No, the normal and recommend way is more like this: unzip gcc into /junk cd /junk mkdir obj cd obj ../gcc*/configure BLAH make bootstrap make install The obj directory is not supposed to be in or anywhere under the source directory. Cheers, Lyle -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J.D. Bronson Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:31 PM To: Alexandre Oliva Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 3.4.0 on solaris fails on install I will try this. However, I never had any issues until just now. Usually I do this : unzip gcc into /junk cd /junk/gcc* mkdir obj cd obj ../configure BLAH make bootstrap make install isnt that that the normal and recommended way?