Newer versions of tail(1) from coreutils do not accept the -N option anymore (where N is the number of lines to display); explicitly use 'tail -n N'.
It's used in various places in Makefiles, I am not sure it actually breaks the build. -- Summary: tail -N not supported anymore by newer coreutils Product: gcc Version: 3.4.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: bjdouma at xs4all dot nl CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18613