nistp224 fails on ppro/linux with gcc-3.x

 Greetings,
 
 The nistp224 library fails on ppro/linux when compiled with gcc-3.x.

 Platforms tested: Pentium III and Pentium IV, linux-2.4.20

 conf-opt was set to "auto" or "ppro"
 conf-cc  was set to "auto" or "gcc -O1 -malign-double"
 Assembler: GNU assembler 2.11.93.0.2 or GNU assembler 2.14.90.0.5

 The results were the same in all cases:

 - the build works fine if gcc is gcc-2.95.3 ; the tests are passed
without any trouble.
 - if gcc is one of gcc-3.0, gcc-3.2 or gcc-3.3.1, then rts fails:

 cmp rts rts.exp fails with:
"rts rts.exp differ: char 46, line 2"

 rts starts with:
--- nistp224 generates public keys correctly
cmp: EOF on -
(a series of "cmp: EOF on -" follows)

 Manually running the first test in rts.tests gives:
$ cat ../SECRET.alice ../STANDARD.base | ../nistp224
$ echo $?
100

 which means that the nistp224(xe,x,e) call returns 0.

 So there seems to be something in opt-ppro* that gcc-3.x fails to
compile properly.

-- 
 Ska