With this build script #!/bin/tcsh /bin/rm -rf *; ../../mainline/configure --enable-checking=release --prefix=/pkgs/gcc-mainline-mem-stats --enable-languages=c --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats ; make -j 6 bootstrap >& build.log
on this OS: heine:~/programs/gcc/objdirs/mainline> uname -a Linux heine.math.purdue.edu 2.6.28-14-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 01:19:55 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux with gmp 4.2.4 and mpfr-2.3.2 added to the mainline tree with revision Mon Aug 3 12:57:15 EDT 2009 Mon Aug 3 16:57:15 UTC 2009 (revision 150373) bootstrap fails when configuring gmp with the stage1 compiler with the message checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details. make[2]: *** [configure-stage2-gmp] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/lucier/programs/gcc/objdirs/mainline' make[1]: *** [stage2-bubble] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/lucier/programs/gcc/objdirs/mainline' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 I'll attach build.log and gmp/config.log and without a -- Summary: Bootstrap fails with in-tree gmp and without system C++ compiler Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: lucier at math dot purdue dot edu GCC build triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40950