc version 2.7.2.1
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf4.0/2.7.2.1/cpp -lang-c -v -undef -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=7 -Dunix -D__osf__ -D__alpha -D__alpha__ -D_LONGLONG -DSYSTYPE_BSD -D_SYSTYPE_BSD -D__unix__ -D__osf__ -D__alpha -D__alpha__ -D_LONGLONG -D__SYSTYPE_BSD__ -D_SYSTYPE_BSD -D__unix -D__SYSTYPE_BSD -Asystem(unix) -Asystem(xpg4) -Acpu(alpha) -Amachine(alpha) -D__LANGUAGE_C__ -D__LANGUAGE_C -DLANGUAGE_C hello.c /tmp/ccaaelua.i
GNU CPP version 2.7.2.1
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/local/alpha-dec-osf4.0/include
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf4.0/2.7.2.1/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf4.0/2.7.2.1/cc1 /tmp/ccaaelua.i -quiet -dumpbase hello.c -version -o /tmp/ccaaelua.s
GNU C version 2.7.2.1 compiled by GNU C version 2.7.2.1.
 as -g -nocpp -o hello.o /tmp/ccaaelua.s
gcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 11

The operating system is Digital UNIX V4.0F in a Alpha Server 400. 

Any idea or suggestion?

Thanks,
Antonio Gomes