john blair <mailtome200420032002@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Surprisingly the gcc/Makefile is newer then all the gcc/*.o files and > so it is rebuilding them during make install. Interesting. So why is gcc/Makefile newer than the *.o files when you run "make install", but not when you run "make"? The Makefile is normally created by running the config.status script; do you see this happening early on when you run "make install"? Ian