Strange ARM issue: wrong exception table type?

[david.hagood@gmail.com]

> Can you try building gas and then seeing whether your problem has been
> fixed please?

The good, the bad, and the ugly.
The good: the head build of gas works.
The bad: that means I'm going to have to move at least part way to the new
tool chain.
The ugly: why is this so damn repeatable on my system and nowhere else?

Still - I have identified the problem, I have identified the solution, I
can move on. Thanks for your help.

And at least this is captured on-line so if anybody else experiences this
weirdness, they won't be stuck in http://xkcd.com/979/

Thank you.