http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51103
--- Comment #12 from Richard Lewis <richalewis at gmail dot com> 2011-11-12 17:53:39 UTC --- This is what I originally did: 1. tar xvjf gcc-4.6.2.tar.bz 2. mkdir build 3. ../gcc-4.6.2/configure 4. make -j 8 Doesn't matter where I build it from, it fails (In reply to comment #11) > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 05:22:42PM +0000, richalewis at gmail dot com wrote: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51103 > > > > --- Comment #9 from Richard Lewis <richalewis at gmail dot com> 2011-11-12 > > 17:22:42 UTC --- > > (In reply to comment #8) > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 02:51:32PM +0000, richalewis at gmail dot com > > > wrote: > > > > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51103 > > > > > > > > --- Comment #7 from Richard Lewis <richalewis at gmail dot com> > > > > 2011-11-12 14:51:32 UTC --- > > > > Created attachment 25807 [details] > > > > --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=25807 > > > > libgfortran build log > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > In what directory is the gcc source code? > > > > > > In what directory did you run configure? > > > > ./gcc-4.6.2 > > > > configure and make in the top level directory, libgfortran.a build fails > > > > What happens if you actually follow the installation instruction? > > Building gcc within its source directory hierarchy has not been > supported for years. One can get lucky and have a successful > build, but it is neither guaranteed to work nor recommended.
