This is the same error message reported in bug fortran/33058 on August 13th, 2007, however, the suggestion provided in that thread did not solve the problem for me. Just wondering if there is something else that might be the problem.
When I try to compile gcc-4.2.2 on Linux to create the gfortran compiler, it fails: ./configure --enable-languages=fortran --with-gmp=/home/local/gmp-4.2.2 --with-mpfr=/home/local/mpfr-2.3.0 And as suggested in the 8/13/07 thread, my LD_LIBRARY_PATH was set the the following: [atria ~]$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/local/gmp-4.2.2/lib:/home/local/mpfr-2.3.0/lib ... updating cache ./config.cache configure: loading cache ./config.cache checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gfortran... /home/rogerb/gcc-4.2.2/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc/gfortran -B/home/rogerb/gcc-4.2.2/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 whether we are using the GNU Fortran compiler... no checking whether /home/rogerb/gcc-4.2.2/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc/gfortran -B/home/rogerb/gcc-4.2.2/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 accepts -g... no checking whether the GNU Fortran compiler is working... no configure: error: GNU Fortran is not working; the most common reason for that is that you might have linked it to shared GMP and/or MPFR libraries, and not set LD_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly. If you suspect any other reason, please report a bug in http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla, attaching /home/rogerb/gcc-4.2.2/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgfortran/config.log make[1]: *** [configure-target-libgfortran] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rogerb/gcc-4.2.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 -- Summary: gfortran compile / LD_LIBRARY_PATH error Product: gcc Version: 4.2.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: rogerabq at yahoo dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33883
