gcc internal compiler error on mips with octave-forge

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>]

See
http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=octave-forge&ver=2004.01.18-1&arch=mips&stamp=1074506653&file=log&as=raw

for more details, the pertinent part is 

mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_21 -v lp.cc
/usr/bin/g++ -c -fPIC -I/usr/include/octave-2.1.52
-I/usr/include/octave-2.1.52/octave -O2 -DHAVE_OCTAVE_21 lp.cc -o lp.o
lp.cc: In function ctave_value_list Flp(const octave_value_list&, int)':
lp.cc:640: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
make[3]: *** [lp.oct] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18/main/optim'
make[2]: *** [optim/] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18/main'
make[1]: *** [main/] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
******************************************************************************
Build finished at 20040119-1059
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-unstable/build/buildd/octave-forge-2004.01.18

mkoctfile is just a wrapper used by Octave.  Cou someone with acces to a
mips box please try if it builds with -O1 or -O0 ?

It builds on a bunch of ther architectures just fine.

Thanks, Dirk

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