Illegal instruction (core dumped) on i586

[Joe Buck]

>   somehow, I don't see the explanations making sense...
>   
>   Joe is essentially saying "use at your own risk"... 
>      that's not very helpful

OK, I'll help you.  I'll tell you exactly how to get gcc-2.95 running
on your system.  These instructions assume that you have the development
tools installed (e.g. you have gcc, make and friends).

1. Download the tar file.  You will have a big file named gcc-2.95.tar.gz.

2. Unpack it.  Type 
	tar zxf gcc-2.95.tar.gz

3. Type
	cd gcc-2.95

4. Type
	./configure

5. Type
	make bootstrap-lean

6. (As a user that has permission to write /usr/local): type
	make install

You now have gcc-2.95 in /usr/local/bin/gcc .

Note that this method will give you a statically linked libstdc++.a,
so your binaries will be large.  But since you don't appear to be
particularly competent, this will be the safest method to keep you
from hosing your system (breaking existing C++ executables by adding
an incompatible libstdc++).

If you do this and find that you have problems, read the FAQ.