GCC generating invalid assembly

[Dan Kegel]

sam124@operamail.com wrote:
> I compiled unexec.c from Emacs 21.3 with -O2, and I got the 
> error from GNU as on line 1498:
> 
> Fatal error: C_EFCN symbol out of scope
> 
> I'm on the x86.  This only happens if all three of the 
> following are satisfied
> 
>  1) -gcoff debugging information is being generated
>  2) -funit-at-a-time is on
>  3) -O is on
> 
> Turning off -O caused it to work fine.  Turning off 
> -funit-at-a-time caused it to work fine.  Using a diffrent 
> debugging information format caused it to work fine. 

You forgot to say which version of gcc.

Is this maybe http://gcc.gnu.org/PR9963 ?
- Dan

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