cannot successfully compile gcc - xgcc cannot create executables

["John Kozubik" <john_kozubik@hotmail.com>]

I am trying to build a gcc setup to run on my x86 based freeBSD dev machine 
that will let me compile mips-mips-ecoff.  Basically just need to compile 
and install binutils and gcc with those settings, but I have the following 
problems:


./configure --target=mips-mips-ecoff \
--prefix=/usr/home/john/n64-devel/gnu \
--program-prefix="/usr/home/john/n64-devel/gnu/mips-mips-ecoff/bin/" \
--with-headers=/usr/include \
--with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ar --with-gnu-ld

(this config line produces no errors)

make LANGUAGES=c

and it sits there making for about 20 mins, and eventually gets to here and 
dies:

checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/home/john/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/xgcc
-B/usr/home/john/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/
-B/usr/home/john/n64-devel/gnu/mips-mips-ecoff/bin/ -E
checking for sys/file.h... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for sys/resource.h... yes
checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
checking whether the C compiler (/usr/home/john/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/xgcc
-B/usr/home/john/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/
-B/usr/home/john/n64-devel/gnu/mips-mips-ecoff/bin/ -g -O2 ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
create executables.
*** Error code 1


Any ideas?  the key error is at the end - C compiler cannot create
executables.  It is trying to run xgcc with those args ... and
can't, I guess.

I went to that dir and tried to run the new xgcc
(/usr/home/john/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/), and it says 'no input files' so obviously
it does work...so what the heck?

Any ideas appreciated.

--john

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