gcc building on IRIX 6.3 12161207 IP32

[Toon Moene]

Helge Dzierzon wrote:

> I tried to build the gcc-compiler on a IRIX ufobi8 6.3 12161207
> IP32. After Having a lot of warnings the builing process stopped with
> following message:
> 
> cfe: Error: ../../../zip/gcc-2.95/gcc/f/bld.c, line 979: Syntax Error
  ^^^ This is it.

You're trying to build the Fortran Frontend of GCC using the IRIX
compiler - that won't work; the FFE can only be build using gcc.

Use `make bootstrap' instead of just `make' in the build directory to
get this right.

This _is_ explained in the installation notes, though :-)

Cheers,

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