gcc-3.2.3 installation failed on RHEL5 -64 bit machine

[Kai Ruottu]

ithelp@india.synfora.com wrote:

> I am unable to install gcc-3.2.3 on RHEL5 64 bit machine. While compiling
> it gives multiple errors. (I have downloaded gcc from the site
> ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/gcc/releases/gcc-3.2.3/). Can you please
> suggest me a method for installation.

Please refresh your short-time memory with :

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2008-07/msg00077.html

Quite clearly Andrew suggests installing some patches for the gcc-3.2.3
sources when compiling them with the newer GCCs !  Among them a patch
for the error you got :

> gcc -c -DIN_GCC    -g  -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes
> -Wmissing-prototypes -Wtraditional -pedantic -Wno-long-long 
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DGENERATOR_FILE    -I. -I. -I. -I./. -I./config
> -I./../include ./read-rtl.c -o read-rtl.o
> In file included from ./read-rtl.c:24:
> /rtl.h:125: warning: type of bit-field âcodeâ is a GCC extension
> /rtl.h:128: warning: type of bit-field âmodeâ is a GCC extension
> /read-rtl.c: In function âfatal_with_file_and_lineâ:
> /read-rtl.c:62: warning: traditional C rejects ISO C style function
> definitions
> /read-rtl.c: In function âread_rtxâ:
> /read-rtl.c:662: error: invalid lvalue in increment
> make[2]: *** [read-rtl.o] Error 1

The row 662 requires a patch, the patch was given but for some weird
reason you didn't install it :(