Highly inspired by:
  http://landley.net/hg/aboriginal/file/7e0747a665ab/sources/patches/gcc-core-libgcceh.patch

diff -durN gcc-4.3.1.orig//libgcc/Makefile.in gcc-4.3.1/libgcc/Makefile.in
--- gcc-4.3.1.orig//libgcc/Makefile.in	2007-12-27 12:26:06.000000000 +0100
+++ gcc-4.3.1/libgcc/Makefile.in	2011-09-02 12:21:23.781544679 +0200
@@ -706,8 +706,9 @@
 libgcc_s$(SHLIB_EXT): libunwind$(SHLIB_EXT)
 endif
 
+all: libgcc_eh.a
 ifeq ($(enable_shared),yes)
-all: libgcc_eh.a libgcc_s$(SHLIB_EXT)
+all: libgcc_s$(SHLIB_EXT)
 ifneq ($(LIBUNWIND),)
 all: libunwind$(SHLIB_EXT)
 endif
@@ -876,10 +877,6 @@
 install-shared:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)
 
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) libgcc_eh.a $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/
-	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/libgcc_eh.a
-	$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/libgcc_eh.a
-
 	$(subst @multilib_dir@,$(MULTIDIR),$(subst \
 		@shlib_base_name@,libgcc_s,$(subst \
 		@shlib_slibdir_qual@,$(MULTIOSSUBDIR),$(SHLIB_INSTALL))))
@@ -894,6 +891,10 @@
 	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/libgcov.a
 	$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/libgcov.a
 
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) libgcc_eh.a $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/
+	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/libgcc_eh.a
+	$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/libgcc_eh.a
+
 	parts="$(INSTALL_PARTS)";				\
 	for file in $$parts; do					\
 	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(inst_libdir)/$$file;		\