Is this step expected to be taking so long(96+ hours) or is there a problem with completing this step: # ps -fu userid | grep 71730 UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD userid 69686 71730 120 Mar 18 - 5795:42 as -u -mPPC -o .libs/strstream.o /tmp/cccPqMPs.s userid 71730 66322 0 Mar 18 - 0:00 /gcc.3.4.3/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -Bgcc.3.4.3/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/gcc.3.4.3/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/src -L/gcc.3.4.3/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/local/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/bin/ -B/usr/local/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/include -isystem /usr/local/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/sys-include -pthread -I/gcc.3.4.3/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/include/powerpc-ibm -aix5.2.0.0 -I/gcc.3.4.3/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/include -I/gcc-3.4.3/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -O2 -g -O2 -g -O2 -pthread -fno-implicit-templates -Wall -W -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -fdiagnostics-show -location=once -I/gcc.3.4.3/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/include/backward -Wno-deprecated -c../../../../../gcc-3.4.3/libstdc++-v3/src/strstream.cc -DPIC -o .libs/strstream.o