Make errors

[Lynda Morrison]

Can you help me with the following error which comes from a make check from 
make 3.79.1 on a Solaris 8 machine:

Making check in glob
Making check in i18n
gcc -DALIASPATH=\"/usr/local/share/locale:.\" 
-DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/local/share/locale\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" 
-DINCLUDEDIR=\"/usr/local/include\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./glob    -g -O2 
-c ar.c
*** Error code 1
*** Error code 1
*****
screen output:
#make check > make.out
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccUmnB7q.s", line 902: error: unknown opcode 
".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccUmnB7q.s", line 902: error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccUmnB7q.s", line 910: error: unknown opcode 
".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccUmnB7q.s", line 910: error: statement syntax
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ar.o'
Current working directory /usr/local/make-3.79.1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `check-recursive'
.  
I get a similar error with just a make, and I am also unable to do a make of 
openssl-0.9.6b or openssh-2.9p2.  I am trying to compile the make thinking that 
it might solve the other problems if I use a gnu-make.  I have gcc-3.0.1 and 
zlib-1.1.3 already installed and working.  It finds the correct compiler - goes 
through the configure without error - but then errors out in the make on all 
three.  Thanks for any help you can give me.





Lynda Morrison
DETR, State of Nevada
684-3830