On 15 March 2012 12:51, Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz wrote: > > I usually (for 10 years or more...) build gcc outside of the source tree. That's the correct way to do it. > But I was puzzled because I couldn't do it for most gcc-4x... > > Let's say : > * source code dir is at, say, /pathto/gcc-4.6.3 > * build dir is at, say, /pathto/obj > > Compile process stops at stage 3, saying that some files weren't found : > * ext/pb_ds/detail/resize_policy/hash_load_check_resize_trigger_imp.hpp > * ext/pb_ds/detail/bin_search_tree_/constructors_destructor_fn_imps.hpp > > This are, in fact, symbolic links pointing to the source tree : > > * > /pathto/gcc-4.6.3/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/pb_ds/detail/resize_policy/hash_load_check_resize_trigger_imp.hpp > * > /pathto/gcc-4.6.3/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/pb_ds/detail/bin_search_tree_/constructors_destructor_fn_imps.hpp > > And, in fact the file names in the source tree are wrong : they have a bad > extension : .hp instead of .hpp Try using GNU tar to extract from the archives, this happens sometimes with Solaris tar.