Hi, I m in Fedora 20 with gcc-4.8.2, and i want to compile gcc-4.7.2 for my project-purpose. Before compiling i managed to install all the prerequists for compiling and building gcc source. I installed all the prerequists mentioned here : gcc dot gnu dot org/install/prerequisites dot html at this stade i m ok ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configuring the source : >From my build directorie wich is gcc-build i runned the follwing configurarion : ../gcc-4.7.2/configure --prefix=/home/workspace/gcc-install --enable-languages=c,c++ wich gcc-install is my install directorie. At this stade i think all things is ok also !! Now running make : i used this command to redirect compilation error to error file : make 2> ../error when finished i looked the error file and oops i found this error : gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi:806: @itemx must follow @item Info : my texinfo-tex version is 5.1 ! After a searching while i found this : bugs dot archlinux dot org [/] task [/] 34000 wich is a patch for sources info files, applied it and recompiled the source again but again it fail to compile !!!! error output : ... make[3]: *** [doc /gcc dot info] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2 make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any one can help me please to resolve this problem !! really i spended many time trying resolving this problem !! Thank you Best regards, Hidouri Soufien