ATLAS 3.0 generation does not work with gcc 2.96

Part of the ATLAS installation log :

/usr/bin/gcc  -DL2SIZE=262144 -I/tmp/ATLAS/include
-I/tmp/ATLAS/include/Linux_PII -DAdd__ -DStringSunStyle
-fomit-frame-pointer -O -c dmm.c
/usr/bin/gcc  -DL2SIZE=262144 -I/tmp/ATLAS/include
-I/tmp/ATLAS/include/Linux_PII -DAdd__ -DStringSunStyle
-fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -funroll-all-loops -o xdfc d
fc.o dmm.o \
                                   
/tmp/ATLAS/tune/sysinfo/Linux_PII/time.o
/tmp/ATLAS/bin/Linux_PII/ATLrun.sh /tmp/ATLAS/tune/blas/gemm/Linux_PII xdfc 
dNB=40, ldc=40, mu=2, nu=1, ku=40, lat=5: time=0.680000, mflop=436.517647
dNB=40, ldc=40, mu=2, nu=1, ku=40, lat=5: time=0.680000, mflop=436.517647
dNB=40, ldc=40, mu=2, nu=1, ku=40, lat=5: time=0.690000, mflop=430.191304
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ATLAS/tune/blas/gemm/Linux_PII'
make[3]: *** [RunMMDef] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ATLAS/tune/blas/gemm/Linux_PII'
make[2]: *** [IRunMMDef] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ATLAS/bin/Linux_PII'

Please see answer of ATLAS people :

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From: R Clint Whaley <rwhaley.edu>
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Subject: Re: Error generating ATLAS with gcc 2.96 under Redhat 7.0
Cc: atlas.edu
Status: OR

Winfrid,

>Do you have any experience installing ATLAS with gcc 2.96
>under Redhat 7.0. The generation dies with a core dump.
>Please see attached log. 
>If you need further documents, please do not hesitate to ask.

There appears to be at least one compiler error in 2.96 which prevents
ATLAS from installing.  We've had roughly 5-8 messages reporting various
errors using 2.96, and the only fix seems to be to use a different version
of gcc.  Since the gcc compiler people have officially announced that 2.96
is an unsupported gcc release, not intended for the average user, this
seems
like a reasonable solution . . .

Cheers,
Clint
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