Hello, I'm trying to build a native mingw32 4.9.1 gcc (I want to build a 4.9.1 arm cross compiler, but I need a 4.9.1 host gcc for that, and the gcc that comes with mingw32 is 4.8.1) I configure with: ../../src/gcc-4.9.1/configure --prefix=/mingw --host=mingw32 --build=mingw32 --without-pic --enable-shared --enable-static --with-gnu-ld --enable-lto --enable-libssp --disable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++,ada --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-dwarf2 --disable-win32-registry --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --with-system-zlib --with-gnu-as --enable-decimal-float=yes --enable-libgomp --enable-threads --with-libiconv-prefix=/mingw32 --with-libintl-prefix=/mingw --disable-bootstrap LDFLAGS=-s CFLAGS=-D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T (This is extracted from the 4.8.1 mingw32 native compiler by "gcc -v") I'm getting the following error message - like ld does not recognize /mingw/lib: # @multilib_flags@ is still needed because this may use # /d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/./gcc/xgcc -B/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/./gcc/ -L/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/mingw32/winsup/mingw -L/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/mingw32/winsup/w32api/lib -isystem /d/crossbuild/src/gcc-4.9.1/winsup/mingw/include -isystem /d/crossbuild/src/gcc-4.9.1/winsup/w32api/include -B/mingw/mingw32/bin/ -B/mingw/mingw32/lib/ -isystem /mingw/mingw32/include -isystem /mingw/mingw32/sys-include and -O2 -I../../../../src/gcc-4.9.1/libgcc/../winsup/w32api/include -g -O2 -D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wno-narrowing -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -isystem ./include -g -DIN_LIBGCC2 -fbuilding-libgcc -fno-stack-protector directly. # @multilib_dir@ is not really necessary, but sometimes it has # more uses than just a directory name. /bin/sh ../../../../src/gcc-4.9.1/libgcc/../mkinstalldirs . cp -p -f libgcc.map libgcc.map.def && if [ ! -d ./shlib ]; then mkdir ./shlib; else true; fi && /d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/./gcc/xgcc -B/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/./gcc/ -L/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/mingw32/winsup/mingw -L/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/mingw32/winsup/w32api/lib -isystem /d/crossbuild/src/gcc-4.9.1/winsup/mingw/include -isystem /d/crossbuild/src/gcc-4.9.1/winsup/w32api/include -B/mingw/mingw32/bin/ -B/mingw/mingw32/lib/ -isystem /mingw/mingw32/include -isystem /mingw/mingw32/sys-include -O2 -I../../../../src/gcc-4.9.1/libgcc/../winsup/w32api/include -g -O2 -D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wno-narrowing -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -isystem ./include -g -DIN_LIBGCC2 -fbuilding-libgcc -fno-stack-protector -shared -nodefaultlibs libgcc.map.def -Wl,--out-implib,./shlib/libgcc_s.a.tmp -o ./shlib/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll.tmp -g -O2 -D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T -B./ _chkstk_s.o _chkstk_ms_s.o _muldi3_s.o _negdi2_s.o _lshrdi3_s.o _ashldi3_s.o _ashrdi3_s.o _cmpdi2_s.o _ucmpdi2_s.o _clear_cache_s.o _trampoline_s.o __main_s.o _absvsi2_s.o _absvdi2_s.o _addvsi3_s.o _addvdi3_s.o _subvsi3_s.o _subvdi3_s.o _mulvsi3_s.o _mulvdi3_s.o _negvsi2_s.o _negvdi2_s.o _ctors_s.o _ffssi2_s.o _ffsdi2_s.o _clz_s.o _clzsi2_s.o _clzdi2_s.o _ctzsi2_s.o _ctzdi2_s.o _popcount_tab_s.o _popcountsi2_s.o _popcountdi2_s.o _paritysi2_s.o _paritydi2_s.o _powisf2_s.o _powidf2_s.o _powixf2_s.o _powitf2_s.o _mulsc3_s.o _muldc3_s.o _mulxc3_s.o _multc3_s.o _divsc3_s.o _divdc3_s.o _divxc3_s.o _divtc3_s.o _bswapsi2_s.o _bswapdi2_s.o _clrsbsi2_s.o _clrsbdi2_s.o _fixunssfsi_s.o _fixunsdfsi_s.o _fixunsxfsi_s.o _fixsfdi_s.o _fixdfdi_s.o _fixxfdi_s.o _fixunssfdi_s.o _fixunsdfdi_s.o _fixunsxfdi_s.o _floatdisf_s.o _floatdidf_s.o _floatdixf_s.o _floatundisf_s.o _floatundidf_s.o _floatundixf_s.o _divdi3_s.o _moddi3_s.o _udivdi3_s.o _umoddi3_s.o _udiv_w_sdiv_s.o _udivmoddi4_s.o gthr-win32_s.o cpuinfo_s.o tf-signs_s.o sfp-exceptions_s.o addtf3_s.o divtf3_s.o eqtf2_s.o getf2_s.o letf2_s.o multf3_s.o negtf2_s.o subtf3_s.o unordtf2_s.o fixtfsi_s.o fixunstfsi_s.o floatsitf_s.o floatunsitf_s.o fixtfdi_s.o fixunstfdi_s.o floatditf_s.o floatunditf_s.o extendsftf2_s.o extenddftf2_s.o extendxftf2_s.o trunctfsf2_s.o trunctfdf2_s.o trunctfxf2_s.o enable-execute-stack_s.o unwind-dw2_s.o unwind-dw2-fde_s.o unwind-sjlj_s.o unwind-c_s.o emutls_s.o libgcc.a -lmingwthrd -lmingw32 -lmingwex -lmoldname -lmsvcrt -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -luser32 -lkernel32 && if [ -f ./shlib/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll ]; then mv -f ./shlib/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll ./shlib/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll.backup; else true; fi && mv ./shlib/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll.tmp ./shlib/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll && mv ./shlib/libgcc_s.a.tmp ./shlib/libgcc_s.a c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find dllcrt2.o: No such file or directory c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lmingwthrd c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lmingw32 c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lmingwex c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lmoldname c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lmsvcrt c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -ladvapi32 c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lshell32 c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -luser32 c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lkernel32 collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [libgcc_s.dll] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1/mingw32/libgcc' make[1]: *** [all-target-libgcc] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/crossbuild/mingw32/gcc-4.9.1' make: *** [all] Error 2 My C:\mingw is mounted (in fstab) as /mingw. Here is the output of the mount command: C:\Users\avy\AppData\Local\Temp on /tmp type user (binmode,noumount) C:\MinGW\msys\1.0 on /usr type user (binmode,noumount) C:\MinGW\msys\1.0 on / type user (binmode,noumount) c:\MinGW on /mingw type user (binmode) c: on /c type user (binmode,noumount) d: on /d type user (binmode,noumount) e: on /e type user (binmode,noumount) f: on /f type user (binmode,noumount) i: on /i type user (binmode,noumount) k: on /k type user (binmode,noumount) n: on /n type user (binmode,noumount) Anybody can help please? Thanks astromin...@yahoo.com