The depots you download fron the porting center should never be untar'd by yourself. That the depot is in tar format is mere coincidence
# wget gcc-other-info.depot.gz
# gzip -d gcc-other-info.depot.gz
# swinstall -s `pwd`/gcc-other-info.depot
Now add the path to gcc (I think it is /usr/local/bin/gcc) to /etc/PATH
# perl -pi -e's/$/:/usr/local/bin' /etc/PATH
You don't have to compile anything yourself.
On HP-UX gcc comes in several flavours: HP-UX 10.20 (pa-risc-1.1, 32bit only), HP-UX 11.00 (pa-risc-1.1, 32 bit only or pa-risc-2.0, 32bit or 64bit, and HP-UX 11i, 32bit or 64bit).
You *should* use the compiler that meets the system you run on. For most utils, this does not matter, but for gcc it does. So if you want to compile for 64bit Oracle, on 11i, you *need* the 64bit gcc for 11i. An 32bit gcc compiler cannot generate 64bit code (ELF64) or vise versa.
If you want to install from tar, you should not use a depot. I've got precompiled gcc binaries (including GNU binutils and gdb) available for all above combinations on my ITRC website:
Singapore
https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/Rotterdam
http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/Seattle
http://ww.hpux.ws/merijn/There is also installation instructions for those tar packages (these are no depots)
Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn
Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
