I configured with: CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/bin/bash CFLAGS="-O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" CXXFLAGS="-g -O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" LIBCFLAGS="-g -O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" LIBCXXFLAGS="-g -O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" LIBGCC2_CFLAGS="-g -O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" /home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/configure --enable-threads=aix --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --disable-nls --enable-libgcj-debug --enable-libgcj-multifile --with-x --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats --enable-languages=all
and built with: CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/bin/bash BOOT_CFLAGS="-O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" CFLAGS="-O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" CXXFLAGS="-O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" LIBCFLAGS="-g -O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" LIBCXXFLAGS="-g -O9 -fno-implicit-templates -maltivec -mabi=altivec" LIBGCC2_CFLAGS="-g -O9 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" nohup /usr/local/bin/make -j 4 bootstrap& (I used bash 3.2.48. The AIX version is 5.2.0.0-10. GCC compiler used for the build is 3.4.6) I got the following error output: ar cru libcpp.a charset.o directives.o errors.o expr.o files.o identifiers.o ini t.o lex.o line-map.o macro.o mkdeps.o pch.o symtab.o traditional.o ranlib libcpp.a gcc -g -fkeep-inline-functions -Wl,-bbigtoc -o makedepend \ makedepend.o libcpp.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a \ checking whether ldgetname is declared... make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/deve l/build/objdir.424/libcpp' yes checking whether times is declared... yes checking whether sigaltstack is declared... yes checking for struct tms... yes checking for clock_t... yes checking for .preinit_array/.init_array/.fini_array support... no checking if mkdir takes one argument... no Using `/home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c' for machine-speci fic logic. Using `/home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md' as machine descr iption file. Using the following target machine macro files: /home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.h /home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/config/rs6000/aix.h /home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/config/rs6000/aix52.h /home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/config/rs6000/xcoff.h Using host-default.o for host machine hooks. checking whether NLS is requested... no checking for as... /usr/bin/as checking what assembler to use... /usr/bin/as checking for ld... /usr/bin/ld checking what linker to use... /usr/bin/ld /home/devel/build/gcc-4.2.4/gcc/configure: line 13535: test: too many arguments checking for nm... /usr/bin/nm checking what nm to use... /usr/bin/nm checking for objdump... no checking what objdump to use... not found checking assembler for .balign and .p2align... no checking assembler for .p2align with maximum skip... no checking assembler for working .subsection -1... no checking assembler for .weak... yes checking assembler for .weakref... no checking assembler for .nsubspa comdat... no checking assembler for .hidden... no checking linker for .hidden support... no checking assembler for .sleb128 and .uleb128... no checking assembler for eh_frame optimization... no checking assembler for section merging support... no checking assembler for section merging support... (cached) no checking assembler for COMDAT group support... no checking assembler for COMDAT group support... no checking assembler for thread-local storage support... no checking linker -Bstatic/-Bdynamic option... no checking assembler for mfcr field support... no checking assembler for popcntb support... yes checking assembler for fp round support... yes checking assembler for rel16 relocs... no checking assembler for dwarf2 debug_line support... no checking assembler for buggy dwarf2 .file directive... no checking assembler for --gdwarf2 option... no checking assembler for --gstabs option... no checking linker read-only and read-write section mixing... unknown checking linker PT_GNU_EH_FRAME support... no checking linker position independent executable support... no checking linker --as-needed support... no checking linker --sysroot support... no Using ggc-page for garbage collection. checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no Links are now set up to build a native compiler for powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0. updating cache ./config.cache configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating gccbug config.status: creating mklibgcc config.status: creating libada-mk config.status: creating ada/Makefile config.status: creating auto-host.h config.status: executing default commands make[3]: Entering directory `/home/devel/build/objdir.424/gcc' -- Summary: configure: too many arguments Product: gcc Version: 4.2.4 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: ltg at zes dot uni-bremen dot de GCC build triplet: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 GCC host triplet: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 GCC target triplet: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38546