Binutils 2.12.90.0.9 fails to build

[Heinz Diehl]

Hi!

Binutils 2.12.90.0.9 fail to build on my system.

[....]
make[3]: Leaving directory /usr/local/src/binutils-2.12.90.0.9/ld/po'
make[3]: Entering directory /usr/local/src/binutils-2.12.90.0.9/ld'
/bin/sh ./../ylwrap "bison -y" ldgram.y y.tab.c ldgram.c y.tab.h ldgram.h
--  -dgcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I. -I../bfd
-I./../bfd -I./../include -I./../intl -I../intl  -g -O2
-DLOCALEDIR="\"/usr/share/locale\""   -W
-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -g -O2 -c ldgram.c
flex   ldlex.l && mv lex.yy.c ldlex.c
make[3]: *** [ldlex.c] Error 139
make[3]: Leaving directory /usr/local/src/binutils-2.12.90.0.9/ld'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory /usr/local/src/binutils-2.12.90.0.9/ld'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/local/src/binutils-2.12.90.0.9/ld'
make: *** [all-ld] Error 2
chiara:/Src/binutils-2.12.90.0.9 #

The current binutils version is

    chiara:~ # ld -v
    GNU ld version 2.11.92.0.12 20011121

ver_linux says:

Linux chiara 2.4.19-pre10-ac2 #1 Thu Jun 20 21:38:50 CEST 2002 i586 unknown

Gnu C                  2.95.3
Gnu make               3.79.1
util-linux             2.11m
Fileutils              4.1.3
mount                  2.11m
modutils               2.4.15
e2fsprogs              1.24
PPP                    2.4.1
Linux C Library        2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.5
Linux C++ Library      2.9.0
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.46
Kbd                    1.06
Sh-utils               2.0.11
Modules Loaded         ppp_deflate zlib_inflate zlib_deflate bsd_comp
                       ppp_async ppp_generic slhc ipt_LOG ipt_REJECT 
                       ipt_state iptable_nat ip_conntrack iptable_filter 
                       ip_tables serial

Is the problem known, is there a fix for it?

Greetings, Heinz.
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# Heinz Diehl, 68259 Mannheim, Germany