> I have $prefix/bin/$target-<cmds> files installed, > e.g. rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.3.0-as. > > My path includes $prefix/bin so these new commands are now all on the > path. You should have the tools installed in two locations. One as $prefix/bin/$target-<cmds> and another as something like $prefix/$target/bin/<cmds> . > It looks like an assembler error, how do I know if my make script is using > correct assembler? You can invoke the command manually and add the "-v" option. This will print out information about the commands that the "gcc" driver program is invoking. > what is xgcc? (is that cross-gcc? i.e. cross compiler gcc?) This is the name of the gcc compiler driver before it is installed as the Makefile invokes the newly built compiler. David