seen with gcc HEAD 20030815 ... but the reason isn't seen because of the output redirection to /dev/null /bin/sh ../libtool --tag CXX --mode=compile /build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/src -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/bin/ -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/lib/ -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/include -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/sys-include -nostdinc++ -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/include/mips-linux -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/include -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/src/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/src/libstdc++-v3/libmath -O2 -g -O2 -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-implicit-templates -Wall -Wno-format -W -Wwrite-strings -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -c -o codecv t.lo `test -f '../../../../src/libstdc++-v3/src/codecvt.cc' || echo '../../../../src/libstdc++-v3/src/'`../../../../src/libstdc++-v3/src/codecvt.cc /build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/src -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/bin/ -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/lib/ -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/include -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/sys-include -nostdinc++ -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/include/mips-linux -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/include -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/src/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/src/libstdc++-v3/libmath -O2 -g -O2 -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-implicit-templates -Wall -Wno-format -W -Wwrite-strings -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -c ../../../../src/libstdc++-v3/src/codecvt.cc -fPIC -DPIC -o . libs/codecvt.o ../../../../src/libstdc++-v3/src/codecvt.cc:152: warning: 'void __static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)' defined but not used /build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/src -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/bin/ -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/lib/ -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/include -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/mips-linux/sys-include -nostdinc++ -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/include/mips-linux -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/build/mips-linux/libstdc++-v3/include -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/src/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -I/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20030815/src/libstdc++-v3/libmath -O2 -g -O2 -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-implicit-templates -Wall -Wno-format -W -Wwrite-strings -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -c ../../../../src/libstdc++-v3/src/codecvt.cc -o codecvt.o >/de v/null 2>&1 make[6]: *** [codecvt.lo] Error 1
The output redirect is caused by libtool not by the makefile. Just try running the last command and also provide the preprocessed output.
Are you still seeing this? I have no problem bootstrapping mips-linux-gnu using CVS binutils & gcc.
No feedback. Couldn't reproduce, assume fixed.