2.96 on amd64

[llewelly@xmission.com]

<jyates@netezza.com> writes:

> I have an amd64 box with rh fc2 installed.  The system compiler
> is 3.3.3.  I have a project that comes with a required 2.96
> compiler image.  The build properly finds that older compiler
> but that compiler invokes the system assembler which seems to
> believe it should be seeing 64-bit register names, not 32-bit.
> Can anyone suggest a work around?

My first suggestion is that you try building gnu binutils with
    i686-linux-gnu as a target, and installing it alongside your
    existing binutils, but with a different --prefix. I don't know if
    that will really work, but it *seems* like it should.

See http://www.gnu.org/directory/binutils.html and follow the links
    for the mailing list, and the install directions, which you should
    read with extra care.