Error saying cannot compute suffix while building compiler gcc-4.3.2

[Manuel López-Ibáñez]

On 29 March 2010 09:57, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
>> checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: cannot
>> compute suffix of object files: cannot compile
>> See `config.log' for more details.
>> make[2]: *** [configure-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/vebs/gcc/gcc'
>> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vebs/gcc/gcc'
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>> ******************************************
>
> As the configure output says:
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> Your existing compiler is not working correctly, see config.log for
> more details of what is failing.

Since I see this often, I added a FAQ to the wiki:

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FAQ#configure_suffix

Cheers,

Manuel.