>> where is this xgcc suppose to come from? It is not listed in the prerequisites. > > It's in the build directory after you build GCC. It's not in your > $PATH, you'll need to find it and run it as ./xgcc or path/to/xgcc or > similar. OK I found it: build_dir/gcc/xgcc and also build_dir/gcc/cc1 The error message says: xgcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory so it seems that xgcc is found but xgcc tries to find cc1 and cannot. Why? What is the purpose of the xgcc command? Frédéric