[cfarm-users] Boostrapping gcc on gcc303

[tkoenig at gcc.gnu.org]

Hi,

I am currently despairing of being able to bootstrap gcc on gc303
(a FreeBSD machine).

The installed gcc does not work because it is too old.

Using clang instead, I found that that binutils is too old for gcc
bootstrap.

My request to cfarm-admins to install a recent binutils went
unanswered (or maybe didn't get through).

Trying to build a recent binutils first failed with the problem
that *.xz is not supported on FreeBSD. Repacking the tar file
with gzip on my own box and coyping it over worked.

However, trying to configure and build binutils fails with

...

creating bfdver.h
/usr/bin/sed -e s/NN/32/g <  > elf32-target.h
/bin/sh: Syntax error: redirection unexpected (expecting word)
*** Error code 2

Anything else I can try?

I'd really like try to try out a development branch on a non-Linux
platform myself, but it seems not to be working.  Are there maybe
other options?

Best regards

     Thomas