To build:

  Make sure you have installed

   - gtk+ 1.0
   - gnu make


   tar xvf gimp-981202.tar
   tar xvf gimpdata-981202.tar

   cd gimp-data
   ./configure --prefix=/wherever
   make
   make install

   cd gimp
   ./configure --prefix=/wherever --enable-gimpdir=.hollywood
   make
   make install


  then just run /wherever/bin/gimp


Notes:

 - this builds fine on linux intel gcc.  if there are problems under
   irix CC, let me know

 - comes up in 16 bit by default.  16 bit is well tested, 8 bit is
   probably fine.  no guarantees about floating point yet, that's
   still under development

 - the Image->Colors menu is slightly less tested than the rest, but
   seems fine

 - some things seem to leave a "phantom NULL selection" around.  you'll
   spot this when all tools suddenly become unresponsive.  the fix for
   now is to do Select->None (shift control A) to clear this bogus
   selection.