this is the output: mkdir alphaev68-dec-osf4.0g/libffi Configuring in alphaev68-dec-osf4.0g/libffi [...] checking whether /usr/users/syajnl/soft/gcc-build/gcc/xgcc -B/usr/users/syajnl/soft/gcc-build/gcc/ -B/usr/local/alphaev68-dec-osf4.0g/bin/ -B/usr/local/alphaev68-dec-osf4.0g/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/alphaev68-dec-osf4.0g/include -isystem /usr/local/alphaev68-dec-osf4.0g/sys-include accepts -g... (cached) yes /usr/users/syajnl/soft/gcc-3.4.0/libffi/configure: test: argument expected gmake[1]: *** [configure-target-libffi] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/syajnl/soft/gcc-build' gmake: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 after adding "set -x" to the relevant configure: [...] + echo ${ac_cv_prog_cc_g+set} + eval test "${ac_cv_prog_cc_g+set}" = set + test set = set + echo (cached) \c (cached) + echo yes yes + test set = set CFLAGS=-O2 -g -O2 -mieee + test != yes Hope this helps.
This is a dup of bug 15093. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15093 ***