-m64 problem on Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000, Solaris 7, gcc 2.95.2

[Martin v. Loewis]

> I am trying to build a complier for 64-bit programs for a
> Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 running Solaris 7 (SunOS 2.7),
> booted in 64-bit mode.

Good plan...

> I downloaded the source for GCC 2.95.2 from gcc.org, and 
> a precompiled sparc-sun-solaris2.7 version of gcc 2.8.1 from Sun.

... but you shouldn't use gcc 2.95.2 for that; it does not work.
Please see http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#sparcv9 for details.

Regards,
Martin