failed compiling egcs (x86-linux)

[Lars Schmidt-Thieme]

Hi, 

I downloaded egcs-1.0 and tried to compile it under x86-Linux 2.0.30 
(SuSE-distribution). Unfortunately I experienced the following error
message while building gcc: 

  gcc  -DIN_GCC   -DUSE_GNULIBC_1 -g  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -I. -I../../../egcs/gc
  c -I../../../egcs/gcc/config  \
  -DTARGET_MACHINE=\"i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1\"  \
  -c `echo ../../../egcs/gcc/collect2.c | sed 's,^\./,,'`
  cpp: Usage: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/cpp [switches] input output
  make: *** [collect2.o] Error 1 

I have gcc-2.7.2.1 and binutils-2.8.1.0.18; I found nothing apropriate 
in the FAQ or in the mailing list archive. Has anyone a clue what I 
am doing wrong? Or if not, is there a version of egcs precompiled for
Linux anywhere? 

The README said I should do "make" for building, the online-docs said 
"make bootstrap". Is there a difference between these two? (I tried
both and get errors in both, anyway). 

Could you respond CC to me private; as I have only slow telephon-connection
to WWW, I cannot stand the load of the egcs-list. 

Thanks in advance, 
  Lars