Hi, Yes, I removed everything inside the build directory (rm -r *). I suppose I will retry again. Thanks, Ivan On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 5:16 PM, /jd <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 6/14/14, 2:09 PM, Ivan Stalev wrote: >> >> Thank you for getting back to me. >> >> I ran ./contrib/download_prerequisites as it states in the FAQ. >> >> I then configured like this: >> >> ../gcc-4.8.1/configure --prefix=/home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-install >> --with-ld=/home/mdl/ids103/binutils-2.24-install/bin >> --with-as=/home/mdl/ids103/binutils-2.24-install/bin >> >> I used --prefix because I do not have sudo permissions to install in >> default directory. I use --with-ld and --with-as because the default >> installed versions are old and the software that I will be compiling >> requires newer versions of the binutils. >> >> Unfortunately, I still get the same error. >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 14 June 2014 21:07, Ivan Stalev <idstalev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Okay, now I configured like this: >>>> >>>> ../gcc-4.8.1/configure --prefix=/home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-install >>>> --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit >>>> --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-lto --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran >>>> --with-ld=/home/mdl/ids103/binutils-2.24-install/bin >>>> --with-as=/home/mdl/ids103/binutils-2.24-install/bin >>>> --disable-multilib --with-cloog=/home/mdl/ids103/install >>>> --with-gmp=/home/mdl/ids103/install >>>> --with-mpfr=/home/mdl/ids103/install >>>> --with-mpc=/home/mdl/ids103/install >>>> >>>> I started the build, and 10 minutes into it, I get this error: >>>> >>>> checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc... >>>> /home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-build/./gcc/xgcc >>>> -B/home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-build/./gcc/ >>>> -B/home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-install/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ >>>> -B/home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-install/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/ >>>> -isystem >>>> /home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-install/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/include >>>> -isystem >>>> /home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-install/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/sys-include >>>> checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: in >>>> `/home/mdl/ids103/gcc-4.8.1-build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libgcc': >>>> configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile >>> >>> Read the link I gave you. It links to the FAQ explaining this error: >>> https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FAQ#configure_suffix >>> >>> And it also shows a much simpler way to build GCC that avoids this >>> problem. Stop trying to do it the complicated way. > > > Did you forcibly remove the config.cache? Likely you're getting the same > error because of that. The approach you're using (recommended by Jonathan) > definitely works. If you're in doubt, remove the directory you're trying to > build into, but use rm -f, like so: > > $ find . -name config.cache -exec rm -f {} \; > > That will clear your cache from any previous failed configuration attempts. > > John >
