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GCC 2.95.3 won't compile, Fedora Core 4 x86_64

Having a slight problem here. I want to compile mplayer. Mplayer wants to be compiled using gcc 2.95.3. Fine. I goto the gcc website, download the source.
I did an 'everything' install of fedora core 4, so i definitely have a version of the gcc compiler installed. I read up on the gcc site, I CAN have multiple versions GCC installed. It recommends I have each version of gcc installed into its own folder, blah blah blah. Simple enough. I run these commands in the source code directory.

mkdir gbuild
cd gbuild

../configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3

It tells me x86_64 is not recognized.

But wait, what if I.. (ala Quake3 fix)

linux32 ../configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3

Everything goes fine or atleast appears to until I run

make bootstrap

then I get this

/tmp/cciAjLKP.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cciAjLKP.s:271: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `push'
/tmp/cciAjLKP.s:274: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `push'
/tmp/cciAjLKP.s:275: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `push'
/tmp/cciAjLKP.s:294: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `pop'
/tmp/cciAjLKP.s:295: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `pop'
/tmp/cciAjLKP.s:297: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `pop'
make[2]: *** [libgcc2.a] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jnl/Desktop/linstuff/old_gcc/gcc-2.95.3/gbuild/gcc'
make[1]: *** [bootstrap] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jnl/Desktop/linstuff/old_gcc/gcc-2.95.3/gbuild/gcc'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

My best guess is gcc 4.0. can't compile 2.95.3 and I might have to really on rpms. But I can't install 2.95.3 with gcc 4.0 using an rpm or if I can I don't know how. I really don't want to through the tedium of uninstalling gcc 4.0 if I can avoid it. And I don't want to compile Mplayer with gcc 4.0 because it warns me I'll have bugs. I don't to use the Mplayer rpm either(last time I tried that gmplayer refused to work no matter what I tried), besides I'm curious because atleast someone out there knows how to compile this and I don't.

:(

Hi.

If you did an 'everything' install, then you'll have the compat-gcc32 package installed, which contains GCC3.2. MPlayer compiles fine with this.

This being the case, in your MPlayer main directory do:

Code:

export CC=gcc32

export CXX=g++32

./configure --your --custom --configure --options

make

make install

Actually, having thought about it, doesn't MPlayer compile OK with GCC4 anyway? Did you try just doing ./configure; make; make install ?

Dave

well i guess i was a little bit concerned. I know I can do a --disable-gcc-checking. But theres this big message saying
compile with 2.95.3 or else! Its pretty scary sounding if you read it.

Fear not. I've been ignoring messages like that for years.

GCC 3.2 is absolutely fine for MPlayer (and GCC 4 compiles the latest MPlayer CVS version fine too, I don't know about the stable releases, though).

Try the normal procedure first. The most likely thing that will happen with GCC 4 is that MPlayer will refuse to compile. If that happens, do the 'export' lines from post #2, then configure and make MPlayer again. I've never needed the --disable-gcc-checking flag.

Dave