Hello all,

I am new to Linux and GCC.
I am facing compilation error while compiling GCC.
I followed following steps for ubuntu 10.04 (ubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso) on virtual box (VirtualBox-4.0.0-69151-Win.exe).
1. Untarred file gcc-core-4.2.4.tar.bzip2
2. Created new dir "objdir" inside gcc-2.4.2
3. cd objdir.
4. ../configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnu-program-suffix=-4.2.4
5. gave command time make bootstrap

I am receiving following error for the same.

make[5]: Entering directory `/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgomp'
if [ -z "" ]; then \
true; \
else \
rootpre=`${PWDCMD-pwd}`/; export rootpre; \
srcrootpre=`cd ../../../libgomp; ${PWDCMD-pwd}`/; export srcrootpre; \
lib=`echo ${rootpre} | sed -e 's,^.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/$,\1,'`; \
compiler="/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir/./gcc/xgcc -B/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir/./gcc/ -B/usr/local/gnu--program-suffix=-4.2.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/local/gnu--program-suffix=-4.2.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/gnu--program-suffix=-4.2.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/local/gnu--program-suffix=-4.2.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include"; \
for i in `${compiler} --print-multi-lib 2>/dev/null`; do \
dir=`echo $i | sed -e 's/;.*$//'`; \
if [ "${dir}" = "." ]; then \
true; \
else \
if [ -d ../${dir}/${lib} ]; then \
flags=`echo $i | sed -e 's/^[^;]*;//' -e 's/@/ -/g'`; \
if (cd ../${dir}/${lib}; make \
CFLAGS="-O2 -g -O2 ${flags}" \
CCASFLAGS=" ${flags}" \
FCFLAGS="-Wall ${flags}" \
FFLAGS=" ${flags}" \
ADAFLAGS=" ${flags}" \
prefix="/usr/local/gnu--program-suffix=-4.2.4" \
exec_prefix="/usr/local/gnu--program-suffix=-4.2.4" \
GCJFLAGS=" ${flags}" \
CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE ${flags}" \
LIBCFLAGS="-O2 -g -O2 ${flags}" \
LIBCXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-implicit-templates ${flags}" \
LDFLAGS=" ${flags}" \
MULTIFLAGS="${flags}" \
DESTDIR="" \
INSTALL="/usr/bin/install -c" \
INSTALL_DATA="/usr/bin/install -c -m 644" \
INSTALL_PROGRAM="/usr/bin/install -c" \
INSTALL_SCRIPT="/usr/bin/install -c" \
all); then \
true; \
else \
exit 1; \
fi; \
else true; \
fi; \
fi; \
done; \
fi
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgomp'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgomp'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgomp'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgomp'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gmdn/tmp/gcc-4.2.4/objdir'
1525.89user 720.60system 40:36.39elapsed 92%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 849040maxresident)k
93392inputs+2567424outputs (1218major+29593861minor)pagefaults 0swaps

I am unable to trace the error. I have disk space of 20GB. Could you please help me how to overcome this problem.

Thanks in advance,
best regards,
Lohith Nayak

Welcome to LQ.

Note : Be aware that gcc-core creates gcc only, no g++, c++ etc.
A build folder (objdir) outside the gcc-4.2.4/ source folder is the default method.
Then a "minimum" configure line for gcc-core can be like :
../gcc-4.2.4/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc42 --program-suffix=42 --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit

But why build it yourself ? gcc-4.2.3 is available in Synaptic :
> Settings > Repositories > Other Software : Hardy Heron .
... Then refresh, and install 'gcc-4.2'.

Or : gcc42-compat version 4.2.4 : sudo dpkg -i gcc42-compat-4.2.4_i386.deb
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7S...VlMjk4OTI5NGVk

( g++42-compat https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7S...FlODA4YWFiMTcx )

.

Thanks a lot.
I will try out this option.

best regards,
Lohith Nayak