Bug#350778: gcc-4.0: corrupted error messages

[Richard Bradshaw <bradshaw@mcs.anl.gov>]

Package: gcc-4.0
Version: 4.0.2-5
Severity: important


gcc gives corrupted(?) error messages:

% cat x.c

void main()
{
    x = 1;
}

% gcc x.c
x.c: In function \uffff:
x.c:4: error: \uffff undeclared (first use in this function)
x.c:4: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
x.c:4: error: for each function it appears in.)
x.c:3: warning: return type of \uffff is not \uffff


The \uffff didn't cut and paste very well on my terminal it is just a
funny box as if it was a binary or unprintable character.

I will also note that I grabbed gcc-4.1 from experimental and had the
exact same issue.

Rick


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gcc-4.0 depends on:
ii  binutils             2.16.1cvs20051214-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  cpp-4.0              4.0.2-5             The GNU C preprocessor
ii  gcc-4.0-base         4.0.2-5             The GNU Compiler Collection (base 
ii  libc6                2.3.5-8.1           GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1              1:4.1-0exp7         GCC support library

Versions of packages gcc-4.0 recommends:
ii  libc6-dev                     2.3.5-8.1  GNU C Library: Development Librari
pn  libmudflap0-dev               <none>     (no description available)

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