[Bug debug/51564] [4.7 Regression] ICE in force_type_die, at dwarf2out.c:19288

[rguenther at suse dot de]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51564

--- Comment #8 from rguenther at suse dot de <rguenther at suse dot de> 2012-05-14 08:12:44 UTC ---
On Fri, 11 May 2012, matt at use dot net wrote:

> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51564
> 
> --- Comment #7 from Matt Hargett <matt at use dot net> 2012-05-11 20:19:01 UTC ---
> Applying the patch does allow DWARF serialization to get further, but now it
> dies here:
> internal compiler error: in add_AT_specification, at dwarf2out.c:7536
> 
> It looks like this problem (hiding beneath the original) is related to PR47839,
> whose fix was fortran front-end specific.
> 
> Should I just file a new bug and reference these other bugs?

No, it just means that -g is (expected) somewhat broken still in GCC 4.6.
Only with GCC 4.7 I spent considerable time trying to solve all ICEs
in that area.

It's not worth cherry-picking selcted fixes because they usually expose
other bugs.

Richard.