On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Han Jiang <oglops@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system. You should only need it if > you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file > indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual. The spurious > call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX, > DU, IRIX). You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or > the `GNU make' package. Grab either from any GNU archive site. Install Texinfo 4.7 or later before running configure, or run "contrib/gcc_update --touch" after unpacking the tar file. > i'm not a programmer and i'm out of clue right now, anyone please help me ? The truth is that building GCC yourself is a job for a programmer. GCC 4.1 is very old. You can probably find an installable package for it on the net somewhere. Ian