GCC "make" errors

[Tim Prince]

mandeepbhambra@technologist.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wanted update my GCC compiler to 4.2.1 to install an updated version of C libraries (glibc) and it is giving me errors while it is making the build. I type ./configure which works fine but when I type "make" it runs fine until it starts to give errors which are as follows:
> 
> /tmp/ccacyMlE.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccacyMlE.s:72: Error: no such 386 instruction: `stmxcsr'
> /tmp/ccacyMlE.s:90: Error: no such 386 instruction: `ldmxcsr'
> /tmp/ccacyMlE.s:119: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
> make[3]: *** [crtfastmath.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gcc-4.2.1/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc'
> make[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gcc-4.2.1'
> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gcc-4.2.1'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> I have latest versions of make 3.81, binutils, coreutils, texinfo installed. I am running Linux JDS 2003 which I have been told is SUSE Linux on a Athlon 1.6Ghz. It seems Linux users on linux forums have limited knowledge of this, as I have not recieved any assistance from them so your help would be really appreciated.
> 
Either you don't have a binutils from the last 8 years, or you have 
somehow crossed up your march= options, which you didn't divulge.