compiling code for different machines

[Andrew Haley]

Steffen Wendzel writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > I run the same Linux version + same Distribution version on
 > different systems with different x86 based processors: i486
 > and better.
 > 
 > I want to create binarys on this systems that I can use on
 > all boxes. So i tried to compile my gcc on my i686 machine
 > using
 > 
 > ./configure --target=i486

You need more than that.  You need, at least, --target=i486-linux-gnu.

Andrew.