How can I avoid the dreaded "cannot compute suffix of object files"?

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> I'm trying to build gcc 4.3.2 on a Sun Blade 1000 running Solaris 10 
> 03/05 (there are good reasons for wanting to use an older release of 
> Solaris 10).

Sorry, that was supposed to be 4.4.3 (i.e. the latest version)

> I've patched
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 1)  Patched the included gcc 3.4.3 with Sun's latest patch for gcc 
> (123647-04)
> 
> 2) Set environment variables.
> 
> $ export LD_OPTIONS=-R/usr/local/gcc-4.3.4/lib -L/usr/local/gcc-4.3.4/lib
> $ export LDFLAGS=-R/usr/local/gcc-4.3.4/lib -L/usr/local/gcc-4.3.4/lib
> 
> 3) GMP related things.
> 
> * export ABI=32
> * Configured gmp with a prefix of /usr/local/gcc-4.3.2
> * Built gmp
> * Verified gmp passes all tests.
> * Installed gmp to /usr/local/gcc-4.3.2

Again, I meant to say to /usr/local/gcc-4.4.3

> 
> 4) MPFR related things.
> 
> * Configured mpfr with a prefix of /usr/local/gcc-4.3.2
> * Built mpfr
> * Verified mpfr passes all tests.
> * Installed mprf to /usr/local/gcc-4.3.2


Again, I meant to say to /usr/local/gcc-4.4.3