Bootstrap failed for me with a recent cygwin. The error message is
gcc -g -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-common -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../gcc/trunk/gcc -I../../../gcc/trunk/gcc/. -I../../../gcc/trunk/gcc/../include -I./../intl -I../../../gcc/trunk/gcc/../libcpp/include -I../../../gcc/trunk/gcc/../libdecnumber -I../libdecnumber \ -DSTANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX=\"../../../\" -DSTANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX=\"/usr/local/lib/gcc/\" -DSTANDARD_LIBEXEC_PREFIX=\"/usr/local/libexec/gcc/\" -DDEFAULT_TARGET_VERSION=\"4.2.0\" -DDEFAULT_TARGET_MACHINE=\"i686-pc-cygwin\" -DSTANDARD_BINDIR_PREFIX=\"/usr/local/bin/\" -DTOOLDIR_BASE_PREFIX=\"../../../../\" `test "X${SHLIB_LINK}" = "X" || test "yes" != "yes" || echo "-DENABLE_SHARED_LIBGCC"` `test "X${SHLIB_MULTILIB}" = "X" || echo "-DNO_SHARED_LIBGCC_MULTILIB"` \ -c ../../../gcc/trunk/gcc/gccspec.c -o gccspec.o) make[3]: *** No rule to make target `driver-i386.o', needed by `xgcc.exe'. Stop. make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/Thomas/gcc-bin/trunk/gcc' make[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Thomas/gcc-bin/trunk' make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Thomas/gcc-bin/trunk' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 Output of nohup ./configure nohup make bootstrap nohup gcc -v will be attached. -- Summary: Bootstrap fails on cygwin Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: build Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: tkoenig at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC host triplet: i686-pc-cygwin http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27600