assembler error while compiling gcc-2.95.3

[Anil Inamdar <inamdar_anil at yahoo dot com>]

Hi All,
 I am getting the following error when I try to build 
 GCC 2.95.3 on Sparc/Solaris machine with SunOS 2.8
Below is the output from the make bootstrap after I do
a configure

make bootstrap
make[1]: Entering directory
`/export/home/users/anil/tarfiles/gcc-2.95.3/build/object/libiberty'
test x"no" != xyes || \
  gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -I.
-I/export/home/users/anil/tarfiles/gcc-2.95.3/libiberty/../include
 
/export/home/users/anil/tarfiles/gcc-2.95.3/libiberty/cplus-dem.c
-o pic/cplus-dem.o
gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -I.
-I/export/home/users/anil/tarfiles/gcc-2.95.3/libiberty/../include

/export/home/users/anil/tarfiles/gcc-2.95.3/libiberty/cplus-dem.c
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 1344:
error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 1344:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 1355:
error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 1355:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 3137:
error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 3137:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 3210:
error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 3210:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8803:
error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8803:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8830:
error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8830:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8831:
error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8831:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8887:
error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 8887:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9675:
error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9675:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9799:
error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9799:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9800:
error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9800:
error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9854:
error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccC5w8iz.s", line 9854:
error: statement syntax
make[1]: *** [cplus-dem.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/export/home/users/anil/tarfiles/gcc-2.95.3/build/object/libiberty'
make: *** [all-libiberty] Error 2
Any help is appreciated
thanks
Anil


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