First entry so please stay calm and point me towards to your rules to apply to them.
I tried to use GCC4 to compile a whole LFS toolchain. I compiled several GCC-4.X.X with GCC 3.4.3 and furthermore started to compile using GCC4. I used pretty clean environments based on LFS. No matter what I did here is the last command which seems to cause the failure: gcc ../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_isinf.c -c -std=gnu99 -O3 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -m32 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -march=i686 -mtune=i686 -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -Wno-uninitialized -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -D__LIBC_INTERNAL_MATH_INLINES -I../include -I. -I/usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math -I.. -I../libio -I../nptl -I/usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build -I../sysdeps/i386/elf -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../nptl/sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/pthread -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386 -I../libidn/sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -nostdinc -isystem /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/include -isystem /usr/include -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include ../include/libc-symbols.h -DPIC -DSHARED -o /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os -MD -MP -MF /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os.dt -MT /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os The result is the following: ../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_isinf.c:29: error: 'isinf' aliased to undefined symbol '__isinf' make[2]: *** [/usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os] Fehler 1 Using gcc -v -save-temps I got the following: gcc: warning: -pipe ignored because -save-temps specified Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.1-20050417/configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=i686-pc-linux-gnu --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++ Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 20050417 (experimental) /usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/cc1 -E -quiet -nostdinc -v -I../include -I. -I/usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math -I.. -I../libio -I../nptl -I/usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build -I../sysdeps/i386/elf -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../nptl/sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/pthread -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386 -I../libidn/sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -iprefix /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/ -MD /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.d -MF /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os.dt -MP -MT /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os -MQ /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -D__LIBC_INTERNAL_MATH_INLINES -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -DPIC -DSHARED -isystem /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/include -isystem /usr/include -include ../include/libc-symbols.h ../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_isinf.c -m32 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -march=i686 -mtune=i686 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4 -std=gnu99 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-uninitialized -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -O3 -fpch-preprocess -o s_isinf.i #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: ../include . /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math .. ../libio ../nptl /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build ../sysdeps/i386/elf ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux ../nptl/sysdeps/pthread ../sysdeps/pthread ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv ../nptl/sysdeps/unix ../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 ../nptl/sysdeps/i386 ../libidn/sysdeps/unix ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux ../sysdeps/gnu ../sysdeps/unix/common ../sysdeps/unix/mman ../sysdeps/unix/inet ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv ../sysdeps/unix/i386 ../sysdeps/unix ../sysdeps/posix ../sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu ../sysdeps/i386/i686 ../sysdeps/i386/i486 ../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 ../sysdeps/i386/fpu ../sysdeps/i386 ../sysdeps/wordsize-32 ../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 ../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 ../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 ../sysdeps/ieee754 ../sysdeps/generic/elf ../sysdeps/generic /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/include /usr/include End of search list. /usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/cc1 -fpreprocessed s_isinf.i -quiet -dumpbase s_isinf.c -m32 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -march=i686 -mtune=i686 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4 -auxbase-strip /usr/src/yoper/BUILD/glibc-build/math/s_isinf.os -O3 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-uninitialized -std=gnu99 -version -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -o s_isinf.s GNU C version 4.1.0 20050417 (experimental) (i686-pc-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.1.0 20050417 (experimental). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 ../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_isinf.c:29: error: 'isinf' aliased to undefined symbol '__isinf' I hope I sent not to much or less information. This is completely reproducable. Using gcc-3.4.3 in exactly the same environment does work properly. Contact me , when you need further information. I have the .i and the .s file when somebody needs them. Thanks Tobias -- Summary: GCC4 series fails to compile glibc 2.3.x Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: libstdc++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: tobias at yoper dot com CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21178