building 1.0.3a

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message <9806011447.ZM23311@fatcrow>you write:
  > A simple question, hopefully:
  > 
  > I'm trying to build 1.0.3a on a i586 with the following:
  > 
  >  linux 2.0.33
  >  gcc 2.7.2.3
  >  libc 5.4.33
  >  libgxx 2.7.2.8
  >  binutils 2.8.1.0.1
  >  ld.so 1.9.5
  >  gmake 3.74
  > 
  > "make bootstrap" dumps core somewhere in stage2.  I suspect it's
  > because some (all?) of my system libs and tools are out of date,
  > but I'm not in the mood to upgrade everything unless it's
  > really necessary...  Can anyone point me in the right direction?
  > Did I miss something obvious in the INSTALL notes (yes, I did
  > read them ;)
I don't see anything in particular which should cause a problem.

Maybe if you gave more detail about where the core dump occurs we
might be able to help.  cut-n-paste is your friend :-)

jeff

ps.  This belongs on egcs-bugs, not egcs.