problems compiling

[rohwedde]

i've been trying to compile emacs on a intel-based linux box with a 2.4
kernel and gcc 3.0 .. but i keep getting the following error whenever
it tries to build something from the lib-src directory..

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/emacs-20.7/lib-src'
gcc -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../src 
-I/usr/src/emacs-20.7/lib-src -I/usr/src/emacs-20.7/lib-src/../src
-D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE   -g -O -o test-distrib 
/usr/src/emacs-20.7/lib-src/test-distrib.c
/usr/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 08048460
./test-distrib /usr/src/emacs-20.7/lib-src/testfile
make[1]: *** [test-distrib] Illegal instruction
make[1]: *** Deleting file `test-distrib'

i'm wondering if someone has any idea where to start looking? thanks..

-jason