When using a version of GCC that does not support -Wno-long-long as the bootstrap compiler (such as GCC 2.8.1), it is not possible to build GCC 4.0:
gcc -I../../gcc-head/libcpp -I. -I../../gcc-head/libcpp/../include -I../../gcc-head/libcpp/include -g -O2 -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -I../../gcc-head/libcpp -I. -I../../gcc-head/libcpp/../include -I../../gcc-head/libcpp/include -c ../../gcc-head/libcpp/charset.c cc1: Invalid option `-Wno-long-long' make[1]: *** [charset.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/charlet/cvs/gcc-obj/libcpp' make: *** [all-libcpp] Error 2 -- Summary: Cannot build libcpp due to -Wno-long-long flag Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: charlet at gcc dot gnu dot org CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18875