the make fails if the libraries are not there. this should be detected during configure like the gmp libs are queried for,
-- Summary: configure script should check to see if elf his been installed Product: gcc Version: lto Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: lto AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: zadeck at naturalbridge dot com GCC host triplet: all http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39097