problems with gcc after running up2date

From: Frank (junk_at_lucent.com)
Date: 06/28/05 

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:15:57 -0400

I just recently installed RH ES 3 and ran up2date to bring everything
current.

When trying to compile a newer version of CVS I got the following errors.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Frank Slicer

Lucent Technologies, Columbus, OH

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output from config.log

configure:2372: gcc -v </dev/null >&5

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/specs

Configured with:
../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/u

sr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --wi
th-s

ystem-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --host=i386-redhat-linux

Thread model: posix

gcc version 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-52)

configure:2375: $? = 0

configure:2377: gcc -V </dev/null >&5

gcc: argument to `-V' is missing

configure:2380: $? = 1

configure:2403: checking for C compiler default output file name

configure:2406: gcc conftest.c >&5

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/as: Symbol `bfd_abs_section' has
differ

ent size in shared object, consider re-linking

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/as: Symbol `bfd_und_section' has
differ

ent size in shared object, consider re-linking

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/as: Symbol `bfd_com_section' has
differ

ent size in shared object, consider re-linking

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/as: relocation error:
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/

i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/as: undefined symbol: xmalloc_set_program_name

configure:2409: $? = 1

configure: failed program was:

| /* confdefs.h. */

|

| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Concurrent Versions System (CVS)"

| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "cvs"

| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.12.9"

| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.9"

| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "bug-cvs@gnu.org"

| #define _GNU_SOURCE 1

| /* end confdefs.h. */

|

| int

| main ()

| {

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