site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com I wrote : S a m _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... during Apple's build process it copies the front-end ( e.g. gcc-3.3 ) and a number of other files from the currently installed version. So as you can see it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation. This opens up a new problem of how I am going to compile 3.5 and 4.0. to answer my own question, this appears not to be the case in 3.5 and 4.0. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com