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1\input texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-
2@c @ifnothtml
3@c %**start of header
d7f8491b 4@setfilename gccinstall.info
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5@settitle Installing GCC
6@setchapternewpage odd
7@c %**end of header
8@c @end ifnothtml
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10@c Specify title for specific html page
11@ifset indexhtml
12@settitle Installing GCC
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15@settitle Host/Target specific installation notes for GCC
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17@ifset prerequisiteshtml
18@settitle Prerequisites for GCC
19@end ifset
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20@ifset downloadhtml
21@settitle Downloading GCC
22@end ifset
23@ifset configurehtml
24@settitle Installing GCC: Configuration
25@end ifset
26@ifset buildhtml
27@settitle Installing GCC: Building
28@end ifset
29@ifset testhtml
30@settitle Installing GCC: Testing
31@end ifset
32@ifset finalinstallhtml
33@settitle Installing GCC: Final installation
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36@settitle Installing GCC: Binaries
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38@ifset oldhtml
39@settitle Installing GCC: Old documentation
40@end ifset
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41@ifset gfdlhtml
42@settitle Installing GCC: GNU Free Documentation License
43@end ifset
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aed5964b 45@c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
c5c367ac 46@c 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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47@c *** Converted to texinfo by Dean Wakerley, dean@wakerley.com
48
49@c Include everything if we're not making html
50@ifnothtml
51@set indexhtml
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54@set downloadhtml
55@set configurehtml
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59@set binarieshtml
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63
64@c Part 2 Summary Description and Copyright
bdefb2ab 65@copying
aed5964b 66Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
706bb773 671999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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68@sp 1
69Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
b3a8389d 70under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
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71any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
72Invariant Sections, the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and
73with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the
74license is included in the section entitled ``@uref{./gfdl.html,,GNU
75Free Documentation License}''.
76
77(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:
78
79 A GNU Manual
80
81(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is:
82
83 You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
84 software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
85 funds for GNU development.
bdefb2ab 86@end copying
f42974dc 87@ifinfo
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f42974dc 89@end ifinfo
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90@dircategory Programming
91@direntry
92* gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection.
93@end direntry
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94
95@c Part 3 Titlepage and Copyright
96@titlepage
97@sp 10
98@comment The title is printed in a large font.
ef88b07d 99@center @titlefont{Installing GCC}
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101@c The following two commands start the copyright page.
102@page
ef88b07d 103@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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106
107@c Part 4 Top node and Master Menu
108@ifinfo
109@node Top, , , (dir)
110@comment node-name, next, Previous, up
111
112@menu
113* Installing GCC:: This document describes the generic installation
114 procedure for GCC as well as detailing some target
f9047ed3 115 specific installation instructions.
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116
117* Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
118* Binaries:: Where to get pre-compiled binaries.
119
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120* Old:: Old installation documentation.
121
aed5964b 122* GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
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123* Concept Index:: This index has two entries.
124@end menu
125@end ifinfo
126
127@c Part 5 The Body of the Document
128@c ***Installing GCC**********************************************************
6cfb3f16 129@ifnothtml
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130@comment node-name, next, previous, up
131@node Installing GCC, Binaries, , Top
6cfb3f16 132@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 133@ifset indexhtml
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134@ifnothtml
135@chapter Installing GCC
136@end ifnothtml
137
138The latest version of this document is always available at
f9047ed3 139@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/install/,,http://gcc.gnu.org/install/}.
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140
141This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as well
f9047ed3 142as detailing some target specific installation instructions.
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144GCC includes several components that previously were separate distributions
145with their own installation instructions. This document supersedes all
eea81d3e 146package specific installation instructions.
f42974dc 147
f9047ed3 148@emph{Before} starting the build/install procedure please check the
f42974dc 149@ifnothtml
eea81d3e 150@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
f42974dc 151@end ifnothtml
c009f01f 152@ifhtml
f9047ed3 153@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
c009f01f 154@end ifhtml
f9047ed3 155We recommend you browse the entire generic installation instructions before
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156you proceed.
157
c009f01f 158Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are
daf2f129 159available at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
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160These lists are updated as new information becomes available.
161
f9047ed3 162The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
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163
164@ifinfo
165@menu
67b1fbb9 166* Prerequisites::
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167* Downloading the source::
168* Configuration::
169* Building::
170* Testing:: (optional)
171* Final install::
172@end menu
173@end ifinfo
c009f01f 174@ifhtml
f42974dc 175@enumerate
f9047ed3 176@item
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177@uref{prerequisites.html,,Prerequisites}
178@item
f42974dc 179@uref{download.html,,Downloading the source}
f42974dc 180@item
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181@uref{configure.html,,Configuration}
182@item
183@uref{build.html,,Building}
184@item
185@uref{test.html,,Testing} (optional)
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186@item
187@uref{finalinstall.html,,Final install}
188@end enumerate
c009f01f 189@end ifhtml
f42974dc 190
38209993 191Please note that GCC does not support @samp{make uninstall} and probably
f9047ed3 192won't do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms. Instead,
f42974dc 193we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and simply
38209993 194remove that directory when you do not need that specific version of GCC
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195any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, no
196more binaries exist that use them.
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198@ifhtml
199There are also some @uref{old.html,,old installation instructions},
200which are mostly obsolete but still contain some information which has
201not yet been merged into the main part of this manual.
202@end ifhtml
203
f42974dc 204@html
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206<p>
207@end html
208@ifhtml
209@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
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213@end ifset
214
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215@c ***Prerequisites**************************************************
216@ifnothtml
217@comment node-name, next, previous, up
218@node Prerequisites, Downloading the source, , Installing GCC
219@end ifnothtml
220@ifset prerequisiteshtml
221@ifnothtml
222@chapter Prerequisites
223@end ifnothtml
224@cindex Prerequisites
225
226GCC requires that various tools and packages be available for use in the
227build procedure. Modifying GCC sources requires additional tools
228described below.
229
230@heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
231@table @asis
232@item ISO C90 compiler
233Necessary to bootstrap the GCC package, although versions of GCC prior
234to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler.
235
236To make all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where
2373-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing
238GCC binary (version 2.95 or later) because source code for language
239frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
240
241@item GNAT
242
243In order to build the Ada compiler (GNAT) you must already have GNAT
244installed because portions of the Ada frontend are written in Ada (with
245GNAT extensions.) Refer to the Ada installation instructions for more
246specific information.
247
248@item A ``working'' POSIX compatible shell, or GNU bash
249
250Necessary when running @command{configure} because some
251@command{/bin/sh} shells have bugs and may crash when configuring the
252target libraries. In other cases, @command{/bin/sh} or even some
253@command{ksh} have disastrous corner-case performance problems. This
254can cause target @command{configure} runs to literally take days to
255complete in some cases.
256
257So on some platforms @command{/bin/ksh} is sufficient, on others it
258isn't. See the host/target specific instructions for your platform, or
259use @command{bash} to be sure. Then set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} in your
260environment to your ``good'' shell prior to running
261@command{configure}/@command{make}.
262
daf2f129 263@command{zsh} is not a fully compliant POSIX shell and will not
8a36672b 264work when configuring GCC@.
1b49d06f 265
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266@item GNU binutils
267
268Necessary in some circumstances, optional in others. See the
269host/target specific instructions for your platform for the exact
270requirements.
271
272@item gzip version 1.2.4 (or later) or
273@itemx bzip2 version 1.0.2 (or later)
274
275Necessary to uncompress GCC @command{tar} files when source code is
276obtained via FTP mirror sites.
277
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278@item GNU make version 3.79.1 (or later)
279
8a36672b 280You must have GNU make installed to build GCC@.
e158a5fb 281
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282@item GNU tar version 1.12 (or later)
283
284Necessary (only on some platforms) to untar the source code. Many
285systems' @command{tar} programs will also work, only try GNU
286@command{tar} if you have problems.
287
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288@item GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) version 4.0 (or later)
289
8a36672b 290Necessary to build the Fortran frontend. If you don't have it
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291installed in your library search path, you will have to configure with
292the @option{--with-gmp} or @option{--with-gmp-dir} configure option.
293
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294@item MPFR Library
295
296Necessary to build the Fortran frontend. It can be downloaded from
999f4d5e 297@uref{http://www.mpfr.org/}. It is also included in the current GMP
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298release (4.1.3) when configured with @option{--enable-mpfr}.
299
300The @option{--with-mpfr} or @option{--with-mpfr-dir} configure option should
301be used if your MPFR Library is not installed in your library search path.
302
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303@end table
304
305
306@heading Tools/packages necessary for modifying GCC
307@table @asis
0dce8934 308@item autoconf versions 2.13 and 2.59
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309@itemx GNU m4 version 1.4 (or later)
310
89acbae0 311Necessary when modifying @file{configure.ac}, @file{aclocal.m4}, etc.@:
4f3ce03f 312to regenerate @file{configure} and @file{config.in} files. Most
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313directories require autoconf 2.59 (exactly), but the toplevel
314still requires autoconf 2.13 (exactly).
67b1fbb9 315
ae8cacc6 316@item automake versions 1.9.3
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317
318Necessary when modifying a @file{Makefile.am} file to regenerate its
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319associated @file{Makefile.in}.
320
321Much of GCC does not use automake, so directly edit the @file{Makefile.in}
322file. Specifically this applies to the @file{gcc}, @file{intl},
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323@file{libcpp}, @file{libiberty}, @file{libobjc} directories as well
324as any of their subdirectories.
ce5c1cf3 325
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326For directories that use automake, GCC requires the latest release in
327the 1.9.x series, which is currently 1.9.3. When regenerating a directory
328to a newer version, please update all the directories using an older 1.9.x
329to the latest released version.
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331@item gettext version 0.12 (or later)
332
333Needed to regenerate @file{gcc.pot}.
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334
335@item gperf version 2.7.2 (or later)
336
337Necessary when modifying @command{gperf} input files, e.g.@:
338@file{gcc/cp/cfns.gperf} to regenerate its associated header file, e.g.@:
339@file{gcc/cp/cfns.h}.
340
341@item expect version ???
342@itemx tcl version ???
cfc984b5 343@itemx dejagnu version 1.4.4 (or later)
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344
345Necessary to run the GCC testsuite.
346
347@item autogen version 5.5.4 (or later) and
348@itemx guile version 1.4.1 (or later)
349
350Necessary to regenerate @file{fixinc/fixincl.x} from
351@file{fixinc/inclhack.def} and @file{fixinc/*.tpl}.
352
353Necessary to run the @file{fixinc} @command{make check}.
354
ce5c1cf3 355Necessary to regenerate the top level @file{Makefile.in} file from
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356@file{Makefile.tpl} and @file{Makefile.def}.
357
358@item GNU Bison version 1.28 (or later)
359Berkeley @command{yacc} (@command{byacc}) is also reported to work other
360than for java.
361
362Necessary when modifying @file{*.y} files.
363
364Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
365files are not included in the CVS repository. They are included in
366releases.
367
368@item Flex version 2.5.4 (or later)
369
370Necessary when modifying @file{*.l} files.
371
372Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
373files are not included in the CVS repository. They are included in
374releases.
375
376@item Texinfo version 4.2 (or later)
377
378Necessary for running @command{makeinfo} when modifying @file{*.texi}
379files to test your changes.
380
381Necessary to build GCC documentation during development because the
382generated output files are not included in the CVS repository. They are
383included in releases.
384
385@item @TeX{} (any working version)
386
387Necessary for running @command{texi2dvi}, used when running
388@command{make dvi} to create DVI files.
389
390@item cvs version 1.10 (or later)
391@itemx ssh (any version)
392
393Necessary to access the CVS repository. Public releases and weekly
8a36672b 394snapshots of the development sources are also available via FTP@.
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395
396@item perl version 5.6.1 (or later)
397
398Necessary when regenerating @file{Makefile} dependencies in libiberty.
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399Necessary when regenerating @file{libiberty/functions.texi}.
400Necessary when generating manpages from Texinfo manuals.
401Used by various scripts to generate some files included in CVS (mainly
402Unicode-related and rarely changing) from source tables.
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403
404@item GNU diffutils version 2.7 (or later)
405
406Necessary when creating changes to GCC source code to submit for review.
407
408@item patch version 2.5.4 (or later)
409
410Necessary when applying patches, created with @command{diff}, to one's
411own sources.
412
413@end table
414
415@html
416<hr />
417<p>
418@end html
419@ifhtml
420@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
421@end ifhtml
422@end ifset
423
f42974dc 424@c ***Downloading the source**************************************************
6cfb3f16 425@ifnothtml
f42974dc 426@comment node-name, next, previous, up
67b1fbb9 427@node Downloading the source, Configuration, Prerequisites, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 428@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 429@ifset downloadhtml
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430@ifnothtml
431@chapter Downloading GCC
432@end ifnothtml
433@cindex Downloading GCC
434@cindex Downloading the Source
435
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436GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html,,CVS} and FTP
437tarballs compressed with @command{gzip} or
6cfb3f16 438@command{bzip2}. It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
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439components.
440
962e6e00 441Please refer to the @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
161d7b59 442for information on how to obtain GCC@.
f42974dc 443
6de9cd9a 444The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran 77, Fortran
25f710ba 445(in case of GCC 4.0 and later), Java, and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later)
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446compilers. The full distribution also includes runtime libraries for C++,
447Objective-C, Fortran 77, Fortran, and Java. In GCC 3.0 and later versions,
448GNU compiler testsuites are also included in the full distribution.
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449
450If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
eea81d3e 451GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
6c0a4eab 452use. The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the
767094dd 453shared components. Each language has a tarball which includes the language
6c0a4eab 454front end as well as the language runtime (when appropriate).
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456Unpack the core distribution as well as any language specific
457distributions in the same directory.
458
459If you also intend to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing
460installation or for use in place of the corresponding tools of your
461OS), unpack the binutils distribution either in the same directory or
462a separate one. In the latter case, add symbolic links to any
463components of the binutils you intend to build alongside the compiler
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464(@file{bfd}, @file{binutils}, @file{gas}, @file{gprof}, @file{ld},
465@file{opcodes}, @dots{}) to the directory containing the GCC sources.
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467@html
b8db17af 468<hr />
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469<p>
470@end html
471@ifhtml
472@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
473@end ifhtml
474@end ifset
475
476@c ***Configuration***********************************************************
6cfb3f16 477@ifnothtml
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478@comment node-name, next, previous, up
479@node Configuration, Building, Downloading the source, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 480@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 481@ifset configurehtml
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482@ifnothtml
483@chapter Installing GCC: Configuration
484@end ifnothtml
485@cindex Configuration
486@cindex Installing GCC: Configuration
487
488Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
489This document describes the recommended configuration procedure
490for both native and cross targets.
491
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492We use @var{srcdir} to refer to the toplevel source directory for
493GCC; we use @var{objdir} to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
494
495If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
496@file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
497and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
f42974dc 498
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499If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
500file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
501temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
502problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
503variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
7ba4ca63 504@command{pawd} or @samp{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
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505phases.
506
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507First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
508separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside
509within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
510where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't
511get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory
512of @var{srcdir} is unsupported.
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eea81d3e 514If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
f85b8d1a 515different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
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516that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is @file{Makefile};
517if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile} does not exist
518or issues a message like ``don't know how to make distclean'' it probably
519means that the directory is already suitably clean. However, with the
520recommended method of building in a separate @var{objdir}, you should
521simply use a different @var{objdir} for each target.
f85b8d1a 522
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523Second, when configuring a native system, either @command{cc} or
524@command{gcc} must be in your path or you must set @env{CC} in
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525your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration
526scripts may fail.
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528Note that the bootstrap compiler and the resulting GCC must be link
529compatible, else the bootstrap will fail with linker errors about
530incompatible object file formats. Several multilibed targets are
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531affected by this requirement, see
532@ifnothtml
533@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
534@end ifnothtml
c009f01f 535@ifhtml
e69aa433 536@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
c009f01f 537@end ifhtml
eea81d3e 538
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539To configure GCC:
540
3ab51846 541@smallexample
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542 % mkdir @var{objdir}
543 % cd @var{objdir}
eea81d3e 544 % @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 545@end smallexample
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546
547
ef88b07d 548@heading Target specification
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549@itemize @bullet
550@item
38209993 551GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for @var{target}
f9047ed3 552for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you not
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553provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
554
555@item
6cfb3f16 556@var{target} must be specified as @option{--target=@var{target}}
f9047ed3 557when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
a4a4b1d3 558m68k-coff, sh-elf, etc.
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560@item
6cfb3f16 561Specifying just @var{target} instead of @option{--target=@var{target}}
38209993 562implies that the host defaults to @var{target}.
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563@end itemize
564
565
ef88b07d 566@heading Options specification
f42974dc 567
ef88b07d 568Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
7ba4ca63 569GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @samp{configure
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570--help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
571work and should not normally be used.
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573Note that each @option{--enable} option has a corresponding
574@option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
575corresponding @option{--without} option.
576
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577@table @code
578@item --prefix=@var{dirname}
579Specify the toplevel installation
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580directory. This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
581other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to
6cfb3f16 582@file{/usr/local}.
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38209993 584We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
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585subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. If specifying a directory
586beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand
587@var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use
588@env{$HOME} instead.
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591should not need to use these options.
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593@item --exec-prefix=@var{dirname}
594Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
595files. The default is @file{@var{prefix}}.
596
597@item --bindir=@var{dirname}
598Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
599(such as @command{gcc} and @command{g++}). The default is
600@file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}.
601
602@item --libdir=@var{dirname}
603Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
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605
606@item --libexecdir=@var{dirname}
607Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC@.
608 The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec}.
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610@item --with-slibdir=@var{dirname}
611Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The
612default is @file{@var{libdir}}.
613
614@item --infodir=@var{dirname}
615Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
616The default is @file{@var{prefix}/info}.
617
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619Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
620data files referenced by GCC@. The default is @file{@var{prefix}/share}.
621
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623Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is
624@file{@var{prefix}/man}. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts from
8e9a4a45 625the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The manpages
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627manual.)
628
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630Specify
eea81d3e 631the installation directory for G++ header files. The default is
e0b24bce 632@file{@var{prefix}/include/c++/@var{version}}.
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ef88b07d 634@end table
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637GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
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638installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
639programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
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641being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
642
643@item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
644Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
8a36672b 645(see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
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647@file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
648
649@item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
650Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
8a36672b 651of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
b21d216c 652consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
8a36672b 653semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
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654transformed to the installed program @file{/usr/local/bin/myowngcc} and
655the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
656@file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
657you could use the pattern
658@option{--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'}
659to achieve this effect.
660
661All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
8a36672b 662complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
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664can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
665
8c085f6f 666As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
b21d216c 667builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
8c085f6f 668transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
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670For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
671with the target alias in front of their name, as in
8a36672b 672@samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
78466c0e 673before the target alias is prepended to the name---so, specifying
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674@option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
675resulting binary would be installed as
676@file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
677
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680
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682Specify the
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684@file{/usr/local}. Specify this option if you want the compiler to
685search directory @file{@var{dirname}/include} for locally installed
686header files @emph{instead} of @file{/usr/local/include}.
687
688You should specify @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{only} if your
689site has a different convention (not @file{/usr/local}) for where to put
690site-specific files.
691
692The default value for @option{--with-local-prefix} is @file{/usr/local}
693regardless of the value of @option{--prefix}. Specifying
694@option{--prefix} has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
695local header files. This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
696logical.
697
698The purpose of @option{--prefix} is to specify where to @emph{install
699GCC}. The local header files in @file{/usr/local/include}---if you put
161d7b59 700any in that directory---are not part of GCC@. They are part of other
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702another directory which is based on the @option{--prefix} value.)
703
48209ce5 704Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
78466c0e 705directory are part of GCC's ``system include'' directories. Although these
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706two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
707order for the correct processing of the include_next directive. The
708local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
709include directory. Another characteristic of system include directories
710is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories.
711
712Some autoconf macros add @option{-I @var{directory}} options to the
713compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed
714packages' headers are searched. When @var{directory} is one of GCC's
715system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system
716directories continue to be processed in the correct order. This
717may result in a search order different from what was specified but the
718directory will still be searched.
719
720GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using
721@env{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX}. Thus, when the same installation prefix is
722used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for
723both headers and libraries. This provides a configuration that is
724easy to use. GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is
725installed as a system compiler in @file{/usr}.
726
727Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to
728use the above simple configuration. It is possible to use the
729@option{--program-prefix}, @option{--program-suffix} and
730@option{--program-transform-name} options to install multiple versions
731into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes
732and the @option{--with-local-prefix} option to specify the location of the
733site-specific files for each version. It will then be necessary for
734users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries
735(e.g., with @env{LIBRARY_PATH}).
736
737The same value can be used for both @option{--with-local-prefix} and
738@option{--prefix} provided it is not @file{/usr}. This can be used
739to avoid the default search of @file{/usr/local/include}.
740
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742The directory you use for @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{must not}
743contain any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain
744them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
745certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
4c64396e 746file corrections made by the @command{fixincludes} script.
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748Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
749ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified where to
161d7b59 750install part of GCC@. Perhaps they make this assumption because
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751installing GCC creates the directory.
752
6cfb3f16 753@item --enable-shared[=@var{package}[,@dots{}]]
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754Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
755the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
07659e97 756are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries.
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758If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
759only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries
760will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
761@samp{libgcc} (also known as @samp{gcc}), @samp{libstdc++} (not
e22df315 762@samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc},
07659e97 763@samp{ada}, @samp{libada}, @samp{libjava} and @samp{libobjc}.
55c45226 764Note @samp{libiberty} does not support shared libraries at all.
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766Use @option{--disable-shared} to build only static libraries. Note that
767@option{--disable-shared} does not accept a list of package names as
768argument, only @option{--enable-shared} does.
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771Specify that the compiler should assume that the
767094dd 772assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify
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773the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the
774assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion may also
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776configured with @option{--with-gnu-as}.) If you have more than one
38209993 777assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
eea81d3e 778connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}}.
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781whether you use the GNU assembler. On any other system,
782@option{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
783
2ff16718 784@itemize @bullet
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786@item @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}}
787@item @samp{i386-@var{any}-sysv}
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789@item @samp{m68k-hp-hpux}
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790@item @samp{m68000-hp-hpux}
791@item @samp{m68000-att-sysv}
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793@item @samp{sparc64-@var{any}-solaris2.@var{any}}
8c085f6f 794@end itemize
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8f2afc21 796On the systems listed above (except for the HP-PA, the SPARC, for ISC on
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798(and specify @option{--with-gnu-ld}).
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8f2afc21 800@item @anchor{with-as}--with-as=@var{pathname}
ef88b07d 801Specify that the
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803than the one found by the standard rules to find an assembler, which
804are:
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806@item
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808directory, where @var{libexec} defaults to
809@file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec} and @var{exec-prefix} defaults to
810@var{prefix} which defaults to @file{/usr/local} unless overridden by
811the @option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described
8a36672b 812above. @var{target} is the target system triple, such as
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814version, such as 3.0.
f42974dc 815@item
e979f9e8 816Check operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
250d5688 817Sun Solaris 2).
f42974dc 818@end itemize
767094dd 819Note that these rules do not check for the value of @env{PATH}. You may
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821directories listed above, or if you have multiple assemblers installed
822and want to choose one that is not found by the above rules.
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825Same as @uref{#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}
8f2afc21 826but for the linker.
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eea81d3e 828@item --with-ld=@var{pathname}
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829Same as @uref{#with-as,,@option{--with-as}}
830but for the linker.
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833Specify that stabs debugging
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835uses. Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
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838GCC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style
839stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug
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840format cannot fully handle languages other than C@. BSD stabs format can
841handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB@.
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843Normally, GCC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you
161d7b59 844prefer BSD stabs, specify @option{--with-stabs} when you configure GCC@.
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846No matter which default you choose when you configure GCC, the user
847can use the @option{-gcoff} and @option{-gstabs+} options to specify explicitly
848the debug format for a particular compilation.
849
850@option{--with-stabs} is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if
851@option{--with-gas} is used. It selects use of stabs debugging
852information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information
853supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not.
854
855@option{--with-stabs} is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It
856selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The
857C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging
858information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a
859workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4
860tools can not generate or interpret stabs.
861
eea81d3e 862@item --disable-multilib
ef88b07d 863Specify that multiple target
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865conventions, etc should not be built. The default is to build a
866predefined set of them.
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869(e.g., @option{--disable-softfloat}):
870@table @code
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872biendian.
873
874@item arm-*-*
875fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
876
877@item m68*-*-*
878softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
879
880@item mips*-*-*
881single-float, biendian, softfloat.
882
883@item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
884aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
f282ffb3 885sysv, aix.
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887@end table
888
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890Specify that the target
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892library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java.
6ac48571 893On some systems, this is the default.
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896model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some
2dd76960 897systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally
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899alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
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901@item --disable-threads
902Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
3c6bb1db 903This is an alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
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906Specify that
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908compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
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910
911@table @code
912@item aix
913AIX thread support.
914@item dce
915DCE thread support.
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917Ada tasking support. For non-Ada programs, this setting is equivalent
8a36672b 918to @samp{single}. When used in conjunction with the Ada run time, it
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920is necessary when using both Ada and the back end exception handling,
921which is the default for most Ada targets.
f85b8d1a 922@item mach
eea81d3e 923Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NeXTSTEP@. (Please note
3c6bb1db 924that the file needed to support this configuration, @file{gthr-mach.h}, is
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926@item no
927This is an alias for @samp{single}.
f85b8d1a 928@item posix
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930@item posix95
931Generic POSIX/Unix95 thread support.
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933RTEMS thread support.
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935Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
936@item solaris
eea81d3e 937Sun Solaris 2 thread support.
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939VxWorks thread support.
940@item win32
941Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
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943Novell Kernel Services thread support.
f85b8d1a 944@end table
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948@var{cpu} will be used as the default value of the @option{-mcpu=} switch.
949This option is only supported on some targets, including ARM, i386, PowerPC,
950and SPARC@.
951
952@item --with-schedule=@var{cpu}
953@itemx --with-arch=@var{cpu}
954@itemx --with-tune=@var{cpu}
955@itemx --with-abi=@var{abi}
9b66ebb1 956@itemx --with-fpu=@var{type}
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958These configure options provide default values for the @option{-mschedule=},
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960options and for @option{-mhard-float} or @option{-msoft-float}. As with
961@option{--with-cpu}, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values
962of the arguments depend on the target.
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965Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
966division by zero. This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
967The possibilities for @var{type} are:
968@table @code
969@item traps
970Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on
971systems that support conditional traps).
972@item breaks
973Division by zero checks use the break instruction.
974@end table
975
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977Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
978register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
979This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
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981only available on systems with GNU libc. When enabled, this will cause
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983
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985Specify that target
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987This is the default for the m32r platform.
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990Specify that a user visible @command{cpp} program should not be installed.
991
992@item --with-cpp-install-dir=@var{dirname}
993Specify that the user visible @command{cpp} program should be installed
994in @file{@var{prefix}/@var{dirname}/cpp}, in addition to @var{bindir}.
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997Force the use of sections @code{.init_array} and @code{.fini_array}
998(instead of @code{.init} and @code{.fini}) for constructors and
999destructors. Option @option{--disable-initfini-array} has the
1000opposite effect. If neither option is specified, the configure script
1001will try to guess whether the @code{.init_array} and
1002@code{.fini_array} sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
1003
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1005The build rules that
6cfb3f16 1006regenerate the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
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1008tree is present. If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
6ac48571 1009catalog, configuring with @option{--enable-maintainer-mode} will enable
767094dd 1010this. Note that you need a recent version of the @code{gettext} tools
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1012
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1014Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from bison and flex nor the
1015info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present
1016in the CVS development tree. When building GCC from that development tree,
1017or from a snapshot which are created from CVS, then those generated files
1018are placed in your build directory, which allows for the source to be in a
1019readonly directory.
1020
1021If you configure with @option{--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir} then those
1022generated files will go into the source directory. This is mainly intended
1023for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it
1024is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, bison, or
daf2f129 1025makeinfo.
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1028Specify
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1031addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed into
1032@file{@var{libdir}} unless you overruled it by using
6cfb3f16 1033@option{--with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}}. Using this option is
38209993 1034particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
8a36672b 1035parallel. This is currently supported by @samp{libgfortran},
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1039This @samp{libjava} option overrides the default value of the
1040@samp{java.home} system property. It is also used to set
1041@samp{sun.boot.class.path} to @file{@var{dirname}/lib/rt.jar}. By
1042default @samp{java.home} is set to @file{@var{prefix}} and
1043@samp{sun.boot.class.path} to
1044@file{@var{datadir}/java/libgcj-@var{version}.jar}.
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1047Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
767094dd 1048their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for
6cfb3f16 1049@var{langN} you can issue the following command in the
eea81d3e 1050@file{gcc} directory of your GCC source tree:@*
3ab51846 1051@smallexample
eea81d3e 1052grep language= */config-lang.in
3ab51846 1053@end smallexample
eea81d3e 1054Currently, you can use any of the following:
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1055@code{all}, @code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{f95}, @code{java},
1056@code{objc}, @code{obj-c++}, @code{treelang}.
1057Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.
1058If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option @code{all}, then all
1059default languages available in the @file{gcc} sub-tree will be configured.
1060Ada, Objective-C++, and treelang are not default languages; the rest are.
1061Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
1062@strong{does not} work anymore, as those language sub-directories might
1063not have been configured!
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1065@item --disable-libada
1066Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not
1067be built. This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with
c2910edf 1068previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly
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1069do a @samp{make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools}.
1070
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1071@item --with-dwarf2
1072Specify that the compiler should
eea81d3e 1073use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
f85b8d1a 1074
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1075@item --enable-targets=all
1076@itemx --enable-targets=@var{target_list}
1077Some GCC targets, e.g.@: powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers.
1078These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit
8ab5f5c9 1079code. Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g.@:
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1080powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code. This
1081option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is
1082useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and
1083you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree.
1084Currently, this option only affects powerpc-linux.
1085
1086@item --enable-secureplt
1087This option enables @option{-msecure-plt} by default for powerpc-linux.
1088@ifnothtml
1089@xref{RS/6000 and PowerPC Options,, RS/6000 and PowerPC Options, gcc,
1090Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
1091@end ifnothtml
1092@ifhtml
1093See ``RS/6000 and PowerPC Options'' in the main manual
1094@end ifhtml
1095
f85b8d1a 1096@item --enable-win32-registry
eea81d3e 1097@itemx --enable-win32-registry=@var{key}
f85b8d1a 1098@itemx --disable-win32-registry
95fef11f 1099The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC
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1100to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
1101
1102@smallexample
eea81d3e 1103@code{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\@var{key}}
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1104@end smallexample
1105
eea81d3e 1106@var{key} defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
8a36672b 1107@option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
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1108who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
1109perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
767094dd 1110avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled
6cfb3f16 1111by default, and can be disabled by @option{--disable-win32-registry}
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1112option. This option has no effect on the other hosts.
1113
1114@item --nfp
1115Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This
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1116option only applies to @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}}. On any other
1117system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
f85b8d1a 1118
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1119@item --enable-werror
1120@itemx --disable-werror
1121@itemx --enable-werror=yes
1122@itemx --enable-werror=no
1123When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
1124compiler are built with @option{-Werror} in bootstrap stage2 and later.
1125If you don't specify it, @option{-Werror} is turned on for the main
1126development trunk. However it defaults to off for release branches and
1127final releases. The specific files which get @option{-Werror} are
1128controlled by the Makefiles.
1129
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1130@item --enable-checking
1131@itemx --enable-checking=@var{list}
cdce5c16 1132When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform internal
e5080aa6 1133consistency checks of the requested complexity. This does not change the
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1134generated code, but adds error checking within the compiler. This will
1135slow down the compiler and may only work properly if you are building
1136the compiler with GCC@. This is @samp{yes} by default when building
1137from CVS or snapshots, but @samp{release} for releases. More control
1138over the checks may be had by specifying @var{list}. The categories of
1139checks available are @samp{yes} (most common checks
1140@samp{assert,misc,tree,gc,rtlflag,runtime}), @samp{no} (no checks at
1141all), @samp{all} (all but @samp{valgrind}), @samp{release} (cheapest
1142checks @samp{assert,runtime}) or @samp{none} (same as @samp{no}).
1143Individual checks can be enabled with these flags @samp{assert},
1144@samp{fold}, @samp{gc}, @samp{gcac} @samp{misc}, @samp{rtl},
1145@samp{rtlflag}, @samp{runtime}, @samp{tree}, and @samp{valgrind}.
1146
1147The @samp{valgrind} check requires the external @command{valgrind}
1148simulator, available from @uref{http://valgrind.kde.org/}. The
1149@samp{rtl}, @samp{gcac} and @samp{valgrind} checks are very expensive.
1150To disable all checking, @samp{--disable-checking} or
1151@samp{--enable-checking=none} must be explicitly requested. Disabling
1152assertions will make the compiler and runtime slightly faster but
1153increase the risk of undetected internal errors causing wrong code to be
1154generated.
f85b8d1a 1155
22aa533e 1156@item --enable-coverage
31775d31 1157@itemx --enable-coverage=@var{level}
22aa533e 1158With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
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1159information, every time it is run. This is for internal development
1160purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc. The
22aa533e 1161@var{level} argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
8a36672b 1162not, values are @samp{opt} and @samp{noopt}. For coverage analysis you
22aa533e 1163want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
8a36672b 1164enable optimization. When coverage is enabled, the default level is
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1165without optimization.
1166
439a7e54 1167@item --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats
95ea367d 1168When this option is specified more detailed information on memory
439a7e54 1169allocation is gathered. This information is printed when using
daf2f129 1170@option{-fmem-report}.
439a7e54 1171
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1172@item --with-gc
1173@itemx --with-gc=@var{choice}
1174With this option you can specify the garbage collector implementation
1175used during the compilation process. @var{choice} can be one of
1176@samp{page} and @samp{zone}, where @samp{page} is the default.
1177
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1178@item --enable-nls
1179@itemx --disable-nls
6cfb3f16 1180The @option{--enable-nls} option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
f85b8d1a 1181which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
767094dd 1182English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
161d7b59 1183canadian cross build. The @option{--disable-nls} option disables NLS@.
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1184
1185@item --with-included-gettext
c771326b 1186If NLS is enabled, the @option{--with-included-gettext} option causes the build
021c4bfd 1187procedure to prefer its copy of GNU @command{gettext}.
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1188
1189@item --with-catgets
1190If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks @code{gettext} but has the
1191inferior @code{catgets} interface, the GCC build procedure normally
1192ignores @code{catgets} and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU
6cfb3f16 1193@code{gettext} library. The @option{--with-catgets} option causes the
f85b8d1a 1194build procedure to use the host's @code{catgets} in this situation.
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1196@item --with-libiconv-prefix=@var{dir}
1197Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
1198libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
1199
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1200@item --enable-obsolete
1201Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
1202configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
1203obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
1204error message.
1205
1206All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
1207is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
1208forward to maintain the port.
ef88b07d 1209@end table
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1211@subheading Cross-Compiler-Specific Options
1212The following options only apply to building cross compilers.
ef88b07d 1213@table @code
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1214@item --with-sysroot
1215@itemx --with-sysroot=@var{dir}
1216Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the root of a tree that contains a
1217(subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
1218Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
1219searched in there. The specified directory is not copied into the
1220install tree, unlike the options @option{--with-headers} and
1221@option{--with-libs} that this option obsoletes. The default value,
1222in case @option{--with-sysroot} is not given an argument, is
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1223@option{$@{gcc_tooldir@}/sys-root}. If the specified directory is a
1224subdirectory of @option{$@{exec_prefix@}}, then it will be found relative to
1225the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
4977bab6 1226
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1227@item --with-headers
1228@itemx --with-headers=@var{dir}
4977bab6 1229Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
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1230Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler.
1231The @var{dir} argument specifies a directory which has the target include
1232files. These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
1233directory. @emph{This option with the @var{dir} argument is required} when
1234building a cross compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include}
1235doesn't pre-exist. If @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} does
1236pre-exist, the @var{dir} argument may be omitted. @command{fixincludes}
8a36672b 1237will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC@.
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1238
1239@item --without-headers
1240Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross
2dd76960 1241compiler. When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC
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1242can build the exception handling for libgcc.
1243See @uref{http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/,,CrossGCC} for more information
1244on this option.
1245
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1246@item --with-libs
1247@itemx --with-libs=``@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}''
4977bab6 1248Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
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1249Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
1250libraries. These libraries will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
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1251directory. If the directory list is omitted, this option has no
1252effect.
ef88b07d 1253@item --with-newlib
eea81d3e 1254Specifies that @samp{newlib} is
38209993 1255being used as the target C library. This causes @code{__eprintf} to be
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1256omitted from @file{libgcc.a} on the assumption that it will be provided by
1257@samp{newlib}.
ef88b07d 1258@end table
f9047ed3 1259
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1260@subheading Fortran-specific Option
1261
1262The following options apply to the build of the Fortran front end.
1263
1264@table @code
1265
1266@item --with-gmp=@var{pathname}
bebf829d 1267@itemx --with-mpfr=@var{pathname}
bda4d063 1268@itemx --with-gmp-dir=@var{pathname}
bebf829d 1269@itemx --with-mpfr-dir=@var{pathname}
f0eb93a8 1270If you don't have GMP (the GNU Multiple Precision library) and the MPFR
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1271Libraries installed in a standard location and you want to build the Fortran
1272front-end, you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
1273(@samp{--with-gmp=gmpinstalldir}, @samp{--with-mpfr=mpfrinstalldir}) or where
1274you built them without installing (@samp{--with-gmp-dir=gmpbuilddir},
1275@samp{--with-mpfr-dir=gmpbuilddir}).
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1276
1277@end table
1278
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1279@subheading Java-Specific Options
1280
1281The following option applies to the build of the Java front end.
1282
1283@table @code
1284@item --disable-libgcj
1285Specify that the run-time libraries
1286used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend
1287to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
1288separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
1289machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
1290libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
1291the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
1292may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
1293@file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
1294you may use @option{--enable-libgcj} to override the default.
1295
1296@end table
1297
1298The following options apply to building @samp{libgcj}.
1299
1300@subsubheading General Options
1301
1302@table @code
1303@item --disable-getenv-properties
1304Don't set system properties from @env{GCJ_PROPERTIES}.
1305
1306@item --enable-hash-synchronization
8a36672b 1307Use a global hash table for monitor locks. Ordinarily,
c1c3bb0c 1308@samp{libgcj}'s @samp{configure} script automatically makes
8a36672b 1309the correct choice for this option for your platform. Only use
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1310this if you know you need the library to be configured differently.
1311
1312@item --enable-interpreter
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1313Enable the Java interpreter. The interpreter is automatically
1314enabled by default on all platforms that support it. This option
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1315is really only useful if you want to disable the interpreter
1316(using @option{--disable-interpreter}).
1317
1318@item --disable-java-net
8a36672b 1319Disable java.net. This disables the native part of java.net only,
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1320using non-functional stubs for native method implementations.
1321
1322@item --disable-jvmpi
1323Disable JVMPI support.
1324
1325@item --with-ecos
1326Enable runtime eCos target support.
1327
1328@item --without-libffi
8a36672b 1329Don't use @samp{libffi}. This will disable the interpreter and JNI
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1330support as well, as these require @samp{libffi} to work.
1331
1332@item --enable-libgcj-debug
1333Enable runtime debugging code.
1334
1335@item --enable-libgcj-multifile
1336If specified, causes all @file{.java} source files to be
1337compiled into @file{.class} files in one invocation of
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1338@samp{gcj}. This can speed up build time, but is more
1339resource-intensive. If this option is unspecified or
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1340disabled, @samp{gcj} is invoked once for each @file{.java}
1341file to compile into a @file{.class} file.
1342
1343@item --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR
1344Search for libiconv in @file{DIR/include} and @file{DIR/lib}.
1345
1346@item --enable-sjlj-exceptions
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1347Force use of @code{builtin_setjmp} for exceptions. @samp{configure}
1348ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform. Only use
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1349this option if you are sure you need a different setting.
1350
1351@item --with-system-zlib
1352Use installed @samp{zlib} rather than that included with GCC@.
1353
1354@item --with-win32-nlsapi=ansi, unicows or unicode
1355Indicates how MinGW @samp{libgcj} translates between UNICODE
8a36672b 1356characters and the Win32 API@.
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1357@table @code
1358@item ansi
1359Use the single-byte @code{char} and the Win32 A functions natively,
8a36672b 1360translating to and from UNICODE when using these functions. If
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1361unspecified, this is the default.
1362
1363@item unicows
8a36672b 1364Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Adds
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1365@code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec} to link with @samp{libunicows}.
1366@file{unicows.dll} needs to be deployed on Microsoft Windows 9X machines
8a36672b 1367running built executables. @file{libunicows.a}, an open-source
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1368import library around Microsoft's @code{unicows.dll}, is obtained from
1369@uref{http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/}, which also gives details
1370on getting @file{unicows.dll} from Microsoft.
1371
1372@item unicode
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1373Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Does @emph{not}
1374add @code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec}. The built executables will
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1375only run on Microsoft Windows NT and above.
1376@end table
1377@end table
1378
1379@subsubheading AWT-Specific Options
1380
1381@table @code
1382@item --with-x
1383Use the X Window System.
1384
1385@item --enable-java-awt=PEER(S)
1386Specifies the AWT peer library or libraries to build alongside
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1387@samp{libgcj}. If this option is unspecified or disabled, AWT
1388will be non-functional. Current valid values are @option{gtk} and
1389@option{xlib}. Multiple libraries should be separated by a
431ae0bf 1390comma (i.e.@: @option{--enable-java-awt=gtk,xlib}).
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1391
1392@item --enable-gtk-cairo
8a36672b 1393Build the cairo Graphics2D implementation on GTK@.
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1394
1395@item --enable-java-gc=TYPE
8a36672b 1396Choose garbage collector. Defaults to @option{boehm} if unspecified.
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1397
1398@item --disable-gtktest
1399Do not try to compile and run a test GTK+ program.
1400
1401@item --disable-glibtest
1402Do not try to compile and run a test GLIB program.
1403
1404@item --with-libart-prefix=PFX
1405Prefix where libart is installed (optional).
1406
1407@item --with-libart-exec-prefix=PFX
1408Exec prefix where libart is installed (optional).
1409
1410@item --disable-libarttest
1411Do not try to compile and run a test libart program.
1412
1413@end table
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1415@html
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1417<p>
1418@end html
1419@ifhtml
1420@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1421@end ifhtml
1422@end ifset
1423
1424@c ***Building****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 1425@ifnothtml
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1426@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1427@node Building, Testing, Configuration, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1428@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1429@ifset buildhtml
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1430@ifnothtml
1431@chapter Building
1432@end ifnothtml
1433@cindex Installing GCC: Building
1434
1435Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
1436runtime libraries.
1437
b8df899a 1438Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a
7ba4ca63 1439nonzero status) and be ignored by @command{make}. These failures, which
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1440are often due to files that were not found, are expected, and can safely
1441be ignored.
1442
1443It is normal to have compiler warnings when compiling certain files.
1444Unless you are a GCC developer, you can generally ignore these warnings
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1445unless they cause compilation to fail. Developers should attempt to fix
1446any warnings encountered, however they can temporarily continue past
1447warnings-as-errors by specifying the configure flag
1448@option{--disable-werror}.
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1449
1450On certain old systems, defining certain environment variables such as
6cfb3f16 1451@env{CC} can interfere with the functioning of @command{make}.
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1452
1453If you encounter seemingly strange errors when trying to build the
1454compiler in a directory other than the source directory, it could be
1455because you have previously configured the compiler in the source
1456directory. Make sure you have done all the necessary preparations.
1457
1458If you build GCC on a BSD system using a directory stored in an old System
4c64396e 1459V file system, problems may occur in running @command{fixincludes} if the
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1460System V file system doesn't support symbolic links. These problems
1461result in a failure to fix the declaration of @code{size_t} in
1462@file{sys/types.h}. If you find that @code{size_t} is a signed type and
1463that type mismatches occur, this could be the cause.
1464
161d7b59 1465The solution is not to use such a directory for building GCC@.
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1467When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify parser sources,
1468you need the Bison parser generator installed. Any version 1.25 or
1469later should work; older versions may also work. If you do not modify
1470parser sources, releases contain the Bison-generated files and you do
1471not need Bison installed to build them.
1472
1473When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
a38f87a9 1474documentation, you need version 4.2 or later of Texinfo installed if you
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1475want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
1476documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
1477
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1478@section Building a native compiler
1479
f9047ed3 1480For a native build issue the command @samp{make bootstrap}. This
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1481will build the entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
1482
1483@itemize @bullet
1484@item
1485Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1486gperf.
1487
1488@item
1489Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
eea81d3e 1490binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
f282ffb3 1491if they have been individually linked
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1492or moved into the top level GCC source tree before configuring.
1493
1494@item
1495Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler.
1496
1497@item
1498Perform a comparison test of the stage2 and stage3 compilers.
1499
1500@item
1501Build runtime libraries using the stage3 compiler from the previous step.
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1504
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1505If you are short on disk space you might consider @samp{make
1506bootstrap-lean} instead. This is identical to @samp{make
1507bootstrap} except that object files from the stage1 and
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1508stage2 of the 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler are deleted as
1509soon as they are no longer needed.
1510
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1511If you want to save additional space during the bootstrap and in
1512the final installation as well, you can build the compiler binaries
8c085f6f 1513without debugging information as in the following example. This will save
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1514roughly 40% of disk space both for the bootstrap and the final installation.
1515(Libraries will still contain debugging information.)
1516
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1518 make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' \
1519 LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap
3ab51846 1520@end smallexample
8c085f6f 1521
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1522If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2 and
1523stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when doing
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1524@samp{make bootstrap}. Non-default optimization flags are less well
1525tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should still work.
1526In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special flags such
1527as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or, if the
1528native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need to work
1529around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts of the
1530stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
1531bootstrap4} to increase the number of stages of bootstrap.
1532
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1533Note that using non-standard @code{CFLAGS} can cause bootstrap to fail in
1534@file{libiberty}, if these trigger a warning with the new compiler. For
1535example using @samp{-O2 -g -mcpu=i686} on @code{i686-pc-linux-gnu} will
4ec7afd7 1536cause bootstrap failure as @option{-mcpu=} is deprecated in 3.4.0 and above.
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1537
1538
6cfb3f16 1539If you used the flag @option{--enable-languages=@dots{}} to restrict
f42974dc 1540the compilers to be built, only those you've actually enabled will be
767094dd 1541built. This will of course only build those runtime libraries, for
f42974dc 1542which the particular compiler has been built. Please note,
eea81d3e 1543that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
ef88b07d 1544@strong{does not} work anymore!
f42974dc 1545
f85b8d1a 1546If the comparison of stage2 and stage3 fails, this normally indicates
eea81d3e 1547that the stage2 compiler has compiled GCC incorrectly, and is therefore
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1548a potentially serious bug which you should investigate and report. (On
1549a few systems, meaningful comparison of object files is impossible; they
1550always appear ``different''. If you encounter this problem, you will
1551need to disable comparison in the @file{Makefile}.)
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1552
1553@section Building a cross compiler
1554
1555We recommend reading the
1556@uref{http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/,,crossgcc FAQ}
1557for information about building cross compilers.
1558
1559When building a cross compiler, it is not generally possible to do a
15603-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This makes for an interesting problem
161d7b59 1561as parts of GCC can only be built with GCC@.
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1562
1563To build a cross compiler, we first recommend building and installing a
1564native compiler. You can then use the native GCC compiler to build the
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1565cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
15662.95 or later.
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1567
1568Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
6cfb3f16 1569your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
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1570following steps:
1571
1572@itemize @bullet
1573@item
1574Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1575gperf.
1576
1577@item
1578Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
1579binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
1580if they have been individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source
1581tree before configuring.
1582
1583@item
1584Build the compiler (single stage only).
1585
1586@item
1587Build runtime libraries using the compiler from the previous step.
1588@end itemize
1589
1590Note that if an error occurs in any step the make process will exit.
1591
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1592If you are not building GNU binutils in the same source tree as GCC,
1593you will need a cross-assembler and cross-linker installed before
1594configuring GCC@. Put them in the directory
1595@file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/bin}. Here is a table of the tools
1596you should put in this directory:
1597
1598@table @file
1599@item as
1600This should be the cross-assembler.
1601
1602@item ld
1603This should be the cross-linker.
1604
1605@item ar
1606This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
1607archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
1608
1609@item ranlib
1610This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
1611@end table
1612
1613The installation of GCC will find these programs in that directory,
1614and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
1615find them when run later.
1616
1617The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package.
1618Configure it with the same @option{--host} and @option{--target}
1619options that you use for configuring GCC, then build and install
1620them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
1621directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GCC
1622supports.
1623
1624If you are not building a C library in the same source tree as GCC,
1625you should also provide the target libraries and headers before
1626configuring GCC, specifying the directories with
1627@option{--with-sysroot} or @option{--with-headers} and
1628@option{--with-libs}. Many targets also require ``start files'' such
1629as @file{crt0.o} and
1630@file{crtn.o} which are linked into each executable. There may be several
1631alternatives for @file{crt0.o}, for use with profiling or other
1632compilation options. Check your target's definition of
1633@code{STARTFILE_SPEC} to find out what start files it uses.
1634
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1635@section Building in parallel
1636
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1637You can use @samp{make bootstrap MAKE="make -j 2" -j 2}, or just
1638@samp{make -j 2 bootstrap} for GNU Make 3.79 and above, instead of
1639@samp{make bootstrap} to build GCC in parallel.
1640You can also specify a bigger number, and in most cases using a value
1641greater than the number of processors in your machine will result in
1642fewer and shorter I/O latency hits, thus improving overall throughput;
1643this is especially true for slow drives and network filesystems.
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1645@section Building the Ada compiler
1646
1647In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
3e98a119 1648compiler (GNAT version 3.14 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later),
af5734de 1649including GNAT tools such as @command{gnatmake} and @command{gnatlink},
38e23049 1650since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
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1651GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make.
1652
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1653@command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
1654and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
1655installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
1656used to disable building the Ada front end.
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1658@section Building with profile feedback
1659
1660It is possible to use profile feedback to optimize the compiler itself. This
1661should result in a faster compiler binary. Experiments done on x86 using gcc
16623.3 showed approximately 7 percent speedup on compiling C programs. To
1663bootstrap compiler with profile feedback, use @code{make profiledbootstrap}.
1664
1665When @samp{make profiledbootstrap} is run, it will first build a @code{stage1}
1666compiler. This compiler is used to build a @code{stageprofile} compiler
1667instrumented to collect execution counts of instruction and branch
1668probabilities. Then runtime libraries are compiled with profile collected.
1669Finally a @code{stagefeedback} compiler is built using the information collected.
1670
1671Unlike @samp{make bootstrap} several additional restrictions apply. The
1672compiler used to build @code{stage1} needs to support a 64-bit integral type.
1673It is recommended to only use GCC for this. Also parallel make is currently
1674not supported since collisions in profile collecting may occur.
1675
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b8db17af 1677<hr />
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1678<p>
1679@end html
1680@ifhtml
1681@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1682@end ifhtml
1683@end ifset
1684
1685@c ***Testing*****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 1686@ifnothtml
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1687@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1688@node Testing, Final install, Building, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1689@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1690@ifset testhtml
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1691@ifnothtml
1692@chapter Installing GCC: Testing
1693@end ifnothtml
1694@cindex Testing
1695@cindex Installing GCC: Testing
1696@cindex Testsuite
1697
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1698Before you install GCC, we encourage you to run the testsuites and to
1699compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
1700been submitted to the
1701@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
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1702Some of these archived results are linked from the build status lists
1703at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}, although not everyone who
1704reports a successful build runs the testsuites and submits the results.
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1705This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
1706but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
8a36672b 1707problems before you install and start using your new GCC@.
f42974dc 1708
f9047ed3 1709First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
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1710These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
1711``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you must download the testsuites
1712separately.
f42974dc 1713
f97903cc 1714Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
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1715@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,DejaGnu} 1.4.4 and later,
1716Tcl, and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
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1718If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
1719installed are not in the @env{PATH}, you may need to set the following
1720environment variables appropriately, as in the following example (which
1721assumes that DejaGnu has been installed under @file{/usr/local}):
f42974dc 1722
3ab51846 1723@smallexample
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1724 TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
1725 DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
3ab51846 1726@end smallexample
f42974dc 1727
8cacda7c 1728(On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
f42974dc 1729paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
8cacda7c 1730portability in the DejaGnu code.)
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1732
1733Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
3ab51846 1734@smallexample
ef88b07d 1735 cd @var{objdir}; make -k check
3ab51846 1736@end smallexample
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1738This will test various components of GCC, such as compiler
1739front ends and runtime libraries. While running the testsuite, DejaGnu
1740might emit some harmless messages resembling
daf2f129 1741@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
794aca5d 1742@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file} that can be ignored.
06809951 1743
962e6e00 1744@section How can you run the testsuite on selected tests?
f42974dc 1745
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1746In order to run sets of tests selectively, there are targets
1747@samp{make check-gcc} and @samp{make check-g++}
1748in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. You can also
1749just run @samp{make check} in a subdirectory of the object directory.
1750
1751
1752A more selective way to just run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the
1753testsuite is to use
f42974dc 1754
3ab51846 1755@smallexample
6cfb3f16 1756 make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
3ab51846 1757@end smallexample
f42974dc 1758
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1759Likewise, in order to run only the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in
1760the testsuite with filenames matching @samp{9805*}, you would use
f42974dc 1761
3ab51846 1762@smallexample
6cfb3f16 1763 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
3ab51846 1764@end smallexample
f42974dc 1765
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1766The @file{*.exp} files are located in the testsuite directories of the GCC
1767source, the most important ones being @file{compile.exp},
1768@file{execute.exp}, @file{dg.exp} and @file{old-deja.exp}.
1769To get a list of the possible @file{*.exp} files, pipe the
38209993 1770output of @samp{make check} into a file and look at the
6cfb3f16 1771@samp{Running @dots{} .exp} lines.
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1773@section Passing options and running multiple testsuites
1774
1775You can pass multiple options to the testsuite using the
1776@samp{--target_board} option of DejaGNU, either passed as part of
1777@samp{RUNTESTFLAGS}, or directly to @command{runtest} if you prefer to
1778work outside the makefiles. For example,
1779
3ab51846 1780@smallexample
e08737dc 1781 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=unix/-O3/-fno-strength-reduce"
3ab51846 1782@end smallexample
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1783
1784will run the standard @command{g++} testsuites (``unix'' is the target name
1785for a standard native testsuite situation), passing
1786@samp{-O3 -fno-strength-reduce} to the compiler on every test, i.e.,
1787slashes separate options.
1788
1789You can run the testsuites multiple times using combinations of options
1790with a syntax similar to the brace expansion of popular shells:
1791
3ab51846 1792@smallexample
d817041f 1793 @dots{}"--target_board=arm-sim/@{-mhard-float,-msoft-float@}@{-O1,-O2,-O3,@}"
3ab51846 1794@end smallexample
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1795
1796(Note the empty option caused by the trailing comma in the final group.)
1797The following will run each testsuite eight times using the @samp{arm-sim}
1798target, as if you had specified all possible combinations yourself:
1799
3ab51846 1800@smallexample
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1801 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O1
1802 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O2
1803 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O3
1804 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float
1805 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O1
1806 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O2
1807 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O3
1808 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float
3ab51846 1809@end smallexample
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1810
1811They can be combined as many times as you wish, in arbitrary ways. This
1812list:
1813
3ab51846 1814@smallexample
e08737dc 1815 @dots{}"--target_board=unix/-Wextra@{-O3,-fno-strength-reduce@}@{-fomit-frame-pointer,@}"
3ab51846 1816@end smallexample
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1817
1818will generate four combinations, all involving @samp{-Wextra}.
1819
1820The disadvantage to this method is that the testsuites are run in serial,
1821which is a waste on multiprocessor systems. For users with GNU Make and
1822a shell which performs brace expansion, you can run the testsuites in
1823parallel by having the shell perform the combinations and @command{make}
1824do the parallel runs. Instead of using @samp{--target_board}, use a
1825special makefile target:
1826
3ab51846 1827@smallexample
e08737dc 1828 make -j@var{N} check-@var{testsuite}//@var{test-target}/@var{option1}/@var{option2}/@dots{}
3ab51846 1829@end smallexample
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1830
1831For example,
1832
3ab51846 1833@smallexample
e08737dc 1834 make -j3 check-gcc//sh-hms-sim/@{-m1,-m2,-m3,-m3e,-m4@}/@{,-nofpu@}
3ab51846 1835@end smallexample
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1836
1837will run three concurrent ``make-gcc'' testsuites, eventually testing all
1838ten combinations as described above. Note that this is currently only
1839supported in the @file{gcc} subdirectory. (To see how this works, try
1840typing @command{echo} before the example given here.)
1841
1842
1843@section Additional testing for Java Class Libraries
1844
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1845The Java runtime tests can be executed via @samp{make check}
1846in the @file{@var{target}/libjava/testsuite} directory in
1847the build tree.
f702e700 1848
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1849The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/,,Mauve Project} provides
1850a suite of tests for the Java Class Libraries. This suite can be run
1851as part of libgcj testing by placing the Mauve tree within the libjava
1852testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.mauve/mauve}, or by
1853specifying the location of that tree when invoking @samp{make}, as in
1854@samp{make MAUVEDIR=~/mauve check}.
1855
5a4ffc2a 1856@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/,,Jacks}
2eac577f 1857is a free testsuite that tests Java compiler front ends. This suite
3b41afd9 1858can be run as part of libgcj testing by placing the Jacks tree within
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1859the libjava testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.jacks/jacks}.
1860
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1861@section How to interpret test results
1862
794aca5d 1863The result of running the testsuite are various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
767094dd 1864files in the testsuite subdirectories. The @file{*.log} files contain a
f42974dc 1865detailed log of the compiler invocations and the corresponding
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1866results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries
1867contain status codes for all tests:
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1868
1869@itemize @bullet
1870@item
1871PASS: the test passed as expected
1872@item
1873XPASS: the test unexpectedly passed
1874@item
1875FAIL: the test unexpectedly failed
1876@item
1877XFAIL: the test failed as expected
1878@item
1879UNSUPPORTED: the test is not supported on this platform
1880@item
1881ERROR: the testsuite detected an error
1882@item
1883WARNING: the testsuite detected a possible problem
1884@end itemize
1885
38209993 1886It is normal for some tests to report unexpected failures. At the
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1887current time the testing harness does not allow fine grained control
1888over whether or not a test is expected to fail. This problem should
1889be fixed in future releases.
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1890
1891
1892@section Submitting test results
1893
1894If you want to report the results to the GCC project, use the
767094dd 1895@file{contrib/test_summary} shell script. Start it in the @var{objdir} with
f42974dc 1896
3ab51846 1897@smallexample
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1898 @var{srcdir}/contrib/test_summary -p your_commentary.txt \
1899 -m gcc-testresults@@gcc.gnu.org |sh
3ab51846 1900@end smallexample
f42974dc 1901
6cfb3f16 1902This script uses the @command{Mail} program to send the results, so
767094dd 1903make sure it is in your @env{PATH}. The file @file{your_commentary.txt} is
f42974dc 1904prepended to the testsuite summary and should contain any special
767094dd 1905remarks you have on your results or your build environment. Please
f42974dc 1906do not edit the testsuite result block or the subject line, as these
05c425a9 1907messages may be automatically processed.
f42974dc 1908
aed5964b 1909@html
b8db17af 1910<hr />
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1911<p>
1912@end html
1913@ifhtml
1914@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1915@end ifhtml
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1916@end ifset
1917
1918@c ***Final install***********************************************************
6cfb3f16 1919@ifnothtml
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1920@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1921@node Final install, , Testing, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1922@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1923@ifset finalinstallhtml
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1924@ifnothtml
1925@chapter Installing GCC: Final installation
1926@end ifnothtml
1927
eea81d3e 1928Now that GCC has been built (and optionally tested), you can install it with
3ab51846 1929@smallexample
eea81d3e 1930cd @var{objdir}; make install
3ab51846 1931@end smallexample
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1933We strongly recommend to install into a target directory where there is
1934no previous version of GCC present.
1935
f42974dc 1936That step completes the installation of GCC; user level binaries can
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1937be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value
1938you specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or
1939@file{/usr/local} by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir},
1940that directory will be used instead; otherwise, if you specified
1941@option{--exec-prefix}, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.)
1942Headers for the C++ and Java libraries are installed in
1943@file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries in @file{@var{libdir}}
1944(normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal parts of the compiler in
1945@file{@var{libdir}/gcc} and @file{@var{libexecdir}/gcc}; documentation
1946in info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally
1947@file{@var{prefix}/info}).
f42974dc 1948
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1949When installing cross-compilers, GCC's executables
1950are not only installed into @file{@var{bindir}}, that
1951is, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}, but additionally into
1952@file{@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin}, if that directory
1953exists. Typically, such @dfn{tooldirs} hold target-specific
1954binutils, including assembler and linker.
1955
1956Installation into a temporary staging area or into a @command{chroot}
1957jail can be achieved with the command
1958
3ab51846 1959@smallexample
53b50ac1 1960make DESTDIR=@var{path-to-rootdir} install
3ab51846 1961@end smallexample
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1962
1963@noindent where @var{path-to-rootdir} is the absolute path of
1964a directory relative to which all installation paths will be
1965interpreted. Note that the directory specified by @code{DESTDIR}
1966need not exist yet; it will be created if necessary.
1967
1968There is a subtle point with tooldirs and @code{DESTDIR}:
1969If you relocate a cross-compiler installation with
1970e.g.@: @samp{DESTDIR=@var{rootdir}}, then the directory
1971@file{@var{rootdir}/@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin} will
1972be filled with duplicated GCC executables only if it already exists,
1973it will not be created otherwise. This is regarded as a feature,
1974not as a bug, because it gives slightly more control to the packagers
1975using the @code{DESTDIR} feature.
1976
2b46bc67 1977If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
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1978quickly review the build status page for your release, available from
1979@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
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1980If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
1981send a note to
eea81d3e 1982@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
8a36672b 1983that you successfully built and installed GCC@.
c5997381 1984Include the following information:
f42974dc 1985
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1986@itemize @bullet
1987@item
962e6e00 1988Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send
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1989that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
1990
1991@item
2dd76960 1992The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed @command{gcc}.
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1993This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed to
1994configure.
1995
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1996@item
1997Whether you enabled all languages or a subset of them. If you used a
1998full distribution then this information is part of the configure
1999options in the output of @samp{gcc -v}, but if you downloaded the
2000``core'' compiler plus additional front ends then it isn't apparent
2001which ones you built unless you tell us about it.
2002
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2003@item
2004If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include:
2005@itemize @bullet
2006@item
2007The distribution name and version (e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3);
2008this information should be available from @file{/etc/issue}.
2009
2010@item
2011The version of the Linux kernel, available from @samp{uname --version}
2012or @samp{uname -a}.
2013
2014@item
2015The version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
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2016Mandrake, and SuSE type @samp{rpm -q glibc} to get the glibc version,
2017and on systems like Debian and Progeny use @samp{dpkg -l libc6}.
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2018@end itemize
2019For other systems, you can include similar information if you think it is
2020relevant.
2021
2022@item
2023Any other information that you think would be useful to people building
2024GCC on the same configuration. The new entry in the build status list
2025will include a link to the archived copy of your message.
2026@end itemize
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2027
2028We'd also like to know if the
2029@ifnothtml
2030@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}
2031@end ifnothtml
2032@ifhtml
2033@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}
2034@end ifhtml
2035didn't include your host/target information or if that information is
2036incomplete or out of date. Send a note to
962e6e00 2037@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} detailing how the information should be changed.
f42974dc 2038
962e6e00 2039If you find a bug, please report it following the
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2040@uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
2041
ab130aa5 2042If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
a38f87a9 2043dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.2)
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2044and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
2045subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
2046printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. You can also
2047@uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,buy printed manuals from the
2048Free Software Foundation}, though such manuals may not be for the most
161d7b59 2049recent version of GCC@.
ab130aa5 2050
9d65c5cb 2051If you would like to generate online HTML documentation, do @samp{cd
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2052@var{objdir}; make html} and HTML will be generated for the gcc manuals in
2053@file{@var{objdir}/gcc/HTML}.
9d65c5cb 2054
f42974dc 2055@html
b8db17af 2056<hr />
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2057<p>
2058@end html
2059@ifhtml
2060@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2061@end ifhtml
2062@end ifset
2063
2064@c ***Binaries****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 2065@ifnothtml
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2066@comment node-name, next, previous, up
2067@node Binaries, Specific, Installing GCC, Top
6cfb3f16 2068@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 2069@ifset binarieshtml
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2070@ifnothtml
2071@chapter Installing GCC: Binaries
2072@end ifnothtml
2073@cindex Binaries
2074@cindex Installing GCC: Binaries
2075
161d7b59 2076We are often asked about pre-compiled versions of GCC@. While we cannot
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2077provide these for all platforms, below you'll find links to binaries for
2078various platforms where creating them by yourself is not easy due to various
2079reasons.
2080
2081Please note that we did not create these binaries, nor do we
2082support them. If you have any problems installing them, please
2083contact their makers.
2084
2085@itemize
2086@item
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2087AIX:
2088@itemize
2089@item
ff4c5e7b 2090@uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
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2091
2092@item
8d5362b7 2093@uref{http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu,,UCLA Software Library for AIX}.
df002c7d 2094@end itemize
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2095
2096@item
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2097DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
2098
2099@item
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2100Renesas H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
2101Development Tools for the Renesas H8/300[HS] Series}.
f42974dc 2102
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2103@item
2104HP-UX:
2105@itemize
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2106@item
2107@uref{http://hpux.cae.wisc.edu/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
2108
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2109@item
2110@uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
2111@end itemize
2112
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2113@item
2114Motorola 68HC11/68HC12---@uref{http://www.gnu-m68hc11.org,,GNU
2115Development Tools for the Motorola 68HC11/68HC12}.
2116
f42974dc 2117@item
38209993 2118@uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
8d5362b7 2119OpenServer/Unixware}.
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2120
2121@item
35113fde 2122Sinix/Reliant Unix---@uref{ftp://ftp.fujitsu-siemens.com/pub/pd/gnu/gcc/,,Siemens}.
daf2f129 2123
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2124@item
2125Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel)---@uref{http://www.sunfreeware.com/,,Sunfreeware}.
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2126
2127@item
8d5362b7 2128SGI---@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,SGI Freeware}.
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2129
2130@item
05c425a9 2131Microsoft Windows:
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2132@itemize
2133@item
2134The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
2135@item
cc92b8ab 2136The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
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2137@end itemize
2138
2139@item
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2140@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/by-name/,,The
2141Written Word} offers binaries for
2142AIX 4.3.2.
2143IRIX 6.5,
2144Digital UNIX 4.0D and 5.1,
2145GNU/Linux (i386),
2146HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.11, and
e4652e37 2147Solaris/SPARC 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, and 9.
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2148
2149@item
2150@uref{http://www.openpkg.org/,,OpenPKG} offers binaries for quite a
2151number of platforms.
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2152@end itemize
2153
2154In addition to those specific offerings, you can get a binary
2155distribution CD-ROM from the
f9047ed3 2156@uref{http://www.fsf.org/order/order.html,,Free Software Foundation}.
f42974dc 2157It contains binaries for a number of platforms, and
767094dd 2158includes not only GCC, but other stuff as well. The current CD does
f42974dc 2159not contain the latest version of GCC, but it should allow
767094dd 2160bootstrapping the compiler. An updated version of that disk is in the
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2161works.
2162
2163@html
b8db17af 2164<hr />
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2165<p>
2166@end html
2167@ifhtml
2168@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2169@end ifhtml
2170@end ifset
2171
2172@c ***Specific****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 2173@ifnothtml
f42974dc 2174@comment node-name, next, previous, up
73e2155a 2175@node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
6cfb3f16 2176@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 2177@ifset specifichtml
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2178@ifnothtml
2179@chapter Host/target specific installation notes for GCC
2180@end ifnothtml
2181@cindex Specific
2182@cindex Specific installation notes
2183@cindex Target specific installation
2184@cindex Host specific installation
2185@cindex Target specific installation notes
2186
2187Please read this document carefully @emph{before} installing the
2188GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
2189
ef88b07d 2190@ifhtml
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2191@itemize
2192@item
5a4c9b10 2193@uref{#alpha-x-x,,alpha*-*-*}
f42974dc 2194@item
5a4c9b10 2195@uref{#alpha-dec-osf,,alpha*-dec-osf*}
f42974dc 2196@item
5a4c9b10 2197@uref{#alphaev5-cray-unicosmk,,alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}
71b96724 2198@item
5a4c9b10 2199@uref{#arc-x-elf,,arc-*-elf}
b8df899a 2200@item
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2201@uref{#arm-x-elf,,arm-*-elf}
2202@uref{#arm-x-coff,,arm-*-coff}
2203@uref{#arm-x-aout,,arm-*-aout}
b8df899a 2204@item
5a4c9b10 2205@uref{#xscale-x-x,,xscale-*-*}
476c334e 2206@item
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2207@uref{#avr,,avr}
2208@item
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2209@uref{#bfin,,Blackfin}
2210@item
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2211@uref{#c4x,,c4x}
2212@item
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2213@uref{#dos,,DOS}
2214@item
5a4c9b10 2215@uref{#x-x-freebsd,,*-*-freebsd*}
021c4bfd 2216@item
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2217@uref{#h8300-hms,,h8300-hms}
2218@item
5a4c9b10 2219@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
f42974dc 2220@item
5a4c9b10 2221@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
f42974dc 2222@item
5a4c9b10 2223@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
f42974dc 2224@item
5a4c9b10 2225@uref{#x-x-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
f42974dc 2226@item
5a4c9b10 2227@uref{#ix86-x-linuxaout,,i?86-*-linux*aout}
b8df899a 2228@item
5a4c9b10 2229@uref{#ix86-x-linux,,i?86-*-linux*}
f42974dc 2230@item
d8fcd085 2231@uref{#ix86-x-sco32v5,,i?86-*-sco3.2v5*}
f42974dc 2232@item
d8fcd085 2233@uref{#ix86-x-solaris210,,i?86-*-solaris2.10}
8f47c084 2234@item
5a4c9b10 2235@uref{#ix86-x-udk,,i?86-*-udk}
f42974dc 2236@item
5a4c9b10 2237@uref{#ia64-x-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
b8df899a 2238@item
5a4c9b10 2239@uref{#ia64-x-hpux,,ia64-*-hpux*}
b499d9ab 2240@item
5a4c9b10 2241@uref{#x-ibm-aix,,*-ibm-aix*}
959a73a4 2242@item
5a4c9b10 2243@uref{#ip2k-x-elf,,ip2k-*-elf}
f42974dc 2244@item
5a4c9b10 2245@uref{#iq2000-x-elf,,iq2000-*-elf}
e3223ea2 2246@item
5a4c9b10 2247@uref{#m32r-x-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
b8df899a 2248@item
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2249@uref{#m6811-elf,,m6811-elf}
2250@item
2251@uref{#m6812-elf,,m6812-elf}
2252@item
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2253@uref{#m68k-hp-hpux,,m68k-hp-hpux}
2254@item
5a4c9b10 2255@uref{#mips-x-x,,mips-*-*}
b8df899a 2256@item
b953cc4b 2257@uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,mips-sgi-irix5}
f42974dc 2258@item
b953cc4b 2259@uref{#mips-sgi-irix6,,mips-sgi-irix6}
f42974dc 2260@item
5a4c9b10 2261@uref{#powerpc-x-x,,powerpc*-*-*, powerpc-*-sysv4}
4f2b1139 2262@item
5a4c9b10 2263@uref{#powerpc-x-darwin,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
b8df899a 2264@item
5a4c9b10 2265@uref{#powerpc-x-elf,,powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4}
f42974dc 2266@item
5a4c9b10 2267@uref{#powerpc-x-linux-gnu,,powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*}
edf1b3f3 2268@item
5a4c9b10 2269@uref{#powerpc-x-netbsd,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
b8df899a 2270@item
5a4c9b10 2271@uref{#powerpc-x-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
b8df899a 2272@item
5a4c9b10 2273@uref{#powerpc-x-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
b8df899a 2274@item
5a4c9b10 2275@uref{#powerpcle-x-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4}
b8df899a 2276@item
5a4c9b10 2277@uref{#powerpcle-x-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
b8df899a 2278@item
5a4c9b10 2279@uref{#powerpcle-x-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
b8df899a 2280@item
5a4c9b10 2281@uref{#s390-x-linux,,s390-*-linux*}
91abf72d 2282@item
5a4c9b10 2283@uref{#s390x-x-linux,,s390x-*-linux*}
91abf72d 2284@item
5a4c9b10 2285@uref{#s390x-ibm-tpf,,s390x-ibm-tpf*}
8bf06993 2286@item
5a4c9b10 2287@uref{#x-x-solaris2,,*-*-solaris2*}
f42974dc 2288@item
5a4c9b10 2289@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
f42974dc 2290@item
d8fcd085 2291@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris27,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
f42974dc 2292@item
5a4c9b10 2293@uref{#sparc-x-linux,,sparc-*-linux*}
c6fa9728 2294@item
5a4c9b10 2295@uref{#sparc64-x-solaris2,,sparc64-*-solaris2*}
f42974dc 2296@item
5a4c9b10 2297@uref{#sparcv9-x-solaris2,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
e403b4bc 2298@item
5a4c9b10 2299@uref{#x-x-sysv,,*-*-sysv*}
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2300@item
2301@uref{#vax-dec-ultrix,,vax-dec-ultrix}
2302@item
5a4c9b10 2303@uref{#x-x-vxworks,,*-*-vxworks*}
4977bab6 2304@item
d8fcd085 2305@uref{#x86-64-x-x,,x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*}
7e081a0c 2306@item
5a4c9b10 2307@uref{#xtensa-x-elf,,xtensa-*-elf}
fd29f6ea 2308@item
5a4c9b10 2309@uref{#xtensa-x-linux,,xtensa-*-linux*}
fd29f6ea 2310@item
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2311@uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
2312@item
2313@uref{#os2,,OS/2}
2314@item
2315@uref{#older,,Older systems}
2316@end itemize
2317
2318@itemize
2319@item
d8fcd085 2320@uref{#elf,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
f42974dc 2321@end itemize
ef88b07d 2322@end ifhtml
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2323
2324
2325@html
2326<!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
b8db17af 2327<hr />
f42974dc 2328@end html
5a4c9b10 2329@heading @anchor{alpha-x-x}alpha*-*-*
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2330
2331This section contains general configuration information for all
2332alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
161d7b59 2333DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX and Tru64 UNIX)@. In addition to reading this
f2541106 2334section, please read all other sections that match your target.
333e14b0 2335
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2336We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer.
2337Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2
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2338debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of
2339shared libraries.
2340
b8df899a 2341@html
b8db17af 2342<hr />
b8df899a 2343@end html
5a4c9b10 2344@heading @anchor{alpha-dec-osf}alpha*-dec-osf*
b8df899a 2345Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
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2346are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
2347Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
2348
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2349As of GCC 3.2, versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer
2350supported. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC
2351OSF/1.)
9340544b 2352
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2353In Digital Unix V4.0, virtual memory exhausted bootstrap failures
2354may be fixed by configuring with @option{--with-gc=simple},
2355reconfiguring Kernel Virtual Memory and Swap parameters
2356per the @command{/usr/sbin/sys_check} Tuning Suggestions,
2357or applying the patch in
2358@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg00822.html}.
2359
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2360In Tru64 UNIX V5.1, Compaq introduced a new assembler that does not
2361currently (2001-06-13) work with @command{mips-tfile}. As a workaround,
2362we need to use the old assembler, invoked via the barely documented
2363@option{-oldas} option. To bootstrap GCC, you either need to use the
2364Compaq C Compiler:
2365
3ab51846 2366@smallexample
eea81d3e 2367 % CC=cc @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 2368@end smallexample
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2369
2370or you can use a copy of GCC 2.95.3 or higher built on Tru64 UNIX V4.0:
2371
3ab51846 2372@smallexample
eea81d3e 2373 % CC=gcc -Wa,-oldas @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 2374@end smallexample
b8df899a 2375
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2376As of GNU binutils 2.11.2, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
2377are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with
2378@option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
2379
f0523f02 2380GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
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2381unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
2382the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
2383new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
2384stamp.
2385
2386Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
238732-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
2388when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
2389optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
2390target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed. Building
2391cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
2392a few cases and may not work properly.
2393
7ba4ca63 2394@samp{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
6cfb3f16 2395@option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
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2396assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
2397comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
6cfb3f16 2398@code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
b8df899a 2399fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
6cfb3f16 2400randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
b8df899a 2401unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you add
6cfb3f16 2402@option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
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2403@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
2404
f0523f02 2405GCC now supports both the native (ECOFF) debugging format used by DBX
161d7b59 2406and GDB and an encapsulated STABS format for use only with GDB@. See the
6cfb3f16 2407discussion of the @option{--with-stabs} option of @file{configure} above
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2408for more information on these formats and how to select them.
2409
2410There is a bug in DEC's assembler that produces incorrect line numbers
2411for ECOFF format when the @samp{.align} directive is used. To work
f0523f02 2412around this problem, GCC will not emit such alignment directives
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2413while writing ECOFF format debugging information even if optimization is
2414being performed. Unfortunately, this has the very undesirable
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2415side-effect that code addresses when @option{-O} is specified are
2416different depending on whether or not @option{-g} is also specified.
b8df899a 2417
6cfb3f16 2418To avoid this behavior, specify @option{-gstabs+} and use GDB instead of
161d7b59 2419DBX@. DEC is now aware of this problem with the assembler and hopes to
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2420provide a fix shortly.
2421
71b96724 2422@html
b8db17af 2423<hr />
71b96724 2424@end html
5a4c9b10 2425@heading @anchor{alphaev5-cray-unicosmk}alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*
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2426Cray T3E systems running Unicos/Mk.
2427
2428This port is incomplete and has many known bugs. We hope to improve the
2429support for this target soon. Currently, only the C front end is supported,
2430and it is not possible to build parallel applications. Cray modules are not
2431supported; in particular, Craylibs are assumed to be in
2432@file{/opt/ctl/craylibs/craylibs}.
2433
2434You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU make on this platform. Also, you
2435need to tell GCC where to find the assembler and the linker. The
2436simplest way to do so is by providing @option{--with-as} and
2437@option{--with-ld} to @file{configure}, e.g.@:
2438
3ab51846 2439@smallexample
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2440 configure --with-as=/opt/ctl/bin/cam --with-ld=/opt/ctl/bin/cld \
2441 --enable-languages=c
3ab51846 2442@end smallexample
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2443
2444The comparison test during @samp{make bootstrap} fails on Unicos/Mk
2445because the assembler inserts timestamps into object files. You should
2446be able to work around this by doing @samp{make all} after getting this
2447failure.
2448
b8df899a 2449@html
b8db17af 2450<hr />
b8df899a 2451@end html
5a4c9b10 2452@heading @anchor{arc-x-elf}arc-*-elf
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2453Argonaut ARC processor.
2454This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
2455
2456@html
b8db17af 2457<hr />
b8df899a 2458@end html
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2459@heading @anchor{arm-x-elf}arm-*-elf
2460@heading @anchor{xscale-x-x}xscale-*-*
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2461ARM-family processors. Subtargets that use the ELF object format
2462require GNU binutils 2.13 or newer. Such subtargets include:
2463@code{arm-*-freebsd}, @code{arm-*-netbsdelf}, @code{arm-*-*linux},
2464@code{arm-*-rtems} and @code{arm-*-kaos}.
2465
2466@html
2467<hr />
2468@end html
5a4c9b10 2469@heading @anchor{arm-x-coff}arm-*-coff
61aeb06f 2470ARM-family processors. Note that there are two different varieties
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2471of PE format subtarget supported: @code{arm-wince-pe} and
2472@code{arm-pe} as well as a standard COFF target @code{arm-*-coff}.
2473
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2474@html
2475<hr />
2476@end html
5a4c9b10 2477@heading @anchor{arm-x-aout}arm-*-aout
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2478ARM-family processors. These targets support the AOUT file format:
2479@code{arm-*-aout}, @code{arm-*-netbsd}.
476c334e 2480
f42974dc 2481@html
b8db17af 2482<hr />
f42974dc 2483@end html
ef88b07d 2484@heading @anchor{avr}avr
f42974dc 2485
b8df899a 2486ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
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2487applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
2488@ifnothtml
7f970b70 2489@xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
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2490Collection (GCC)},
2491@end ifnothtml
98999d8b 2492@ifhtml
ca52d046 2493See ``AVR Options'' in the main manual
98999d8b 2494@end ifhtml
ca52d046 2495for the list of supported MCU types.
b8df899a 2496
161d7b59 2497Use @samp{configure --target=avr --enable-languages="c"} to configure GCC@.
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2499Further installation notes and other useful information about AVR tools
2500can also be obtained from:
2501
2502@itemize @bullet
2503@item
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2504@uref{http://www.openavr.org,,http://www.openavr.org}
2505@item
d1a86812 2506@uref{http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/,,http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/}
f42974dc 2507@item
d1a86812 2508@uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/}
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2509@end itemize
2510
de7999ba 2511We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.13 or newer.
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2512
2513The following error:
3ab51846 2514@smallexample
f42974dc 2515 Error: register required
3ab51846 2516@end smallexample
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2517
2518indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
2519
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2520@html
2521<hr />
2522@end html
2523@heading @anchor{bfin}Blackfin
2524
2525The Blackfin processor, an Analog Devices DSP.
2526@ifnothtml
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2527@xref{Blackfin Options,, Blackfin Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
2528Collection (GCC)},
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2529@end ifnothtml
2530@ifhtml
2531See ``Blackfin Options'' in the main manual
2532@end ifhtml
2533
2534More information, and a version of binutils with support for this processor,
2535is available at @uref{http://blackfin.uclinux.org}
2536
0132e321 2537@html
b8db17af 2538<hr />
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2539@end html
2540@heading @anchor{c4x}c4x
2541
2542Texas Instruments TMS320C3x and TMS320C4x Floating Point Digital Signal
2543Processors. These are used in embedded applications. There are no
d8393f64
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2544standard Unix configurations.
2545@ifnothtml
7f970b70
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2546@xref{TMS320C3x/C4x Options,, TMS320C3x/C4x Options, gcc, Using the
2547GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
d8393f64 2548@end ifnothtml
98999d8b 2549@ifhtml
d8393f64 2550See ``TMS320C3x/C4x Options'' in the main manual
98999d8b 2551@end ifhtml
d8393f64 2552for the list of supported MCU types.
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2553
2554GCC can be configured as a cross compiler for both the C3x and C4x
2555architectures on the same system. Use @samp{configure --target=c4x
2556--enable-languages="c,c++"} to configure.
2557
2558
2559Further installation notes and other useful information about C4x tools
2560can also be obtained from:
2561
2562@itemize @bullet
2563@item
d8393f64 2564@uref{http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/,,http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/}
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2565@end itemize
2566
0b85d816 2567@html
b8db17af 2568<hr />
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2569@end html
2570@heading @anchor{cris}CRIS
2571
2572CRIS is the CPU architecture in Axis Communications ETRAX system-on-a-chip
2573series. These are used in embedded applications.
2574
2575@ifnothtml
7f970b70 2576@xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
0b85d816
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2577Collection (GCC)},
2578@end ifnothtml
2579@ifhtml
2580See ``CRIS Options'' in the main manual
2581@end ifhtml
2582for a list of CRIS-specific options.
2583
2584There are a few different CRIS targets:
2585@table @code
2586@item cris-axis-aout
2587Old target. Includes a multilib for the @samp{elinux} a.out-based
2588target. No multilibs for newer architecture variants.
2589@item cris-axis-elf
2590Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
2591@samp{v10} core used in @samp{ETRAX 100 LX}.
2592@item cris-axis-linux-gnu
2593A GNU/Linux port for the CRIS architecture, currently targeting
2594@samp{ETRAX 100 LX} by default.
2595@end table
2596
2597For @code{cris-axis-aout} and @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
2598or newer. For @code{cris-axis-linux-gnu} you need binutils 2.12 or newer.
2599
2600Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
2601@uref{ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/}. More
2602information about this platform is available at
2603@uref{http://developer.axis.com/}.
2604
f42974dc 2605@html
b8db17af 2606<hr />
f42974dc 2607@end html
ef88b07d 2608@heading @anchor{dos}DOS
f42974dc 2609
962e6e00 2610Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
f42974dc 2611
f0523f02 2612You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
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2613any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
2614compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
2615and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
2616
021c4bfd 2617@html
b8db17af 2618<hr />
021c4bfd 2619@end html
5a4c9b10 2620@heading @anchor{x-x-freebsd}*-*-freebsd*
021c4bfd 2621
f08dc6c1 2622The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} probably works with
8a36672b 2623this release of GCC@. However, on FreeBSD 4, bootstrapping against the
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2624latest FSF binutils is known to improve overall testsuite results; and,
2625on FreeBSD/alpha, using binutils 2.14 or later is required to build libjava.
021c4bfd 2626
6a1dbbaf 2627Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2.
c7bdf0a6 2628
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2629Support for FreeBSD 2 will be discontinued after GCC 3.4. The
2630following was true for GCC 3.1 but the current status is unknown.
c7bdf0a6 2631For FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
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2632configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
2633place. FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been known to bootstrap completely; however,
2634it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it
2635was the system copy in @file{/usr/bin}) and C++ EH failures were noted.
2636
2637For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF 2 debugging is now the
2638default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on
2639FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead
2640of @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
2641no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
2642debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match more
8a36672b 2643of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of GCC@. In
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2644particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default.
2645However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system
2646compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good
f08dc6c1 2647results on FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@. In the past, known to
e4e7d312 2648bootstrap and check with good results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2,
f08dc6c1 26494.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8-STABLE@.
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2650
2651In principle, @option{--enable-threads} is now compatible with
2652@option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@. However, it has only been built
e4e7d312 2653and tested on @samp{i386-*-freebsd[45]} and @samp{alpha-*-freebsd[45]}.
8c085f6f 2654The static
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2655library may be incorrectly built (symbols are missing at link time).
2656There is a rare timing-based startup hang (probably involves an
c0478a66 2657assumption about the thread library). Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
46fc709d 2658libjava) exposes severe threaded signal-handling bugs on FreeBSD before
e4e7d312 26594.5-RELEASE@. Other CPU architectures
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2660supported by FreeBSD will require additional configuration tuning in, at
2661the very least, both boehm-gc and libffi.
021c4bfd 2662
bc3a44db
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2663Shared @file{libgcc_s.so} is now built and installed by default.
2664
f42974dc 2665@html
b8db17af 2666<hr />
f42974dc 2667@end html
ef88b07d 2668@heading @anchor{h8300-hms}h8300-hms
71c6b994 2669Renesas H8/300 series of processors.
f42974dc 2670
962e6e00 2671Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
f42974dc 2672
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2673The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
2674All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
2675first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
2676longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
2677
f42974dc 2678@html
b8db17af 2679<hr />
f42974dc 2680@end html
5a4c9b10 2681@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux}hppa*-hp-hpux*
6a1dbbaf 2682Support for HP-UX version 9 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
f42974dc 2683
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2684We @emph{highly} recommend using gas/binutils on all hppa platforms;
2685you may encounter a variety of problems when using the HP assembler.
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2686
2687Specifically, @option{-g} does not work on HP-UX (since that system
d711cf67 2688uses a peculiar debugging format which GCC does not know about), unless
8a36672b 2689you use GAS and GDB@. It may be helpful to configure GCC with the
38209993 2690@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}} and
8a36672b 2691@option{--with-as=@dots{}} options to ensure that GCC can find GAS@.
f42974dc 2692
08b3d104 2693If you wish to use the pa-risc 2.0 architecture support with a 32-bit
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2694runtime, you must use either the HP assembler, or gas/binutils 2.11
2695or newer.
f42974dc 2696
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2697There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
2698PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
2699architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
2700PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
2701the target is a @samp{hppa1*} machine.
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2702
2703The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
2704it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
2705configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
2706TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
2707default scheduling model is desired.
2708
25f710ba 2709As of GCC 4.0, GCC uses the UNIX 95 namespace for HP-UX 10.10
d711cf67
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2710through 11.00, and the UNIX 98 namespace for HP-UX 11.11 and later.
2711This namespace change might cause problems when bootstrapping with
2712an earlier version of GCC or the HP compiler as essentially the same
2713namespace is required for an entire build. This problem can be avoided
2714in a number of ways. With HP cc, @env{UNIX_STD} can be set to @samp{95}
2715or @samp{98}. Another way is to add an appropriate set of predefines
2716to @env{CC}. The description for the @option{munix=} option contains
2717a list of the predefines used with each standard.
2718
021c4bfd 2719More specific information to @samp{hppa*-hp-hpux*} targets follows.
f42974dc 2720
f42974dc 2721@html
b8db17af 2722<hr />
f42974dc 2723@end html
5a4c9b10 2724@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
f42974dc 2725
f9047ed3 2726For hpux10.20, we @emph{highly} recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
161d7b59 2727@code{PHCO_19798} from HP@. HP has two sites which provide patches free of
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2728charge:
2729
2730@itemize @bullet
2731@item
2732@html
f401d0f5 2733<a href="http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do">US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
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2734Latin-America</a>
2735@end html
2736@ifnothtml
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2737@uref{http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} US, Canada, Asia-Pacific,
2738and Latin-America.
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2739@end ifnothtml
2740@item
f401d0f5 2741@uref{http://europe.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} Europe.
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2742@end itemize
2743
2aea0b53
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2744The HP assembler on these systems has some problems. Most notably the
2745assembler inserts timestamps into each object file it creates, causing
2746the 3-stage comparison test to fail during a @samp{make bootstrap}.
2747You should be able to continue by saying @samp{make all} after getting
2748the failure from @samp{make bootstrap}.
f42974dc 2749
25f710ba 2750GCC 4.0 requires CVS binutils as of April 28, 2004 or later. Earlier
9a55eab3
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2751versions require binutils 2.8 or later.
2752
25f710ba 2753The C++ ABI has changed incompatibly in GCC 4.0. COMDAT subspaces are
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2754used for one-only code and data. This resolves many of the previous
2755problems in using C++ on this target. However, the ABI is not compatible
2756with the one implemented under HP-UX 11 using secondary definitions.
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2757
2758@html
b8db17af 2759<hr />
f42974dc 2760@end html
5a4c9b10 2761@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
f42974dc 2762
c5124497
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2763GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. GCC 2.95.x is not supported and cannot
2764be used to compile GCC 3.0 and up.
f269f54f 2765
c5124497 2766Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for information about obtaining
8a36672b
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2767precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX@. Precompiled binaries must be obtained
2768to build the Ada language as it can't be bootstrapped using C@. Ada is
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2769only available for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime. The libffi and libjava
2770haven't been ported to HP-UX and don't build.
f401d0f5 2771
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2772It is possible to build GCC 3.3 starting with the bundled HP compiler,
2773but the process requires several steps. GCC 3.3 can then be used to
2774build later versions. The fastjar program contains ISO C code and
2775can't be built with the HP bundled compiler. This problem can be
2776avoided by not building the Java language. For example, use the
2777@option{--enable-languages="c,c++,f77,objc"} option in your configure
2778command.
08b3d104 2779
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2780Starting with GCC 3.4 an ISO C compiler is required to bootstrap. The
2781bundled compiler supports only traditional C; you will need either HP's
2782unbundled compiler, or a binary distribution of GCC@.
8c085f6f 2783
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2784There are several possible approaches to building the distribution.
2785Binutils can be built first using the HP tools. Then, the GCC
2786distribution can be built. The second approach is to build GCC
8a36672b 2787first using the HP tools, then build binutils, then rebuild GCC@.
c5124497
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2788There have been problems with various binary distributions, so it
2789is best not to start from a binary distribution.
2790
2791On 64-bit capable systems, there are two distinct targets. Different
2792installation prefixes must be used if both are to be installed on
2793the same system. The @samp{hppa[1-2]*-hp-hpux11*} target generates code
2794for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime architecture and uses the HP linker.
2795The @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target generates 64-bit code for the
2796PA-RISC 2.0 architecture. The HP and GNU linkers are both supported
2797for this target.
2798
2799The script config.guess now selects the target type based on the compiler
2800detected during configuration. You must define @env{PATH} or @env{CC} so
2801that configure finds an appropriate compiler for the initial bootstrap.
2802When @env{CC} is used, the definition should contain the options that are
2803needed whenever @env{CC} is used.
2804
2805Specifically, options that determine the runtime architecture must be
2806in @env{CC} to correctly select the target for the build. It is also
f0eb93a8 2807convenient to place many other compiler options in @env{CC}. For example,
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2808@env{CC="cc -Ac +DA2.0W -Wp,-H16376 -D_CLASSIC_TYPES -D_HPUX_SOURCE"}
2809can be used to bootstrap the GCC 3.3 branch with the HP compiler in
281064-bit K&R/bundled mode. The @option{+DA2.0W} option will result in
2811the automatic selection of the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target. The
2812macro definition table of cpp needs to be increased for a successful
2813build with the HP compiler. _CLASSIC_TYPES and _HPUX_SOURCE need to
2814be defined when building with the bundled compiler, or when using the
2815@option{-Ac} option. These defines aren't necessary with @option{-Ae}.
8c085f6f 2816
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2817It is best to explicitly configure the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target
2818with the @option{--with-ld=@dots{}} option. This overrides the standard
2819search for ld. The two linkers supported on this target require different
2820commands. The default linker is determined during configuration. As a
2821result, it's not possible to switch linkers in the middle of a GCC build.
2822This has been been reported to sometimes occur in unified builds of
8a36672b 2823binutils and GCC@.
c5124497 2824
9a55eab3 2825GCC 3.0 through 3.2 require binutils 2.11 or above. GCC 3.3 through
25f710ba 2826GCC 4.0 require binutils 2.14 or later.
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2827
2828Although the HP assembler can be used for an initial build, it shouldn't
2829be used with any languages other than C and perhaps Fortran due to its
2830many limitations. For example, it does not support weak symbols or alias
2831definitions. As a result, explicit template instantiations are required
2832when using C++. This makes it difficult if not impossible to build many
2833C++ applications. You can't generate debugging information when using
2834the HP assembler. Finally, @samp{make bootstrap} fails in the final
2835comparison of object modules due to the time stamps that it inserts into
2836the modules. The bootstrap can be continued from this point with
2837@samp{make all}.
2838
2839A recent linker patch must be installed for the correct operation of
2840GCC 3.3 and later. @code{PHSS_26559} and @code{PHSS_24304} are the
2841oldest linker patches that are known to work. They are for HP-UX
284211.00 and 11.11, respectively. @code{PHSS_24303}, the companion to
2843@code{PHSS_24304}, might be usable but it hasn't been tested. These
2844patches have been superseded. Consult the HP patch database to obtain
2845the currently recommended linker patch for your system.
2846
2847The patches are necessary for the support of weak symbols on the
284832-bit port, and for the running of initializers and finalizers. Weak
2849symbols are implemented using SOM secondary definition symbols. Prior
2850to HP-UX 11, there are bugs in the linker support for secondary symbols.
2851The patches correct a problem of linker core dumps creating shared
2852libraries containing secondary symbols, as well as various other
2853linking issues involving secondary symbols.
2854
2855GCC 3.3 uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capabilities to
2856run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The 32-bit port
2857uses the linker @option{+init} and @option{+fini} options for the same
2858purpose. The patches correct various problems with the +init/+fini
2859options, including program core dumps. Binutils 2.14 corrects a
2860problem on the 64-bit port resulting from HP's non-standard use of
2861the .init and .fini sections for array initializers and finalizers.
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2862
2863There are a number of issues to consider in selecting which linker to
c5124497 2864use with the 64-bit port. The GNU 64-bit linker can only create dynamic
f401d0f5
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2865binaries. The @option{-static} option causes linking with archive
2866libraries but doesn't produce a truly static binary. Dynamic binaries
2867still require final binding by the dynamic loader to resolve a set of
2868dynamic-loader-defined symbols. The default behavior of the HP linker
2869is the same as the GNU linker. However, it can generate true 64-bit
2870static binaries using the @option{+compat} option.
2871
2872The HP 64-bit linker doesn't support linkonce semantics. As a
2873result, C++ programs have many more sections than they should.
2874
2875The GNU 64-bit linker has some issues with shared library support
2876and exceptions. As a result, we only support libgcc in archive
2877format. For similar reasons, dwarf2 unwind and exception support
2878are disabled. The GNU linker also has problems creating binaries
2879with @option{-static}. It doesn't provide stubs for internal
2880calls to global functions in shared libraries, so these calls
2881can't be overloaded.
581d9404 2882
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2883Thread support is not implemented in GCC 3.0 through 3.2, so the
2884@option{--enable-threads} configure option does not work. In 3.3
2885and later, POSIX threads are supported. The optional DCE thread
2886library is not supported.
581d9404
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2887
2888This port still is undergoing significant development.
08b3d104 2889
f42974dc 2890@html
b8db17af 2891<hr />
f42974dc 2892@end html
5a4c9b10 2893@heading @anchor{x-x-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
f42974dc 2894
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2895Versions of libstdc++-v3 starting with 3.2.1 require bugfixes present
2896in glibc 2.2.5 and later. More information is available in the
2897libstdc++-v3 documentation.
2898
b8df899a 2899@html
b8db17af 2900<hr />
b8df899a 2901@end html
5a4c9b10 2902@heading @anchor{ix86-x-linuxaout}i?86-*-linux*aout
b8df899a 2903Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
41ca24de 2904GNU systems. This configuration is being superseded.
b8df899a 2905
f42974dc 2906@html
b8db17af 2907<hr />
f42974dc 2908@end html
5a4c9b10 2909@heading @anchor{ix86-x-linux}i?86-*-linux*
f42974dc 2910
1ea6f4c8
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2911As of GCC 3.3, binutils 2.13.1 or later is required for this platform.
2912See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/PR10877,,bug 10877} for more information.
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2913
2914If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
2915possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
2916found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
2917
2918@html
b8db17af 2919<hr />
f42974dc 2920@end html
d8fcd085 2921@heading @anchor{ix86-x-sco32v5}i?86-*-sco3.2v5*
b8df899a 2922Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release 5 family of operating systems.
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2923
2924Unlike earlier versions of GCC, the ability to generate COFF with this
2925target is no longer provided.
2926
021c4bfd 2927Earlier versions of GCC emitted DWARF 1 when generating ELF to allow
f42974dc 2928the system debugger to be used. That support was too burdensome to
021c4bfd 2929maintain. GCC now emits only DWARF 2 for this target. This means you
f42974dc 2930may use either the UDK debugger or GDB to debug programs built by this
161d7b59 2931version of GCC@.
f42974dc 2932
ac24fc99
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2933GCC is now only supported on releases 5.0.4 and later, and requires that
2934you install Support Level Supplement OSS646B or later, and Support Level
2935Supplement OSS631C or later. If you are using release 5.0.7 of
2936OpenServer, you must have at least the first maintenance pack installed
2937(this includes the relevant portions of OSS646). OSS646, also known as
78466c0e 2938the ``Execution Environment Update'', provides updated link editors and
ac24fc99
KJ
2939assemblers, as well as updated standard C and math libraries. The C
2940startup modules are also updated to support the System V gABI draft, and
0b4be7de 2941GCC relies on that behavior. OSS631 provides a collection of commonly
ac24fc99
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2942used open source libraries, some of which GCC depends on (such as GNU
2943gettext and zlib). SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 has all of this built
2944in by default, but OSS631C and later also apply to that release. Please
2945visit
2946@uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5}
2947for the latest versions of these (and other potentially useful)
2948supplements.
2949
2950Although there is support for using the native assembler, it is
2951recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler. You do
2952this by using the flags
2953@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}. You should
2954use a modern version of GNU binutils. Version 2.13.2.1 was used for all
2955testing. In general, only the @option{--with-gnu-as} option is tested.
2956A modern bintuils (as well as a plethora of other development related
2957GNU utilities) can be found in Support Level Supplement OSS658A, the
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2958``GNU Development Tools'' package. See the SCO web and ftp sites for details.
2959That package also contains the currently ``officially supported'' version of
daf2f129 2960GCC, version 2.95.3. It is useful for bootstrapping this version.
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2962@html
2963<hr />
2964@end html
d8fcd085 2965@heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10
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2966Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. This
2967configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only.
2968
2969It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler in
2970@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas} but the Sun linker, using the options
2971@option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld
2972--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld}.
2973
f42974dc 2974@html
b8db17af 2975<hr />
f42974dc 2976@end html
5a4c9b10 2977@heading @anchor{ix86-x-udk}i?86-*-udk
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2978
2979This target emulates the SCO Universal Development Kit and requires that
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2980package be installed. (If it is installed, you will have a
2981@file{/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc} file present.) It's very much like the
b953cc4b 2982@samp{i?86-*-unixware7*} target
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2983but is meant to be used when hosting on a system where UDK isn't the
2984default compiler such as OpenServer 5 or Unixware 2. This target will
f9047ed3 2985generate binaries that will run on OpenServer, Unixware 2, or Unixware 7,
161d7b59 2986with the same warnings and caveats as the SCO UDK@.
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2988This target is a little tricky to build because we have to distinguish
2989it from the native tools (so it gets headers, startups, and libraries
f9047ed3 2990from the right place) while making the tools not think we're actually
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2991building a cross compiler. The easiest way to do this is with a configure
2992command like this:
2993
3ab51846 2994@smallexample
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2995 CC=/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc @var{/your/path/to}/gcc/configure \
2996 --host=i686-pc-udk --target=i686-pc-udk --program-prefix=udk-
3ab51846 2997@end smallexample
f42974dc 2998
6cfb3f16 2999@emph{You should substitute @samp{i686} in the above command with the appropriate
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3000processor for your host.}
3001
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3002After the usual @samp{make bootstrap} and
3003@samp{make install}, you can then access the UDK-targeted GCC
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3004tools by adding @command{udk-} before the commonly known name. For
3005example, to invoke the C compiler, you would use @command{udk-gcc}.
3006They will coexist peacefully with any native-target GCC tools you may
3007have installed.
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3008
3009
b499d9ab 3010@html
b8db17af 3011<hr />
b499d9ab 3012@end html
5a4c9b10 3013@heading @anchor{ia64-x-linux}ia64-*-linux
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3014IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
3015running GNU/Linux.
3016
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3017If you are using the installed system libunwind library with
3018@option{--with-system-libunwind}, then you must use libunwind 0.98 or
3019later.
bcd11e5e 3020
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3021None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
3022with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
3023Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
41ca24de 30243.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
b499d9ab 3025This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
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3026GCC 3.1 or later is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
3027As of version 3.1 GCC is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no
3028more major ABI changes are expected.
b499d9ab 3029
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3030@html
3031<hr />
3032@end html
5a4c9b10 3033@heading @anchor{ia64-x-hpux}ia64-*-hpux*
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3034Building GCC on this target requires the GNU Assembler. The bundled HP
3035assembler will not work. To prevent GCC from using the wrong assembler,
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3036the option @option{--with-gnu-as} may be necessary.
3037
8a36672b 3038The GCC libunwind library has not been ported to HPUX@. This means that for
959a73a4 3039GCC versions 3.2.3 and earlier, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions}
8a36672b 3040is required to build GCC@. For GCC 3.3 and later, this is the default.
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3041For gcc 3.4.3 and later, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions} is
3042removed and the system libunwind library will always be used.
959a73a4 3043
f42974dc 3044@html
b8db17af 3045<hr />
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3046<!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
3047@end html
5a4c9b10 3048@heading @anchor{x-ibm-aix}*-ibm-aix*
6a1dbbaf 3049Support for AIX version 3 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
f42974dc 3050
41ca24de 3051AIX Make frequently has problems with GCC makefiles. GNU Make 3.79.1 or
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3052newer is recommended to build on this platform.
3053
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3054``out of memory'' bootstrap failures may indicate a problem with
3055process resource limits (ulimit). Hard limits are configured in the
71fc0c16 3056@file{/etc/security/limits} system configuration file.
7cc654b8 3057
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3058To speed up the configuration phases of bootstrapping and installing GCC,
3059one may use GNU Bash instead of AIX @command{/bin/sh}, e.g.,
3060
3061@smallexample
3062 % CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
3063 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3064@end smallexample
3065
3066and then proceed as described in @uref{build.html,,the build instructions},
3067where we strongly recommend using GNU make and specifying an absolute path
3068to invoke @var{srcdir}/configure.
3069
6cfb3f16 3070Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
021c4bfd 3071to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
161d7b59 3072compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
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3073the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
3074(not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
3075@command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
38209993 3076configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
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3077does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
3078If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
3079is the version of Make (see above).
3080
f0483418 3081The native @command{as} and @command{ld} are recommended for bootstrapping
8a36672b 3082on AIX 4 and required for bootstrapping on AIX 5L@. The GNU Assembler
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3083reports that it supports WEAK symbols on AIX 4, which causes GCC to try to
3084utilize weak symbol functionality although it is not supported. The GNU
8a36672b 3085Assembler and Linker do not support AIX 5L sufficiently to bootstrap GCC@.
f0483418 3086The native AIX tools do interoperate with GCC@.
df002c7d 3087
04d2be8e 3088Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
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3089APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1). It also requires a
3090fix for another AIX Assembler bug and a co-dependent AIX Archiver fix
06e7f299 3091referenced as APAR IY53606 (AIX 5.2) or a APAR IY54774 (AIX 5.1)
2705baf5 3092
bb674cef 3093@samp{libstdc++} in GCC 3.4 increments the major version number of the
fdf68669 3094shared object and GCC installation places the @file{libstdc++.a}
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3095shared library in a common location which will overwrite the and GCC
30963.3 version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
3097re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.3
3098versions of the @samp{libstdc++} shared object needs to be available
3099to the AIX runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 @samp{libstdc++.so.4}, if
3100present, and GCC 3.3 @samp{libstdc++.so.5} shared objects can be
3101installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to set
3102the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag in the shared object for @emph{each}
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3103multilib @file{libstdc++.a} installed:
3104
bb674cef
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3105Extract the shared objects from the currently installed
3106@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3ab51846 3107@smallexample
bb674cef 3108 % ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3ab51846 3109@end smallexample
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3110
3111Enable the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag so that the shared object will be
3112available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
3ab51846 3113@smallexample
bb674cef 3114 % strip -e libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3ab51846 3115@end smallexample
fdf68669 3116
bb674cef 3117Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.4
fdf68669 3118@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3ab51846 3119@smallexample
bb674cef 3120 % ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3ab51846 3121@end smallexample
fdf68669 3122
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3123Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
3124duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
3125have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
3126and function declarations in the original program. The warnings should
3127not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
3128executable.
3129
6cfb3f16 3130AIX 4.3 utilizes a ``large format'' archive to support both 32-bit and
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313164-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
3132to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
3133These routines are used by GCC and result in error messages during
6cfb3f16 3134linking such as ``not a COFF file''. The version of the routines shipped
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3135with AIX 4.3.1 should work for a 32-bit environment. The @option{-g}
3136option of the archive command may be used to create archives of 32-bit
6cfb3f16 3137objects using the original ``small format''. A correct version of the
d5d8d540 3138routines is shipped with AIX 4.3.2 and above.
df002c7d 3139
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3140Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
3141overflow severe error when the @option{-bbigtoc} option is used to link
161d7b59 3142GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC@. A fix
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3143for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
3144available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 3145@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
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3146website as PTF U455193.
3147
df002c7d 3148The AIX 4.3.2.1 linker (bos.rte.bind_cmds Level 4.3.2.1) will dump core
161d7b59 3149with a segmentation fault when invoked by any version of GCC@. A fix for
df002c7d 3150APAR IX87327 is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 3151@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
df002c7d 3152website as PTF U461879. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.3 and above.
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3153
3154The initial assembler shipped with AIX 4.3.0 generates incorrect object
3155files. A fix for APAR IX74254 (64BIT DISASSEMBLED OUTPUT FROM COMPILER FAILS
3156TO ASSEMBLE/BIND) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 3157@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
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3158website as PTF U453956. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.1 and above.
3159
161d7b59 3160AIX provides National Language Support (NLS)@. Compilers and assemblers
df002c7d 3161use NLS to support locale-specific representations of various data
6cfb3f16 3162formats including floating-point numbers (e.g., @samp{.} vs @samp{,} for
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3163separating decimal fractions). There have been problems reported where
3164GCC does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
c771326b 3165expects. If one encounters this problem, set the @env{LANG}
6cfb3f16 3166environment variable to @samp{C} or @samp{En_US}.
f42974dc 3167
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3168By default, GCC for AIX 4.1 and above produces code that can be used on
3169both Power or PowerPC processors.
3170
d5d8d540
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3171A default can be specified with the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3172switch and using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
f42974dc 3173
e3223ea2 3174@html
b8db17af 3175<hr />
e3223ea2 3176@end html
5a4c9b10 3177@heading @anchor{ip2k-x-elf}ip2k-*-elf
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3178Ubicom IP2022 micro controller.
3179This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3180There are no standard Unix configurations.
3181
3182Use @samp{configure --target=ip2k-elf --enable-languages=c} to configure GCC@.
3183
6b3d1e47
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3184@html
3185<hr />
3186@end html
5a4c9b10 3187@heading @anchor{iq2000-x-elf}iq2000-*-elf
6b3d1e47
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3188Vitesse IQ2000 processors. These are used in embedded
3189applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3190
b8df899a 3191@html
b8db17af 3192<hr />
b8df899a 3193@end html
5a4c9b10 3194@heading @anchor{m32r-x-elf}m32r-*-elf
25f47a4c 3195Renesas M32R processor.
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3196This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3197
b8df899a 3198@html
b8db17af 3199<hr />
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3200@end html
3201@heading @anchor{m6811-elf}m6811-elf
3202Motorola 68HC11 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
3203applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3204
3205@html
b8db17af 3206<hr />
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3207@end html
3208@heading @anchor{m6812-elf}m6812-elf
3209Motorola 68HC12 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
3210applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3211
b8df899a 3212@html
b8db17af 3213<hr />
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3214@end html
3215@heading @anchor{m68k-hp-hpux}m68k-hp-hpux
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3216HP 9000 series 300 or 400 running HP-UX@. HP-UX version 8.0 has a bug in
3217the assembler that prevents compilation of GCC@. This
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3218bug manifests itself during the first stage of compilation, while
3219building @file{libgcc2.a}:
3220
3221@smallexample
3222_floatdisf
3223cc1: warning: `-g' option not supported on this version of GCC
3224cc1: warning: `-g1' option not supported on this version of GCC
3225./xgcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 11
3226@end smallexample
3227
3228A patched version of the assembler is available as the file
3229@uref{ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/cph/hpux-8.0-assembler}. If you
3230have HP software support, the patch can also be obtained directly from
3231HP, as described in the following note:
3232
3233@quotation
3234This is the patched assembler, to patch SR#1653-010439, where the
3235assembler aborts on floating point constants.
3236
3237The bug is not really in the assembler, but in the shared library
3238version of the function ``cvtnum(3c)''. The bug on ``cvtnum(3c)'' is
3239SR#4701-078451. Anyway, the attached assembler uses the archive
3240library version of ``cvtnum(3c)'' and thus does not exhibit the bug.
3241@end quotation
3242
3243This patch is also known as PHCO_4484.
3244
41ca24de 3245In addition gdb does not understand that native HP-UX format, so
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3246you must use gas if you wish to use gdb.
3247
3248On HP-UX version 8.05, but not on 8.07 or more recent versions, the
7ba4ca63 3249@command{fixproto} shell script triggers a bug in the system shell. If you
b8df899a 3250encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or use BASH (the
7ba4ca63 3251GNU shell) to run @command{fixproto}. This bug will cause the fixproto
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3252program to report an error of the form:
3253
3ab51846 3254@smallexample
b8df899a 3255./fixproto: sh internal 1K buffer overflow
3ab51846 3256@end smallexample
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3257
3258To fix this, you can also change the first line of the fixproto script
3259to look like:
3260
3ab51846 3261@smallexample
b8df899a 3262#!/bin/ksh
3ab51846 3263@end smallexample
b8df899a 3264
b8df899a 3265@html
b8db17af 3266<hr />
b8df899a 3267@end html
5a4c9b10 3268@heading @anchor{mips-x-x}mips-*-*
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3269If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying ``does not have gp
3270sections for all it's [sic] sectons [sic]'', don't worry about it. This
3271happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
3272really anything wrong, and it is okay to use the output file. You can
3273stop such warnings by installing the GNU linker.
3274
3275It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
3276optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
3277
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3278The libstdc++ atomic locking routines for MIPS targets requires MIPS II
3279and later. A patch went in just after the GCC 3.3 release to
3280make @samp{mips*-*-*} use the generic implementation instead. You can also
3281configure for @samp{mipsel-elf} as a workaround. The
3282@samp{mips*-*-linux*} target continues to use the MIPS II routines. More
3283work on this is expected in future releases.
3284
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3285MIPS systems check for division by zero (unless
3286@option{-mno-check-zero-division} is passed to the compiler) by
3287generating either a conditional trap or a break instruction. Using
3288trap results in smaller code, but is only supported on MIPS II and
3289later. Also, some versions of the Linux kernel have a bug that
8a36672b 3290prevents trap from generating the proper signal (@code{SIGFPE}). To enable
9f0df97a 3291the use of break, use the @option{--with-divide=breaks}
8a36672b 3292@command{configure} option when configuring GCC@. The default is to
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3293use traps on systems that support them.
3294
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3295Cross-compilers for the Mips as target using the Mips assembler
3296currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs
3297@file{mips-tdump.c} and @file{mips-tfile.c} can't be compiled on
3298anything but a Mips. It does work to cross compile for a Mips
3299if you use the GNU assembler and linker.
3300
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3301@html
3302<hr />
3303@end html
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3304@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
3305
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3306In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the @samp{compiler_dev.hdr}
3307subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by SGI@.
3308It is also available for download from
8df5a2b4 3309@uref{ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/IRIX5.3/iris-development-option-5.3.tardist}.
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3311If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
3312to increase its table size for switch statements with the
3313@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
3314optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
f42974dc 3315
7e270317 3316To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU binutils 2.15 or
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3317later, and use the @option{--with-gnu-ld} @command{configure} option
3318when configuring GCC@. You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
3319also distributed with GNU binutils.
f42974dc 3320
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3321Some users have reported that @command{/bin/sh} will hang during bootstrap.
3322This problem can be avoided by running the commands:
3323
3324@smallexample
3325 % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
3326 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3327@end smallexample
3328
3329before starting the build.
3330
f42974dc 3331@html
b8db17af 3332<hr />
f42974dc 3333@end html
b953cc4b 3334@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
f42974dc 3335
7e270317 3336If you are using SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
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3337ensure that the N32 ABI is in use. To test this, compile a simple C
3338file with @command{cc} and then run @command{file} on the
3339resulting object file. The output should look like:
3340
3ab51846 3341@smallexample
213ba345 3342test.o: ELF N32 MSB @dots{}
3ab51846 3343@end smallexample
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3344
3345If you see:
213ba345 3346
3ab51846 3347@smallexample
213ba345 3348test.o: ELF 32-bit MSB @dots{}
3ab51846 3349@end smallexample
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3350
3351or
3352
3ab51846 3353@smallexample
213ba345 3354test.o: ELF 64-bit MSB @dots{}
3ab51846 3355@end smallexample
f42974dc 3356
213ba345 3357then your version of @command{cc} uses the O32 or N64 ABI by default. You
38209993 3358should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc -n32}
82563d35 3359before configuring GCC@.
f42974dc 3360
0fca60ab 3361If you want the resulting @command{gcc} to run on old 32-bit systems
7e270317 3362with the MIPS R4400 CPU, you need to ensure that only code for the @samp{mips3}
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3363instruction set architecture (ISA) is generated. While GCC 3.x does
3364this correctly, both GCC 2.95 and SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} may change
3365the ISA depending on the machine where GCC is built. Using one of them
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3366as the bootstrap compiler may result in @samp{mips4} code, which won't run at
3367all on @samp{mips3}-only systems. For the test program above, you should see:
0fca60ab 3368
3ab51846 3369@smallexample
0fca60ab 3370test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-3 @dots{}
3ab51846 3371@end smallexample
0fca60ab
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3372
3373If you get:
3374
3ab51846 3375@smallexample
0fca60ab 3376test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-4 @dots{}
3ab51846 3377@end smallexample
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3378
3379instead, you should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc
3380-n32 -mips3} or @samp{gcc -mips3} respectively before configuring GCC@.
3381
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3382MIPSpro C 7.4 may cause bootstrap failures, due to a bug when inlining
3383@code{memcmp}. Either add @code{-U__INLINE_INTRINSICS} to the @env{CC}
3384environment variable as a workaround or upgrade to MIPSpro C 7.4.1m.
3385
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3386GCC on IRIX 6 is usually built to support the N32, O32 and N64 ABIs. If
3387you build GCC on a system that doesn't have the N64 libraries installed
3388or cannot run 64-bit binaries,
213ba345 3389you need to configure with @option{--disable-multilib} so GCC doesn't
7e270317
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3390try to use them. This will disable building the O32 libraries, too.
3391Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
213ba345
RO
3392have the 64-bit libraries installed.
3393
7e270317
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3394To enable debugging for the O32 ABI, you must use GNU @command{as} from
3395GNU binutils 2.15 or later. You may also use GNU @command{ld}, but
3396this is not required and currently causes some problems with Ada.
f42974dc 3397
b953cc4b
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3398The @option{--enable-threads} option doesn't currently work, a patch is
3399in preparation for a future release. The @option{--enable-libgcj}
3400option is disabled by default: IRIX 6 uses a very low default limit
7e270317 3401(20480) for the command line length. Although @command{libtool} contains a
b953cc4b
RO
3402workaround for this problem, at least the N64 @samp{libgcj} is known not
3403to build despite this, running into an internal error of the native
3404@command{ld}. A sure fix is to increase this limit (@samp{ncargs}) to
3405its maximum of 262144 bytes. If you have root access, you can use the
3406@command{systune} command to do this.
3407
7e270317 3408See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
3aa8219e 3409information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
f42974dc 3410
b8df899a 3411@html
b8db17af 3412<hr />
b8df899a 3413@end html
5a4c9b10 3414@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-x}powerpc-*-*
b8df899a 3415
6cfb3f16
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3416You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3417switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
b8df899a 3418
4f2b1139 3419@html
b8db17af 3420<hr />
4f2b1139 3421@end html
5a4c9b10 3422@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-darwin}powerpc-*-darwin*
4f2b1139
SS
3423PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
3424
4f2b1139
SS
3425Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
3426meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
3427binaries are available at
beb5f807 3428@uref{http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/compiler/} (free
4f2b1139
SS
3429registration required).
3430
aeb732c1 3431This version of GCC requires at least cctools-528.
b89a3806
GK
3432
3433The version of GCC shipped by Apple typically includes a number of
3434extensions not available in a standard GCC release. These extensions
aeb732c1 3435are generally for backwards compatibility and best avoided.
4f2b1139 3436
021c4bfd 3437@html
b8db17af 3438<hr />
021c4bfd 3439@end html
5a4c9b10 3440@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-elf}powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4
021c4bfd
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3441PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
3442
f42974dc 3443@html
b8db17af 3444<hr />
f42974dc 3445@end html
5a4c9b10 3446@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-linux-gnu}powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*
f42974dc 3447
f9047ed3 3448You will need
c3a2edb6 3449@uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.15}
791a949f 3450or newer for a working GCC@.
f42974dc 3451
edf1b3f3 3452@html
b8db17af 3453<hr />
edf1b3f3 3454@end html
5a4c9b10 3455@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-netbsd}powerpc-*-netbsd*
edf1b3f3 3456PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
a38f87a9 3457documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.2 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
edf1b3f3
AC
3458Texinfo version 3.12).
3459
b8df899a 3460@html
b8db17af 3461<hr />
b8df899a 3462@end html
5a4c9b10 3463@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
b8df899a
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3464Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
3465PSIM simulator.
3466
b8df899a 3467@html
b8db17af 3468<hr />
b8df899a 3469@end html
5a4c9b10 3470@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
b8df899a
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3471Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
3472
b8df899a 3473@html
b8db17af 3474<hr />
b8df899a 3475@end html
5a4c9b10 3476@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-elf}powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4
b8df899a
JM
3477PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
3478
b8df899a 3479@html
b8db17af 3480<hr />
b8df899a 3481@end html
5a4c9b10 3482@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
b8df899a
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3483Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
3484the PSIM simulator.
3485
3486@html
b8db17af 3487<hr />
b8df899a 3488@end html
5a4c9b10 3489@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
b8df899a
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3490Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
3491
91abf72d 3492@html
b8db17af 3493<hr />
91abf72d 3494@end html
5a4c9b10 3495@heading @anchor{s390-x-linux}s390-*-linux*
95fef11f 3496S/390 system running GNU/Linux for S/390@.
91abf72d
HP
3497
3498@html
b8db17af 3499<hr />
91abf72d 3500@end html
5a4c9b10 3501@heading @anchor{s390x-x-linux}s390x-*-linux*
95fef11f 3502zSeries system (64-bit) running GNU/Linux for zSeries@.
91abf72d 3503
8bf06993
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3504@html
3505<hr />
3506@end html
5a4c9b10 3507@heading @anchor{s390x-ibm-tpf}s390x-ibm-tpf*
8a36672b 3508zSeries system (64-bit) running TPF@. This platform is
8bf06993
UW
3509supported as cross-compilation target only.
3510
f42974dc 3511@html
b8db17af 3512<hr />
f42974dc 3513@end html
250d5688 3514@c Please use Solaris 2 to refer to all release of Solaris, starting
1460af95 3515@c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, 8, etc. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
250d5688
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3516@c SunOS 4 releases which we don't use to avoid confusion. Solaris
3517@c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
5a4c9b10 3518@heading @anchor{x-x-solaris2}*-*-solaris2*
f42974dc 3519
250d5688 3520Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2. To bootstrap and install
962e6e00 3521GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see the
dbd210ef 3522@uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
f42974dc 3523
250d5688 3524The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
92441f83 3525@file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or @file{libjava}. We therefore
bc890961
EB
3526recommend to use the following sequence of commands to bootstrap and
3527install GCC:
3528
3529@smallexample
3530 % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
3531 % export CONFIG_SHELL
bc890961
EB
3532@end smallexample
3533
37de1373
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3534and then proceed as described in @uref{build.html,,the build instructions}.
3535In addition we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke
3536@var{srcdir}/configure.
e6855a2d 3537
b8df899a 3538Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
92441f83 3539are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
dbd210ef
KC
3540@code{SUNWbtool}, @code{SUNWesu}, @code{SUNWhea}, @code{SUNWlibm},
3541@code{SUNWsprot}, and @code{SUNWtoo}. If you did not install all
250d5688 3542optional packages when installing Solaris 2, you will need to verify that
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3543the packages that GCC needs are installed.
3544
3545To check whether an optional package is installed, use
dbd210ef 3546the @command{pkginfo} command. To add an optional package, use the
250d5688 3547@command{pkgadd} command. For further details, see the Solaris 2
b8df899a
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3548documentation.
3549
250d5688 3550Trying to use the linker and other tools in
b8df899a
JM
3551@file{/usr/ucb} to install GCC has been observed to cause trouble.
3552For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
250d5688 3553@file{/usr/ucb} from your @env{PATH}.
f42974dc 3554
bc890961
EB
3555The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Sun tools so, if you
3556have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
3557@file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
3558
021c4bfd 3559All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
51e9a60c
EB
3560platform. We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or later, or the
3561vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). Note that your mileage
3562may vary if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while
3563the combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
3564the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
3565cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
3566
3567The stock GNU binutils 2.15 release is broken on this platform because of a
3568single bug. It has been fixed on the 2.15 branch in the CVS repository.
3569You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_15-branch
3570from the CVS repository or applying the patch
224edf72 3571@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html} to the
51e9a60c 3572release.
f42974dc 3573
250d5688
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3574Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
3575newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume
3576that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but
3577is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
3578
13ba36b4 3579@command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
250d5688
RO
3580@option{-fpermissive}; it
3581will assume that any missing type is @code{int} (as defined by C89).
3582
3583There are patches for Solaris 2.6 (105633-56 or newer for SPARC,
3584106248-42 or newer for Intel), Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
3585108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC,
3586108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug.
f42974dc 3587
c7525a64
KG
3588Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures
3589related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn't affect GCC
3590itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the @command{expect}
3591program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug
3592causes the @command{expect} program to miss anticipated output, extra
3593testsuite failures appear.
3594
3595There are patches for Solaris 8 (117350-12 or newer for SPARC,
3596117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for
3597SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem.
3598
dbd210ef 3599@html
b8db17af 3600<hr />
dbd210ef 3601@end html
5a4c9b10 3602@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2}sparc-sun-solaris2*
dbd210ef 3603
1405141b
DN
3604When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.11.2 or later the binaries
3605produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
3606this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
3607information.
3608
250d5688 3609Sun @command{as} 4.x is broken in that it cannot cope with long symbol names.
dbd210ef
KC
3610A typical error message might look similar to the following:
3611
8c085f6f
JJ
3612@smallexample
3613/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccMsw135.s", line 11041: error:
3614 can't compute value of an expression involving an external symbol.
3615@end smallexample
dbd210ef 3616
250d5688
RO
3617This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 for Solaris
36182.6 and has been fixed in later (5.x) versions of the assembler,
3619starting with Solaris 7.
dbd210ef 3620
03b272d2 3621Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
975c6e4e
RO
362264-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
3623this; the @option{-m64} option enables 64-bit code generation.
3624However, if all you want is code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you
3625should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which produces
3626code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
edf1c8df 3627machines.
03b272d2 3628
975c6e4e 3629When configuring on a Solaris 7 or later system that is running a kernel
8947df0c
RH
3630that supports only 32-bit binaries, one must configure with
3631@option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
363264-bit target libraries.
3fc602a0 3633
ae81c844
EB
3634GCC 3.3 and GCC 3.4 trigger code generation bugs in earlier versions of
3635the GNU compiler (especially GCC 3.0.x versions), which lead to the
3636miscompilation of the stage1 compiler and the subsequent failure of the
3637bootstrap process. A workaround is to use GCC 3.2.3 as an intermediary
431ae0bf 3638stage, i.e.@: to bootstrap that compiler with the base compiler and then
ae81c844
EB
3639use it to bootstrap the final compiler.
3640
94b18ec1
EB
3641GCC 3.4 triggers a code generation bug in versions 5.4 (Sun ONE Studio 7)
3642and 5.5 (Sun ONE Studio 8) of the Sun compiler, which causes a bootstrap
3643failure in form of a miscompilation of the stage1 compiler by the Sun
3644compiler. This is Sun bug 4974440. This is fixed with patch 112760-07.
3645
1460af95 3646GCC 3.4 changed the default debugging format from STABS to DWARF-2 for
dd48afcd
EB
364732-bit code on Solaris 7 and later. If you use the Sun assembler, this
3648change apparently runs afoul of Sun bug 4910101 (which is referenced as
3649a x86-only problem by Sun, probably because they do not use DWARF-2).
3650A symptom of the problem is that you cannot compile C++ programs like
3651@command{groff} 1.19.1 without getting messages similar to the following:
7c2f2b41
EB
3652
3653@smallexample
3654ld: warning: relocation error: R_SPARC_UA32: @dots{}
3655 external symbolic relocation against non-allocatable section
3656 .debug_info cannot be processed at runtime: relocation ignored.
3657@end smallexample
3658
3659To work around this problem, compile with @option{-gstabs+} instead of
3660plain @option{-g}.
1460af95 3661
25c62e24
EB
3662When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) on a Solaris 7
3663or later system, the canonical target triplet must be specified as the
3664@command{build} parameter on the configure line:
3665
3666@smallexample
3667./configure --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.7 --prefix=xxx --enable-mpfr
3668@end smallexample
3669
f42974dc 3670@html
b8db17af 3671<hr />
f42974dc 3672@end html
d8fcd085 3673@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris27}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
f42974dc 3674
250d5688 3675Sun patch 107058-01 (1999-01-13) for Solaris 7/SPARC triggers a bug in
f42974dc
DW
3676the dynamic linker. This problem (Sun bug 4210064) affects GCC 2.8
3677and later, including all EGCS releases. Sun formerly recommended
3678107058-01 for all Solaris 7 users, but around 1999-09-01 it started to
3679recommend it only for people who use Sun's compilers.
f9047ed3 3680
f42974dc
DW
3681Here are some workarounds to this problem:
3682@itemize @bullet
3683@item
3684Do not install Sun patch 107058-01 until after Sun releases a
3685complete patch for bug 4210064. This is the simplest course to take,
3686unless you must also use Sun's C compiler. Unfortunately 107058-01
250d5688 3687is preinstalled on some new Solaris 7-based hosts, so you may have to
f42974dc 3688back it out.
f9047ed3 3689
f42974dc
DW
3690@item
3691Copy the original, unpatched Solaris 7
3692@command{/usr/ccs/bin/as} into
8e5f33ff 3693@command{/usr/local/libexec/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/3.4/as},
f42974dc
DW
3694adjusting the latter name to fit your local conventions and software
3695version numbers.
3696
3697@item
3698Install Sun patch 106950-03 (1999-05-25) or later. Nobody with
3699both 107058-01 and 106950-03 installed has reported the bug with GCC
3700and Sun's dynamic linker. This last course of action is riskiest,
3701for two reasons. First, you must install 106950 on all hosts that
3702run code generated by GCC; it doesn't suffice to install it only on
3703the hosts that run GCC itself. Second, Sun says that 106950-03 is
3704only a partial fix for bug 4210064, but Sun doesn't know whether the
161d7b59 3705partial fix is adequate for GCC@. Revision -08 or later should fix
1460af95 3706the bug. The current (as of 2004-05-23) revision is -24, and is included in
f282ffb3 3707the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
f9047ed3 3708@end itemize
f42974dc 3709
fdbf04c8
EB
3710GCC 3.3 triggers a bug in version 5.0 Alpha 03/27/98 of the Sun assembler,
3711which causes a bootstrap failure when linking the 64-bit shared version of
8a36672b 3712libgcc. A typical error message is:
fdbf04c8
EB
3713
3714@smallexample
3715ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_32: file libgcc/sparcv9/_muldi3.o:
3716 symbol <unknown>: offset 0xffffffff7ec133e7 is non-aligned.
3717@end smallexample
3718
3719This bug has been fixed in the final 5.0 version of the assembler.
f42974dc 3720
661f4f90
EB
3721A similar problem was reported for version Sun WorkShop 6 99/08/18 of the
3722Sun assembler, which causes a bootstrap failure with GCC 4.0.0:
3723
3724@smallexample
3725ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_DISP32:
3726 file .libs/libstdc++.lax/libsupc++convenience.a/vterminate.o:
3727 symbol <unknown>: offset 0xfccd33ad is non-aligned
3728@end smallexample
3729
3730This bug has been fixed in more recent revisions of the assembler.
3731
c6fa9728 3732@html
b8db17af 3733<hr />
c6fa9728 3734@end html
5a4c9b10 3735@heading @anchor{sparc-x-linux}sparc-*-linux*
c6fa9728
JS
3736
3737GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
3738or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
3739releases mishandled unaligned relocations on @code{sparc-*-*} targets.
3740
3741
f42974dc 3742@html
b8db17af 3743<hr />
f42974dc 3744@end html
5a4c9b10 3745@heading @anchor{sparc64-x-solaris2}sparc64-*-solaris2*
e403b4bc
CR
3746
3747The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
3748step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
3749
3ab51846 3750@smallexample
e403b4bc 3751 % CC="cc -xildoff -xarch=v9" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 3752@end smallexample
e403b4bc
CR
3753
3754@option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker, and @option{-xarch=v9}
0dc7ee3c
EB
3755specifies the SPARC-V9 architecture to the Sun linker and assembler.
3756
3757@html
3758<hr />
3759@end html
5a4c9b10 3760@heading @anchor{sparcv9-x-solaris2}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
0dc7ee3c
EB
3761
3762This is a synonym for sparc64-*-solaris2*.
f42974dc 3763
b8df899a 3764@html
b8db17af 3765<hr />
b8df899a 3766@end html
5a4c9b10 3767@heading @anchor{x-x-sysv}*-*-sysv*
b8df899a
JM
3768On System V release 3, you may get this error message
3769while linking:
3770
3771@smallexample
3772ld fatal: failed to write symbol name @var{something}
3773 in strings table for file @var{whatever}
3774@end smallexample
3775
021c4bfd 3776This probably indicates that the disk is full or your ulimit won't allow
b8df899a
JM
3777the file to be as large as it needs to be.
3778
3779This problem can also result because the kernel parameter @code{MAXUMEM}
3780is too small. If so, you must regenerate the kernel and make the value
3781much larger. The default value is reported to be 1024; a value of 32768
3782is said to work. Smaller values may also work.
3783
3784On System V, if you get an error like this,
3785
3ab51846 3786@smallexample
b8df899a
JM
3787/usr/local/lib/bison.simple: In function `yyparse':
3788/usr/local/lib/bison.simple:625: virtual memory exhausted
3ab51846 3789@end smallexample
b8df899a
JM
3790
3791@noindent
021c4bfd 3792that too indicates a problem with disk space, ulimit, or @code{MAXUMEM}.
b8df899a 3793
f85b8d1a 3794On a System V release 4 system, make sure @file{/usr/bin} precedes
7ba4ca63 3795@file{/usr/ucb} in @code{PATH}. The @command{cc} command in
f85b8d1a 3796@file{/usr/ucb} uses libraries which have bugs.
b8df899a
JM
3797
3798@html
b8db17af 3799<hr />
b8df899a
JM
3800@end html
3801@heading @anchor{vax-dec-ultrix}vax-dec-ultrix
7ba4ca63 3802Don't try compiling with VAX C (@command{vcc}). It produces incorrect code
b8df899a
JM
3803in some cases (for example, when @code{alloca} is used).
3804
4977bab6
ZW
3805@html
3806<hr />
3807@end html
5a4c9b10 3808@heading @anchor{x-x-vxworks}*-*-vxworks*
4977bab6 3809Support for VxWorks is in flux. At present GCC supports @emph{only} the
8a36672b 3810very recent VxWorks 5.5 (aka Tornado 2.2) release, and only on PowerPC@.
4977bab6
ZW
3811We welcome patches for other architectures supported by VxWorks 5.5.
3812Support for VxWorks AE would also be welcome; we believe this is merely
3813a matter of writing an appropriate ``configlette'' (see below). We are
3814not interested in supporting older, a.out or COFF-based, versions of
3815VxWorks in GCC 3.
3816
3817VxWorks comes with an older version of GCC installed in
3818@file{@var{$WIND_BASE}/host}; we recommend you do not overwrite it.
3819Choose an installation @var{prefix} entirely outside @var{$WIND_BASE}.
3820Before running @command{configure}, create the directories @file{@var{prefix}}
3821and @file{@var{prefix}/bin}. Link or copy the appropriate assembler,
8a36672b 3822linker, etc.@: into @file{@var{prefix}/bin}, and set your @var{PATH} to
4977bab6
ZW
3823include that directory while running both @command{configure} and
3824@command{make}.
3825
3826You must give @command{configure} the
3827@option{--with-headers=@var{$WIND_BASE}/target/h} switch so that it can
3828find the VxWorks system headers. Since VxWorks is a cross compilation
3829target only, you must also specify @option{--target=@var{target}}.
3830@command{configure} will attempt to create the directory
3831@file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} and copy files into it;
3832make sure the user running @command{configure} has sufficient privilege
3833to do so.
3834
3835GCC's exception handling runtime requires a special ``configlette''
3836module, @file{contrib/gthr_supp_vxw_5x.c}. Follow the instructions in
3837that file to add the module to your kernel build. (Future versions of
daf2f129 3838VxWorks will incorporate this module.)
4977bab6 3839
7e081a0c
AJ
3840@html
3841<hr />
3842@end html
d8fcd085 3843@heading @anchor{x86-64-x-x}x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*
7e081a0c
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3844
3845GCC supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64 processor
8a36672b 3846(amd64-*-* is an alias for x86_64-*-*) on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD@.
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3847On GNU/Linux the default is a bi-arch compiler which is able to generate
3848both 64-bit x86-64 and 32-bit x86 code (via the @option{-m32} switch).
3849
fd29f6ea 3850@html
b8db17af 3851<hr />
fd29f6ea 3852@end html
5a4c9b10 3853@heading @anchor{xtensa-x-elf}xtensa-*-elf
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3854
3855This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
3856@samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
3857objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
3858Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
3859through inline assembly.
3860
3861The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
e677f70c 3862building GCC@. The @file{include/xtensa-config.h} header
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3863file contains the configuration information. If you created your
3864own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
3865downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
3866which you can use to replace the default header file.
3867
3868@html
b8db17af 3869<hr />
fd29f6ea 3870@end html
5a4c9b10 3871@heading @anchor{xtensa-x-linux}xtensa-*-linux*
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3872
3873This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
3874shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
3875position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
3876@option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
f282ffb3 3877respects, this target is the same as the
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3878@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
3879
f42974dc 3880@html
b8db17af 3881<hr />
f42974dc 3882@end html
57694e40 3883@heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
f42974dc 3884
ccc1ce6e 3885A port of GCC 2.95.2 and 3.x is included with the
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3886@uref{http://www.cygwin.com/,,Cygwin environment}.
3887
3888Current (as of early 2001) snapshots of GCC will build under Cygwin
3889without modification.
3890
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3891GCC does not currently build with Microsoft's C++ compiler and there
3892are no plans to make it do so.
3893
f42974dc 3894@html
b8db17af 3895<hr />
f42974dc 3896@end html
ef88b07d 3897@heading @anchor{os2}OS/2
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3898
3899GCC does not currently support OS/2. However, Andrew Zabolotny has been
14976c58 3900working on a generic OS/2 port with pgcc. The current code can be found
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3901at @uref{http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/,,http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/}.
3902
f9047ed3 3903An older copy of GCC 2.8.1 is included with the EMX tools available at
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3904@uref{ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/,,
3905ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/}.
3906
3907@html
b8db17af 3908<hr />
f42974dc 3909@end html
ef88b07d 3910@heading @anchor{older}Older systems
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3911
3912GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
39131990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
3914has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
c7bdf0a6 3915several years and may suffer from bitrot.
f9047ed3 3916
c7bdf0a6 3917Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
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3918Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
3919@command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
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3920option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
3921systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
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3922
3923Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
3924workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
161d7b59 3925cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC@. In some cases, to
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3926bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
3927require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
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3928system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
3929vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
3930@file{old-releases} directory on the @uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror
3931sites}. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
3932@command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
3933operating system may still cause problems.
3934
3935Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
3936problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
3937wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
3938the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last CVS
3939version before they were removed), patches
3940@uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements} would be
3941likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
3942modern targets.
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3943
3944For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
021c4bfd 3945and are available from @file{pub/binutils/old-releases} on
f42974dc 3946@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html,,sources.redhat.com mirror sites}.
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3947
3948Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
3949such older systems, but much of the information
3950about GCC on such systems (which may no longer be applicable to
f42974dc 3951current GCC) is to be found in the GCC texinfo manual.
f9047ed3 3952
f42974dc 3953@html
b8db17af 3954<hr />
f42974dc 3955@end html
d8fcd085 3956@heading @anchor{elf}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
f42974dc 3957
38209993
LG
3958C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
3959@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-ld,,GNU linker}; duplicate copies of
3960inlines, vtables and template instantiations will be discarded
3961automatically.
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3962
3963
3964@html
b8db17af 3965<hr />
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3966<p>
3967@end html
3968@ifhtml
3969@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3970@end ifhtml
3971@end ifset
3972
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3973@c ***Old documentation******************************************************
3974@ifset oldhtml
3975@include install-old.texi
3976@html
b8db17af 3977<hr />
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3978<p>
3979@end html
3980@ifhtml
3981@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3982@end ifhtml
3983@end ifset
3984
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3985@c ***GFDL********************************************************************
3986@ifset gfdlhtml
3987@include fdl.texi
3988@html
b8db17af 3989<hr />
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3990<p>
3991@end html
3992@ifhtml
3993@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3994@end ifhtml
3995@end ifset
3996
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3997@c ***************************************************************************
3998@c Part 6 The End of the Document
3999@ifinfo
4000@comment node-name, next, previous, up
aed5964b 4001@node Concept Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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4002@end ifinfo
4003
4004@ifinfo
4005@unnumbered Concept Index
4006
4007@printindex cp
4008
4009@contents
4010@end ifinfo
4011@bye