Syntax error when building gfortran in gcc-4.0.3

[Tim Prince]

Shin, John Y CONTRACTOR WRAIR-Wash DC wrote:
> I'm trying to build gfortran from gcc 4.0.3 on an Octane 2 SGI machine
> running IRIX 6.5.25f with binutils 2.17.  During the initial build, gcc
> and g++ compiled successfully but not gfortran, so I tried to rebuild
> gfortran specifically by configuring and bootstrapping with the
> following commands under a different build directory:
> 
> 1. ../gcc-4.0.3/configure --with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/local/bin/as
> --with-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/local/bin/ld --with-gmp=/usr/local/lib
> --with-mpfr=/usr/local/lib --enable-languages=f95
> 
> 2. make bootstrap

> What am I doing wrong?
> 
You are attempting to build a known buggy version of gfortran.  Given 
the difficulty of supporting Irix, I don't want to make great claims, 
but if you are able to build gcc-4.1 or later, your chances with 
gfortran are much better.