Hi. This is my first "bug" report, so don't shoot at me if it not in the rules of art, better teach me..
Compiling snapshots gcc-4.1 core & g++ of 20051029 and 20051223 on : SunOS xxxx 5.8 Generic_117350-24 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880 gave the same error message at the same place : when compiling gcc/config/sparc/sol2-c1.asm : Error: invalid architecture -xarch=v8 Executed like this : cd gcc ./xgcc -B./ -B/home/wjaouad/Tools/gcc-v4.1/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/bin/ -isystem /home/wjaouad/Tools/gcc-v4.1/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/include -isystem /home/wjaouad/Tools/gcc-v4.1/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/sys-include -L/home/mount/wjaouad/tmp/compile/gcc-v4.1/objdir/gcc/../ld -c -o crt1.o -x assembler-with-cpp /home/wjaouad/tmp/compile/gcc-v4.1/gcc-4.1-20051223/gcc/config/sparc/sol2-c1.asm it gives the same error. All I did is : cd objdir {full path}/configure --prefix=home/wjaouad/Tools/gcc-v4.1 make bootstrap Using : gcc-3.4.5 (compiled with no problem gcc-2.95.2 on the same machine) make-3.80 Wasfi. -- Summary: sol2-c1.asm: Assembler messages: Error: invalid architecture -xarch=v8 Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: blocker Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: wjaouad1 at netcourrier dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25596