A 'make bootstrap' of gcc-4.1.0 on MacOSX 10.3.9 (a G4 eMac) fails as follows:
stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -B/Users/mikpeadm/pkgs/darwin-ppc/gcc-4.1.0/powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0/bin/ -c -O2 -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wold-style-definition -Wmissing-format-attribute -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/Users/mikpeadm/gcc-4.1.0/gcc -I/Users/mikpeadm/gcc-4.1.0/gcc/. -I/Users/mikpeadm/gcc-4.1.0/gcc/../include -I/Users/mikpeadm/gcc-4.1.0/gcc/../libcpp/include /Users/mikpeadm/gcc-4.1.0/gcc/c-cppbuiltin.c -o c-cppbuiltin.o /var/tmp//ccBfKKCE.s:566:stfiwx instruction is optional for the PowerPC (not allowed without -force_cpusubtype_ALL option) /var/tmp//ccBfKKCE.s:600:stfiwx instruction is optional for the PowerPC (not allowed without -force_cpusubtype_ALL option) /var/tmp//ccBfKKCE.s:634:stfiwx instruction is optional for the PowerPC (not allowed without -force_cpusubtype_ALL option) /var/tmp//ccBfKKCE.s:652:stfiwx instruction is optional for the PowerPC (not allowed without -force_cpusubtype_ALL option) make[2]: *** [c-cppbuiltin.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [stage2_build] Error 2 make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 My /usr/bin/as states that it is of version "Apple Computer, Inc. version cctools-525.obj~1, GNU assembler version 1.38". Bootstrapping gcc-3.4 and gcc-4.0.2 on this machine worked fine, though, so this is a regression. Would GNU binutils-2.16.1 work on Darwin? -- Summary: bootstrap failure on darwin: assembler rejects stfiwx instructions Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: mikpe at csd dot uu dot se GCC build triplet: powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 GCC host triplet: powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 GCC target triplet: powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26547