http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45248
--- Comment #9 from margali at imapmail dot org 2010-09-26 14:04:21 UTC --- So in the end I did the following and it finally compiled: - uninstall binutils - apply cumulative fink patch to source directory - hack configure to include the --with-dwarf2 flag (also did this to configure.ac but didn't want to install another version of autoconf etc. just to regenerate configure) - configure with --disable-libjava-multilib --program-suffix=-4.5 I did not run the testsuite as I don't have the right software installed and would not know how to interpret the results in any case. Installed with --prefix=/usr/local/stow/gcc-4.5.1 and then stowed in the usual way. gcc-4.5 -v: Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc-4.5 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/stow/gcc-4.5.1/bin/../libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0/4.5.1/lto-wrapper Target: powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0 Configured with: ../gcc-4.5.1/configure --disable-libjava-multilib --program-suffix=-4.5 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.1 (GCC) I'm still having problems but I think these are due to my ignorance rather than anything else. Note that this method not only involves steps not listed in the host-specific installation notes but involves steps which seem to directly contradict the instructions given there. For example, I took it that two sections of the notes were relevant to me: the notes for powerpc-*-* and powerpc-*-darwin*. The former suggests that binutils is required but in fact installing binutils actually prevents the build from succeeding. The latter suggested to me that I probably needed to get cctools but in fact this wasn't the case. (I admit the notes here merely suggested this to me and I likely misinterpreted them but perhaps it could be a little clearer.) In addition, the notes say nothing about the cumulative fink patch or using --with-dwarf2 or the need to disable multilib support for libjava. But these are obviously not fink-specific requirements since I'm not using fink. Rather, they are host-specific and it would be helpful if they were listed with the host-specific installation notes. Perhaps the host-specific notes for darwin could be updated and a section specific to darwin8.11.0/os x 10.4.11 could be added outlining the stages necessary to compile? That would have been a huge help to me and would have saved me a great deal of time spent on failed builds. (My g4 takes a *long* time to build gcc!) This is not a criticism of the gcc developers since it is not, I know, your responsibility. But it seems a shame that issues such as the need to disable multilib for libjava are not flagged up even though they are obviously well recognised by those packaging gcc for fink. There never seems to be much feedback to upstream from those working on fink/macports etc. packages even when issues are clearly platform-specific rather than relevant only to the particular packaging system. This is obviously not confined to gcc but it does seem to me a shame that known fixes don't benefit the upstream sources more generally.
