Re: Problem building gcc 4.9.2

[Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>]

On 11 August 2014 15:30, Jeremy Hall wrote:
> After a fresh install on Linux Mint 17 (64-bit) I am attempting to build
> the latest gcc using the following (which has worked in the past):-
>
> cd gcc-4.9.1
> contrib/download_prerequisites
> mkdir obj
> cd obj
> ../configure --disable-multilib
>
> The configure ends with the following:-
> ...
> checking where to find the target readelf... host tool
> checking where to find the target strip... host tool
> checking where to find the target windres... host tool
> checking where to find the target windmc... host tool
> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
> configure: creating ./config.status
> /bin/bash: _tar: line 12: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> /bin/bash: _tar: line 12: ` ?(-)*[cr]*f)'
> /bin/bash: error importing function definition for `_tar'
> config.status: creating Makefile
> /tmp/gcc-4.9.1/obj*
>
> What am I doing wrong, or what is missing?

I've never seen that error before, there should not be a call to tar
being done there. It looks like something in your environment is
causing the problem, try to find where "_tar" is being defined (maybe
in ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc or /etc/bashrc).