minimal requirements for build C compiler?

[Bernhard Fischer]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 05:31:23AM -0700, Andre wrote:
>Bernhard Fischer <rep.nop at aon.at> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 12:43:25AM -0700, Andre wrote:
>> >
>> >http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-April/020526.html
>> 
>> This is a bug (missed optimisation) in the compiler (perhaps in dce
>> or cse ?).
>> The report
>(http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-April/020356.html)
>> talks about 3.4.4, and given that the current release off the 3.4
>> branch is 3.4.5/6, there is no real reason to work around
>> deficiencies in an older release. If constant propagation/dce works
>> as expected in 3.4.6, then please do use that version and not an
>> older one with a known problem.
>> 
>
>"You should upgrade to a later version" is of course the standard
>argument for dropping support for older tools. It doesn't change the
>fact that 3.4.4 is an offical release and 'bleeding edge' not much
>more than a year ago - which for most projects would be reason enough
>to try to support it.
>
>Anyway, 3.4.6 has the same problem.

.. which does go away if you apply the patch referenced above?

What else is failing with gcc-3.4 on arm?