GNU make 3.81 was installed BinUtils 2.19 was installed I haven't come across this problem before with other platforms. Usually the problem has to do with linking or compiling rather than with a target not found in a generated makefile. Thanks, Dan -----Original Message----- From: Kai Ruottu [mailto:kai.ruottu@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:12 PM To: powell, dan Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx; gmills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Problem building GCC 4.2.1 for Solaris 8 powell_dan@xxxxxxx wrote: > It's interesting that I have come across the exact same problem that > Garey Mills did. Was there ever a follow-up to his posting? > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2007-09/msg00179.html The usual reason could be that the "Prerequisites" was not read from the Install instructions at gcc.gnu.org... Like that using GNU make is obligatory...