Problems with gcc, g77 on Linux Alpha

[Ray Nachlinger]

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Jeffrey A Law wrote:

> 
>   In message < Pine.LNX.3.95.990909212646.15199A-100000@longstreet >you write:
>   > > 
>   > 
>   >    Gentlemen,
>   > 
>   >    I have recently downloaded gcc 2.9.5 and have trouble building
>   > it on Redhat Linux on an ALPHA. The last lines of the make were
>   > 
>   > else true ; fi
>   > /jack/gcc/gcc/xgcc -B/jack/gcc/gcc/ -B/compl/egcs/l_alpha/alphaev6-unknown-
>   > linux-gnu/bin/ -c -g -O2 -fvtable-thunks -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-implicit-templa
>   > tes  -mieee -I/e_source/gcc-2.95.1/libstdc++ -I/e_source/gcc-2.95.1/libstdc
>   > ++/stl -I../libio -I/e_source/
>   > gcc-2.95.1/libstdc++/../libio -nostdinc++ -D_IO_MTSAFE_IO -DF `for N in MAI
>   > N ADDCC ADDCF ADDFC SUBCC SUBCF SUBFC MULCC MULCF MULFC DIVCC DIVCF DIVFC P
>   > LUS MINUS EQCC EQCF EQFC NECC NECF NEFC ABS ARG POLAR CONJ NORM COS COSH EX
>   > P LOG POWCC POWCF POWCI POWFC 
>   > SIN SINH SQRT; do echo " -D${N}"; done` \
>   >   /e_source/gcc-2.95.1/libstdc++/cinst.cc -o fcomplex.o
>   > /tmp/ccAaY87s.s: Assembler messages:
>   > /tmp/ccAaY87s.s:3690: Error: unknown opcode `sqrttsu'
>   > /tmp/ccAaY87s.s:3760: Error: unknown opcode `sqrttsu'
> Your assembler is buggy/out-of-date.
> 
> jeff

  OK, I downloaded binutils-2.9.1 and after much hassle made gasp and
as, copied them to /usr/bin/mh on my Redhat 6.0 system. I still get
sqrttsu is an unknown opcode.

  So the assembler is buggy or out of date. Where do I get one that
is not?

  Ray