Hi, I am having the same problem that particular step has been running 96+ hours for me so far. I was curious if you got past the problem? My Platform is simlar to yours: make -v GNU Make 3.80 Platform: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 GCC version: 3.3.2 Configure: --enable-threads=aix --disable-nls Make: bootstrap-lean R. ------------------------ You previously wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have been unable to build gcc 3.4.3 on AIX 5.2; on each attempt, when it gets to compiling a particular file, it hangs: >> >> /export/work/gcc-3.4.3/objdir/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/export/work/gcc-3.4.3/objdir/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/export/work/gcc-3.4.3/objdir/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/ src -L/export/work/gcc-3.4.3/objdir/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/export/work/gcc-3.4.3/objdir/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/ include/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 -I/export/work/gcc-3.4.3/objdir/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/pthread/libstdc++-v3/ include -I/export/work/gcc-3.4.3/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/export/work/gcc-3.4.3/objdir/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 >> >> (note: /export/work is where I put the source). >> >> This is my environment and configuration: >> >> make version: GNU make 3.80 >> gcc version for the build: tried with both 2.9-aix51-020209 and 3.3.3 >> config shell: /usr/bin/bash >> platform: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 >> OS: AIX 5.2 >> configure arguments: --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads=aix --disable-nls >> make arguments: tried both bootstrap and -j 2 bootstrap (it's a dual processor box) >> >> >> I copied the config from http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-10/msg00724.html which details a successful build. >> >> Anyone experienced anything like this ? >> >> C.