-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > >Well, first I am sorry if I was not clear but my ultimate purpose is > >not to compile gcc. All I want is a C compiler that actually runs. > >Installing Xcode ought to give you this. If it doesn't, then you're already screwed. As you've discovered, you can't >compile gcc without a C compiler! > > >Are you suggesting that for ANY program, configure should be ran from > >a different folder than its source's? Or does your suggestion only > >concerns gcc's source compiling? > >Only gcc (well, and binutil and a few other packages, but it is not true in general). > >I don't really understand why you are trying to build gcc --- when you installed Xcode, did you not have a functional >copy of gcc come with it? > > >Niko Now that is the real issue: XCode's gcc doesn't work. I reinstalled it several times, without satisfying results. Sadly, it seems to me XCode is the only way to get a gcc binary on OSX. Still, maybe someone here knows of another way to get it. Does this sound possible? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFCZB3eeGQrS1qLBRERAre3AJ992fysK9W8T3qmsTJjEoApr8wyjACdHpBP mG6+TVXyX2GPIyvtXpagJq0= =kBHE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----