In message < Pine.GSO.3.96.990611163440.11360J-100000@aditya >you write: > > Hi, > On the execution of bootstrap, it fails to find command 'ar' in > the makefile I suppose. Below is the message: Building egcs requires some basic tools, "ar" is but one. You should try to find out where "ar" lives on your system and make sure that directory is in your path. jeff