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I am trying to upgrade gcc from 2.4.5 to 2.7.1 (with gas). Some way into 
the compilation I am getting:

        mv tmp-specs specs
        echo "__foo () {}" > dummy.c
        ./xgcc -B./  -DIN_GCC   -g -I./include -c dummy.c
dummy.c:47:Complex expression. Absolute segment assumed.
help! ask someone to hack GAS expression code
xgcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 6
*** Error code 1

I have tried the various tips in response to a similar enquiry, concerning
HP-UX 9.05, about getting the correct as but the result is always as above.
The as I am using is the one a colleague used to install gcc 2.4.5. Is it
likely that installing a newer as (is the one in binutils 2.6 reliable?)
will eliminate the problem or is it due to something else? 

Thanks in anticipation.

Ron

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