problems in making gcc binaries work

[Dhananjay Naniwadekar]

Hello All :
Thanks for your help so far. I am afraid, the whole thing is becoming
night-marish.
And Free Software Foundation people told me that hp-ux is too non-standard,
warning
me that I should brace myself for all these pin-pricks.

I am posting this problem on gcc-help board also. However I hope to reach
you fast. So I am sending you a direct mail, too.

I downloaded 2.95.2 binary depot, unzipped and untarred it. When I tried to
compile a simple  printf "hello world" file, I got the following error :
> as: "/var/tmp/cccviphc.s", line 22: error 1052: Directive name not
> recognized - NSUBSPA
Mr Jake Blanchard had asked me whether I had downloaded binutils. So I
downloaded binutils, and extracted the files. I see a file named "as" in
path :
{MY_ROOT}/binutils/binutils-RUN/opt/binutils/bin
But what do I do with it? One README file talks about running "./configure"
command. There is no file named "configure". I somewhere read that I should
include "/opt/binutils/bin" in my path. Is that the solution? Or should I
include this directory (which currently contains file "as" in PATH)?

Please let me know your feedback.

- Dhananjay Naniwadekar