per http://gcc.gnu.org/install/finalinstall.html
Built/installed 4.5 on alpha-dec-osf. alphaev67-dec-osf5.1 bash-4.1$ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/home/jayk/libexec/gcc/alphaev67-dec-osf5.1/4.5.0/lto-wrapper Target: alphaev67-dec-osf5.1 Configured with: /home/jayk/src/gcc-4.5.0/configure -disable-nls -prefix=/home/jayk Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.0 (GCC) C and C++ Though I meant to let it do "all". This isn't a "normal modern" 5.1, like 5.1a or 5.1b, but is old 5.1 rev 732. Not easy to get the prerequisites for running tests: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2010-06/msg00967.html More followup still to do. and I only ran make check in the gcc directory, to skip gmp/mpfr/mpc. - Jay