I tried to build gcc 4.0.2 on my FC4 machine. I configured it with the following options:
../configure --prefix=/tmp/gccbuildtest/gcc --mandir=/tmp/gccbuildtest/gcc/share/man --infodir=/tmp/gccbuildtest/gcc/share/info --enable-shared --disable-threads --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,java,f95,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre --host=i386-redhat-linux When I attempted to 'make bootstrap', it failed with the following errors: ... /tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/gcc/gcj -B/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/gcc/ -B/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/gcc//i386-redhat-linux/bin/ -B/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/gcc//i386-redhat-linux/lib/ -isystem /tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/gcc//i386-redhat-linux/include -isystem /tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/gcc//i386-redhat-linux/sys-include -ffloat-store -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g -O2 -o .libs/jv-convert --main=gnu.gcj.convert.Convert -shared-libgcc -L/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libjava -L/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libjava/.libs ./.libs/libgcj.so -L/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src -L/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/gcc -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s -ldl -lz -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/gcc//lib ./.libs/libgcj.so: undefined reference to `pthread_kill' ./.libs/libgcj.so: undefined reference to `pthread_sigmask' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [jv-convert] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libjava' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libjava' make[1]: *** [all-target-libjava] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gcctestbuild/gcc-4.0.2/compile/objdir' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 -- Summary: disable-threads causes undefined reference to pthread_kill and pthread_sigmask Product: gcc Version: 4.0.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: polite at itd dot nrl dot navy dot mil http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26066