gcc 3.3.1 on IA64

[Reinhold Bader <Reinhold dot Bader at lrz-muenchen dot de>]

 Dear gcc Developers,

 I've tried to build gcc 3.3.1 on a RedHat AS 2.1 Itanium 2 System (4-way):

../gcc-3.3.1/configure --prefix=/usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1
make bootstrap -j 8

 and the build failed. Here are the last 20 or so lines:

(cd .libs && rm -f libffi.la && ln -s ../libffi.la libffi.la)
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link /usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget/gcc/xgcc -B/usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget/gcc/ 
-B/usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem 
/usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/include -fexceptions -O2 -g -O2  -o ffitest -shared-libgcc ffitest.lo libffi.la
/usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget/gcc/xgcc -B/usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget/gcc/ -B/usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ 
-B/usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/include -fexceptions 
-O2 -g -O2 -o .libs/ffitest -shared-libgcc .libs/ffitest.o  ./.libs/libffi.so -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/sys/gcc/3.3.1/lib/.
/usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
/usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
/usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
.libs/ffitest.o: In function `main':
:409: relocation truncated to fit: PCREL21B .text
:409: relocation truncated to fit: PCREL21B .text
:409: relocation truncated to fit: PCREL21B .text
:409: relocation truncated to fit: PCREL21B .text
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [ffitest] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/libffi'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/libffi'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/libffi'
make[1]: *** [all-target-libffi] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/sys/src/gcctarget'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2


 I suspect I might need a newer version of binutils (installed version is  2.11.90.0.8).
 Base gcc is 2.96
 Could you give me a hint on how to solve this?
 There do not seem to be any in the ia64 section of http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html


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