http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51784
--- Comment #20 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-01-14 10:14:33 UTC --- Doesn't powerpc-darwin have the same problem? Not sure if it defaults to -fpic, perhaps just with explicit -fpic? Are you ok with dropping the Regression tag (or, just xfailing the testcase on *-darwin* for now with a reference to this PR) - as it really doesn't seem to be a regression, if the testcase ever didn't crash, it was by pure luck that it clobbered something that didn't result in a visible failure immediately.