building gcc compiler --target=x86_64

[Tim Prince]

tsah marco wrote:

> 1)           how   do i     know if my OS fedora-8  is 64bit
> based(because  i install x86_64 version      DVD)
e.g. uname -a
> 2)  i believe gcc version   4.1.0    support 64 bit ,is it   true?
certainly

> make[2]: *** No rule to make target
> `/opt/gcc/second_gcc-4.1.0//bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-as', needed by
> `stamp-as'.  Stop.
If you're simply rebuilding gcc, you should have already installed the
64-bit gcc development system, including as.  It would be part of the
base gcc system in 64-bit FC8.