john, you bring up another point that i had a question about. current versions of gcc state that i386v (or whatever x86 for that matter) are obsoleted. do you know what the accepted replacement target is supposed to be? thanks, wyatt On 7/30/08, John Love-Jensen <eljay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Wyatt, > > > my configuration directive was: > > ./configure --target=i386v --program-prefix=i386v- > ^^ > > That is unsupported. > > As per the instructions, build in a separate directory that is not in the > source directory, or in any subdirectory thereof. > > Your source code is tainted. Delete it and start with a fresh untar. > > Also, as per the instructions, make sure you have all the prerequisites. > > HTH, > --Eljay > >