It's bollixed. (But I *seem* to be out of my "Hall of Mirrors".)
###### from config.log ###### ... configure:3280: $? = 0 configure:3282: gcc -v </dev/null >&5 Reading specs from /tools/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.3/specs Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu <-----OOPS! Configured with: ../gcc-4.4.3/configure --prefix=/tools --with-local-prefix=/tools --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-multilib --disable-bootstrap ... ###### from console ###### ... make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gcc-build/gcc' Checking multilib configuration for libgcc... mkdir -p -- i586-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc Configuring in i586-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc configure: creating cache ./config.cache checking for --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs... no checking for a BSD-compatible install... /tools/bin/install -c checking for gawk... gawk checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu <---- checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-ar... i586-pc-linux-gnu-ar checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-lipo... i586-pc-linux-gnu-lipo checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-nm... /usr/local/src/gcc-build/./gcc/nm checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib... i586-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-strip... i586-pc-linux-gnu-strip checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... /usr/local/src/gcc-build/./gcc/xgcc -B/usr/local/src/gcc-build/./gcc/ -B/usr/i586-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/i586-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/i586-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/i586-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: in `/usr/local/src/gcc-build/i586-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc': configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile See `config.log' for more details. make[1]: *** [configure-target-libgcc] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gcc-build' make: *** [all] Error 2 [11:15 gcc-build]# ###### I think maybe I've "got the scent" now. Got an idea I'm using the wrong host system for the set of --TARGETs I'm using & used in the past. Yes, I do have an old 586 system on this i7! I think I should fix the targets. Thanks! Sometimes it helps to have someone to talk one out of confusion. TTYL. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
