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  • Does it work if you configure it without the explicit --build, --host, --target parameters (i.e. keep everything native)? Can you successfully build a simple "hello world" C program? Commented May 26, 2017 at 18:47
  • @steeldriver It doesn't build even without those parameters... I'm also trying to target i686-elf as I'm developing a kernel. Commented May 26, 2017 at 19:10
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    Yes, but it should be spelled --enable-languages. Either way, it's probably not the cause of configure's failure, but I was curious about it. Commented May 26, 2017 at 22:19
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    Why are you trying to build binutils and gcc by hand? Your distribution must have these both. Presumably the C compiler that you say doesn't work is gcc. Was that also built by hand or is it a distribution binary package? Commented May 26, 2017 at 23:09
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    "however, I was told that I couldn't use my system compiler to do this" Couldn't use it to do what? Commented May 26, 2017 at 23:30