I followed the instruction on http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathShowcase to compile eclipse. Here's the error:
Compiling ./plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.core_3.0.1/jdtcore.jar to native /tmp/cccNhHCN.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/cccNhHCN.s:1952484: Error: operand out of range (ffffffffffff7ee4 not between -32768 and 32767) /tmp/cccNhHCN.s:3406968: Error: operand out of range (ffffffffffff7ee4 not between -32768 and 32767) The command used is: gcj-4.0 -shared -findirect-dispatch -fjni -fPIC -o jdtcore.jar.so jdtcore.jar -- Summary: Error compiling jdtcore.jar on powerpc Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: java AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: kahing at gmail dot com CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org,java-prs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20561