Here's how I got around my error:
In tc-i386.h and tc-i386.c, I changed:
extern const struct relax_type md_relax_table[];
to
extern const struct relax_type * md_relax_table;

This caused a lot of gcc warnings, but didn't cause any errors.

On 1/27/06, matthew sporleder <msporleder@gmail.com> wrote:
> My gcc version on os x is gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc.
> build 5247), which is one minor-minor newer than one that seems to be
> working.
>
> On 1/27/06, matthew sporleder <msporleder@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I keep getting this:
> > msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/binutils/=
gas/../include
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas/..
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas/../bfd
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas/../intl
> > -I../intl -DLOCALEDIR=3D"\"/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/../to=
ols/share/locale\""
> >    -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -O2
> > -no-cpp-precomp -c
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/app.c
> > In file included from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/as.h:94,
> >                  from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/app.c:30:
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/../include/getopt.h:116:
> > warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
> > In file included from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/as.h:134,
> >                  from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/app.c:30:
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/../include/libiberty.h:80:
> > warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
> > In file included from ./targ-cpu.h:1,
> >                  from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/config/obj-elf.h:42,
> >                  from ./obj-format.h:1,
> >                  from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/config/te-nbsd.h:24,
> >                  from ./targ-env.h:1,
> >                  from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/as.h:626,
> >                  from
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/app.c:30:
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/bi=
nutils/gas/config/tc-i386.h:451:
> > error: array type has incomplete element type
> >
> > *** Failed target:  app.o
> > *** Failed command: cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas
> > -I. -D_GNU_SOURCE -I.
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas
> > -I../bfd -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../=
gnu/dist/binutils/gas/config
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas/../include
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas/..
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas/../bfd
> > -I/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist/=
binutils/gas/../intl
> > -I../intl -DLOCALEDIR=3D"\"/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/../to=
ols/share/locale\""
> > -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -O2 -no-cpp-precomp
> > -c /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../../gnu/dist=
/binutils/gas/app.c
> > *** Error code 1
> >
> > Stop.
> > nbmake: stopped in
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/obj/Users/msporleder/Documents/netbs=
d/src/tools/binutils/build/gas
> >
> > *** Failed target:  all-recursive
> > *** Failed command: set fnord $MAKEFLAGS; amf=3D$2; dot_seen=3Dno;
> > target=3D`echo all-recursive | sed s/-recursive//`; list=3D'doc po'; fo=
r
> > subdir in $list; do echo "Making $target in $subdir"; if test
> > "$subdir" =3D "."; then dot_seen=3Dyes; local_target=3D"$target-am"; el=
se
> > local_target=3D"$target"; fi; (cd $subdir &&
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/../tools/bin/nbmake -X -f
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../Makefile.gnuwr=
ap
> > $local_target) || case "$amf" in *=3D*) exit 1;; *k*) fail=3Dyes;; *) e=
xit
> > 1;; esac; done; if test "$dot_seen" =3D "no"; then
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/../tools/bin/nbmake -X -f
> > /Users/msporleder/Documents/netbsd/src/tools/binutils/../Makefile.gnuwr=
ap
> > "$target-am" || exit 1; fi; test -z "$fail"
> > *** Error code 1
> >
> >
> > On 1/27/06, Bruce O'Neel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > While I can't say for OS/X, for other systems the -m flag tells you w=
hat
> > > target you want to build for, and build.sh builds the native tools
> > > for what ever system you are running on.
> > >
> > > It does this even when you are building on the same system that is th=
e
> > > target in order to get the right versions of everything :-)
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > bruce
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 10:05:14PM -0800, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> > > > matthew sporleder wrote:
> > > > > I actually reformatted to case sensitive hfs.  I guess I'm trying=
 to
> > > > > figure out if -m i386 will correctly build tools and the rest of =
the
> > > > > system.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > It always has for me... I've built for i386 on OS X.4 within the la=
st 3
> > > > months, with a commandline approximating:
> > > >
> > > > ./build.sh -U -M /path/to/obj -T /path/to/tools -m i386 release
> > > >
> > > > +j
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org
> > > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
> > >
> >
>