On 23 August 2016 at 04:45, Prathamesh Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to bootstrap gcc for i686-linux-gnu on x86_64 host ? > Should the following work ? > a) Build binutils for i686-linux-gnu > b) configure gcc with --host=i686-linux-gnu --build=i686-linux-gnu > --target=i686-linux-gnu > c) make BOOT_CFLAGS="-m32" My memory of trying this is hazy, but IIRC this isn't sufficient, and you need CC='gcc -m32' CXX='g++ -m32' or something like that.