http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49441
--- Comment #2 from Jack Howarth <howarth at nitro dot med.uc.edu> 2011-06-17 00:16:55 UTC --- This same behavior exists for LIBICONV in the multi lib of libstdc++-v3... [MacPro:darwin_objdir/x86_64-apple-darwin11.0.0/libstdc++-v3] howarth% grep LIBICONV * Makefile:LIBICONV = -L/sw/lib -liconv Makefile:LTLIBICONV = -L/sw/lib -liconv -R/sw/lib config.log:LIBICONV='-L/sw/lib -liconv' config.log:LTLIBICONV='-L/sw/lib -liconv -R/sw/lib' config.status:S["LTLIBICONV"]="-L/sw/lib -liconv -R/sw/lib" config.status:S["LIBICONV"]="-L/sw/lib -liconv" [MacPro:x86_64-apple-darwin11.0.0/i386/libstdc++-v3] howarth% grep LIBICONV * Makefile:LIBICONV = Makefile:LTLIBICONV = config.log:LIBICONV='' config.log:LTLIBICONV='' config.status:S["LTLIBICONV"]="" config.status:S["LIBICONV"]="" but that build doesn't seem to be trying to set anything with LIBICONV in the multi lib that is installed like libgcj.spec.