When I build a gcc 4.8.1 cross compiler with mingw-w64, I get the following error: echo GCC_CFLAGS = '-g -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DIN_GCC -DCROSS_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wol> echo INHIBIT_LIBC_CFLAGS = '' >> tmp-libgcc.mvars echo TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT = '/soft/bal/usr/mingw-i686-4.8.1' >> tmp-libgcc.mvars xgcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory /bin/sh /soft/bal/usr/build/gcc-4.8.1/gcc/../move-if-change tmp-fixinc_list fixinc_list /bin/sh /soft/bal/usr/build/gcc-4.8.1/gcc/../move-if-change tmp-macro_list macro_list mv tmp-libgcc.mvars libgcc.mvars When doing the same with 4.7.3, everthing is fine. What does this mean? Is it important? I can compile and run a hello world C++ program. I tried with mingw-w64 r6277 (11/09/2013) and both r6277 and v2.0.8 for 4.7.3. Frédéric PS: here is my gcc configure where $target is either i686-w64-mingw32 or x86_64-w64-mingw32; I do not know why I set -fomit-frame-pointer... CFLAGS="-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer" LDFLAGS="-s"\ $buildsrc/configure\ --target=$target\ --prefix=$prefix\ --with-sysroot=$prefix\ --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --disable-multilib --disable-plugin\ --disable-nls --without-included-gettext\ --disable-win32-registry --enable-threads=win32\ --disable-shared