title: Glibc Compilation Error
body: <p>I'm compiling glibc-2.12.1 in Ubuntu 10.10 (32 bit in VirtualBox).
  Steps followed:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>configure --prefix=/usr --disable-asm</li>
  <li>make</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>[I'm building it from a new directory]</p>
  
  <p>I'm getting the following errors on running make:</p>
  
  <pre><code>gcc ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S -c -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -D__LIBC_INTERNAL_MATH_INLINES -I../include -I/home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-build/math -I/home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-build -I../sysdeps/i386/elf -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../nptl/sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -I../nptl  -I.. -I../libio -I.  -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include ../include/libc-symbols.h  -DPIC -DSHARED     -DASSEMBLER  -DGAS_SYNTAX  -Wa,--noexecstack  -Wa,-mtune=i686 -o /home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-build/math/s_frexp.os -MD -MP -MF /home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-build/math/s_frexp.os.dt -MT /home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-build/math/s_frexp.os 
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S: 
  Assembler messages:
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: invalid identifier for ".ifdef"
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `1'
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `1'
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: Missing symbol name in directive
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `1'
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: Missing symbol name in directive
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `.'
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `1'
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: expected comma after name `' in .size directive
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: ".endif" without ".if"
  ../sysdeps/i386/fpu/s_frexp.S:66: Error: junk `.get_pc_thunk.dx' after expression
  make[2]: *** [/home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-build/math/s_frexp.os] Error 1
  make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-2.12.1/math'
  make[1]: *** [math/subdir_lib] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/l33thckr/Installations/glibc-2.12.1'
  make: *** [all] Error 2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried using --disable-asm (in configure --prefix=/usr --disable-asm) but it still gives the same error.</p>
  
  <p>Searching on Google revealed that this problem has been present for a long time [ Reference: <a href="http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.glibc.user/758" rel="nofollow">http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.glibc.user/758</a> ].</p>
  
  <p>What is causing this error and how to solve it?</p>