https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84183
--- Comment #5 from Thomas Plank <tplank at gmx dot at> --- (In reply to Thomas Plank from comment #4) > I'm pretty sure I already had binutils updated to 2.30. > > I will give it a try with a downgrade to 2.29.1 and check if gcc 7.3.0 > builds then. I didn't do the downgrade but used the patched binutils version. GCC now builds under cygwin, see below: $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/7.3.0/lto-wrapper.exe Target: x86_64-unknown-cygwin Configured with: ../gcc-7.3.0/configure --enable-threads --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,lto,objc,obj-c++ --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-mpc=/usr/local --with-isl=/usr/local --with-mpfr=/usr/local --with-gmp=/usr/local Thread model: posix gcc version 7.3.0 (GCC)