[Bug tree-optimization/87059] [9 Regression] internal compiler error: in set_value_range, at tree-vrp.c:289

[aldyh at redhat dot com]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87059

--- Comment #16 from Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com> ---
On 08/24/2018 11:41 AM, segher at gcc dot gnu.org wrote:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87059
> 
> --- Comment #15 from Segher Boessenkool <segher at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> (In reply to Aldy Hernandez from comment #12)
>> (It really irks me that the PPC backend has backend behavior that depends on
>> what assembler (or cross assembler) is available at configure time.  It
>> makes it difficult to reproduce bugs with crosses.)
> 
> This is so that it is possible to build GCC with a (slightly) older binutils.
> You should never have problems with this if you always use a binutils for your
> cross toolchains that is approximately as old as your GCC.  Did you use an
> ancient cross assembler?
> 

I rarely use a cross assembler, since I only build cc1.