postgresql 7.1 on linux alpha

I have compiled Postgresql 7.1 on an elderly Alpha running Linux.
Unfortunately some of the regression tests fail in a way that suggests
there is something seriously wrong. Does anybody have installed postgres
successfully in a similar config ?

tegge(at)linux255:~/postgresql-7.1/src/test/regress > uname -a
Linux linux255 2.2.13 #3 Fre Feb 18 18:32:09 CET 2000 alpha unknown
tegge(at)linux255:~/postgresql-7.1/src/test/regress > rpm -q libc
libc-2.1.2-28
tegge(at)linux255:~/postgresql-7.1/src/test/regress > gcc --version
egcs-2.91.66
tegge(at)linux255:~/postgresql-7.1/src/test/regress > cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu : Alpha
cpu model : EV45
cpu variation : 7
cpu revision : 0
cpu serial number :
system type : Avanti
system variation : 0
system revision : 0
system serial number :
cycle frequency [Hz] : 232018561
timer frequency [Hz] : 1024.00
page size [bytes] : 8192
phys. address bits : 34
max. addr. space # : 63
BogoMIPS : 228.58
kernel unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
user unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
platform string : AlphaStation 255/233
cpus detected : 2

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