egcs-19981220 build on i586-linux-gnu crash

[Horst von Brand]

Jeffrey A Law <law@hurl.cygnus.com> said:
>   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. 

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> I bootstrapped a both a pentium and pentium pro today.
> 
> No special configure or build options.  

Mark confirmed the bug, it is architecture-independent and triggered by:

void f() throw();
void g() throw(int);

Perhaps your build did not trip over this?

Thanks!
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