> > You will have trouble building the newer GNU
utilities.
> You will have trouble building GNU stuff on
anything other than Linux,
> or at least a x86 / litle endian / 32 bit machine with gcc.
That's not true. I've built a significant
portion of the GNU stuff on IRIX
6.5.x, Solaris 2.5-2.8, HPUX 10.20 and 11i, and AIX 4.3.2, in addition to the
usual suspects like Linux and FreeBSD.
I've had trouble on AIX 4.1, though.
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