LTO causes internal compiler error

Occasionally avr-gcc will crash when compiling:

Linking .pioenvs/uno/firmware.elf
/home/steve/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoavr/cores/arduino/main.cpp: In function 'main':
/home/steve/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoavr/cores/arduino/main.cpp:51:1: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
}
^
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lto-wrapper: avr-g++ returned 1 exit status
/home/steve/.platformio/packages/toolchain-atmelavr/bin/../lib/gcc/avr/4.9.2/../../../../avr/bin/ld: lto-wrapper failed
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
*** [.pioenvs/uno/firmware.elf] Error 1

This seems related to link time optimisation: https://github.com/sudar/Arduino-Makefile/issues/486

I can verify that adding the following to my environment resolves the issue:

build_unflags = -flto

However on code where this workaround is not required, LTO does reduces binary size.

I am not sure what the correct fix is as this seems to be an issue from the bowels of the compiler. However this ticket should help future users when googling the symptoms.

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platformio / platform-atmelavr

LTO causes internal compiler error #65