[3.0] Bootstrap failure - ASM_SPEC conflict with gas

[Matt Schalit <mschalit at pacbell dot net>]

Madam/Sir:

  I can't bootstrap gcc 3.0 on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1
using gas-2.10.1 because the ASM_SPEC causes -Qy which 
causes gas to error out.  I can't even get past the first 
configure test.


I've read the FAQ about getting the right as chosen,
but I'm still stuck.  I'd really like to use gas.

Here's what I did:


   $ su - root
   Password: ******
   # mv /usr/ccs/bin/as /usr/ccs/bin/as.orig
   # mv /bin/as /bin/as.orig
   # exit

   $ /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1/2.95.3/as --version
   GNU assembler 2.10.1
   Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
   the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.
   This assembler was configured for a target of `i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1'.


   $ /usr/local/bin/gcc --version
   2.95.3


   $ pwd
   /home/matthew/Uber/CVS/objdir


   $ CC=gcc ../gcc/configure
   Configuring for a i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1 host.
   *** This configuration is not supported in the following subdirectories:
       target-libffi target-boehm-gc target-zlib target-libjava target-libchill
      (Any other directories should still work fine.)
   Created "Makefile" in /home/matthew/Uber/CVS/objdir using "mh-frag"
   /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1/2.95.3/as: unrecognized option `-Qy'
   *** The command 'gcc -o conftest -O2   conftest.c' failed.
   *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.




Thank you for reading this far.  The ASM_SPEC is set in
    <build_dir>/gcc/gcc/config/svr4.h 
from what I can gather.


#define ASM_SPEC \
  "%{v:-V} %{Qy:} %{!Qn:-Qy} %{n} %{T} %{Ym,*} %{Yd,*} %{Wa,*:%*}"



This has been an issue for Uw7 development for some time.
Would someone please offer any suggestion that comes to mind?
I do not understand how to read an ASM_SPEC nor use one.
I have a few ideas, but that would make this even longer.

Sincerely,

Matthew