hello, the cross build for i*** failed with the following error when i ran the command $ make gnattools inside "/gcc" directory of build directory. before that inside /gcc directory the commmand $ make gnatlib ran successfuly but teh command /build/gcc$ make gnattools is showing the error ************************************************* make[2]: Entering directory `/home/sameer/GCC_SOURCE_N_BUILD/GCC-ADA/GCC-3.4.6/cross_build/gcc/ada/tools' ../../xgcc -B../../ -DCROSS_COMPILE -DIN_GCC `echo -g -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long |sed -e 's/-pedantic//g' -e 's/-Wtraditional//g'` -o ../../gnatmake b_gnatm.o ctrl_c.o ali.o ali-util.o s-casuti.o alloc.o atree.o binderr.o butil.o casing.o csets.o debug.o elists.o einfo.o erroutc.o errutil.o err_vars.o fmap.o fname.o fname-uf.o fname-sf.o gnatmake.o gnatvsn.o hostparm.o krunch.o lib.o make.o makeusg.o mlib.o mlib-fil.o mlib-prj.o mlib-tgt.o mlib-utl.o namet.o nlists.o opt.o osint.o osint-m.o output.o prj.o prj-attr.o prj-com.o prj-dect.o prj-env.o prj-err.o prj-ext.o prj-nmsc.o prj-pars.o prj-part.o prj-proc.o prj-strt.o prj-tree.o prj-util.o rident.o scans.o scng.o sdefault.o sfn_scan.o s-purexc.o s-htable.o sinfo.o sinput.o sinput-c.o sinput-p.o snames.o stand.o stringt.o styleg.o stylesw.o validsw.o switch.o switch-m.o table.o targparm.o tempdir.o tree_io.o types.o uintp.o uname.o urealp.o usage.o widechar.o \ ../rts/libgnat.a ../../prefix.o ../../version.o ../../../libiberty/libiberty.a ../../prefix.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [../../gnatmake] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/sameer/GCC_SOURCE_N_BUILD/GCC-ADA/GCC-3.4.6/cross_build/gcc/ada/tools' make[1]: *** [gnattools1] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sameer/GCC_SOURCE_N_BUILD/GCC-ADA/GCC-3.4.6/cross_build/gcc/ada' make: *** [gnattools] Error 2 can any one help me reagrding this error????? my host is as follows:host:i686-pc-linux-gnu native gcc version(bootstrap compiler):gcc version 3.4.6 Thanks & Regards sameer kumar sinha Indira Nagar Bangalore - 560 038, INDIA __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/