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Re: gcc 4.7.2 fails to bootstrap in stage 1
> If GNU as in your PATH, --with-gnu-as is sufficient; otherwise, you
> need to
> use --with-as=/usr/local/bin/gas (and --with-gnu-as is superfluous).
>
> I suspect that GNU ld is in your PATH and conflicts with
> --without-gnu-ld, so
> you need to remove it from your PATH or use --with-ld=[...].
ah ha .. well I want to use the Sun provided linker as there were long standing problems with GNU ld in the Solaris world. Not sure if I can dig up the bugs but /usr/ccs/bin/ld is supposed to work perfectly. The assembler however is another matter and I will try your changes.
dc
ps: thank you once again