gcc-2.95.2 problems on Solaris 7 + ultrasparc

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec 28, 1999, William Bader <william@nscs.fast.net> wrote:

> Next, I timed bzip2.  "make check" failed for pgcc, so I stopped testing it.
> gcc-2.95.2 made a faster bzip2 than gcc-2.8.1, I think part because it
> optimizes better and part because it supports ultrasparcs.

It doesn't.  I really mean it.  ultrasparc support is incomplete and
buggy.  Just use gcc 2.95.2 in 32bit mode and it will work fine.

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