egcs-19981220 build on i586-linux-gnu crash

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199812220212.XAA22273@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl >you write:
  > This is linux-2.1.131ac13, binutils-2.9.1.0.19a, glibc-2.0.108. Bootstrap
  > (with egcs-19981213) goes fine, but crashes during the build of libio. 
  > 
  > The following tiny source crashes the stage3 egcs-19981220 (extracted from
  > preprocessed libio/builtinbuf.cc). egcs-19981213 handles it fine:
  > 
  > extern void *f(unsigned int k) throw();
  > 
  > /usr/src/build/build-egcs-19981220/gcc/xgcc \
  >   -B/usr/src/build/build-egcs-19981220/gcc/ -c tst.cc
  > tst.cc:1: Internal compiler error.
  > tst.cc:1: Please submit a full bug report to `egcs-bugs@cygnus.com'.
  > tst.cc:1: See <URL: http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#bugreport > for details.
  > 
  > config.status is:
  > 
  > #!/bin/sh
  > # This file was generated automatically by configure.  Do not edit.
  > # This directory was configured as follows:
  > ../egcs-19981220/configure --with-gcc-version-trigger=/usr/src/build/egcs-1
  > 9981220/gcc/version.c --host=i586-redhat-linux --enable-shared --enable-thr
  > eads --enable-haifa --prefix=/usr --norecursion 
I bootstrapped a both a pentium and pentium pro today.

No special configure or build options.  


jeff