4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Michael Meissner]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:33:09AM -0600, Andrew Bell wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2007 8:40 AM, Andrew Bell <andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com> wrote>
> > On Nov 29, 2007 9:07 PM, Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org> wrote:
> > > Andrew Bell wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to build 4.2.2 on a redhat x86_64 system.  I get the
> > > > following during the configuration process that happens during make
> > > > bootstrap:
> > > >
> > > > ....
> > > > configuring stage 1 in ./bfd
> > > > loading cache ./config.cache
> > > > checking host system type... Invalid configuration
> > > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > > >
> > > > checking target system type... Invalid configuration
> > > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > > >
> > > > checking build system type... Invalid configuration
> > > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > > > ....
> > > Are you building gcc?  Did you configure or build in one of the source
> > > directories, contrary to all advice?
> >
> > Yes, I am building gcc.
> 
> I was trying to build gcc, but the process failed when trying to build
> the binutils that I linked in.  Sorry.
> 
> Is there are separate mailing list/set of maintainers for binutils?
> 
> Thanks,

Yes, binutils is a completely different set of developers, mailing lists,
etc. though there are many people who develop for both binutils and gcc.
Here is the page that explians the mailing lists:
http://sourceware.org/binutils/

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