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In article <4h7hek$l4@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk>, R. Kerr <R.Kerr@ncl.ac.uk> wrote:
>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? 

I have gcc 2.7.2 with GNU as from binutils 2.6 installed under HP-UX 9.01 &
HP-UX 10.01 and I've had no problems with it at all.  I recommend you get the
latest release of binutils (2.6 as of this writing) and build in support for
GNU as.  You'll be pleased with the result.

Tim
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