Remove any of the options (or change -O3 to -O2) and this will pass. Found while compiling Ghostscript. gcc-trunk -c -O3 -march=pentium4 -flto ttinterp.i In file included from ./base/ttobjs.h:42:0, from ./base/ttinterp.h:53, from ./base/ttinterp.c:68: ./base/setjmp_.h:30:5: warning: variably modified ‘stuff’ at file scope [enabled by default] ./base/ttinterp.c: In function ‘Ins_ROUND’: ./base/ttinterp.c:2172:15: internal compiler error: in get_alias_set, at alias.c:734 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See for instructions. -- Summary: Compiling a single file with -O3 -march=pentium4 -flto ICEs Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: lto AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: moonshine at kapsi dot fi GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44865