http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53266
--- Comment #10 from Daniel Richard G. <skunk at iskunk dot org> 2012-09-27 14:02:03 UTC --- Okay, I grabbed a copy of gcc-4.8-20120923, and started bootstrapping using an older 4.5.2 (since the 4.7.0 C++ compiler isn't working correctly; am I correct in observing that GCC can no longer be bootstrapped using just a C compiler?). Things went well up until this point: tg-g++ -c -g -DIN_GCC -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-format-attribute -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -fno-common -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc -I/home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/. -I/home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/../include -I/home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/../libcpp/include -I/tg/freeport/arch/aix32/include -I/tg/freeport/arch/aix32/include -I/tg/freeport/arch/aix32/include -I/home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/../libdecnumber -I/home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd -I../libdecnumber \ /home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c -o rs6000.o /home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c: In function 'void rs6000_code_end()': /home/src/gcc-4.8-20120923/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c:28292:51: error: 'ASM_WEAKEN_DECL' was not declared in this scope gmake[3]: *** [rs6000.o] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gcc-4.8-test/gcc' gmake[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gcc-4.8-test' gmake[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gcc-4.8-test' gmake: *** [bootstrap-lean] Error 2 This is one of the issues addressed by my aforementioned patch.