c/2754: "Internal error: Segmentation fault" w/ minor syntax problem

[j-waldby@pat7.com]

>Number:         2754
>Category:       c
>Synopsis:       "Internal error: Segmentation fault" w/ minor syntax problem
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 06 19:46:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     j-waldby@pat7.com
>Release:        gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0)
>Organization:
>Environment:
Linux vyri.jiw 2.2.16-22 #2 Sat Apr 21 14:26:48 CDT 2001 i586 unknown
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0)
266 MHz Pentium II 324MB 
>Description:
gcc of attached star2-bug.c produces segfault on my RH7.0 system 
"Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0)"

(On my RH7.1 sys with similar compiler, ie,
"Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-75)"
it doesn't segfault, but instead says:
star2-bug.c:1: invalid type argument of `unary *'
star2-bug.c:2: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
)

Here is star2-bug.c
typedef char P[*2];
typedef struct D {  P *op; } E;
int main() {}

Here is output of gcc -v -save-temps star2-bug.c :
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0)
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/cpp0 -lang-c -v -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=96 -D__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=0 -D__ELF__ -Dunix -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__linux -Asystem(posix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -D__tune_i386__ star2-bug.c star2-bug.i
GNU CPP version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0) (cpplib)
 (i386 Linux/ELF)
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/i386-redhat-linux/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/cc1 star2-bug.i -quiet -dumpbase star2-bug.c -version -o star2-bug.s
GNU C version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0) (i386-redhat-linux) compiled by GNU C version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0).
star2-bug.c:1: invalid type argument of `unary *'
star2-bug.c:2: Internal error: Segmentation fault.
Please submit a full bug report.
See <URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/bugs.html > for instructions.

Here is star2-bug.i:
# 1 "star2-bug.c"
typedef char P[*2];
typedef struct D { P *op; } E;
int main() {}

Here is star2-bug.s:
        .file   "star2-bug.c"
        .version        "01.01"
gcc2_compiled.:

>How-To-Repeat:
gcc the following on my RedHat 7.0 / linux 2.2.16 / 
gcc 2.96 20000731 system...

typedef char P[*2];
typedef struct D {  P *op; } E;
int main() {}
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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