RHBA-2005:257 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) packages that address various issues
are now available.

Description

The gcc packages include C, C++, Java, Fortran 77, Objective C, and Ada 95
GNU compilers and related support libraries.

These updated packages fix the following bugs in GCC:

• - Ada 95 support that was disabled in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 has been

re-enabled for AMD64, PowerPC, and Itanium architectures.

• - Handling of Position Independent Executables on PowerPC 32-bit has been

fixed.

For full details regarding all fixed bugs, refer to the package changelog.

All users of gcc should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 143034 - Error during program compilation
• BZ - 143719 - internal compiler error on spade-1.03 with
• BZ - 144166 - internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
• BZ - 144358 - __attribute__((mode(byte))) problems
• BZ - 145781 - c++filt seg faults on symbol produced by g++ 3.4.3
• BZ - 145829 - Statically linked GCJ-produced executables segfault immediately upon running
• BZ - 146385 - internal compiler error: in fold_convert, at fold-const.c:1917
• BZ - 147758 - strange warning about alloca
• BZ - 149098 - bogus function declaration conflict in C++
• BZ - 149348 - gij fails due to non-executable memory issue

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)