bad assembly output in 19990830 i386_linux3

[Corey Kosak]

% cat bug.cc && g++ -v && g++ -fno-exceptions bug.cc
#include <string>

int main()
{
  string line;
  line.substr(0,5);
}
Reading specs from /usr/local/libexec/egcs-19990830/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 19990830 (experimental)
/usr0/kosak/tmp/ccPnz96a.s: Assembler messages:
/usr0/kosak/tmp/ccPnz96a.s:1321: Error: Alignment too large: 15 assumed
% 


line 1321 of that file is:
        .align 67108864