As of gcc 4.8, compile errors and debug information is mangled.

Example with gcc 4.7:

$ make
make --no-print-directory all-am
CC src/pkgfile-pkgfile.o
src/pkgfile.c: In function ‘load_repo’:
src/pkgfile.c:336:17: error: expected expression before ‘{’ token
make[1]: *** [src/pkgfile-pkgfile.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Same compile error with gcc 4.8:

$ make
make --no-print-directory all-am
CC src/pkgfile-match.o
CC src/pkgfile-pkgfile.o
<command-line>: In function ‘load_repo’:
<command-line>:336:3: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘read_buffer’
make[1]: *** [src/pkgfile-pkgfile.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

And gdb misses out on the filename info as well:

...snipped...
Temporary breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdf68) at <command-line>:620
620 <command-line>: No such file or directory.