Problem installing gcc-4.3.2

[Rick Stevens]

Martin Fontanez wrote:
> I am having a problem installing gcc-4.3.2 from source.  ./configure runs ok but I am getting the following error on make:
>  
> checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... /opt/gcc-4.3.2/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc/xgcc -B/opt/gcc-4.3.2/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc/ -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include
> checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile
> See `config.log' for more details.
> make[2]: *** [configure-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/gcc-4.3.2'
> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/gcc-4.3.2'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> [root at host57 gcc-4.3.2]# 
> 
> Does anyone knows of a workaround/cause?

Did you check the "config.log" file to see if there was anything more
definitive in it?

I suspect this is better posted on the gcc list.  Here's a link to their
archives:

	http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/

And here's a link to the gcc site itself (with search capacity):

	http://gcc.gnu.org/

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