> 
> but (as even jan schaumann said) it _should_ run with gcc. 

most of it probably will, but some packages might.

> bootstrapping with gcc works, and gcc works for other souces, too (as 
> already said, i build OpenSSL and OpenSSH4 'just for fun' to prove the 
> compiler works)...


> 
> >> -L/usr/pkg/lib) works... no
> >> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> >> cannot create executables.
> >> *** Error code 1
> >
> > what does config.log say?
> 
> [*] /usr/pkgsrc/devel/patch/work/.wrapper/bin/cc -o conftest -O2 

> 
> jan schaumann said that isn't understood by gcc. i'll receive my 

you might try to manually feed that line to gcc to see how it reacts.

> MIPSPro licenses in a few days, but i'd like to be able to use gcc, 
> too.

what compiler did you configure in /etc/mk.conf?

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