Did you follow the directions exactly? These commands are issued AFTER you unpack gcc and then cd into the gcc-4.6.1 directory
Code:
tar -jxf ../mpfr-3.1.0.tar.bz2
mv -v mpfr-3.1.0 mpfr
tar -jxf ../gmp-5.0.2.tar.bz2
mv -v gmp-5.0.2 gmp
tar -zxf ../mpc-0.9.tar.gz
mv -v mpc-0.9 mpc
I can't tell if that's what you did based on your description. Also, since you didn't tell us, I am assuming you are working on section 5.5.