http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45084
norak.van at gmail dot com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |norak.van at gmail dot com --- Comment #9 from norak.van at gmail dot com 2010-11-29 15:46:48 UTC --- Hi, I get this error building gcc I did the suggested changes in patch PR 45084, about including square brackets in AC_MSG_ERROR function.. and did 'make' again with same result Use: cygwin binutilis 2.20.1 gcc4.5.0 ../gcc-4.5.0/configure --target=powerpc-ibm-eabi --with-newlib --disable-nls --disable-multilib i686-ibm-cygwin ... checking stdbool.h usability... no checking stdbool.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: stdbool.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: stdbool.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: stdbool.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: stdbool.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: stdbool.h: proceeding with the compiler's result ... checking float.h usability... no checking float.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: float.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: float.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: float.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: float.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: float.h: proceeding with the compiler's result ... checking size of void *... /cygdrive/c/data/gcc/gcc-4.5.0/libstdc++-v3/configure : line 2302: conftest.c: Permission denied 0 checking size of long... 0 checking size of int... 0 checking size of short... 0 checking size of char... 0 checking for type equivalent to int8_t... configure: error: no 8-bit type, pleas e report a bug make[1]: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/data/gcc/gcc-build' make: *** [all] Error 2 Any ideas? Thanks