When gperf was not installed, compiling the script still executed the command, but generated a space ./gcc/cp/cfns.h . Since this file was newer than the source ( ./gcc/cp/cfns.gperf ), the make file left it alone and never restored the “real” file when you really had gperf. To continue, run rm ./gcc/cp/cfns.h and try again.
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