everything went smoothly till I reached this point.

"../glibc-2.3.3-lfs-5.1/configure --prefix=/usr \
> --disable-profile --enable-add-ons=linuxthreads \
> --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-headers=/usr/include \
> --without-cvs"


checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking sysdep dirs... sysdeps/i386/elf linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i3 86 linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/pth read linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix linuxthreads/sysde ps/i386/i686 linuxthreads/sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 sysdeps/unix
/sysv/linux sysdeps/gnu sysdeps/unix/common sysdeps/unix/mman sysdeps/unix/inet sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/i386 sysdeps/unix sysdeps/ posix sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu sysdeps/i386/i686 sysdeps/i386/i486 sysdeps/i386/fpu sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/wordsize-32 sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /tools/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: cannot compute suffix
of object files: cannot compile
See `config.log' for more details.





Here's the config.log

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by GNU C Library configure (see version.h), which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57. Invocation command line was

$ ../glibc-2.3.3-lfs-5.1/configure --prefix=/usr --disable-profile --enable-add-ons=linuxthreads --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-headers=/usr/include --without-cvs

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = localhost
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.3-7mdk
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 Wed Mar 17 15:56:42 CET 2004

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /tools/bin


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1697: checking build system type
configure:1715: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:1723: checking host system type
configure:1737: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:1906: checking sysdep dirs
configure:2120: result: sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic
configure:2138: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:2192: result: /tools/bin/install -c
configure:2207: checking whether ln -s works
configure:2211: result: yes
configure:2265: checking for gcc
configure:2281: found /tools/bin/gcc
configure:2291: result: gcc
configure:2535: checking for C compiler version
configure:2538: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
gcc (GCC) 3.3.3
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:2541: $? = 0
configure:2543: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Reading specs from /tools/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/specs
Configured with: ../gcc-3.3.3/configure --prefix=/tools --with-local-prefix=/tools --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.3
configure:2546: $? = 0
configure:2548: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: `-V' option must have argument
configure:2551: $? = 1
configure:2555: checking for suffix of object files
configure:2577: gcc -c conftest.c >&5
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `/tools/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/as': No such file or directory
configure:2580: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| #line 2560 "configure"
| /* confdefs.h. */
|
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "GNU C Library"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "c-library"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "(see version.h)"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "GNU C Library (see version.h)"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "glibc"
| #define USE_REGPARMS 1
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:2594: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile
See `config.log' for more details.

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configure: exit 1



Am I missing something? Thank youu for your help

This is one thing that you need to check:

gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `/tools/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/as': No such file or directory


And I could be wrong, but using a 2.6.X kernel (2.6.3-7mdk) might be the problem.

Never encountered this myself (base system has 2.4.X kernel). Although I don't remeber where, I read something about this somewhere.

Hope this points you in the right direction.

well......... the host system is mandrake 10
and it's already using kernel 2.6.x

but what am i going to do about it?
plz don't tell me to install another version

Nah, you don't need to.

Knoppix (Live CD, http://www.knoppix.net/get.php) can be used as a basesystem. 'Just' download, burn and start installing (B)LFS.

Thanks. I really could'nt imagine wasting 5 houres compiling the /tools package
because i already have knoppix CD

Hi, I had "exactly" same problem:
1/ base: mandrake 10.0
2/ ch.6 glibc problem: configure:2594: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile

I wonder why kernel 2.6.x is a pb???
Did you try with base Knoppix? tell me please if it works...

PS: funny we are doing the same in these funny computers. cu.