Richard Gillman <R.Gillman@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am trying to compile gcc 3.4 on Solaris 8, using gcc 3.2.2 to > build. The "gmake bootstrap" stage terminates > > checking whether the C compiler > (/local/users/itss/susa/gcc-3.4.0-obj/gcc/xgcc > -B/local/users/itss/susa/gcc-3.4.0-obj/gcc/ > -B/nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/bin/ > -B/nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/ -isystem > /nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/include -isystem > /nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/sys-include -O2 -g -O2 ) > is a cross-compiler... no > checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes > checking whether /local/users/itss/susa/gcc-3.4.0-obj/gcc/xgcc > -B/local/users/itss/susa/gcc-3.4.0-obj/gcc/ > -B/nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/bin/ > -B/nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/lib/ -isystem > /nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/include -isystem > /nerc/packages/gcc/3.4/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/sys-include accepts > -g... (cached) yes > /local/users/itss/susa/gcc-3.4.0/libffi/configure: test: argument expected > gmake[1]: *** [configure-target-libffi] Error 1 > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/local/users/itss/susa/gcc-3.4.0-obj' > gmake: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 > $ > > This example is sh and gmake; I get the same problem using Solaris > make and csh. You need to use ksh (or bash) on solaris for gcc 3.4 . I don't know why this is not in host-specific notes. A bug against the host-specific notes should be reproted.