egcs-19980727 make bootstrap Error 1 in backspace.o for i686-sun-solaris2.6

[Bernard Michaud <bmichaud at excom dot com>]

The make bootstrap of egcs-19980727 for i686-sun-solaris2.6 (Solaris 2.6
x86) bombed with the following error:

...
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/egcsobj/i686-sun-solaris2.6/libf2c'
cd libI77; make CC='/tmp/egcsobj/gcc/xgcc -B/tmp/egcsobj/gcc/' CFLAGS='-g
-O2' CPPFLAGS='' AR='ar' RANLIB='true' all
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/egcsobj/i686-sun-solaris2.6/libf2c/libI77'
/tmp/egcsobj/gcc/xgcc -B/tmp/egcsobj/gcc/ -c -I.
-I/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77 -I..
-I/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/..  -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -D_POSIX_SOURCE=1
-DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1 -DNON_ANSI_RW_MODES=1 -DNO_EOF_CHAR_CHECK=1
-DSkip_f2c_Undefs=1  -g -O2 -o VersionI.o
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/Version.c
/tmp/egcsobj/gcc/xgcc -B/tmp/egcsobj/gcc/ -c -DSkip_f2c_Undefs
-DAllow_TYQUAD -I. -I/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77 -I..
-I/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/..  -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -D_POSIX_SOURCE=1
-DHAVE_TEMPNAM=1 -DNON_ANSI_RW_MODES=1 -DNO_EOF_CHAR_CHECK=1
-DSkip_f2c_Undefs=1  -g -O2 /tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c
In file included from /tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:3:
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:38: parse error before `flag'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:38: warning: no semicolon at end of
struct or union
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:39: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:40: parse error before `urw'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:40: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:41: parse error before `ublnk'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:41: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:42: parse error before `uend'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:42: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:43: parse error before `uwrt'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:43: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:44: parse error before `uscrtch'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:44: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:45: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:48: parse error before `*'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:48: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:49: parse error before `f__reading'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:49: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:71: parse error before `*'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:72: parse error before `*'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:72: parse error before `*'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:73: parse error before `ftnint'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:77: parse error before `ftnlen'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:77: parse error before `ftnlen'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:78: parse error before `*'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:89: parse error before `*'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:89: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:90: parse error before `f__units'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:90: warning: data definition has no
type or storage class
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:7: parse error before `f_back'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:7: parse error before `*'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c: In function `f_back':
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:9: `b' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:9: (Each undeclared identifier
is reported only once
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:9: for each function it
appears in.)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:10: parse error before `long'
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:14: `a' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:20: `f' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:35: `x' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:36: `y' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:46: `n' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:50: `w' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:51: `z' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/backspace.c:59: `v' undeclared (first use
in this function)
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h: At top level:
/tmp/egcs-19980727/libf2c/libI77/fio.h:90: warning: array `f__units'
assumed to have one element
make[3]: *** [backspace.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/egcsobj/i686-sun-solaris2.6/libf2c/libI77'
make[2]: *** [i77] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/egcsobj/i686-sun-solaris2.6/libf2c'
make[1]: *** [all-target-libf2c] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/egcsobj'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2


Regards,

Bernard Michaud
Excom Informatics Services