diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a1d23b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+An evolving effort to automate generation of a XOmB toolchain and crosscompiler.
+
+currently dies during the second GCC phase with the bizarre error:
+"/home/wolfwood/repos/buildtools/build/gcc-obj/./gcc/include-fixed/time.h:12: error: conflicting types for 'clock_t'
+/home/wolfwood/repos/buildtools/local/x86_64-pc-xomb/include/sys/types.h:104: note: previous declaration of 'clock_t' was here
+"
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 7e818a4..ef0b812 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -11,47 +11,51 @@ GMP_VER=5.0.1
 MPFR_VER=2.4.2
 NEWLIB_VER=1.18.0
 
+WFLAGS=-c
+
+export PATH=$PREFIX/bin:$PATH
+
 # Fetch each package
 
-# FETCH BINUTILS
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-${BINUTILS_VER}.tar.gz 
+echo "FETCH BINUTILS"
+wget $WFLAGS http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-${BINUTILS_VER}.tar.gz 
 tar -xf binutils-${BINUTILS_VER}.tar.gz
 
-# FETCH GCC
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${GCC_VER}/gcc-core-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
+echo "FETCH GCC"
+wget $WFLAGS http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${GCC_VER}/gcc-core-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
 tar -xf gcc-core-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${GCC_VER}/gcc-g++-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
+wget $WFLAGS http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${GCC_VER}/gcc-g++-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
 tar -xf gcc-g++-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${GCC_VER}/gcc-fortran-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
+wget $WFLAGS http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${GCC_VER}/gcc-fortran-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
 tar -xf gcc-fortran-${GCC_VER}.tar.gz
 
-# FETCH GMP
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-${GMP_VER}.tar.gz
+echo "FETCH GMP"
+wget $WFLAGS http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-${GMP_VER}.tar.gz
 tar -xf gmp-${GMP_VER}.tar.gz
 
-# FETCH MPFR
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/mpfr-${MPFR_VER}.tar.gz
+echo "FETCH MPFR"
+wget $WFLAGS http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/mpfr-${MPFR_VER}.tar.gz
 tar -xf mpfr-${MPFR_VER}.tar.gz
 
-# FETCH NEWLIB
-wget ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/newlib/newlib-${NEWLIB_VER}.tar.gz
+echo "FETCH NEWLIB"
+wget $WFLAGS ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/newlib/newlib-${NEWLIB_VER}.tar.gz
 tar -xf newlib-${NEWLIB_VER}.tar.gz
 
 # Patch and push new code into each package
 
-# PATCH BINUTILS
-patch -p0 -d binutils-${BINUTILS_VER} < ../binutils-xomb.patch
+echo "PATCH BINUTILS"
+patch -p0 -d binutils-${BINUTILS_VER} < ../binutils-xomb.patch || exit
 cp -r ../binutils-files/* binutils-${BINUTILS_VER}/.
 
-# PATCH GCC
-patch -p0 -d gcc-${GCC_VER} < ../gcc-xomb.patch
+echo "PATCH GCC"
+patch -p0 -d gcc-${GCC_VER} < ../gcc-xomb.patch || exit
 cp -r ../gcc-files/* gcc-${GCC_VER}/.
 
-# PATCH NEWLIB
-patch -p0 -d newlib-${NEWLIB_VER} < ../newlib-xomb.patch
+echo "PATCH NEWLIB"
+patch -p0 -d newlib-${NEWLIB_VER} < ../newlib-xomb.patch || exit
 cp -r ../newlib-files/* newlib-${NEWLIB_VER}/.
 
-# MAKE OBJECT DIRECTORIES
+echo "MAKE OBJECT DIRECTORIES"
 mkdir -p binutils-obj
 mkdir -p gcc-obj
 mkdir -p newlib-obj
@@ -60,48 +64,61 @@ mkdir -p mpfr-obj
 
 # Compile all packages
 
-# COMPILE BINUTILS
+echo "COMPILE BINUTILS"
 cd binutils-obj
-../binutils-${BINUTILS_VER}/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$PREFIX
-make
-make install
+../binutils-${BINUTILS_VER}/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$PREFIX || exit
+make || exit
+make install || exit
 cd ..
 
-# COMPILE GMP
+echo "COMPILE GMP"
 cd gmp-obj
-../gmp-${GMP_VER}/configure --prefix=$PREFIX --disable-shared
-make
-make check
-make install
+../gmp-${GMP_VER}/configure --prefix=$PREFIX --disable-shared || exit
+make || exit
+make check || exit
+make install || exit
 cd ..
 
-# COMPILE MPFR
+echo "COMPILE MPFR"
 cd mpfr-obj
 ../mpfr-${MPFR_VER}/configure --prefix=$PREFIX --with-gmp=$PREFIX --disable-shared
-make
-make check
-make install
+make || exit
+make check || exit
+make install || exit
 cd ..
 
-# COMPILE GCC
+echo "AUTOCONF GCC"
+cd gcc-${GCC_VER}/libstdc++-v3
+#autoconf || exit
+cd ../..
+
+echo "COMPILE GCC"
 cd gcc-obj
-../gcc-${GCC_VER}/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --disable-libssp --with-gmp=$PREFIX --with-mpfr=$PREFIX --disable-nls --with-headers=$PREFIX/include --with-newlib
-make all-gcc
-make all-target-libgcc
-make install-gcc
-make install-target-libgcc
+../gcc-${GCC_VER}/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --disable-libssp --with-gmp=$PREFIX --with-mpfr=$PREFIX --disable-nls --with-headers=$PREFIX/include --with-newlib || exit
+make all-gcc || exit
+make install-gcc || exit
 cd ..
 
-# COMPILE NEWLIB-XOMB
+echo "AUTOCONF NEWLIB-XOMB"
 cd newlib-${NEWLIB_VER}/newlib/libc/sys
-./configure
-cd ../../../..
+autoconf || exit
+cd xomb
+autoreconf || exit
+cd ../../../../..
 
-# COMPILE NEWLIB
+echo "CONFIGURE NEWLIB"
 cd newlib-obj
-../newlib-${NEWLIB_VER}/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$PREFIX --with-gmp=$PREFIX --with-mpfr=$PREFIX
-make all
-make install
+../newlib-${NEWLIB_VER}/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$PREFIX --with-gmp=$PREFIX --with-mpfr=$PREFIX || exit
+
+echo "COMPILE NEWLIB"
+make || exit
+make install || exit
 cd ..
 
+echo "PASS-2 COMPILE GCC"
+cd gcc-obj
+#make all-target-libgcc
+#make install-target-libgcc
+make || exit
+make install || exit
 cd ..
diff --git a/gcc-xomb.patch b/gcc-xomb.patch
index 41679cc..b07f18e 100644
--- a/gcc-xomb.patch
+++ b/gcc-xomb.patch
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @@ -1240,6 +1240,7 @@ case $os in
  	      | -hpux* | -unos* | -osf* | -luna* | -dgux* | -solaris* | -sym* \
  	      | -amigaos* | -amigados* | -msdos* | -newsos* | -unicos* | -aof* \
- 	      | -aos* \
+ 	      | -aos* | -aros* \
 +		  | -xomb* \
  	      | -nindy* | -vxsim* | -vxworks* | -ebmon* | -hms* | -mvs* \
  	      | -clix* | -riscos* | -uniplus* | -iris* | -rtu* | -xenix* \
diff --git a/newlib-xomb.patch b/newlib-xomb.patch
index 18233c2..7fd679c 100644
--- a/newlib-xomb.patch
+++ b/newlib-xomb.patch
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  	sys_dir=w65
  	;;
 +  x86_64-*-xomb*)
-+	machine_dir=xomb
++	sys_dir=xomb
 +	;;
    xscale-*-*)
  	sys_dir=arm