doing a configure and make fails with 4.3.2. gcc 4.2.4 works fine.
Machine is running Ubuntu 8.04.1
Here is the the tail of the make process:
Cleaning up unneeded directories:
fixincludes is done
echo timestamp > stmp-fixinc
rm -f mm_malloc.h
cat ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/pmm_malloc.h > mm_malloc.h
if [ -d include ] ; then true; else mkdir include; chmod a+rx include; fi
if [ -d include-fixed ] ; then true; else mkdir include-fixed; chmod a+rx
include-fixed; fi
for file in .. ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/ginclude/float.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/ginclude/iso646.h ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/ginclude/stdarg.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/ginclude/stdbool.h ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/ginclude/stddef.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/ginclude/varargs.h ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/ginclude/stdfix.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/cpuid.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/mmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/mm3dnow.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/xmmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/emmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/pmmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/tmmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/ammintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/smmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/nmmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/bmmintrin.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config/i386/mmintrin-common.h mm_malloc.h; do \
if [ X$file != X.. ]; then \
realfile=`echo $file | sed -e 's|.*/\([^/]*\)$|\1|'`; \
echo timestamp > include/$realfile; \
rm -f include/$realfile; \
cp $file include; \
chmod a+r include/$realfile; \
fi; \
done
rm -f include/unwind.h
cp ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/unwind-generic.h include/unwind.h
set -e; for ml in `cat fixinc_list`; do \
sysroot_headers_suffix=`echo ${ml} | sed -e 's/;.*$//'`; \
multi_dir=`echo ${ml} | sed -e 's/^[^;]*;//'`; \
fix_dir=include-fixed${multi_dir}; \
if [ -f `echo /usr/include | sed -e :a -e 's,[^/]*/\.\.\/,,' -e
ta`/limits.h ] ; then \
cat ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/limitx.h ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/glimits.h
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/limity.h > tmp-xlimits.h; \
else \
cat ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/glimits.h > tmp-xlimits.h; \
fi; \
/bin/bash ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/../mkinstalldirs ${fix_dir}; \
chmod a+rx ${fix_dir} || true; \
rm -f ${fix_dir}/limits.h; \
mv tmp-xlimits.h ${fix_dir}/limits.h; \
chmod a+r ${fix_dir}/limits.h; \
done
rm -f include-fixed/README
cp ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/../fixincludes/README-fixinc include-fixed/README
chmod a+r include-fixed/README
echo timestamp > stmp-int-hdrs
TARGET_CPU_DEFAULT="" \
HEADERS="auto-host.h ansidecl.h" DEFINES="USED_FOR_TARGET " \
/bin/bash ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/mkconfig.sh tconfig.h
echo timestamp > gpl.pod
perl ../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/../contrib/texi2pod.pl
../../gcc-4.3.2/gcc/doc/include/gpl_v3.texi > gpl.pod
echo timestamp > doc/gpl.7
(pod2man --center="GNU" --release="gcc-4.3.2" --section=7 gpl.pod >
doc/gpl.7.T$$ && \
mv -f doc/gpl.7.T$$ doc/gpl.7) || \
(rm -f doc/gpl.7.T$$ && exit 1)
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/us291221/Desktop/build/gcc'
mkdir -p -- i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc
Checking multilib configuration for libgcc...
Configuring stage 1 in i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc
configure: creating cache ./config.cache
checking for --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar... ar
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-lipo... lipo
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-nm... /home/us291221/Desktop/build/./gcc/nm
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib... ranlib
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-strip... strip
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... /home/us291221/Desktop/build/./gcc/xgcc
-B/home/us291221/Desktop/build/./gcc/ -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/
-B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem
/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem
/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include
checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: cannot compute suffix
of object files: cannot compile
See `config.log' for more details.
make[2]: *** [configure-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/us291221/Desktop/build'
make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/us291221/Desktop/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
--
Summary: GCC 4.3.2 Make fails on ubuntu - configure: error:
cannot compute suffix of object files
Product: gcc
Version: 4.3.2
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c++
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: themnmoores at comcast dot net
GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38035
