https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81033
--- Comment #7 from Eric Gallager <egall at gwmail dot gwu.edu> --- For me the error is: /private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/./prev-gcc/xg++ -B/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/./prev-gcc/ -B/usr/local/i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/bin/ -nostdinc++ -B/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/prev-i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/prev-i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -I/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/prev-i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/libstdc++-v3/include/i386-apple-darwin9.8.0 -I/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/prev-i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/libstdc++-v3/include -I/private/var/root/gcc-git/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -L/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/prev-i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/prev-i386-apple-darwin9.8.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -c -g -O2 -mdynamic-no-pic -gtoggle -DIN_GCC -fPIC -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -W -Wall -Wno-narrowing -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-format-attribute -Woverloaded-virtual -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -fno-common -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DGENERATOR_FILE -fno-PIE -I. -Ibuild -I../../gcc -I../../gcc/build -I../../gcc/../include -I../../gcc/../libcpp/include -I/usr/local/include \ -o build/genmatch.o ../../gcc/genmatch.c /var/tmp//cciuyI6t.s:4862:FATAL:Symbol ___cold_sect_of_gen_transform already defined. make[3]: *** [build/genmatch.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir/gcc' make[2]: *** [all-stage2-gcc] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir' make[1]: *** [stage2-bubble] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/private/var/root/gcc-git/my_oddly_named_builddir' make: *** [all] Error 2 ...which I think is the same thing since it's an assembler error that mentions a ___cold_sect_of_* symbol. I'm on i386-apple-darwin9.8.0 compiling trunk checked out as of r249881.