Hi, I'm trying to build a gcc 3.4.1 cross-compiler that is hosted on i686-pc-linux and generates binaries for sparc-sun-solaris2.8. During the build, I'm new seeing errors involving "sed" in the step that fixes up headers. This is what I've done (all on the linux host): INSTALL_PREFIX=/_TOOLS_/dist/gnu-gcc-3.4.1-binutils-2.15-sparc64-elf/i686-pc-linux2.4 1. Configure/build/install binutils: --prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX --disable-nls --enable-64-bit-bfd --target=sparc64-elf 2. On Solaris machine, create tarball of /usr/include/* (recursive); then on linux box, unpack tarball to /home/cham/sparc-sun-solaris2.8-sys-include/usr/include 3. Configure/build gcc: --prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX --with-headers=/home/cham/sparc-sun-solaris2.8-sys-include/usr/include --enable-threads --enable-shared --with-ld=${INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/sparc64-elf-ld --with-as=${INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/sparc64-elf-as --with-nm=${INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/sparc64-elf-nm --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-nls --target=sparc64-elf This is the result (truncated): -------------------------------- OUTPUT BEGINS ---------------------------------------- rm -rf ./libgcc.a ` if [ -f /proj/ppctools/new_space/cham/gcc-3.4.1-cross/gcc-3.4.1/_build/gcc/../binutil s/ar ] ; then echo /proj/ppctools/new_space/cham/gcc-3.4.1-cross/gcc-3.4.1/_build/gcc/. ./binutils/ar ; else if [ "i686-pc-linux-gnu" = "sparc64-sun-solaris2.8" ] ; then echo ar; else t='s,^,sparc64-sun-solaris2.8-,;'; echo ar | sed -e ; fi; fi` rc ./libgcc.a libgcc/./_muldi3.oS libgcc/./_negdi2.oS libgcc/./_lshrdi3.oS libgcc/./_ashldi3.oS libgc c/./_ashrdi3.oS libgcc/./_cmpdi2.oS libgcc/./_ucmpdi2.oS libgcc/./_floatdidf.oS libgcc/ ./_floatdisf.oS libgcc/./_fixunsdfsi.oS libgcc/./_fixunssfsi.oS libgcc/./_fixunsdfdi.oS libgcc/./_fixdfdi.oS libgcc/./_fixunssfdi.oS libgcc/./_fixsfdi.oS libgcc/./_fixxfdi.oS libgcc/./_fixunsxfdi.oS libgcc/./_floatdixf.oS libgcc/./_fixunsxfsi.oS libgcc/./_fixtf di.oS libgcc/./_fixunstfdi.oS libgcc/./_floatditf.oS libgcc/./_clear_cache.oS libgcc/./ _trampoline.oS libgcc/./__main.oS libgcc/./_absvsi2.oS libgcc/./_absvdi2.oS libgcc/./_a ddvsi3.oS libgcc/./_addvdi3.oS libgcc/./_subvsi3.oS libgcc/./_subvdi3.oS libgcc/./_mulv si3.oS libgcc/./_mulvdi3.oS libgcc/./_negvsi2.oS libgcc/./_negvdi2.oS libgcc/./_ctors.o S libgcc/./_ffssi2.oS libgcc/./_ffsdi2.oS libgcc/./_clz.oS libgcc/./_clzsi2.oS libgcc/. /_clzdi2.oS libgcc/./_ctzsi2.oS libgcc/./_ctzdi2.oS libgcc/./_popcount_tab.oS libgcc/./ _popcountsi2.oS libgcc/./_popcountdi2.oS libgcc/./_paritysi2.oS libgcc/./_paritydi2.oS libgcc/./_divdi3.oS libgcc/./_moddi3.oS libgcc/./_udivdi3.oS libgcc/./_umoddi3.oS libgc c/./_udiv_w_sdiv.oS libgcc/./_udivmoddi4.oS libgcc/./_eprintf.oS libgcc/./__gcc_bcmp.oS sed: option requires an argument -- e Usage: sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]... -n, --quiet, --silent suppress automatic printing of pattern space -e script, --expression=script add the script to the commands to be executed -f script-file, --file=script-file add the contents of script-file to the commands to be executed --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit If no -e, --expression, -f, or --file option is given, then the first non-option argument is taken as the sed script to interpret. All remaining arguments are names of input files; if no input files are specified, then the standard input is read. E-mail bug reports to: bug-gnu-utils@xxxxxxx . Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field. /bin/sh: rc: command not found make[3]: *** [libgcc.a] Error 127 make[3]: Leaving directory `/proj/.ppc_22/cham/gcc-3.4.1-cross/gcc-3.4.1/_build/gcc' make[2]: *** [stmp-multilib] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/proj/.ppc_22/cham/gcc-3.4.1-cross/gcc-3.4.1/_build/gcc' make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/proj/.ppc_22/cham/gcc-3.4.1-cross/gcc-3.4.1/_build/gcc' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 --------------------------------- OUTPUT ENDS ------------------------------------------ There are actually quite a few of these errors that occur back to back just before the build attempt dies with the error exit. Searching the digital hairball above for 'sed', I see the broken command embedded in the middle of a backquoted 'if' block: "echo ar | sed -e ;" ^^ Shouldn't there be something useful here? Can anyone help me figure out what I've done wrong? Has anyone seen this kind of error before? Is there a workaround? Desperate for a hint... Chris