https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63703
--- Comment #3 from Douglas Mencken <dougmencken at gmail dot com> --- Same error when configuring 4.9.2 exactly as host compiler: ../gcc-4.9.2/configure \ --build=powerpc-unknown-darwin --host=powerpc-unknown-darwin --target=powerpc-unknown-darwin \ --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-slibdir=/usr/lib \ --program-prefix= --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++ \ --disable-checking \ --enable-shared --enable-static \ --enable-threads=posix --with-__thread --with-system-zlib \ --disable-nls --disable-werror checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for powerpc-unknown-darwin-gcc... /_gcc_build/./gcc/xgcc -B/_gcc_build/./gcc/ -B/usr/powerpc-unknown-darwin/bin/ -B/usr/powerpc-unknown-darwin/lib/ -isystem /usr/powerpc-unknown-darwin/include -isystem /usr/powerpc-unknown-darwin/sys-include checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: in `/_gcc_build/powerpc-unknown-darwin/libgcc': configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile See `config.log' for more details.