http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44959
--- Comment #31 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-09-01 08:26:32 UTC --- I don't think bootstrap-debug.mk cannot be used for alpha OSF. configure checks to see if it is possible: if echo "int f (void) { return 0; }" > conftest.c && ${CC} -c conftest.c && mv conftest.o conftest.o.g0 && ${CC} -c -g conftest.c && mv conftest.o conftest.o.g && ${srcdir}/contrib/compare-debug conftest.o.g0 conftest.o.g > /dev/null 2>&1; then : But this uses the original compiler and not GCC to do the test. You should be able to do --without-build-config .