> Well I gave this a try : > > $ date > Tue Nov 20 23:31:22 GMT 2012 > $ > $ gas --version > GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 > Copyright 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of > the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. > This program has absolutely no warranty. > This assembler was configured for a target of `sparc64-sun-solaris2.10'. > $ > $ which ld > /usr/ccs/bin/ld > $ > $ CC='gcc -m64' CXX='g++ -m64' ../gcc-4.7.2/configure > --build=sparc64-sun-solaris2.10 --prefix=/usr/local/gcc4 \ > > --with-gmp=/usr/local --with-mpfr=/usr/local --with-mpc=/usr/local > > --disable-nls --enable-threads=posix \ --enable-shared > > --libdir=/usr/local/gcc4/lib --with-local-prefix=/usr/local/gcc4 > > --without-gnu-ld \ --with-as=/usr/local/bin/gas > > --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld \ > > --with-pkgversion=Blastwave.org\ Inc.\ Tue\ Nov\ 20\ 23\:31\:22\ GMT\ > > 2012 \ --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,ada --enable-bootstrap > [..]. > That fails in the same way in the same place. So what's the error in the end? Your longish messages don't show it AFAICS. -- Eric Botcazou