http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56645
Bug #: 56645 Summary: libgcc /configure identifies non-existing /lib/cpp as preprocessor on Mingw Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: rolf.ebert....@gmx.de gcc-4.8.0-RC-20130316 was configured like this: ../gcc-${GCC_VERSION}/configure \ --disable-libgomp \ --disable-libstdc++-v3 \ --enable-libada \ --host=mingw32 \ --build=mingw32 \ --target=mingw32 \ --disable-werror \ --prefix=/mingw/local \ --enable-nls \ --with-dwarf2 \ --enable-languages=c,c++,ada \ --disable-win32-registry \ --enable-concept-checks \ --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs \ --with-bugurl=http://localhost/ \ --with-gmp=/mingw \ --with-mpfr=/mingw \ --with-mpc=/mingw \ --disable-shared \ --disable-sjlj-exceptions \ --with-arch=pentium \ --with-cpu=pentium \ >> ${LOG} 2>&1 make CFLAGS="-D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS" CXXFLAGS="-mthreads" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--stack=0x2800000" > ${LOG} 2>&1 It then fails here: mkdir -p -- mingw32/libgcc Checking multilib configuration for libgcc... Configuring stage 1 in mingw32/libgcc configure: creating cache ./config.cache checking build system type... i386-pc-mingw32 checking host system type... i386-pc-mingw32 checking for --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs... yes checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking for gawk... gawk checking for mingw32-ar... ar checking for mingw32-lipo... lipo checking for mingw32-nm... /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/./gcc/nm checking for mingw32-ranlib... ranlib checking for mingw32-strip... strip checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -p checking for mingw32-gcc... /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/./gcc/xgcc -B/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/./gcc/ -L/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/mingw32/winsup/mingw -L/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/mingw32/winsup/w32api/lib -isystem /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/gcc-4.8.0-RC-20130316/winsup/mingw/include -isystem /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/gcc-4.8.0-RC-20130316/winsup/w32api/include -B/mingw/local/mingw32/bin/ -B/mingw/local/mingw32/lib/ -isystem /mingw/local/mingw32/include -isystem /mingw/local/mingw32/sys-include checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/./gcc/xgcc -B/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/./gcc/ -L/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/mingw32/winsup/mingw -L/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/mingw32/winsup/w32api/lib -isystem /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/gcc-4.8.0-RC-20130316/winsup/mingw/include -isystem /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/gcc-4.8.0-RC-20130316/winsup/w32api/include -B/mingw/local/mingw32/bin/ -B/mingw/local/mingw32/lib/ -isystem /mingw/local/mingw32/include -isystem /mingw/local/mingw32/sys-include accepts -g... yes checking for /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/./gcc/xgcc -B/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/./gcc/ -L/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/mingw32/winsup/mingw -L/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/mingw32/winsup/w32api/lib -isystem /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/gcc-4.8.0-RC-20130316/winsup/mingw/include -isystem /c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/gcc-4.8.0-RC-20130316/winsup/w32api/include -B/mingw/local/mingw32/bin/ -B/mingw/local/mingw32/lib/ -isystem /mingw/local/mingw32/include -isystem /mingw/local/mingw32/sys-include option to accept ISO C89... unsupported checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: in `/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native/mingw32/libgcc': configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details. make[2]: *** [configure-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native' make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/Devel/gcc-cvs.not/build_native' make: *** [all] Error 2