elf error

Hello, I am trying to compile postgres on a 32 bit, i386 computer running Suse 9.3, # uname -a Linux 2.6.11.4-21.10-default #1 Tue Nov 29 14:32:49 UTC 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux however, I am getting a strange error that elf is 64 bit; /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: Relocatable linking with relocations from format elf64-x86-64 (clog.o) to format elf32-i386 (SUBSYS.o) is not supported What is going on? Thank you in advance. ~James