I dunno about the RPM file, but you need patches to either 2.7.2 or 2.7.2.1
in order to rebuild gcc. Get
ftp://atheis.tamu.edu/pub/ricahrd/linux/rth-gcc-2.7.2-960814.diff.gz
This gets you to the point where alpha-*-linux or alpha-*-linuxecoff
is a recognized target (which is probably why you had a problem after
running configure). Then you get into the whole fan dance of ELF or
not-ELF- it will depend upon what version of RedHAT you have installed
as to what to try and go with and how much pain you go through.
I myself worked from (originally) a BLADE_0.3 distribution, and got
nowhere. I eventually ponied up the bucks for the 3.0.3 RedHAT and
after an unbelievable amount of running around and pestering some
of the usual suspects managed to get cut over to ELF64 (new glibc,
really need binutils 2.7 or better, etc., ran into bugs in the
glibc that caused cc1 to core dump, etc....) so that now, about two
months after starting, I can recompile gcc (which, in some sense,
is a platform sanity check).
Other people claim to have had a much easier time (including those
who are producing the the RPM packages), but I cannot vouch for their
verity nor can I personally attest to the repeatability of their
experience.
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