hi, i've installed gcc 4.2.1 (build 5531) on two OSX boxes --one Tiger/10.4.11, one Leopard/10.5.1 # @ Tiger: gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: powerpc-apple-darwin8 Configured with: /Builds/apple/gcc_42-5531/obj/src/configure --disable-checking -enable-werror --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.0.0 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib --build=i686-apple-darwin8 --program-prefix= --host=powerpc-apple-darwin8 --target=powerpc-apple-darwin8 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5531) # @ Leopard: gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: powerpc-apple-darwin9 Configured with: /usr/ports/gcc_42-5531/gcc_42-5531/build/obj/src/configure --disable-checking -enable-werror --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.0.0 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib --build=powerpc-apple-darwin9 --host=powerpc-apple-darwin9 --target=powerpc-apple-darwin9 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5531) although i suspect the following issue may not be app-specific ... i'm building GMP. in my usual 3-step process, i: (1) build GMP w/o MPFR (2) build MPFR, linked against GMP from (1) (3) re-build GMP, linked against MPFR from (2) on Leopard, the build/install ( (1) + (2) + (3) ) finishes without error. but, on Tiger, 'make' fails at (3): make ... Apple Computer, Inc. version cctools-622.9~2, GNU assembler version 1.38 Unknown -v option ignored gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -O2 -mpowerpc -force_cpusubtype_ALL -Wa,-maltivec -mcpu=7400 -c version.c -o version.o >/dev/null 2>&1 /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -O2 -mpowerpc -force_cpusubtype_ALL -Wa,-maltivec -mcpu=7400 -c -o tal-reent.lo tal-reent.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -O2 -mpowerpc -force_cpusubtype_ALL -Wa,-maltivec -mcpu=7400 -c tal-reent.c -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/tal-reent.o /usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as: I don't understand 'm' flag! /usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as: I don't understand 'a' flag! /usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as: I don't understand 'l' flag! /usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as: I don't understand 't' flag! /usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as: I don't understand 'i' flag! Apple Computer, Inc. version cctools-622.9~2, GNU assembler version 1.38 Unknown -v option ignored gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -O2 -mpowerpc -force_cpusubtype_ALL -Wa,-maltivec -mcpu=7400 -c tal-reent.c -o tal-reent.o >/dev/null 2>&1 /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc -O2 -mpowerpc -force_cpusubtype_ALL -Wa,-maltivec -mcpu=7400 -L/usr/local/mpfr/lib -lmpfr -o libgmp.la -rpath /usr/local/gmp/lib -version-info 7:2:4 assert.lo compat.lo errno.lo extract-dbl.lo invalid.lo memory.lo mp_bpl.lo mp_clz_tab.lo mp_dv_tab.lo mp_minv_tab.lo mp_get_fns.lo mp_set_fns.lo rand.lo randclr.lo randdef.lo randiset.lo randlc2s.lo randlc2x.lo randmt.lo randmts.lo rands.lo randsd.lo randsdui.lo randbui.lo randmui.lo version.lo tal-reent.lo mpf/init.lo mpf/init2.lo mpf/set.lo mpf/set_ui.lo mpf/set_si.lo mpf/set_str.lo mpf/set_d.lo mpf/set_z.lo mpf/iset.lo mpf/iset_ui.lo mpf/iset_si.lo mpf/iset_str.lo mpf/iset_d.lo mpf/clear.lo mpf/get_str.lo mpf/dump.lo mpf/size.lo mpf/eq.lo mpf/reldiff.lo mpf/sqrt.lo mpf/random2.lo mpf/inp_str.lo mpf/out_str.lo mpf/add.lo mpf/add_ui.lo mpf/sub.lo mpf/sub_ui.lo mpf/ui_sub.lo mpf/mul.lo mpf/mul_ui.lo mpf/div.lo mpf/div_ui.lo mpf/cmp.lo mpf/cmp_d.lo mpf/cmp_ui.lo mpf/cmp_si.lo mpf/mul_2exp.lo mpf/div_2exp.lo mpf/abs.lo mpf/neg.lo mpf/set_q.lo mpf/get_d.lo mpf/get_d_2exp.lo mpf/set_dfl_prec.lo mpf/set_prc.lo mpf/set_prc_raw.lo mpf/get_dfl_prec.lo mpf/get_prc.lo mpf/ui_div.lo mpf/sqrt_ui.lo mpf/ceilfloor.lo mpf/trunc.lo mpf/pow_ui.lo mpf/urandomb.lo mpf/swap.lo mpf/fits_sint.lo mpf/fits_slong.lo mpf/fits_sshort.lo mpf/fits_uint.lo mpf/fits_ulong.lo mpf/fits_ushort.lo mpf/get_si.lo mpf/get_ui.lo mpf/int_p.lo mpz/abs.lo mpz/add.lo mpz/add_ui.lo mpz/aorsmul.lo mpz/aorsmul_i.lo mpz/and.lo mpz/array_init.lo mpz/bin_ui.lo mpz/bin_uiui.lo mpz/cdiv_q.lo mpz/cdiv_q_ui.lo mpz/cdiv_qr.lo mpz/cdiv_qr_ui.lo mpz/cdiv_r.lo mpz/cdiv_r_ui.lo mpz/cdiv_ui.lo mpz/cfdiv_q_2exp.lo mpz/cfdiv_r_2exp.lo mpz/clear.lo mpz/clrbit.lo mpz/cmp.lo mpz/cmp_d.lo mpz/cmp_si.lo mpz/cmp_ui.lo mpz/cmpabs.lo mpz/cmpabs_d.lo mpz/cmpabs_ui.lo mpz/com.lo mpz/combit.lo mpz/cong.lo mpz/cong_2exp.lo mpz/cong_ui.lo mpz/divexact.lo mpz/divegcd.lo mpz/dive_ui.lo mpz/divis.lo mpz/divis_ui.lo mpz/divis_2exp.lo mpz/dump.lo mpz/export.lo mpz/fac_ui.lo mpz/fdiv_q.lo mpz/fdiv_q_ui.lo mpz/fdiv_qr.lo mpz/fdiv_qr_ui.lo mpz/fdiv_r.lo mpz/fdiv_r_ui.lo mpz/fdiv_ui.lo mpz/fib_ui.lo mpz/fib2_ui.lo mpz/fits_sint.lo mpz/fits_slong.lo mpz/fits_sshort.lo mpz/fits_uint.lo mpz/fits_ulong.lo mpz/fits_ushort.lo mpz/gcd.lo mpz/gcd_ui.lo mpz/gcdext.lo mpz/get_d.lo mpz/get_d_2exp.lo mpz/get_si.lo mpz/get_str.lo mpz/get_ui.lo mpz/getlimbn.lo mpz/hamdist.lo mpz/import.lo mpz/init.lo mpz/init2.lo mpz/inp_raw.lo mpz/inp_str.lo mpz/invert.lo mpz/ior.lo mpz/iset.lo mpz/iset_d.lo mpz/iset_si.lo mpz/iset_str.lo mpz/iset_ui.lo mpz/jacobi.lo mpz/kronsz.lo mpz/kronuz.lo mpz/kronzs.lo mpz/kronzu.lo mpz/lcm.lo mpz/lcm_ui.lo mpz/lucnum_ui.lo mpz/lucnum2_ui.lo mpz/millerrabin.lo mpz/mod.lo mpz/mul.lo mpz/mul_2exp.lo mpz/mul_si.lo mpz/mul_ui.lo mpz/n_pow_ui.lo mpz/neg.lo mpz/nextprime.lo mpz/out_raw.lo mpz/out_str.lo mpz/perfpow.lo mpz/perfsqr.lo mpz/popcount.lo mpz/pow_ui.lo mpz/powm.lo mpz/powm_ui.lo mpz/pprime_p.lo mpz/random.lo mpz/random2.lo mpz/realloc.lo mpz/realloc2.lo mpz/remove.lo mpz/root.lo mpz/rootrem.lo mpz/rrandomb.lo mpz/scan0.lo mpz/scan1.lo mpz/set.lo mpz/set_d.lo mpz/set_f.lo mpz/set_q.lo mpz/set_si.lo mpz/set_str.lo mpz/set_ui.lo mpz/setbit.lo mpz/size.lo mpz/sizeinbase.lo mpz/sqrt.lo mpz/sqrtrem.lo mpz/sub.lo mpz/sub_ui.lo mpz/swap.lo mpz/tdiv_ui.lo mpz/tdiv_q.lo mpz/tdiv_q_2exp.lo mpz/tdiv_q_ui.lo mpz/tdiv_qr.lo mpz/tdiv_qr_ui.lo mpz/tdiv_r.lo mpz/tdiv_r_2exp.lo mpz/tdiv_r_ui.lo mpz/tstbit.lo mpz/ui_pow_ui.lo mpz/ui_sub.lo mpz/urandomb.lo mpz/urandomm.lo mpz/xor.lo mpq/abs.lo mpq/aors.lo mpq/canonicalize.lo mpq/clear.lo mpq/cmp.lo mpq/cmp_si.lo mpq/cmp_ui.lo mpq/div.lo mpq/get_d.lo mpq/get_den.lo mpq/get_num.lo mpq/get_str.lo mpq/init.lo mpq/inp_str.lo mpq/inv.lo mpq/md_2exp.lo mpq/mul.lo mpq/neg.lo mpq/out_str.lo mpq/set.lo mpq/set_den.lo mpq/set_num.lo mpq/set_si.lo mpq/set_str.lo mpq/set_ui.lo mpq/equal.lo mpq/set_z.lo mpq/set_d.lo mpq/set_f.lo mpq/swap.lo mpn/fib_table.lo mpn/mp_bases.lo mpn/add.lo mpn/add_1.lo mpn/add_n.lo mpn/sub.lo mpn/sub_1.lo mpn/sub_n.lo mpn/mul_1.lo mpn/addmul_1.lo mpn/submul_1.lo mpn/lshift.lo mpn/rshift.lo mpn/dive_1.lo mpn/diveby3.lo mpn/divis.lo mpn/divrem.lo mpn/divrem_1.lo mpn/divrem_2.lo mpn/fib2_ui.lo mpn/mod_1.lo mpn/mod_34lsub1.lo mpn/mode1o.lo mpn/pre_divrem_1.lo mpn/pre_mod_1.lo mpn/dump.lo mpn/mul.lo mpn/mul_fft.lo mpn/mul_n.lo mpn/mul_basecase.lo mpn/sqr_basecase.lo mpn/random.lo mpn/random2.lo mpn/pow_1.lo mpn/rootrem.lo mpn/sqrtrem.lo mpn/get_str.lo mpn/set_str.lo mpn/scan0.lo mpn/scan1.lo mpn/popcount.lo mpn/hamdist.lo mpn/cmp.lo mpn/perfsqr.lo mpn/bdivmod.lo mpn/gcd_1.lo mpn/gcd.lo mpn/gcdext.lo mpn/tdiv_qr.lo mpn/dc_divrem_n.lo mpn/sb_divrem_mn.lo mpn/jacbase.lo 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mpn/.libs/dc_divrem_n.o mpn/.libs/sb_divrem_mn.o mpn/.libs/jacbase.o mpn/.libs/get_d.o mpn/.libs/mullow_n.o mpn/.libs/mullow_basecase.o mpn/.libs/umul.o mpn/.libs/copyi.o mpn/.libs/copyd.o mpn/.libs/com_n.o mpn/.libs/and_n.o mpn/.libs/andn_n.o mpn/.libs/nand_n.o mpn/.libs/ior_n.o mpn/.libs/iorn_n.o mpn/.libs/nior_n.o mpn/.libs/xor_n.o mpn/.libs/xnor_n.o mpn/.libs/sqr_diagonal.o mpn/.libs/addlsh1_n.o mpn/.libs/sublsh1_n.o mpn/.libs/addsub_n.o printf/.libs/asprintf.o printf/.libs/asprntffuns.o printf/.libs/doprnt.o printf/.libs/doprntf.o printf/.libs/doprnti.o printf/.libs/fprintf.o printf/.libs/obprintf.o printf/.libs/obvprintf.o printf/.libs/obprntffuns.o printf/.libs/printf.o printf/.libs/printffuns.o printf/.libs/snprintf.o printf/.libs/snprntffuns.o printf/.libs/sprintf.o printf/.libs/sprintffuns.o printf/.libs/vasprintf.o printf/.libs/vfprintf.o printf/.libs/vprintf.o printf/.libs/vsnprintf.o printf/.libs/vsprintf.o printf/.libs/repl-vsnprintf.o scanf/.libs/doscan.o scanf/.libs/fscanf.o scanf/.libs/fscanffuns.o scanf/.libs/scanf.o scanf/.libs/sscanf.o scanf/.libs/sscanffuns.o scanf/.libs/vfscanf.o scanf/.libs/vscanf.o scanf/.libs/vsscanf.o -L/usr/local/mpfr/lib /usr/local/mpfr/lib/libmpfr.dylib -L/usr/local/gmp/lib /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.dylib -mpowerpc -mcpu=7400 -install_name /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.dylib -compatibility_version 8 -current_version 8.2 /usr/libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.2.1/ld: /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.dylib can't be linked because it has the same install_name (/usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.dylib) as the output collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [libgmp.la] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 looking at what's in place, ls -al /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.dylib /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.dylib /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.4.2.dylib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 268224 Nov 24 22:06 /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.4.2.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 Nov 24 22:06 /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.dylib -> libgmp.3.4.2.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 Nov 24 22:06 /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.dylib -> libgmp.3.4.2.dylib otool -L /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.4.2.dylib /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.4.2.dylib: /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.dylib (compatibility version 8.0.0, current version 8.2.0) /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 88.1.10) and, @ Tiger: otool -L /usr/local/mpfr/lib/libmpfr.dylib /usr/local/mpfr/lib/libmpfr.dylib: /usr/local/mpfr/lib/libmpfr.1.dylib (compatibility version 3.0.0, current version 3.0.0) /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.dylib (compatibility version 8.0.0, current version 8.2.0) /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 88.1.10) @ Leopard: otool -L /usr/local/mpfr/lib/libmpfr.dylib /usr/local/mpfr/lib/libmpfr.dylib: /usr/local/mpfr/lib/libmpfr.1.dylib (compatibility version 3.0.0, current version 3.0.0) /usr/local/gmp/lib/libgmp.3.dylib (compatibility version 8.0.0, current version 8.2.0) /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 111.0.0) i suspect some circular link dependency is causing me grief ... but, as it's "OK" on Leopard and "FAIL" on Tiger, i'm a bit stymied. suggestions as to what might be the issue? thanks!