On Solaris 8 i386 I tried a bootstrap with GCC 4.4.3 as the working compiler in /usr/local thus :
$ which gcc /usr/local/gcc4/bin/gcc $ gcc --version gcc (Blastwave.org Inc. Sun Apr 4 06:2453 GMT 2010) 4.4.3 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. $ gcc -dumpmachine i386-pc-solaris2.8 When attempting to bootstrap gcc 4.5.0 I eventually get : . . . /opt/csw/src/GNU/GCC/gcc-4.5.0-local-try1/./gcc/xgcc -B/opt/csw/src/GNU/GCC/gcc-4.5.0-local-try1/./gcc/ -B/usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/bin/ -B/usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/include -isystem /usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/sys-include -g -march=i386 -O2 -g -march=i386 -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -isystem ./include -fPIC -g -DHAVE_GTHR_DEFAULT -DIN_LIBGCC2 -D__GCC_FLOAT_NOT_NEEDED -I. -I. -I../.././gcc -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/. -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../gcc -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../include -DHAVE_CC_TLS -DUSE_EMUTLS -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wno-type-limits -o addtf3.o -MT addtf3.o -MD -MP -MF addtf3.dep -fexceptions -c ../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../gcc/config/soft-fp/addtf3.c /opt/csw/src/GNU/GCC/gcc-4.5.0-local-try1/./gcc/xgcc -B/opt/csw/src/GNU/GCC/gcc-4.5.0-local-try1/./gcc/ -B/usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/bin/ -B/usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/include -isystem /usr/local/gcc4/i386-pc-solaris2.8/sys-include -g -march=i386 -O2 -g -march=i386 -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -isystem ./include -fPIC -g -DHAVE_GTHR_DEFAULT -DIN_LIBGCC2 -D__GCC_FLOAT_NOT_NEEDED -I. -I. -I../.././gcc -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/. -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../gcc -I../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../include -DHAVE_CC_TLS -DUSE_EMUTLS -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wno-type-limits -o divtf3.o -MT divtf3.o -MD -MP -MF divtf3.dep -fexceptions -c ../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../gcc/config/soft-fp/divtf3.c ../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../gcc/config/soft-fp/divtf3.c: In function '__divtf3': ../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../gcc/config/soft-fp/divtf3.c:38:1: warning: 'R_e' may be used uninitialized in this function ../../../../../gcc-4.5.0/libgcc/../gcc/config/soft-fp/divtf3.c:49:1: internal compiler error: Segmentation Fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <http://www.blastwave.org/support> for instructions. make[3]: *** [divtf3.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/csw/src/GNU/GCC/gcc-4.5.0-local-try1/i386-pc-solaris2.8/libgcc' make[2]: *** [all-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/csw/src/GNU/GCC/gcc-4.5.0-local-try1' make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/csw/src/GNU/GCC/gcc-4.5.0-local-try1' make: *** [all] Error 2 $ Let me know what other data is needed. -- Dennis Clarke dcla...@opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dcla...@blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris
