"arunachalam narayanaswamy" <arun_zero@rediffmail.com> writes: > > [root@localhost gmp-4.1.2]# ./configure It's usually regarded as a bad idea to compile as root. > checking compiler gcc -g -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer ... no Have a look in the config.log file generated for more about what went wrong. PS. Bug reports belong on bug-gmp@gnu.org, see "Reporting Bugs" in the manual.