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@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@linux255:~/postgresql-7.1/src/test/regress > rpm -q libc
libc-2.1.2-28
tegge@linux255:~/postgresql-7.1/src/test/regress > gcc --version
egcs-2.91.66
tegge@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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