I can not get past this error and build gcc/gfortran with or without bootstrap enabled. Latest trunk. In file included from /home/jerryd/gcc/obj43/./prev-gcc/include-fixed/bits/string2.h:1308, from /usr/include/string.h:417, from ../../gcc43/libiberty/regex.c:149: /usr/include/stdlib.h:584: error: conflicting types for ‘malloc’ ../../gcc43/libiberty/regex.c:130: error: previous declaration of ‘malloc’ was here In file included from ../../gcc43/libiberty/regex.c:638: ../../gcc43/libiberty/regex.c: In function ‘byte_regex_compile’: ../../gcc43/libiberty/regex.c:2439: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘free’ ../../gcc43/libiberty/regex.c:2439: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘free’ ../../gcc43/libiberty/regex.c:2500: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘free’ I used the following configure: ../gcc43/configure --prefix=/home/jerryd/usr --enable-languages=c,fortran --with-cpu=default32 --disable-libmudflap --enable-libgomp --enable-threads The starting gcc is gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux) -- Summary: Configuration error prevents build Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: jvdelisle at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC host triplet: ppc64 Power5 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33130