What is also interesting about this compile error is that the referenced file doesn't appear to exist in source form for my platform (is this a GCC bug?): # find . -name "crti*" ./gcc/config/mips/crti.asm ./gcc/config/mt/crti.asm ./gcc/config/sh/crti.asm ./gcc/config/arm/crti.asm ./gcc/config/xtensa/crti.asm ./gcc/config/bfin/crti.s ./gcc/config/fr30/crti.asm ./gcc/config/ia64/crti.asm ./gcc/config/h8300/crti.asm ./gcc/config/mmix/crti.asm ./gcc/config/mcore/crti.asm ./gcc/config/m68k/crti.s There is no crti.* file for x86_64 (configure detects my system type as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu") or even i386. Would that explain why I'm getting "crti.o: No such file: No such file or directory" during the make phase? Cheers! Jon