http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51232
Bug #: 51232 Summary: building the all-stage1 target requires several invocations to complete Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: m...@use.net As mentioned here: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2011-11/msg00193.html ../configure --enable-bootstrap --prefix=/home/matt --enable-clocale=gnu --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --with-demangler-in-ld --enable-lto --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto --with-fpmath=sse --enable-languages=c,c++,lto 'make all-stage1' has to be run several times in order to complete. there's no errors, it just stops. it sometimes stops in different places depending on -j. I sometimes get weird, difficult-to-reproduce bootstrap failures with -j8, and this may be one of the root problems. As mentioned in the thread, the same issue happens for "make configure-stage2-gcc", which requires at least two runs. I can file that in a separate bug, upon request. Both Ian and I had the same issue, and while I'm unsure about his build environment, mine is Ubuntu 11.10/amd64.