internal error in GNU assembler

[Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn]

As shown on this buildbot page:

http://allmydata.org/buildbot-pycryptopp/waterfall?show_events=False

Compiling pycryptopp with the GNU assembler results in these messages:

{{{
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s: Assembler messages:
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9007: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9008: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9009: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9010: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9011: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9012: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9013: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9014: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9015: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9016: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9017: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9018: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9019: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9020: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9021: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9064: Error: unbalanced brackets in operand 2.
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9068: Error: no such instruction: `popl %ebx'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9070: Error: no such instruction: `popl %esi'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9072: Error: no such instruction: `popl %edi'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9085: Error: no such instruction: `pushl %edi'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9088: Error: no such instruction: `pushl %esi'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9091: Error: no such instruction: `pushl %ebx'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9096: Error: no such instruction: `popl %ebx'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:9097: Error: no such instruction: `addl $_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_+[.-.L238],%ebx'
}}}

and then finally this:

{{{
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:39796: Error: no such instruction: `cmpl %edx,-84(%ebp)'
/var/tmp//cc.SaqEg.s:39799: Error: no such instruction: `movl %edx,%eax'
gcc: Internal error: Segmentation Fault (program as)
Please submit a full bug report.
See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see
<URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.0/README.Bugs>.

}}}

[Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn (zooko)]

HACL nooxie:~/playground/allmydata/tahoe/trunk$ as --version
GNU assembler 2.16.91 20060118 NexentaOS GNU/OpenSolaris

HACL nooxie:~/playground/allmydata/tahoe/trunk$ dpkg --search `type -p as`
binutils: /usr/bin/as

HACL nooxie:~/playground/allmydata/tahoe/trunk$ apt-cache policy binutils
binutils:
  Installed: 2.16.1cvs20060117-1nexenta3
  Candidate: 2.16.1cvs20060117-1nexenta3
  Version table:
 *** 2.16.1cvs20060117-1nexenta3 0
        500 http://apt.nexenta.org elatte-unstable/main Packages
        500 http://www.nexenta.org elatte-unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status