Hello !
Here is a dump of my screen. 

[jerome]indigo2 <23># ./configure 
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... mips-sgi-irix5.3
checking target system type... mips-sgi-irix5.3
checking build system type... mips-sgi-irix5.3
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for flex... flex
checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for bison... bison -y
checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install.sh -c
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
checking for ANSI C header files... no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking for stddef.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for time.h... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for sys/file.h... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for sys/resource.h... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking for sys/times.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for putenv... yes
checking for popen... yes
checking for vprintf... yes
checking for bcopy... yes
checking for bzero... yes
checking for bcmp... yes
checking for index... yes
checking for rindex... yes
checking for kill... yes
checking for getrlimit... yes
checking for setrlimit... yes
checking whether malloc must be declared... no
checking whether realloc must be declared... no
checking whether calloc must be declared... no
checking whether free must be declared... no
checking whether index must be declared... yes
checking whether rindex must be declared... yes
checking whether getenv must be declared... no
checking for sys_siglist declaration in signal.h or unistd.h... no
Using `./config/mips/mips.c' to output insns.
Using `./config/mips/mips.md' as machine description file.
Using `./config/mips/iris5.h' as target machine macro file.
Using `./config/mips/xm-iris5.h' as host machine macro file.
Using `./objc/thr-single.c' as Objective-C Runtime thread file.
Links are now set up to build a native compiler for mips-sgi-irix5.3
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating cp/Makefile
creating auto-config.h
Merged mips/x-iris.
Merged mips/t-mips-gas.
Created `objc/Makefile'.

[jerome]indigo2 <24># make -v
GNU Make version 3.76.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97
        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu>.

[jerome]indigo2 <26># make LANGUAGES="C"
cd .; autoconf
make: *** No rule to make target `@version_dep@', needed by
`version.c'.  Stop.


Matthew Majka a écrit:
> 
> "Jérôme HAGUET" wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> > when I try to compile gcc 2.8.1 on my SGI INdigo2 running Irix 5.3, Iget
> > make LANGUAGEs="c"
> >
> > cd .; autoconf
> > make: *** No rule to make target `@version_dep@', needed by
> > `version.c'.  Stop.
> >
> > Any idea ?
> 
> Post your configure options and I'll give it a shot.  Are you using GNU MAKE?