make in solaris

["A.Gayathri" <gayathri@odysseytec.com>]

Hi,

	What does the following error mean? Is it a compiler problem?

Solaris - 7, sparc.
Openldap-2.0.23


gcc -g -O2 -I../../include -I../../include -c decode.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/decode.lo
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 2974: error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 2974: error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 3070: error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 3070: error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 3071: error: unknown opcode ".subsection"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 3071: error: statement syntax
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 3167: error: unknown opcode ".previous"
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccThtajD.s", line 3167: error: statement syntax
make[2]: *** [decode.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/export/home/ldap/openldap-2.0.23/libraries/liblber'
make[1]: *** [all-common] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/ldap/openldap-2.0.23/libraries'
make: *** [all-common] Error 1


Thanks for any help extended.......

Thank you

A. Gayathri