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I'm trying to build gcc 2.4.3 on an Alliant FX80;  We'd like to have
a relatively modern software environment to compile software under.

Unfortunately, the configure script for gcc 2.4.3 indicates that the
Alliant fx-80 support has not been updated for gcc 2.

Can anyone give me an idea of how much work it would be to take the
raw material in the config/fx80 directory and put it into a form that
gcc 2.4.3 would be happy with?  There certainly seems to be a very
complete description of the fx80 architecture in that directory.

Alternatively, can anyone tell me how much or little we would gain
from going to 2.4.3 from 1.4.0?  

Eventually, I'd like to get a modern version of gcc and the latest
glibc and glibc++ ported so that we can get some more life out of the
old girl.

Any suggestions?  Pointers to porting docs (preferably a 1.0 to 2.0
porting document)?  Evaluations of worthiness of cause?  Commiserations?

Thanks muchly..


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Jonathan Abbey                               jonabbey@cs.utexas.edu
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