Thanks Brian, you're spot on. I just downloaded the source from another site and this time bothered to check the output from 'tar -xvf', sure enough there is an error that I didn't notice before: x gcc-4.3.1/libjava/classpath/examples/gnu/classpath/examples/CORBA/Simple Communication/Demo.java, 3488 bytes, 7 tape blocks x gcc-4.3.1/libjava/classpath/examples/gnu/classpath/examples/CORBA/Simple Communication/communication, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks tar: ././@LongLink: typeflag 'L' not recognized, converting to regular file x ././@LongLink, 117 bytes, 1 tape blocks x gcc-4.3.1/libjava/classpath/examples/gnu/classpath/examples/CORBA/Simple Communication/communication, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks tar: directory checksum error I'll check it further, really appreciate your help Rob -----Original Message----- From: Brian Dessent [mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, 10 July 2008 8:42 AM To: Ellis Robin (Bundaberg) Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: GCC-4.3.1 source from mirror - no configure file "Ellis Robin (Bundaberg)" wrote: > Hi list, I just downloaded the gcc-4.3.1 source (gcc-4.3.1.tar.gz) > from an ftp in Japan > (ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/gcc/releases/gcc-4.3.1) > and have attempted to configure from my build directory on solaris 10, > only to find that I don't have a 'configure' file in my source. Is > this just a temporary glitch, or has the configuration requirements > changed since early February? No, nothing's changed, and there should be a configure file. I just checked the tarball from gcc.gnu.org and it's present there. I suspect you might have had a truncated/aborted download as the configure file is located at the end of the tarball for whatever reason. Check the md5 on the files you have versus <ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-4.3.1/md5.sum>. Brian ************************************************************************ The information in this email together with any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email message is prohibited, unless as a necessary part of Departmental business. If you have received this message in error, you are asked to inform the sender as quickly as possible and delete this message and any copies of this message from your computer and/or your computer system network. ************************************************************************
