Tried making egcs 1.1.2 on RedHat 7.2 and failed

[Tim Prince]

On Wednesday 30 January 2002 06:16, ÀüÁ?ÇÊ wrote:
> It's just a report for your guidance.
> I have tried making egcs 1.1.2 on RedHat Linux 7.2 with gcc version 2.96,
> and failed.
 ( Was it predictable since this is downgrade?)
> I will install RedHat Linux 6.2 on the same machine and try
> again.(upgrade)
 
> Bye...
> 
> Following is output from my linux box:
> 
> [root@medusa gcc]# gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
> gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)
> [root@medusa gcc]# mkdir egcs
> [root@medusa gcc]# cd egcs
> [root@medusa egcs]# ../egcs-1.1.2/configure
>   ....
> [root@medusa egcs]# make
rtfm.  you need 'make bootstrap-lean' here, no matter which version of gcc 
you use.  IMHO you waste your time with the old egcs.