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d7f8491b 4@setfilename gccinstall.info
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5@settitle Installing GCC
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15@settitle Host/Target specific installation notes for GCC
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18@settitle Downloading GCC
19@end ifset
20@ifset configurehtml
21@settitle Installing GCC: Configuration
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24@settitle Installing GCC: Building
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27@settitle Installing GCC: Testing
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36@settitle Installing GCC: Old documentation
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39@settitle Installing GCC: GNU Free Documentation License
40@end ifset
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aed5964b 42@c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
4dd57c18 43@c 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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59
60@c Part 2 Summary Description and Copyright
bdefb2ab 61@copying
aed5964b 62Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
b3a8389d 631999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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64@sp 1
65Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
b3a8389d 66under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
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67any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
68Invariant Sections, the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and
69with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the
70license is included in the section entitled ``@uref{./gfdl.html,,GNU
71Free Documentation License}''.
72
73(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:
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79 You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
80 software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
81 funds for GNU development.
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85@end ifinfo
86
87@c Part 3 Titlepage and Copyright
88@titlepage
89@sp 10
90@comment The title is printed in a large font.
ef88b07d 91@center @titlefont{Installing GCC}
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93@c The following two commands start the copyright page.
94@page
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98
99@c Part 4 Top node and Master Menu
100@ifinfo
101@node Top, , , (dir)
102@comment node-name, next, Previous, up
103
104@menu
105* Installing GCC:: This document describes the generic installation
106 procedure for GCC as well as detailing some target
f9047ed3 107 specific installation instructions.
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108
109* Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
110* Binaries:: Where to get pre-compiled binaries.
111
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112* Old:: Old installation documentation.
113
aed5964b 114* GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
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115* Concept Index:: This index has two entries.
116@end menu
117@end ifinfo
118
119@c Part 5 The Body of the Document
120@c ***Installing GCC**********************************************************
6cfb3f16 121@ifnothtml
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122@comment node-name, next, previous, up
123@node Installing GCC, Binaries, , Top
6cfb3f16 124@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 125@ifset indexhtml
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126@ifnothtml
127@chapter Installing GCC
128@end ifnothtml
129
130The latest version of this document is always available at
f9047ed3 131@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/install/,,http://gcc.gnu.org/install/}.
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132
133This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as well
f9047ed3 134as detailing some target specific installation instructions.
f42974dc 135
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136GCC includes several components that previously were separate distributions
137with their own installation instructions. This document supersedes all
eea81d3e 138package specific installation instructions.
f42974dc 139
f9047ed3 140@emph{Before} starting the build/install procedure please check the
f42974dc 141@ifnothtml
eea81d3e 142@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
f42974dc 143@end ifnothtml
c009f01f 144@ifhtml
f9047ed3 145@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
c009f01f 146@end ifhtml
f9047ed3 147We recommend you browse the entire generic installation instructions before
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148you proceed.
149
c009f01f 150Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are
b58bbfbb 151available at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
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152These lists are updated as new information becomes available.
153
f9047ed3 154The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
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155
156@ifinfo
157@menu
158* Downloading the source::
159* Configuration::
160* Building::
161* Testing:: (optional)
162* Final install::
163@end menu
164@end ifinfo
c009f01f 165@ifhtml
f42974dc 166@enumerate
f9047ed3 167@item
f42974dc 168@uref{download.html,,Downloading the source}
f42974dc 169@item
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170@uref{configure.html,,Configuration}
171@item
172@uref{build.html,,Building}
173@item
174@uref{test.html,,Testing} (optional)
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175@item
176@uref{finalinstall.html,,Final install}
177@end enumerate
c009f01f 178@end ifhtml
f42974dc 179
38209993 180Please note that GCC does not support @samp{make uninstall} and probably
f9047ed3 181won't do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms. Instead,
f42974dc 182we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and simply
38209993 183remove that directory when you do not need that specific version of GCC
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184any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, no
185more binaries exist that use them.
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187@ifhtml
188There are also some @uref{old.html,,old installation instructions},
189which are mostly obsolete but still contain some information which has
190not yet been merged into the main part of this manual.
191@end ifhtml
192
f42974dc 193@html
b8db17af 194<hr />
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195<p>
196@end html
197@ifhtml
198@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
aed5964b 199
bdefb2ab 200@insertcopying
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201@end ifhtml
202@end ifset
203
204@c ***Downloading the source**************************************************
6cfb3f16 205@ifnothtml
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206@comment node-name, next, previous, up
207@node Downloading the source, Configuration, , Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 208@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 209@ifset downloadhtml
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210@ifnothtml
211@chapter Downloading GCC
212@end ifnothtml
213@cindex Downloading GCC
214@cindex Downloading the Source
215
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216GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html,,CVS} and FTP
217tarballs compressed with @command{gzip} or
6cfb3f16 218@command{bzip2}. It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
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219components.
220
221Please refer to our @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
161d7b59 222for information on how to obtain GCC@.
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223
224The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java,
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225and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later) compilers. The full distribution
226also includes runtime libraries for C++, Objective-C, Fortran, and Java.
227In GCC 3.0 and later versions, GNU compiler testsuites are also included
228in the full distribution.
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230If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
eea81d3e 231GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
6c0a4eab 232use. The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the
767094dd 233shared components. Each language has a tarball which includes the language
6c0a4eab 234front end as well as the language runtime (when appropriate).
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236Unpack the core distribution as well as any language specific
237distributions in the same directory.
238
239If you also intend to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing
240installation or for use in place of the corresponding tools of your
241OS), unpack the binutils distribution either in the same directory or
242a separate one. In the latter case, add symbolic links to any
243components of the binutils you intend to build alongside the compiler
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244(@file{bfd}, @file{binutils}, @file{gas}, @file{gprof}, @file{ld},
245@file{opcodes}, @dots{}) to the directory containing the GCC sources.
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247@html
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249<p>
250@end html
251@ifhtml
252@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
253@end ifhtml
254@end ifset
255
256@c ***Configuration***********************************************************
6cfb3f16 257@ifnothtml
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258@comment node-name, next, previous, up
259@node Configuration, Building, Downloading the source, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 260@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 261@ifset configurehtml
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262@ifnothtml
263@chapter Installing GCC: Configuration
264@end ifnothtml
265@cindex Configuration
266@cindex Installing GCC: Configuration
267
268Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
269This document describes the recommended configuration procedure
270for both native and cross targets.
271
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272We use @var{srcdir} to refer to the toplevel source directory for
273GCC; we use @var{objdir} to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
274
275If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
276@file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
277and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
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279If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
280file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
281temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
282problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
283variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
284@command{pawd} or @command{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
285phases.
286
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287First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
288separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside
289within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
290where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't
291get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory
292of @var{srcdir} is unsupported.
f42974dc 293
eea81d3e 294If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
f85b8d1a 295different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
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296that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is @file{Makefile};
297if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile} does not exist
298or issues a message like ``don't know how to make distclean'' it probably
299means that the directory is already suitably clean. However, with the
300recommended method of building in a separate @var{objdir}, you should
301simply use a different @var{objdir} for each target.
f85b8d1a 302
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303Second, when configuring a native system, either @command{cc} or
304@command{gcc} must be in your path or you must set @env{CC} in
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305your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration
306scripts may fail.
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308Note that the bootstrap compiler and the resulting GCC must be link
309compatible, else the bootstrap will fail with linker errors about
310incompatible object file formats. Several multilibed targets are
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311affected by this requirement, see
312@ifnothtml
313@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
314@end ifnothtml
c009f01f 315@ifhtml
e69aa433 316@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
c009f01f 317@end ifhtml
eea81d3e 318
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319To configure GCC:
320
321@example
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322 % mkdir @var{objdir}
323 % cd @var{objdir}
eea81d3e 324 % @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
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325@end example
326
327
ef88b07d 328@heading Target specification
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329@itemize @bullet
330@item
38209993 331GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for @var{target}
f9047ed3 332for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you not
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333provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
334
335@item
6cfb3f16 336@var{target} must be specified as @option{--target=@var{target}}
f9047ed3 337when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
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338i960-rtems, m68k-coff, sh-elf, etc.
339
340@item
6cfb3f16 341Specifying just @var{target} instead of @option{--target=@var{target}}
38209993 342implies that the host defaults to @var{target}.
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344
345
ef88b07d 346@heading Options specification
f42974dc 347
ef88b07d 348Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
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349GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @command{configure
350--help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
351work and should not normally be used.
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353@table @code
354@item --prefix=@var{dirname}
355Specify the toplevel installation
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356directory. This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
357other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to
6cfb3f16 358@file{/usr/local}.
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38209993 360We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
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361subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. If specifying a directory
362beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand
363@var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use
364@env{$HOME} instead.
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365
366These additional options control where certain parts of the distribution
367are installed. Normally you should not need to use these options.
ef88b07d 368@table @code
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369@item --exec-prefix=@var{dirname}
370Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
371files. The default is @file{@var{prefix}}.
372
373@item --bindir=@var{dirname}
374Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
375(such as @command{gcc} and @command{g++}). The default is
376@file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}.
377
378@item --libdir=@var{dirname}
379Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
161d7b59 380internal parts of GCC@. The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/lib}.
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382@item --with-slibdir=@var{dirname}
383Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The
384default is @file{@var{libdir}}.
385
386@item --infodir=@var{dirname}
387Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
388The default is @file{@var{prefix}/info}.
389
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391Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
392data files referenced by GCC@. The default is @file{@var{prefix}/share}.
393
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394@item --mandir=@var{dirname}
395Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is
396@file{@var{prefix}/man}. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts from
397the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The
398@command{g77} manpage is unmaintained and may be out of date; the others
399are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full
400manual.)
401
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402@item --with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}
403Specify
eea81d3e 404the installation directory for G++ header files. The default is
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405@file{@var{prefix}/include/g++-v3}.
406
ef88b07d 407@end table
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409@item --program-prefix=@var{prefix}
410GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
411installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
412programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
413@option{--program-prefix=foo-} would result in @samp{gcc}
414being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
415
416@item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
417Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
418(see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
419would result in @samp{gcc} being installed as
420@file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
421
422@item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
423Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
424of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
425consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
426semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
427transformed to the installed program @file{/usr/local/bin/myowngcc} and
428the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
429@file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
430you could use the pattern
431@option{--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'}
432to achieve this effect.
433
434All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
435complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
436@var{suffix}) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
437can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
438
8c085f6f 439As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
b21d216c 440builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
8c085f6f 441transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
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443For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
444with the target alias in front of their name, as in
445@samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
446before the target alias is prepended to the name - so, specifying
447@option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
448resulting binary would be installed as
449@file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
450
8ecab453 451As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
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452transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
453
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454@item --with-local-prefix=@var{dirname}
455Specify the
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456installation directory for local include files. The default is
457@file{/usr/local}. Specify this option if you want the compiler to
458search directory @file{@var{dirname}/include} for locally installed
459header files @emph{instead} of @file{/usr/local/include}.
460
461You should specify @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{only} if your
462site has a different convention (not @file{/usr/local}) for where to put
463site-specific files.
464
465The default value for @option{--with-local-prefix} is @file{/usr/local}
466regardless of the value of @option{--prefix}. Specifying
467@option{--prefix} has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
468local header files. This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
469logical.
470
471The purpose of @option{--prefix} is to specify where to @emph{install
472GCC}. The local header files in @file{/usr/local/include}---if you put
161d7b59 473any in that directory---are not part of GCC@. They are part of other
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474programs---perhaps many others. (GCC installs its own header files in
475another directory which is based on the @option{--prefix} value.)
476
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477Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
478directory are part of GCC's "system include" directories. Although these
479two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
480order for the correct processing of the include_next directive. The
481local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
482include directory. Another characteristic of system include directories
483is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories.
484
485Some autoconf macros add @option{-I @var{directory}} options to the
486compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed
487packages' headers are searched. When @var{directory} is one of GCC's
488system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system
489directories continue to be processed in the correct order. This
490may result in a search order different from what was specified but the
491directory will still be searched.
492
493GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using
494@env{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX}. Thus, when the same installation prefix is
495used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for
496both headers and libraries. This provides a configuration that is
497easy to use. GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is
498installed as a system compiler in @file{/usr}.
499
500Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to
501use the above simple configuration. It is possible to use the
502@option{--program-prefix}, @option{--program-suffix} and
503@option{--program-transform-name} options to install multiple versions
504into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes
505and the @option{--with-local-prefix} option to specify the location of the
506site-specific files for each version. It will then be necessary for
507users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries
508(e.g., with @env{LIBRARY_PATH}).
509
510The same value can be used for both @option{--with-local-prefix} and
511@option{--prefix} provided it is not @file{/usr}. This can be used
512to avoid the default search of @file{/usr/local/include}.
513
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514@strong{Do not} specify @file{/usr} as the @option{--with-local-prefix}!
515The directory you use for @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{must not}
516contain any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain
517them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
518certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
4c64396e 519file corrections made by the @command{fixincludes} script.
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520
521Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
522ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified where to
161d7b59 523install part of GCC@. Perhaps they make this assumption because
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524installing GCC creates the directory.
525
6cfb3f16 526@item --enable-shared[=@var{package}[,@dots{}]]
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527Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
528the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
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529are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries,
530except for @samp{libobjc} which is built as a static library only by
531default.
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533If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
534only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries
535will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
536@samp{libgcc} (also known as @samp{gcc}), @samp{libstdc++} (not
537@samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc} and
538@samp{libjava}. Note that @samp{libobjc} does not recognize itself by
539any name, so, if you list package names in @option{--enable-shared},
eea81d3e 540you will only get static Objective-C libraries. @samp{libf2c} and
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541@samp{libiberty} do not support shared libraries at all.
542
543Use @option{--disable-shared} to build only static libraries. Note that
544@option{--disable-shared} does not accept a list of package names as
545argument, only @option{--enable-shared} does.
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547@item @anchor{with-gnu-as}--with-gnu-as
548Specify that the compiler should assume that the
767094dd 549assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify
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550the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the
551assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion may also
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553configured with @option{--with-gnu-as}.) If you have more than one
38209993 554assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
eea81d3e 555connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}}.
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558whether you use the GNU assembler. On any other system,
559@option{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
560
561@itemize bullet
562@item @samp{hppa1.0-@var{any}-@var{any}}
563@item @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}}
564@item @samp{i386-@var{any}-sysv}
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566@item @samp{m68k-hp-hpux}
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568@item @samp{m68000-att-sysv}
569@item @samp{@var{any}-lynx-lynxos}
570@item @samp{mips-@var{any}}
571@end itemize
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573On the systems listed above (except for the HP-PA, for ISC on the
574386, and for @samp{mips-sgi-irix5.*}), if you use the GNU assembler,
575you should also use the GNU linker (and specify @option{--with-gnu-ld}).
576
eea81d3e 577@item --with-as=@var{pathname}
ef88b07d 578Specify that the
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580than the one found by the standard rules to find an assembler, which
581are:
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583@item
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585@file{@var{exec_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/@var{target}/@var{version}}
586directory, where @var{exec_prefix} defaults to @var{prefix} which
587defaults to @file{/usr/local} unless overridden by the
eea81d3e 588@option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described above. @var{target} is the
b953cc4b 589target system triple, such as @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}, and
eea81d3e 590@var{version} denotes the GCC version, such as 3.0.
f42974dc 591@item
e979f9e8 592Check operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
250d5688 593Sun Solaris 2).
f42974dc 594@end itemize
767094dd 595Note that these rules do not check for the value of @env{PATH}. You may
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597directories listed above, or if you have multiple assemblers installed
598and want to choose one that is not found by the above rules.
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601Same as @uref{#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}
38209993 602but for linker.
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eea81d3e 605@item --with-ld=@var{pathname}
ef88b07d 606Same as
38209993 607@option{--with-as}, but for the linker.
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610Specify that stabs debugging
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612uses. Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
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615GCC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style
616stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug
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618handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB@.
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620Normally, GCC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you
161d7b59 621prefer BSD stabs, specify @option{--with-stabs} when you configure GCC@.
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623No matter which default you choose when you configure GCC, the user
624can use the @option{-gcoff} and @option{-gstabs+} options to specify explicitly
625the debug format for a particular compilation.
626
627@option{--with-stabs} is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if
628@option{--with-gas} is used. It selects use of stabs debugging
629information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information
630supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not.
631
632@option{--with-stabs} is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It
633selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The
634C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging
635information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a
636workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4
637tools can not generate or interpret stabs.
638
eea81d3e 639@item --disable-multilib
ef88b07d 640Specify that multiple target
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642conventions, etc should not be built. The default is to build a
643predefined set of them.
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646(e.g., @option{--disable-softfloat}):
647@table @code
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649biendian.
650
651@item arm-*-*
652fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
653
654@item m68*-*-*
655softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
656
657@item mips*-*-*
658single-float, biendian, softfloat.
659
660@item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
661aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
f282ffb3 662sysv, aix.
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664@end table
665
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667Specify that the target
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669library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java.
6ac48571 670On some systems, this is the default.
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673model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some
674systems, gcc has not been taught what threading models are generally
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676alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
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678@item --disable-threads
679Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
3c6bb1db 680This is an alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
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683Specify that
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685compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
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687
688@table @code
689@item aix
690AIX thread support.
691@item dce
692DCE thread support.
f85b8d1a 693@item mach
eea81d3e 694Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NeXTSTEP@. (Please note
3c6bb1db 695that the file needed to support this configuration, @file{gthr-mach.h}, is
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697@item no
698This is an alias for @samp{single}.
f85b8d1a 699@item posix
c771326b 700Generic POSIX thread support.
f85b8d1a 701@item pthreads
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703only. A future release of gcc might remove this alias or extend it
704to all platforms.
705@item rtems
706RTEMS thread support.
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708Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
709@item solaris
eea81d3e 710Sun Solaris 2 thread support.
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712VxWorks thread support.
713@item win32
714Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
715@end table
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718Specify which cpu variant the
f42974dc 719compiler should generate code for by default. This is currently
377dfc82 720only supported on some ports, specifically arm, powerpc, and
161d7b59 721SPARC@. If configure does not recognize the model name (e.g.@: arm700,
ec5b5ef1 722603e, or ultrasparc) you provide, please check the
b15da5b7 723@file{gcc/config.gcc} script for a complete list of supported models.
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726Specify that the target supports AltiVec vector enhancements. This
727option will adjust the ABI for AltiVec enhancements, as well as generate
728AltiVec code when appropriate. This option is only available for
729PowerPC systems.
730
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732Specify that target
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734This is the default for the m32r platform.
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737Specify that a user visible @command{cpp} program should not be installed.
738
739@item --with-cpp-install-dir=@var{dirname}
740Specify that the user visible @command{cpp} program should be installed
741in @file{@var{prefix}/@var{dirname}/cpp}, in addition to @var{bindir}.
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744Force the use of sections @code{.init_array} and @code{.fini_array}
745(instead of @code{.init} and @code{.fini}) for constructors and
746destructors. Option @option{--disable-initfini-array} has the
747opposite effect. If neither option is specified, the configure script
748will try to guess whether the @code{.init_array} and
749@code{.fini_array} sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
750
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752The build rules that
6cfb3f16 753regenerate the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
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754disabled. This is because it can only be rebuilt if the complete source
755tree is present. If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
6ac48571 756catalog, configuring with @option{--enable-maintainer-mode} will enable
767094dd 757this. Note that you need a recent version of the @code{gettext} tools
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759
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761Specify
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762that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific
763subdirectory (@file{@var{libsubdir}}) rather than the usual places. In
eea81d3e 764addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed in
38209993 765@file{@var{libsubdir}/include/g++} unless you overruled it by using
6cfb3f16 766@option{--with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}}. Using this option is
38209993 767particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
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769@samp{libstdc++}, and is the default for @samp{libobjc} which cannot be
770changed in this case.
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773Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
767094dd 774their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for
6cfb3f16 775@var{langN} you can issue the following command in the
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777@example
778grep language= */config-lang.in
779@end example
780Currently, you can use any of the following:
e23381df 781@code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{f77}, @code{java}, @code{objc}.
8ecab453 782Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.@*
38209993 783If you do not pass this flag, all languages available in the @file{gcc}
6cfb3f16 784sub-tree will be configured. Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling
ef88b07d 785@samp{make bootstrap} @strong{does not} work anymore, as those
38209993 786language sub-directories might not have been configured!
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789Specify that the run-time libraries
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791to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
792separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
6c0a4eab 793machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
f42974dc 794libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
eea81d3e 795the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
f42974dc 796may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
eea81d3e 797@file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
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799
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801Specify that the compiler should
eea81d3e 802use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
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804@item --enable-win32-registry
eea81d3e 805@itemx --enable-win32-registry=@var{key}
f85b8d1a 806@itemx --disable-win32-registry
6cfb3f16 807The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Windows-hosted GCC
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809
810@smallexample
eea81d3e 811@code{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\@var{key}}
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813
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815@option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
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817perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
767094dd 818avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled
6cfb3f16 819by default, and can be disabled by @option{--disable-win32-registry}
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821
822@item --nfp
823Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This
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825system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
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828@itemx --disable-werror
829@itemx --enable-werror=yes
830@itemx --enable-werror=no
831When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
832compiler are built with @option{-Werror} in bootstrap stage2 and later.
833If you don't specify it, @option{-Werror} is turned on for the main
834development trunk. However it defaults to off for release branches and
835final releases. The specific files which get @option{-Werror} are
836controlled by the Makefiles.
837
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839@itemx --enable-checking=@var{list}
840When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform checking
841of tree node types when referencing fields of that node, and some other
842internal consistency checks. This does not change the generated code,
843but adds error checking within the compiler. This will slow down the
844compiler and may only work properly if you are building the compiler
161d7b59 845with GCC@. This is on by default when building from CVS or snapshots,
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846but off for releases. More control over the checks may be had by
847specifying @var{list}; the categories of checks available are
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849@samp{gcac}. The
850default when @var{list} is not specified is @samp{misc,tree,gc,rtlflag}; the
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852
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854@item --enable-coverage=@var{level}
855With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
856information, every time it is run. This is for internal development
857purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc. The
858@var{level} argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
859not, values are @samp{opt} and @samp{noopt}. For coverage analysis you
860want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
861enable optimization. When coverage is enabled, the default level is
862without optimization.
863
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865@itemx --disable-nls
6cfb3f16 866The @option{--enable-nls} option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
f85b8d1a 867which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
767094dd 868English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
161d7b59 869canadian cross build. The @option{--disable-nls} option disables NLS@.
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871@item --with-included-gettext
c771326b 872If NLS is enabled, the @option{--with-included-gettext} option causes the build
021c4bfd 873procedure to prefer its copy of GNU @command{gettext}.
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875@item --with-catgets
876If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks @code{gettext} but has the
877inferior @code{catgets} interface, the GCC build procedure normally
878ignores @code{catgets} and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU
6cfb3f16 879@code{gettext} library. The @option{--with-catgets} option causes the
f85b8d1a 880build procedure to use the host's @code{catgets} in this situation.
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883Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
884libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
885
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887Use installed zlib rather than that included with GCC@. This option
888only applies if the Java front end is being built.
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890@item --enable-obsolete
891Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
892configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
893obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
894error message.
895
896All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
897is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
898forward to maintain the port.
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901Some options which only apply to building cross compilers:
ef88b07d 902@table @code
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904@itemx --with-sysroot=@var{dir}
905Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the root of a tree that contains a
906(subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
907Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
908searched in there. The specified directory is not copied into the
909install tree, unlike the options @option{--with-headers} and
910@option{--with-libs} that this option obsoletes. The default value,
911in case @option{--with-sysroot} is not given an argument, is
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913subdirectory of @option{$@{exec_prefix@}}, then it will be found relative to
914the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
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917@itemx --with-headers=@var{dir}
4977bab6 918Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
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920The @var{dir} argument specifies a directory which has the target include
921files. These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
922directory. @emph{This option with the @var{dir} argument is required} when
923building a cross compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include}
924doesn't pre-exist. If @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} does
925pre-exist, the @var{dir} argument may be omitted. @command{fixincludes}
926will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC.
927@item --with-libs
928@itemx --with-libs=``@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}''
4977bab6 929Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
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931libraries. These libraries will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
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933effect.
ef88b07d 934@item --with-newlib
eea81d3e 935Specifies that @samp{newlib} is
38209993 936being used as the target C library. This causes @code{__eprintf} to be
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938@samp{newlib}.
ef88b07d 939@end table
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942@option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
943corresponding @option{--without} option.
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945@html
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948@end html
949@ifhtml
950@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
951@end ifhtml
952@end ifset
953
954@c ***Building****************************************************************
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957@node Building, Testing, Configuration, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 958@end ifnothtml
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961@chapter Building
962@end ifnothtml
963@cindex Installing GCC: Building
964
965Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
966runtime libraries.
967
58db9d1a 968We @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built using GNU make;
f282ffb3 969other versions may work, then again they might not.
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970GNU make is required for compiling GNAT (the Ada compiler) and the Java
971runtime library.
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973(For example, many broken versions of make will fail if you use the
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975Other broken versions may recompile parts of the compiler when
976installing the compiler.)
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b8df899a 978Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a
df2a54e9 979nonzero status) and be ignored by @code{make}. These failures, which
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981be ignored.
982
983It is normal to have compiler warnings when compiling certain files.
984Unless you are a GCC developer, you can generally ignore these warnings
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985unless they cause compilation to fail. Developers should attempt to fix
986any warnings encountered, however they can temporarily continue past
987warnings-as-errors by specifying the configure flag
988@option{--disable-werror}.
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990On certain old systems, defining certain environment variables such as
6cfb3f16 991@env{CC} can interfere with the functioning of @command{make}.
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993If you encounter seemingly strange errors when trying to build the
994compiler in a directory other than the source directory, it could be
995because you have previously configured the compiler in the source
996directory. Make sure you have done all the necessary preparations.
997
998If you build GCC on a BSD system using a directory stored in an old System
4c64396e 999V file system, problems may occur in running @command{fixincludes} if the
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1000System V file system doesn't support symbolic links. These problems
1001result in a failure to fix the declaration of @code{size_t} in
1002@file{sys/types.h}. If you find that @code{size_t} is a signed type and
1003that type mismatches occur, this could be the cause.
1004
161d7b59 1005The solution is not to use such a directory for building GCC@.
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1008you need the Bison parser generator installed. Any version 1.25 or
1009later should work; older versions may also work. If you do not modify
1010parser sources, releases contain the Bison-generated files and you do
1011not need Bison installed to build them.
1012
1013When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
a38f87a9 1014documentation, you need version 4.2 or later of Texinfo installed if you
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1016documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
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1018@section Building a native compiler
1019
f9047ed3 1020For a native build issue the command @samp{make bootstrap}. This
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1021will build the entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
1022
1023@itemize @bullet
1024@item
1025Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1026gperf.
1027
1028@item
1029Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
eea81d3e 1030binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
f282ffb3 1031if they have been individually linked
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1032or moved into the top level GCC source tree before configuring.
1033
1034@item
1035Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler.
1036
1037@item
1038Perform a comparison test of the stage2 and stage3 compilers.
1039
1040@item
1041Build runtime libraries using the stage3 compiler from the previous step.
f9047ed3 1042
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1044
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1045If you are short on disk space you might consider @samp{make
1046bootstrap-lean} instead. This is identical to @samp{make
1047bootstrap} except that object files from the stage1 and
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1048stage2 of the 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler are deleted as
1049soon as they are no longer needed.
1050
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1051If you want to save additional space during the bootstrap and in
1052the final installation as well, you can build the compiler binaries
8c085f6f 1053without debugging information as in the following example. This will save
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1054roughly 40% of disk space both for the bootstrap and the final installation.
1055(Libraries will still contain debugging information.)
1056
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1057@example
1058 make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' \
1059 LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap
1060@end example
1061
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1062If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2 and
1063stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when doing
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1064@samp{make bootstrap}. Non-default optimization flags are less well
1065tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should still work.
1066In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special flags such
1067as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or, if the
1068native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need to work
1069around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts of the
1070stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
1071bootstrap4} to increase the number of stages of bootstrap.
1072
6cfb3f16 1073If you used the flag @option{--enable-languages=@dots{}} to restrict
f42974dc 1074the compilers to be built, only those you've actually enabled will be
767094dd 1075built. This will of course only build those runtime libraries, for
f42974dc 1076which the particular compiler has been built. Please note,
eea81d3e 1077that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
ef88b07d 1078@strong{does not} work anymore!
f42974dc 1079
f85b8d1a 1080If the comparison of stage2 and stage3 fails, this normally indicates
eea81d3e 1081that the stage2 compiler has compiled GCC incorrectly, and is therefore
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1082a potentially serious bug which you should investigate and report. (On
1083a few systems, meaningful comparison of object files is impossible; they
1084always appear ``different''. If you encounter this problem, you will
1085need to disable comparison in the @file{Makefile}.)
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1086
1087@section Building a cross compiler
1088
1089We recommend reading the
1090@uref{http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/,,crossgcc FAQ}
1091for information about building cross compilers.
1092
1093When building a cross compiler, it is not generally possible to do a
10943-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This makes for an interesting problem
161d7b59 1095as parts of GCC can only be built with GCC@.
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1096
1097To build a cross compiler, we first recommend building and installing a
1098native compiler. You can then use the native GCC compiler to build the
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1099cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
11002.95 or later.
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1101
1102Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
6cfb3f16 1103your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
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1104following steps:
1105
1106@itemize @bullet
1107@item
1108Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1109gperf.
1110
1111@item
1112Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
1113binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
1114if they have been individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source
1115tree before configuring.
1116
1117@item
1118Build the compiler (single stage only).
1119
1120@item
1121Build runtime libraries using the compiler from the previous step.
1122@end itemize
1123
1124Note that if an error occurs in any step the make process will exit.
1125
1126@section Building in parallel
1127
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1128If you have a multiprocessor system you can use @samp{make bootstrap
1129MAKE="make -j 2" -j 2} or just @samp{make -j 2 bootstrap}
1130for GNU Make 3.79 and above instead of just @samp{make bootstrap}
161d7b59 1131when building GCC@. You can use a bigger number instead of two if
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1132you like. In most cases, it won't help to use a number bigger than
1133the number of processors in your machine.
1134
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1135@section Building the Ada compiler
1136
1137In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
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1138compiler (GNAT version 3.13 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later),
1139since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
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1140GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make.
1141
1142However, you do not need a full installation of GNAT, just the GNAT
1143binary @file{gnat1}, a copy of @file{gnatbind}, and a compiler driver
1144which can deal with Ada input (by invoking the @file{gnat1} binary).
1145You can specify this compiler driver by setting the @env{ADAC}
1146environment variable at the configure step. @command{configure} can
1147detect the driver automatically if it has got a common name such as
1148@command{gcc} or @command{gnatgcc}. Of course, you still need a working
1149C compiler (the compiler driver can be different or not).
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1150@command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
1151and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
1152installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
1153used to disable building the Ada front end.
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1154
1155Additional build tools (such as @command{gnatmake}) or a working GNAT
1156run-time library installation are usually @emph{not} required. However,
9026a957 1157if you want to bootstrap the compiler using a minimal version of GNAT,
e23381df 1158you have to issue the following commands before invoking @samp{make
9026a957 1159bootstrap} (this assumes that you start with an unmodified and consistent
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1160source distribution):
1161
1162@example
1163 cd @var{srcdir}/gcc/ada
1164 touch treeprs.ads [es]info.h nmake.ad[bs]
1165@end example
1166
1167At the moment, the GNAT library and several tools for GNAT are not built
f282ffb3 1168by @samp{make bootstrap}. You have to invoke
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1169@samp{make gnatlib_and_tools} in the @file{@var{objdir}/gcc}
1170subdirectory before proceeding with the next steps.
1171
1172For example, you can build a native Ada compiler by issuing the
1173following commands (assuming @command{make} is GNU make):
1174
1175@example
1176 cd @var{objdir}
f282ffb3 1177 @var{srcdir}/configure --enable-languages=c,ada
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1178 cd @var{srcdir}/gcc/ada
1179 touch treeprs.ads [es]info.h nmake.ad[bs]
f282ffb3 1180 cd @var{objdir}
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1181 make bootstrap
1182 cd gcc
1183 make gnatlib_and_tools
1184 cd ..
1185@end example
1186
1187Currently, when compiling the Ada front end, you cannot use the parallel
1188build feature described in the previous section.
1189
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b8db17af 1191<hr />
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1192<p>
1193@end html
1194@ifhtml
1195@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1196@end ifhtml
1197@end ifset
1198
1199@c ***Testing*****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 1200@ifnothtml
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1201@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1202@node Testing, Final install, Building, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1203@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1204@ifset testhtml
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1205@ifnothtml
1206@chapter Installing GCC: Testing
1207@end ifnothtml
1208@cindex Testing
1209@cindex Installing GCC: Testing
1210@cindex Testsuite
1211
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1212Before you install GCC, we encourage you to run the testsuites and to
1213compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
1214been submitted to the
1215@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
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1216Some of these archived results are linked from the build status lists
1217at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}, although not everyone who
1218reports a successful build runs the testsuites and submits the results.
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1219This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
1220but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
1221problems before you install and start using your new GCC.
f42974dc 1222
f9047ed3 1223First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
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1224These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
1225``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you must download the testsuites
1226separately.
f42974dc 1227
f97903cc 1228Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
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1229@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,DejaGnu} 1.4.2 (or later),
1230Tcl, and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
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1232If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
1233installed are not in the @env{PATH}, you may need to set the following
1234environment variables appropriately, as in the following example (which
1235assumes that DejaGnu has been installed under @file{/usr/local}):
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1237@example
1238 TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
1239 DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
1240@end example
1241
8cacda7c 1242(On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
f42974dc 1243paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
8cacda7c 1244portability in the DejaGnu code.)
ecb7d6b3 1245
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1246
1247Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
1248@example
ef88b07d 1249 cd @var{objdir}; make -k check
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1250@end example
1251
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1252This will test various components of GCC, such as compiler
1253front ends and runtime libraries. While running the testsuite, DejaGnu
1254might emit some harmless messages resembling
06809951 1255@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
794aca5d 1256@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file} that can be ignored.
06809951 1257
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1258@section How can I run the test suite on selected tests?
1259
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1260In order to run sets of tests selectively, there are targets
1261@samp{make check-gcc} and @samp{make check-g++}
1262in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. You can also
1263just run @samp{make check} in a subdirectory of the object directory.
1264
1265
1266A more selective way to just run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the
1267testsuite is to use
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1268
1269@example
6cfb3f16 1270 make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
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1271@end example
1272
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1273Likewise, in order to run only the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in
1274the testsuite with filenames matching @samp{9805*}, you would use
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1275
1276@example
6cfb3f16 1277 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
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1278@end example
1279
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1280The @file{*.exp} files are located in the testsuite directories of the GCC
1281source, the most important ones being @file{compile.exp},
1282@file{execute.exp}, @file{dg.exp} and @file{old-deja.exp}.
1283To get a list of the possible @file{*.exp} files, pipe the
38209993 1284output of @samp{make check} into a file and look at the
6cfb3f16 1285@samp{Running @dots{} .exp} lines.
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1287
1288@section Additional testing for Java Class Libraries
1289
1290The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/,,Mauve Project} provides
1291a suite of tests for the Java Class Libraries. This suite can be run
1292as part of libgcj testing by placing the Mauve tree within the libjava
1293testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.mauve/mauve}, or by
1294specifying the location of that tree when invoking @samp{make}, as in
1295@samp{make MAUVEDIR=~/mauve check}.
1296
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1297@uref{http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/cvs/jikes/~checkout~/jacks/jacks.html,,Jacks}
1298is a free test suite that tests Java compiler front ends. This suite
3b41afd9 1299can be run as part of libgcj testing by placing the Jacks tree within
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1300the libjava testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.jacks/jacks}.
1301
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1302@section How to interpret test results
1303
794aca5d 1304The result of running the testsuite are various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
767094dd 1305files in the testsuite subdirectories. The @file{*.log} files contain a
f42974dc 1306detailed log of the compiler invocations and the corresponding
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1307results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries
1308contain status codes for all tests:
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1309
1310@itemize @bullet
1311@item
1312PASS: the test passed as expected
1313@item
1314XPASS: the test unexpectedly passed
1315@item
1316FAIL: the test unexpectedly failed
1317@item
1318XFAIL: the test failed as expected
1319@item
1320UNSUPPORTED: the test is not supported on this platform
1321@item
1322ERROR: the testsuite detected an error
1323@item
1324WARNING: the testsuite detected a possible problem
1325@end itemize
1326
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1327It is normal for some tests to report unexpected failures. At the
1328current time our testing harness does not allow fine grained control
1329over whether or not a test is expected to fail. We expect to fix this
1330problem in future releases.
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1331
1332
1333@section Submitting test results
1334
1335If you want to report the results to the GCC project, use the
767094dd 1336@file{contrib/test_summary} shell script. Start it in the @var{objdir} with
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1338@example
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1339 @var{srcdir}/contrib/test_summary -p your_commentary.txt \
1340 -m gcc-testresults@@gcc.gnu.org |sh
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1341@end example
1342
6cfb3f16 1343This script uses the @command{Mail} program to send the results, so
767094dd 1344make sure it is in your @env{PATH}. The file @file{your_commentary.txt} is
f42974dc 1345prepended to the testsuite summary and should contain any special
767094dd 1346remarks you have on your results or your build environment. Please
f42974dc 1347do not edit the testsuite result block or the subject line, as these
05c425a9 1348messages may be automatically processed.
f42974dc 1349
aed5964b 1350@html
b8db17af 1351<hr />
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1352<p>
1353@end html
1354@ifhtml
1355@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1356@end ifhtml
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1357@end ifset
1358
1359@c ***Final install***********************************************************
6cfb3f16 1360@ifnothtml
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1361@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1362@node Final install, , Testing, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1363@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1364@ifset finalinstallhtml
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1365@ifnothtml
1366@chapter Installing GCC: Final installation
1367@end ifnothtml
1368
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1369Now that GCC has been built (and optionally tested), you can install it with
1370@example
1371cd @var{objdir}; make install
1372@end example
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1374We strongly recommend to install into a target directory where there is
1375no previous version of GCC present.
1376
f42974dc 1377That step completes the installation of GCC; user level binaries can
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1378be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value you
1379specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or @file{/usr/local}
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1380by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir}, that directory will
1381be used instead; otherwise, if you specified @option{--exec-prefix},
1382@file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.) Headers for the C++ and
1383Java libraries are installed in @file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries
1384in @file{@var{libdir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal
1385parts of the compiler in @file{@var{libdir}/gcc-lib}; documentation in
1386info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/info}).
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1388When installing cross-compilers, GCC's executables
1389are not only installed into @file{@var{bindir}}, that
1390is, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}, but additionally into
1391@file{@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin}, if that directory
1392exists. Typically, such @dfn{tooldirs} hold target-specific
1393binutils, including assembler and linker.
1394
1395Installation into a temporary staging area or into a @command{chroot}
1396jail can be achieved with the command
1397
1398@example
1399make DESTDIR=@var{path-to-rootdir} install
1400@end example
1401
1402@noindent where @var{path-to-rootdir} is the absolute path of
1403a directory relative to which all installation paths will be
1404interpreted. Note that the directory specified by @code{DESTDIR}
1405need not exist yet; it will be created if necessary.
1406
1407There is a subtle point with tooldirs and @code{DESTDIR}:
1408If you relocate a cross-compiler installation with
1409e.g.@: @samp{DESTDIR=@var{rootdir}}, then the directory
1410@file{@var{rootdir}/@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin} will
1411be filled with duplicated GCC executables only if it already exists,
1412it will not be created otherwise. This is regarded as a feature,
1413not as a bug, because it gives slightly more control to the packagers
1414using the @code{DESTDIR} feature.
1415
2b46bc67 1416If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
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1417quickly review the build status page for your release, available from
1418@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
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1419If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
1420send a note to
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1421@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
1422that you successfully built and installed GCC.
c5997381 1423Include the following information:
f42974dc 1424
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1425@itemize @bullet
1426@item
1427Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send us
1428that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
1429
1430@item
1431The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed gcc.
1432This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed to
1433configure.
1434
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1435@item
1436Whether you enabled all languages or a subset of them. If you used a
1437full distribution then this information is part of the configure
1438options in the output of @samp{gcc -v}, but if you downloaded the
1439``core'' compiler plus additional front ends then it isn't apparent
1440which ones you built unless you tell us about it.
1441
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1442@item
1443If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include:
1444@itemize @bullet
1445@item
1446The distribution name and version (e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3);
1447this information should be available from @file{/etc/issue}.
1448
1449@item
1450The version of the Linux kernel, available from @samp{uname --version}
1451or @samp{uname -a}.
1452
1453@item
1454The version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
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1455Mandrake, and SuSE type @samp{rpm -q glibc} to get the glibc version,
1456and on systems like Debian and Progeny use @samp{dpkg -l libc6}.
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1457@end itemize
1458For other systems, you can include similar information if you think it is
1459relevant.
1460
1461@item
1462Any other information that you think would be useful to people building
1463GCC on the same configuration. The new entry in the build status list
1464will include a link to the archived copy of your message.
1465@end itemize
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1466
1467We'd also like to know if the
1468@ifnothtml
1469@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}
1470@end ifnothtml
1471@ifhtml
1472@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}
1473@end ifhtml
1474didn't include your host/target information or if that information is
1475incomplete or out of date. Send a note to
1476@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} telling us how the information should be changed.
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1477
1478If you find a bug, please report it following our
1479@uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
1480
ab130aa5 1481If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
a38f87a9 1482dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.2)
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1483and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
1484subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
1485printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. You can also
1486@uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,buy printed manuals from the
1487Free Software Foundation}, though such manuals may not be for the most
161d7b59 1488recent version of GCC@.
ab130aa5 1489
f42974dc 1490@html
b8db17af 1491<hr />
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1492<p>
1493@end html
1494@ifhtml
1495@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1496@end ifhtml
1497@end ifset
1498
1499@c ***Binaries****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 1500@ifnothtml
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1501@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1502@node Binaries, Specific, Installing GCC, Top
6cfb3f16 1503@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1504@ifset binarieshtml
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1505@ifnothtml
1506@chapter Installing GCC: Binaries
1507@end ifnothtml
1508@cindex Binaries
1509@cindex Installing GCC: Binaries
1510
161d7b59 1511We are often asked about pre-compiled versions of GCC@. While we cannot
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1512provide these for all platforms, below you'll find links to binaries for
1513various platforms where creating them by yourself is not easy due to various
1514reasons.
1515
1516Please note that we did not create these binaries, nor do we
1517support them. If you have any problems installing them, please
1518contact their makers.
1519
1520@itemize
1521@item
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1522AIX:
1523@itemize
1524@item
ff4c5e7b 1525@uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
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1526
1527@item
8d5362b7 1528@uref{http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu,,UCLA Software Library for AIX}.
df002c7d 1529@end itemize
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1531@item
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1532DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
1533
1534@item
1535Hitachi H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
1536Development Tools for the Hitachi H8/300[HS] Series}.
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1538@item
1539HP-UX:
1540@itemize
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1542@uref{http://hpux.cae.wisc.edu/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
1543
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1545@uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
1546@end itemize
1547
f42974dc 1548@item
38209993 1549@uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
8d5362b7 1550OpenServer/Unixware}.
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1552@item
35113fde 1553Sinix/Reliant Unix---@uref{ftp://ftp.fujitsu-siemens.com/pub/pd/gnu/gcc/,,Siemens}.
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1555@item
1556Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel)---@uref{http://www.sunfreeware.com/,,Sunfreeware}.
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1558@item
8d5362b7 1559SGI---@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,SGI Freeware}.
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1561@item
05c425a9 1562Microsoft Windows:
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1564@item
1565The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
1566@item
cc92b8ab 1567The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
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1569
1570@item
61d47787 1571@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/free/by-name/,,The
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1573IRIX 6.2, 6.5, Digital UNIX 4.0D, HP-UX 10.20, and HP-UX 11.00.
1574
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1575@end itemize
1576
1577In addition to those specific offerings, you can get a binary
1578distribution CD-ROM from the
f9047ed3 1579@uref{http://www.fsf.org/order/order.html,,Free Software Foundation}.
f42974dc 1580It contains binaries for a number of platforms, and
767094dd 1581includes not only GCC, but other stuff as well. The current CD does
f42974dc 1582not contain the latest version of GCC, but it should allow
767094dd 1583bootstrapping the compiler. An updated version of that disk is in the
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1585
1586@html
b8db17af 1587<hr />
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1588<p>
1589@end html
1590@ifhtml
1591@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1592@end ifhtml
1593@end ifset
1594
1595@c ***Specific****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 1596@ifnothtml
f42974dc 1597@comment node-name, next, previous, up
73e2155a 1598@node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
6cfb3f16 1599@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1600@ifset specifichtml
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1602@chapter Host/target specific installation notes for GCC
1603@end ifnothtml
1604@cindex Specific
1605@cindex Specific installation notes
1606@cindex Target specific installation
1607@cindex Host specific installation
1608@cindex Target specific installation notes
1609
1610Please read this document carefully @emph{before} installing the
1611GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
1612
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1614@itemize
1615@item
333e14b0 1616@uref{#alpha*-*-*,,alpha*-*-*}
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1618@uref{#alpha*-dec-osf*,,alpha*-dec-osf*}
1619@item
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1620@uref{#alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*,,alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}
1621@item
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1622@uref{#arc-*-elf,,arc-*-elf}
1623@item
1624@uref{#arm-*-aout,,arm-*-aout}
1625@item
1626@uref{#arm-*-elf,,arm-*-elf}
1627@item
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1628@uref{#arm*-*-linux-gnu,,arm*-*-linux-gnu}
1629@item
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1630@uref{#avr,,avr}
1631@item
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1632@uref{#c4x,,c4x}
1633@item
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1634@uref{#dos,,DOS}
1635@item
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1636@uref{#dsp16xx,,dsp16xx}
1637@item
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1638@uref{#*-*-freebsd*,,*-*-freebsd*}
1639@item
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1640@uref{#h8300-hms,,h8300-hms}
1641@item
1642@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux*,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
1643@item
1644@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux9,,hppa*-hp-hpux9}
1645@item
1646@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
1647@item
1648@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
1649@item
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1650@uref{#i370-*-*,,i370-*-*}
1651@item
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1652@uref{#*-*-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
1653@item
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1654@uref{#ix86-*-linux*aout,,i?86-*-linux*aout}
1655@item
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1656@uref{#ix86-*-linux*,,i?86-*-linux*}
1657@item
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1658@uref{#ix86-*-sco,,i?86-*-sco}
1659@item
1660@uref{#ix86-*-sco3.2v4,,i?86-*-sco3.2v4}
1661@item
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1663@item
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1664@uref{#ix86-*-udk,,i?86-*-udk}
1665@item
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1666@uref{#ix86-*-esix,,i?86-*-esix}
1667@item
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1668@uref{#ia64-*-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
1669@item
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1670@uref{#*-lynx-lynxos,,*-lynx-lynxos}
1671@item
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1673@item
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1675@item
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1676@uref{#m32r-*-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
1677@item
1678@uref{#m68000-hp-bsd,,m68000-hp-bsd}
1679@item
1680@uref{#m6811-elf,,m6811-elf}
1681@item
1682@uref{#m6812-elf,,m6812-elf}
1683@item
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1684@uref{#m68k-att-sysv,,m68k-att-sysv}
1685@item
9340544b 1686@uref{#m68k-crds-unos,,m68k-crds-unos}
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1687@item
1688@uref{#m68k-hp-hpux,,m68k-hp-hpux}
1689@item
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1690@uref{#m68k-ncr-*,,m68k-ncr-*}
1691@item
1692@uref{#m68k-sun,,m68k-sun}
1693@item
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1694@uref{#m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1,,m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1}
1695@item
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1696@uref{#mips-*-*,,mips-*-*}
1697@item
b953cc4b 1698@uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,mips-sgi-irix5}
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b953cc4b 1700@uref{#mips-sgi-irix6,,mips-sgi-irix6}
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1703@item
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1704@uref{#powerpc-*-darwin*,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
1705@item
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1706@uref{#powerpc-*-elf,,powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4}
1707@item
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1709@item
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1710@uref{#powerpc-*-netbsd*,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
1711@item
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1712@uref{#powerpc-*-eabiaix,,powerpc-*-eabiaix}
1713@item
1714@uref{#powerpc-*-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
1715@item
1716@uref{#powerpc-*-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
1717@item
1718@uref{#powerpcle-*-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4}
1719@item
1720@uref{#powerpcle-*-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
1721@item
1722@uref{#powerpcle-*-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
1723@item
1724@uref{#powerpcle-*-winnt,,powerpcle-*-winnt, powerpcle-*-pe}
1725@item
225cee28 1726@uref{#s390-*-linux*,,s390-*-linux*}
91abf72d 1727@item
225cee28 1728@uref{#s390x-*-linux*,,s390x-*-linux*}
91abf72d 1729@item
250d5688 1730@uref{#*-*-solaris2*,,*-*-solaris2*}
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250d5688 1732@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2*,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
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1733@item
1734@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2.7,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
1735@item
250d5688 1736@uref{#sparc-sun-sunos4*,,sparc-sun-sunos4*}
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1738@uref{#sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1,,sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1}
1739@item
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1740@uref{#sparc-*-linux*,,sparc-*-linux*}
1741@item
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1743@item
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1744@uref{#sparcv9-*-solaris2*,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
1745@item
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1746@uref{#*-*-sysv*,,*-*-sysv*}
1747@item
1748@uref{#vax-dec-ultrix,,vax-dec-ultrix}
1749@item
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1750@uref{#*-*-vxworks*,,*-*-vxworks*}
1751@item
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1752@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,xtensa-*-elf}
1753@item
1754@uref{#xtensa-*-linux*,,xtensa-*-linux*}
1755@item
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1756@uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
1757@item
1758@uref{#os2,,OS/2}
1759@item
1760@uref{#older,,Older systems}
1761@end itemize
1762
1763@itemize
1764@item
250d5688 1765@uref{#elf_targets,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
f42974dc 1766@end itemize
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1769
1770@html
1771<!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
b8db17af 1772<hr />
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1775
1776This section contains general configuration information for all
1777alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
161d7b59 1778DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX and Tru64 UNIX)@. In addition to reading this
f2541106 1779section, please read all other sections that match your target.
333e14b0 1780
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1782Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2
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1784shared libraries.
1785
b8df899a 1786@html
b8db17af 1787<hr />
b8df899a 1788@end html
f2541106 1789@heading @anchor{alpha*-dec-osf*}alpha*-dec-osf*
b8df899a 1790Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
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1791are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
1792Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
1793
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1794As of GCC 3.2, versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer
1795supported. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC
1796OSF/1.)
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1798In Digital Unix V4.0, virtual memory exhausted bootstrap failures
1799may be fixed by configuring with @option{--with-gc=simple},
1800reconfiguring Kernel Virtual Memory and Swap parameters
1801per the @command{/usr/sbin/sys_check} Tuning Suggestions,
1802or applying the patch in
1803@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg00822.html}.
1804
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1805In Tru64 UNIX V5.1, Compaq introduced a new assembler that does not
1806currently (2001-06-13) work with @command{mips-tfile}. As a workaround,
1807we need to use the old assembler, invoked via the barely documented
1808@option{-oldas} option. To bootstrap GCC, you either need to use the
1809Compaq C Compiler:
1810
1811@example
eea81d3e 1812 % CC=cc @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
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1813@end example
1814
1815or you can use a copy of GCC 2.95.3 or higher built on Tru64 UNIX V4.0:
1816
1817@example
eea81d3e 1818 % CC=gcc -Wa,-oldas @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
f2541106 1819@end example
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1821As of GNU binutils 2.11.2, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
1822are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with
1823@option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
1824
1825The @option{--enable-threads} options isn't supported yet. A patch is
18b467f1 1826in preparation for a future release.
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f0523f02 1828GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
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1829unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
1830the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
1831new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
1832stamp.
1833
1834Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
183532-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
1836when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
1837optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
1838target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed. Building
1839cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
1840a few cases and may not work properly.
1841
1842@code{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
6cfb3f16 1843@option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
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1844assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
1845comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
6cfb3f16 1846@code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
b8df899a 1847fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
6cfb3f16 1848randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
b8df899a 1849unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you add
6cfb3f16 1850@option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
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1851@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
1852
f0523f02 1853GCC now supports both the native (ECOFF) debugging format used by DBX
161d7b59 1854and GDB and an encapsulated STABS format for use only with GDB@. See the
6cfb3f16 1855discussion of the @option{--with-stabs} option of @file{configure} above
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1856for more information on these formats and how to select them.
1857
1858There is a bug in DEC's assembler that produces incorrect line numbers
1859for ECOFF format when the @samp{.align} directive is used. To work
f0523f02 1860around this problem, GCC will not emit such alignment directives
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1861while writing ECOFF format debugging information even if optimization is
1862being performed. Unfortunately, this has the very undesirable
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1863side-effect that code addresses when @option{-O} is specified are
1864different depending on whether or not @option{-g} is also specified.
b8df899a 1865
6cfb3f16 1866To avoid this behavior, specify @option{-gstabs+} and use GDB instead of
161d7b59 1867DBX@. DEC is now aware of this problem with the assembler and hopes to
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1868provide a fix shortly.
1869
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1873@heading @anchor{alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*
1874Cray T3E systems running Unicos/Mk.
1875
1876This port is incomplete and has many known bugs. We hope to improve the
1877support for this target soon. Currently, only the C front end is supported,
1878and it is not possible to build parallel applications. Cray modules are not
1879supported; in particular, Craylibs are assumed to be in
1880@file{/opt/ctl/craylibs/craylibs}.
1881
1882You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU make on this platform. Also, you
1883need to tell GCC where to find the assembler and the linker. The
1884simplest way to do so is by providing @option{--with-as} and
1885@option{--with-ld} to @file{configure}, e.g.@:
1886
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1888 configure --with-as=/opt/ctl/bin/cam --with-ld=/opt/ctl/bin/cld \
1889 --enable-languages=c
1890@end example
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1892The comparison test during @samp{make bootstrap} fails on Unicos/Mk
1893because the assembler inserts timestamps into object files. You should
1894be able to work around this by doing @samp{make all} after getting this
1895failure.
1896
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b8db17af 1898<hr />
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1900@heading @anchor{arc-*-elf}arc-*-elf
1901Argonaut ARC processor.
1902This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
1903
1904@html
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1907@heading @anchor{arm-*-aout}arm-*-aout
1908Advanced RISC Machines ARM-family processors. These are often used in
1909embedded applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
1910This configuration corresponds to the basic instruction sequences and will
1911produce @file{a.out} format object modules.
1912
1913You may need to make a variant of the file @file{arm.h} for your particular
1914configuration.
1915
1916@html
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1919@heading @anchor{arm-*-elf}arm-*-elf
1920This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
1921
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b8db17af 1923<hr />
476c334e 1924@end html
ef88b07d 1925@heading @anchor{arm*-*-linux-gnu}arm*-*-linux-gnu
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1927We require GNU binutils 2.10 or newer.
1928
f42974dc 1929@html
b8db17af 1930<hr />
f42974dc 1931@end html
ef88b07d 1932@heading @anchor{avr}avr
f42974dc 1933
b8df899a 1934ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
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1935applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
1936@ifnothtml
1937@xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
1938Collection (GCC)},
1939@end ifnothtml
98999d8b 1940@ifhtml
ca52d046 1941See ``AVR Options'' in the main manual
98999d8b 1942@end ifhtml
ca52d046 1943for the list of supported MCU types.
b8df899a 1944
161d7b59 1945Use @samp{configure --target=avr --enable-languages="c"} to configure GCC@.
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1947Further installation notes and other useful information about AVR tools
1948can also be obtained from:
1949
1950@itemize @bullet
1951@item
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1952@uref{http://www.openavr.org,,http://www.openavr.org}
1953@item
d1a86812 1954@uref{http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/,,http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/}
f42974dc 1955@item
d1a86812 1956@uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/}
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1958
de7999ba 1959We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.13 or newer.
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1961The following error:
1962@example
1963 Error: register required
1964@end example
1965
1966indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
1967
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1971@heading @anchor{c4x}c4x
1972
1973Texas Instruments TMS320C3x and TMS320C4x Floating Point Digital Signal
1974Processors. These are used in embedded applications. There are no
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1976@ifnothtml
1977@xref{TMS320C3x/C4x Options,, TMS320C3x/C4x Options, gcc, Using and
1978Porting the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
1979@end ifnothtml
98999d8b 1980@ifhtml
d8393f64 1981See ``TMS320C3x/C4x Options'' in the main manual
98999d8b 1982@end ifhtml
d8393f64 1983for the list of supported MCU types.
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1985GCC can be configured as a cross compiler for both the C3x and C4x
1986architectures on the same system. Use @samp{configure --target=c4x
1987--enable-languages="c,c++"} to configure.
1988
1989
1990Further installation notes and other useful information about C4x tools
1991can also be obtained from:
1992
1993@itemize @bullet
1994@item
d8393f64 1995@uref{http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/,,http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/}
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1997
0b85d816 1998@html
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2001@heading @anchor{cris}CRIS
2002
2003CRIS is the CPU architecture in Axis Communications ETRAX system-on-a-chip
2004series. These are used in embedded applications.
2005
2006@ifnothtml
2007@xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
2008Collection (GCC)},
2009@end ifnothtml
2010@ifhtml
2011See ``CRIS Options'' in the main manual
2012@end ifhtml
2013for a list of CRIS-specific options.
2014
2015There are a few different CRIS targets:
2016@table @code
2017@item cris-axis-aout
2018Old target. Includes a multilib for the @samp{elinux} a.out-based
2019target. No multilibs for newer architecture variants.
2020@item cris-axis-elf
2021Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
2022@samp{v10} core used in @samp{ETRAX 100 LX}.
2023@item cris-axis-linux-gnu
2024A GNU/Linux port for the CRIS architecture, currently targeting
2025@samp{ETRAX 100 LX} by default.
2026@end table
2027
2028For @code{cris-axis-aout} and @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
2029or newer. For @code{cris-axis-linux-gnu} you need binutils 2.12 or newer.
2030
2031Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
2032@uref{ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/}. More
2033information about this platform is available at
2034@uref{http://developer.axis.com/}.
2035
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b8db17af 2037<hr />
f42974dc 2038@end html
ef88b07d 2039@heading @anchor{dos}DOS
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2041Please have a look at our @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
2042
f0523f02 2043You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
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2044any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
2045compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
2046and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
2047
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2050@end html
2051@heading @anchor{dsp16xx}dsp16xx
2052A port to the AT&T DSP1610 family of processors.
2053
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2056@end html
2057@heading @anchor{*-*-freebsd*}*-*-freebsd*
2058
2059The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} is known to work unless
2060otherwise specified in any per-architecture notes. However, binutils
6b976d99 20612.12.1 or greater is known to improve overall testsuite results.
021c4bfd 2062
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2063FreeBSD 1 is no longer supported in GCC 3.2.
2064
2065For FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
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2066configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
2067place. FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been known to bootstrap completely; however,
2068it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it
2069was the system copy in @file{/usr/bin}) and C++ EH failures were noted.
2070
2071For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF 2 debugging is now the
2072default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on
2073FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead
2074of @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
2075no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
2076debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match more
2077of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of GCC. In
2078particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default.
2079However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system
2080compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good
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2081results on FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@. In the past, known to
2082bootstrap and check with good results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2,
20834.3, 4.4, 4.5-STABLE@.
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2085In principle, @option{--enable-threads} is now compatible with
2086@option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@. However, it has only been built
e4e7d312 2087and tested on @samp{i386-*-freebsd[45]} and @samp{alpha-*-freebsd[45]}.
8c085f6f 2088The static
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2089library may be incorrectly built (symbols are missing at link time).
2090There is a rare timing-based startup hang (probably involves an
c0478a66 2091assumption about the thread library). Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
46fc709d 2092libjava) exposes severe threaded signal-handling bugs on FreeBSD before
e4e7d312 20934.5-RELEASE@. Other CPU architectures
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2094supported by FreeBSD will require additional configuration tuning in, at
2095the very least, both boehm-gc and libffi.
021c4bfd 2096
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2097Shared @file{libgcc_s.so} is now built and installed by default.
2098
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b8db17af 2100<hr />
f42974dc 2101@end html
ef88b07d 2102@heading @anchor{h8300-hms}h8300-hms
b8df899a 2103Hitachi H8/300 series of processors.
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2104
2105Please have a look at our @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
2106
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2107The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
2108All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
2109first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
2110longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
2111
f42974dc 2112@html
b8db17af 2113<hr />
f42974dc 2114@end html
ef88b07d 2115@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux*}hppa*-hp-hpux*
f42974dc 2116
021c4bfd 2117We @emph{highly} recommend using gas/binutils 2.8 or newer on all hppa
f9047ed3 2118platforms; you may encounter a variety of problems when using the HP
581d9404 2119assembler.
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2120
2121Specifically, @option{-g} does not work on HP-UX (since that system
2122uses a peculiar debugging format which GCC does not know about), unless you
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2123use GAS and GDB and configure GCC with the
2124@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}} and
6cfb3f16 2125@option{--with-as=@dots{}} options.
f42974dc 2126
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2127If you wish to use the pa-risc 2.0 architecture support with a 32-bit
2128runtime, you must use either the HP assembler, gas/binutils 2.11 or newer,
2129or a recent
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2130@uref{ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/snapshots,,snapshot of gas}.
2131
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2132There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
2133PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
2134architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
2135PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
2136the target is a @samp{hppa1*} machine.
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2137
2138The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
2139it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
2140configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
2141TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
2142default scheduling model is desired.
2143
021c4bfd 2144More specific information to @samp{hppa*-hp-hpux*} targets follows.
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2145
2146@html
b8db17af 2147<hr />
f42974dc 2148@end html
ef88b07d 2149@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux9}hppa*-hp-hpux9
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2150
2151The HP assembler has major problems on this platform. We've tried to work
2152around the worst of the problems. However, those workarounds may be causing
2153linker crashes in some circumstances; the workarounds also probably prevent
2154shared libraries from working. Use the GNU assembler to avoid these problems.
2155
2156
2157The configuration scripts for GCC will also trigger a bug in the hpux9
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2158shell. To avoid this problem set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} to @file{/bin/ksh}
2159and @env{SHELL} to @file{/bin/ksh} in your environment.
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2160
2161
2162@html
b8db17af 2163<hr />
f42974dc 2164@end html
ef88b07d 2165@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
f42974dc 2166
f9047ed3 2167For hpux10.20, we @emph{highly} recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
161d7b59 2168@code{PHCO_19798} from HP@. HP has two sites which provide patches free of
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2169charge:
2170
2171@itemize @bullet
2172@item
2173@html
2174<a href="http://us-support.external.hp.com">US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
2175Latin-America</a>
2176@end html
2177@ifnothtml
2178@uref{http://us-support.external.hp.com,,}US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
2179Latin-America
2180@end ifnothtml
2181@item
2182@uref{http://europe-support.external.hp.com,,Europe}
2183@end itemize
2184
2185The HP assembler on these systems is much better than the hpux9 assembler,
2186but still has some problems. Most notably the assembler inserts timestamps
2187into each object file it creates, causing the 3-stage comparison test to fail
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2188during a @samp{make bootstrap}. You should be able to continue by
2189saying @samp{make all} after getting the failure from @samp{make
38209993 2190bootstrap}.
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2191
2192
2193@html
b8db17af 2194<hr />
f42974dc 2195@end html
ef88b07d 2196@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
f42974dc 2197
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2198GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. On 64-bit capable systems, there
2199are two distinct ports. The @samp{hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11*} port generates
2200code for the 32-bit pa-risc runtime architecture. It uses the HP
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2201linker. The @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} port generates 64-bit code for the
2202pa-risc 2.0 architecture. The script config.guess now selects the port
2203type based on the type compiler detected during configuration. You must
2204set your @env{PATH} or define @env{CC} so that configure finds an appropriate
2205compiler for the initial bootstrap. Different prefixes must be used if
2206both ports are to be installed on the same system.
2207
2208GCC 2.95.x is not supported under HP-UX 11 and cannot be used to
2209compile GCC 3.0 and up. Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for
2210information about obtaining precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX.
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2211
2212You must use GNU binutils 2.11 or above with the 32-bit port. Thread
2213support is not currently implemented, so @option{--enable-threads} does
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2214not work. See:
2215
2216@itemize
2217@item @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-prs/2002-01/msg00551.html}
2218@item @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2002-01/msg00663.html}
2219@end itemize
2220
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2221GCC 3.3 and later support weak symbols on the 32-bit port using SOM
2222secondary definition symbols. This feature is not enabled for earlier
2223versions of HP-UX since there have been bugs in the linker support for
2224secondary symbols. The HP linker patches @code{PHSS_26559} and
2225@code{PHSS_24304} for HP-UX 11.00 and 11.11, respectively, correct the
2226problem of linker core dumps creating C++ libraries. Earlier patches
2227may work but they have not been tested.
2228
2229GCC 3.3 nows uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capability
2230to run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The feature
2231requires CVS binutils as of January 2, 2003, or a subsequent release
2232to correct a problem arising from HP's non-standard use of the .init
2233and .fini sections. The 32-bit port uses the linker @option{+init}
2234and @option{+fini} options. As with the support for secondary symbols,
2235there have been bugs in the order in which these options are executed
2236by the HP linker. So, again a recent linker patch is recommended.
2237
2238The HP assembler has many limitations and is not recommended for either
2239the 32 or 64-bit ports. For example, it does not support weak symbols
2240or alias definitions. As a result, explicit template instantiations
2241are required when using C++. You also can't generate debugging information
2242when using the HP assembler. Either the HP or GNU linker can be used
2243with the 64-bit port but it may be necessary to use the GNU linker
2244when dwarf2 exception support is implemented.
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2245
2246There are several possible approaches to building the distribution.
2247Binutils can be built first using the HP tools. Then, the GCC
2248distribution can be built. The second approach is to build GCC
2249first using the HP tools, then build binutils, then rebuild GCC.
2250There have been problems with various binary distributions, so
2251it is best not to start from a binary distribution.
2252
2253When starting with a HP compiler, it is preferable to use the ANSI
2254compiler as the bundled compiler only supports traditional C.
2255Bootstrapping with the bundled compiler is tested infrequently and
2256problems often arise because of the subtle differences in semantics
2257between traditional and ISO C.
2258
2259This port still is undergoing significant development.
08b3d104 2260
b8df899a 2261@html
b8db17af 2262<hr />
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2263@end html
2264@heading @anchor{i370-*-*}i370-*-*
2265This port is very preliminary and has many known bugs. We hope to
2266have a higher-quality port for this machine soon.
2267
f42974dc 2268@html
b8db17af 2269<hr />
f42974dc 2270@end html
ef88b07d 2271@heading @anchor{*-*-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
f42974dc 2272
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2273Versions of libstdc++-v3 starting with 3.2.1 require bugfixes present
2274in glibc 2.2.5 and later. More information is available in the
2275libstdc++-v3 documentation.
2276
f42974dc 2277If you use glibc 2.2 (or 2.1.9x), GCC 2.95.2 won't install
021c4bfd 2278out-of-the-box. You'll get compile errors while building @samp{libstdc++}.
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2279The patch @uref{glibc-2.2.patch,,glibc-2.2.patch}, that is to be
2280applied in the GCC source tree, fixes the compatibility problems.
2281
e15ed790 2282Currently Glibc 2.2.3 (and older releases) and GCC 3.0 are out of sync
161d7b59 2283since the latest exception handling changes for GCC@. Compiling glibc
e15ed790 2284with GCC 3.0 will give a binary incompatible glibc and therefore cause
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2285lots of problems and might make your system completely unusable. This
2286will definitely need fixes in glibc but might also need fixes in GCC@. We
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2287strongly advise to wait for glibc 2.2.4 and to read the release notes of
2288glibc 2.2.4 whether patches for GCC 3.0 are needed. You can use glibc
22892.2.3 with GCC 3.0, just do not try to recompile it.
2290
b8df899a 2291@html
b8db17af 2292<hr />
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2293@end html
2294@heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*aout}i?86-*-linux*aout
2295Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
767094dd 2296GNU systems. This configuration is being superseded. You must use
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2297gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later.
2298
f42974dc 2299@html
b8db17af 2300<hr />
f42974dc 2301@end html
ef88b07d 2302@heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*}i?86-*-linux*
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021c4bfd 2304You will need binutils 2.9.1.0.15 or newer for exception handling to work.
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2306If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
2307possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
2308found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
2309
b8df899a 2310@html
b8db17af 2311<hr />
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2312@end html
2313@heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco}i?86-*-sco
2314Compilation with RCC is recommended. Also, it may be a good idea to
2315link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that comes with the system.
2316
2317@html
b8db17af 2318<hr />
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2319@end html
2320@heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco3.2v4}i?86-*-sco3.2v4
2321Use this configuration for SCO release 3.2 version 4.
2322
f42974dc 2323@html
b8db17af 2324<hr />
f42974dc 2325@end html
ef88b07d 2326@heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco3.2v5*}i?86-*-sco3.2v5*
b8df899a 2327Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release 5 family of operating systems.
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2328
2329Unlike earlier versions of GCC, the ability to generate COFF with this
2330target is no longer provided.
2331
021c4bfd 2332Earlier versions of GCC emitted DWARF 1 when generating ELF to allow
f42974dc 2333the system debugger to be used. That support was too burdensome to
021c4bfd 2334maintain. GCC now emits only DWARF 2 for this target. This means you
f42974dc 2335may use either the UDK debugger or GDB to debug programs built by this
161d7b59 2336version of GCC@.
f42974dc 2337
021c4bfd 2338Use of the @option{-march=pentiumpro} flag can result in
f42974dc 2339unrecognized opcodes when using the native assembler on OS versions before
767094dd 23405.0.6. (Support for P6 opcodes was added to the native ELF assembler in
f9047ed3 2341that version.) While it's rather rare to see these emitted by GCC yet,
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2342errors of the basic form:
2343
2344@example
2345 /usr/tmp/ccaNlqBc.s:22:unknown instruction: fcomip
2346 /usr/tmp/ccaNlqBc.s:50:unknown instruction: fucomip
2347@end example
2348
2349are symptoms of this problem. You may work around this by not
2350building affected files with that flag, by using the GNU assembler, or
161d7b59 2351by using the assembler provided with the current version of the OS@.
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2352Users of GNU assembler should see the note below for hazards on doing
2353so.
2354
2355The native SCO assembler that is provided with the OS at no
2356charge is normally required. If, however, you must be able to use
2357the GNU assembler (perhaps you're compiling code with asms that
2358require GAS syntax) you may configure this package using the flags
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2359@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}. You must
2360use a recent version of GNU binutils; versions past 2.9.1 seem to work
2361well.
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2362
2363In general, the @option{--with-gnu-as} option isn't as well tested
2364as the native assembler.
2365
6cfb3f16 2366Look in @file{gcc/config/i386/sco5.h} (search for ``messy'') for
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2367additional OpenServer-specific flags.
2368
38209993 2369Systems based on OpenServer before 5.0.4 (@samp{uname -X}
021c4bfd 2370will tell you what you're running) require TLS597 from
e0d9cc77 2371@uref{ftp://stage.caldera.com/TLS/,,ftp://stage.caldera.com/TLS/}
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2372for C++ constructors and destructors to work right.
2373
2374The system linker in (at least) 5.0.4 and 5.0.5 will sometimes
2375do the wrong thing for a construct that GCC will emit for PIC
2376code. This can be seen as execution testsuite failures when using
6cfb3f16 2377@option{-fPIC} on @file{921215-1.c}, @file{931002-1.c}, @file{nestfunc-1.c}, and @file{gcov-1.c}.
f42974dc 2378For 5.0.5, an updated linker that will cure this problem is
f9047ed3 2379available. You must install both
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2380@uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/rs505a,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/rs505a}
2381and @uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5,,OSS499A}.
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2382
2383The dynamic linker in OpenServer 5.0.5 (earlier versions may show
021c4bfd 2384the same problem) aborts on certain G77-compiled programs. It's particularly
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2385likely to be triggered by building Fortran code with the @option{-fPIC} flag.
2386Although it's conceivable that the error could be triggered by other
2387code, only G77-compiled code has been observed to cause this abort.
2388If you are getting core dumps immediately upon execution of your
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2389G77 program---and especially if it's compiled with @option{-fPIC}---try applying
2390@uref{sco_osr5_g77.patch,,@file{sco_osr5_g77.patch}} to your @samp{libf2c} and
161d7b59 2391rebuilding GCC@.
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2392Affected faults, when analyzed in a debugger, will show a stack
2393backtrace with a fault occurring in @code{rtld()} and the program
f9047ed3 2394running as @file{/usr/lib/ld.so.1}. This problem has been reported to SCO
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2395engineering and will hopefully be addressed in later releases.
2396
2397
f42974dc 2398@html
b8db17af 2399<hr />
f42974dc 2400@end html
ef88b07d 2401@heading @anchor{ix86-*-udk}i?86-*-udk
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2402
2403This target emulates the SCO Universal Development Kit and requires that
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2404package be installed. (If it is installed, you will have a
2405@file{/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc} file present.) It's very much like the
b953cc4b 2406@samp{i?86-*-unixware7*} target
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2407but is meant to be used when hosting on a system where UDK isn't the
2408default compiler such as OpenServer 5 or Unixware 2. This target will
f9047ed3 2409generate binaries that will run on OpenServer, Unixware 2, or Unixware 7,
161d7b59 2410with the same warnings and caveats as the SCO UDK@.
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2412This target is a little tricky to build because we have to distinguish
2413it from the native tools (so it gets headers, startups, and libraries
f9047ed3 2414from the right place) while making the tools not think we're actually
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2415building a cross compiler. The easiest way to do this is with a configure
2416command like this:
2417
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2418@example
2419 CC=/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc @var{/your/path/to}/gcc/configure \
2420 --host=i686-pc-udk --target=i686-pc-udk --program-prefix=udk-
2421@end example
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6cfb3f16 2423@emph{You should substitute @samp{i686} in the above command with the appropriate
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2424processor for your host.}
2425
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2426After the usual @samp{make bootstrap} and
2427@samp{make install}, you can then access the UDK-targeted GCC
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2428tools by adding @command{udk-} before the commonly known name. For
2429example, to invoke the C compiler, you would use @command{udk-gcc}.
2430They will coexist peacefully with any native-target GCC tools you may
2431have installed.
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2433
b499d9ab 2434@html
b8db17af 2435<hr />
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2436@end html
2437@heading @anchor{ia64-*-linux}ia64-*-linux
2438IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
2439running GNU/Linux.
2440
2441The toolchain is not completely finished, so requirements will continue
2442to change.
2443GCC 3.0.1 and later require glibc 2.2.4.
2444GCC 3.0.2 requires binutils from 2001-09-05 or later.
2445GCC 3.0.1 requires binutils 2.11.1 or later.
2446
2447None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
2448with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
2449Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
24503.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
2451This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
2452Because of these ABI incompatibilities, GCC 3.0.2 is not recommended for
2453user programs on GNU/Linux systems built using earlier compiler releases.
2454GCC 3.0.2 is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
2455GCC 3.0.2 is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no more major
2456ABI changes are expected.
2457
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b8db17af 2459<hr />
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2460@end html
2461@heading @anchor{*-lynx-lynxos}*-lynx-lynxos
f0523f02 2462LynxOS 2.2 and earlier comes with GCC 1.x already installed as
b8df899a 2463@file{/bin/gcc}. You should compile with this instead of @file{/bin/cc}.
f0523f02 2464You can tell GCC to use the GNU assembler and linker, by specifying
b8df899a 2465@samp{--with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld} when configuring. These will produce
f0523f02 2466COFF format object files and executables; otherwise GCC will use the
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2467installed tools, which produce @file{a.out} format executables.
2468
f42974dc 2469@html
b8db17af 2470<hr />
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2471<!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
2472@end html
ef88b07d 2473@heading @anchor{*-ibm-aix*}*-ibm-aix*
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2474
2475AIX Make frequently has problems with GCC makefiles. GNU Make 3.76 or
2476newer is recommended to build on this platform.
2477
6cfb3f16 2478Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
021c4bfd 2479to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
161d7b59 2480compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
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2481the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
2482(not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
2483@command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
38209993 2484configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
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2485does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
2486If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
2487is the version of Make (see above).
2488
2705baf5 2489The GNU Assembler incorrectly reports that it supports WEAK symbols on
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2490AIX which causes GCC to try to utilize weak symbol functionality although
2491it is not supported on the platform. The native @command{as} and
2705baf5 2492@command{ld} still are recommended. The native AIX tools do
161d7b59 2493interoperate with GCC@.
df002c7d 2494
04d2be8e 2495Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
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2496APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1).
2497
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2498@samp{libstdc++} in GCC 3.2 increments the major version number of the
2499shared object and GCC installation places the @file{libstdc++.a}
2500shared library in a common location which will overwrite the GCC 3.1
2501version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
2502re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 version of the
2503@samp{libstdc++} shared object needs to be available to the AIX
2504runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 @samp{libstdc++.so.4} shared object can
2505be installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to
2506set the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag in the shared object for @emph{each}
2507multilib @file{libstdc++.a} installed:
2508
2509Extract the shared object from each the GCC 3.1 @file{libstdc++.a}
2510archive:
2511@example
35fb4cf6 2512 % ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4
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2513@end example
2514
2515Enable the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag so that the shared object will be
2516available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
2517@example
2518 % strip -e libstdc++.so.4
2519@end example
2520
2521Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.2
2522@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
2523@example
35fb4cf6 2524 % ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4
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2525@end example
2526
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2527Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
2528duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
2529have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
2530and function declarations in the original program. The warnings should
2531not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
2532executable.
2533
6cfb3f16 2534AIX 4.3 utilizes a ``large format'' archive to support both 32-bit and
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253564-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
2536to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
2537These routines are used by GCC and result in error messages during
6cfb3f16 2538linking such as ``not a COFF file''. The version of the routines shipped
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2539with AIX 4.3.1 should work for a 32-bit environment. The @option{-g}
2540option of the archive command may be used to create archives of 32-bit
6cfb3f16 2541objects using the original ``small format''. A correct version of the
d5d8d540 2542routines is shipped with AIX 4.3.2 and above.
df002c7d 2543
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2544Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
2545overflow severe error when the @option{-bbigtoc} option is used to link
161d7b59 2546GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC@. A fix
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2547for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
2548available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 2549@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
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2550website as PTF U455193.
2551
df002c7d 2552The AIX 4.3.2.1 linker (bos.rte.bind_cmds Level 4.3.2.1) will dump core
161d7b59 2553with a segmentation fault when invoked by any version of GCC@. A fix for
df002c7d 2554APAR IX87327 is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 2555@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
df002c7d 2556website as PTF U461879. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.3 and above.
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2557
2558The initial assembler shipped with AIX 4.3.0 generates incorrect object
2559files. A fix for APAR IX74254 (64BIT DISASSEMBLED OUTPUT FROM COMPILER FAILS
2560TO ASSEMBLE/BIND) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 2561@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
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2562website as PTF U453956. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.1 and above.
2563
161d7b59 2564AIX provides National Language Support (NLS)@. Compilers and assemblers
df002c7d 2565use NLS to support locale-specific representations of various data
6cfb3f16 2566formats including floating-point numbers (e.g., @samp{.} vs @samp{,} for
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2567separating decimal fractions). There have been problems reported where
2568GCC does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
c771326b 2569expects. If one encounters this problem, set the @env{LANG}
6cfb3f16 2570environment variable to @samp{C} or @samp{En_US}.
f42974dc 2571
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2572By default, GCC for AIX 4.1 and above produces code that can be used on
2573both Power or PowerPC processors.
2574
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2575A default can be specified with the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
2576switch and using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
f42974dc 2577
e3223ea2 2578@html
b8db17af 2579<hr />
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2580@end html
2581@heading @anchor{ip2k-*-elf}ip2k-*-elf
2582Ubicom IP2022 micro controller.
2583This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
2584There are no standard Unix configurations.
2585
2586Use @samp{configure --target=ip2k-elf --enable-languages=c} to configure GCC@.
2587
b8df899a 2588@html
b8db17af 2589<hr />
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2590@end html
2591@heading @anchor{m32r-*-elf}m32r-*-elf
2592Mitsubishi M32R processor.
2593This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
2594
2595@html
b8db17af 2596<hr />
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2597@end html
2598@heading @anchor{m68000-hp-bsd}m68000-hp-bsd
161d7b59 2599HP 9000 series 200 running BSD@. Note that the C compiler that comes
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2600with this system cannot compile GCC; contact @email{law@@cygnus.com}
2601to get binaries of GCC for bootstrapping.
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2602
2603@html
b8db17af 2604<hr />
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2605@end html
2606@heading @anchor{m6811-elf}m6811-elf
2607Motorola 68HC11 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
2608applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
2609
2610@html
b8db17af 2611<hr />
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2612@end html
2613@heading @anchor{m6812-elf}m6812-elf
2614Motorola 68HC12 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
2615applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
2616
b8df899a 2617@html
b8db17af 2618<hr />
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2619@end html
2620@heading @anchor{m68k-att-sysv}m68k-att-sysv
161d7b59 2621AT&T 3b1, a.k.a.@: 7300 PC@. This version of GCC cannot
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2622be compiled with the system C compiler, which is too buggy.
2623You will need to get a previous version of GCC and use it to
2624bootstrap. Binaries are available from the OSU-CIS archive, at
35113fde 2625@uref{ftp://ftp.uu.net/systems/att7300/}.
b8df899a 2626
b8df899a 2627@html
b8db17af 2628<hr />
b8df899a 2629@end html
9340544b 2630@heading @anchor{m68k-crds-unos}m68k-crds-unos
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2631Use @samp{configure unos} for building on Unos.
2632
2633The Unos assembler is named @code{casm} instead of @code{as}. For some
2634strange reason linking @file{/bin/as} to @file{/bin/casm} changes the
f0523f02 2635behavior, and does not work. So, when installing GCC, you should
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2636install the following script as @file{as} in the subdirectory where
2637the passes of GCC are installed:
2638
2639@example
2640#!/bin/sh
2641casm $*
2642@end example
2643
2644The default Unos library is named @file{libunos.a} instead of
f0523f02 2645@file{libc.a}. To allow GCC to function, either change all
6cfb3f16 2646references to @option{-lc} in @file{gcc.c} to @option{-lunos} or link
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2647@file{/lib/libc.a} to @file{/lib/libunos.a}.
2648
2649@cindex @code{alloca}, for Unos
f0523f02 2650When compiling GCC with the standard compiler, to overcome bugs in
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2651the support of @code{alloca}, do not use @option{-O} when making stage 2.
2652Then use the stage 2 compiler with @option{-O} to make the stage 3
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2653compiler. This compiler will have the same characteristics as the usual
2654stage 2 compiler on other systems. Use it to make a stage 4 compiler
2655and compare that with stage 3 to verify proper compilation.
2656
2657(Perhaps simply defining @code{ALLOCA} in @file{x-crds} as described in
2658the comments there will make the above paragraph superfluous. Please
2659inform us of whether this works.)
2660
2661Unos uses memory segmentation instead of demand paging, so you will need
2662a lot of memory. 5 Mb is barely enough if no other tasks are running.
2663If linking @file{cc1} fails, try putting the object files into a library
2664and linking from that library.
2665
2666@html
b8db17af 2667<hr />
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2668@end html
2669@heading @anchor{m68k-hp-hpux}m68k-hp-hpux
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2670HP 9000 series 300 or 400 running HP-UX@. HP-UX version 8.0 has a bug in
2671the assembler that prevents compilation of GCC@. This
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2672bug manifests itself during the first stage of compilation, while
2673building @file{libgcc2.a}:
2674
2675@smallexample
2676_floatdisf
2677cc1: warning: `-g' option not supported on this version of GCC
2678cc1: warning: `-g1' option not supported on this version of GCC
2679./xgcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 11
2680@end smallexample
2681
2682A patched version of the assembler is available as the file
2683@uref{ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/cph/hpux-8.0-assembler}. If you
2684have HP software support, the patch can also be obtained directly from
2685HP, as described in the following note:
2686
2687@quotation
2688This is the patched assembler, to patch SR#1653-010439, where the
2689assembler aborts on floating point constants.
2690
2691The bug is not really in the assembler, but in the shared library
2692version of the function ``cvtnum(3c)''. The bug on ``cvtnum(3c)'' is
2693SR#4701-078451. Anyway, the attached assembler uses the archive
2694library version of ``cvtnum(3c)'' and thus does not exhibit the bug.
2695@end quotation
2696
2697This patch is also known as PHCO_4484.
2698
021c4bfd 2699In addition, if you wish to use gas, you must use
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2700gas version 2.1 or later, and you must use the GNU linker version 2.1 or
2701later. Earlier versions of gas relied upon a program which converted the
2702gas output into the native HP-UX format, but that program has not been
2703kept up to date. gdb does not understand that native HP-UX format, so
2704you must use gas if you wish to use gdb.
2705
2706On HP-UX version 8.05, but not on 8.07 or more recent versions, the
2707@code{fixproto} shell script triggers a bug in the system shell. If you
2708encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or use BASH (the
2709GNU shell) to run @code{fixproto}. This bug will cause the fixproto
2710program to report an error of the form:
2711
2712@example
2713./fixproto: sh internal 1K buffer overflow
2714@end example
2715
2716To fix this, you can also change the first line of the fixproto script
2717to look like:
2718
2719@example
2720#!/bin/ksh
2721@end example
2722
2723
b8df899a 2724@html
b8db17af 2725<hr />
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2726@end html
2727@heading @anchor{m68k-ncr-*}m68k-ncr-*
2728On the Tower models 4@var{n}0 and 6@var{n}0, by default a process is not
2729allowed to have more than one megabyte of memory. GCC cannot compile
6cfb3f16 2730itself (or many other programs) with @option{-O} in that much memory.
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2731
2732To solve this problem, reconfigure the kernel adding the following line
2733to the configuration file:
2734
2735@smallexample
2736MAXUMEM = 4096
2737@end smallexample
2738
2739
2740@html
b8db17af 2741<hr />
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2742@end html
2743@heading @anchor{m68k-sun}m68k-sun
2744Sun 3. We do not provide a configuration file to use the Sun FPA by
2745default, because programs that establish signal handlers for floating
161d7b59 2746point traps inherently cannot work with the FPA@.
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2747
2748@html
b8db17af 2749<hr />
f42974dc 2750@end html
ef88b07d 2751@heading @anchor{m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1}m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1
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2752
2753It is reported that you may need the GNU assembler on this platform.
2754
2755
b8df899a 2756@html
b8db17af 2757<hr />
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2758@end html
2759@heading @anchor{mips-*-*}mips-*-*
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2760If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying ``does not have gp
2761sections for all it's [sic] sectons [sic]'', don't worry about it. This
2762happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
2763really anything wrong, and it is okay to use the output file. You can
2764stop such warnings by installing the GNU linker.
2765
2766It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
2767optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
2768
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2769@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
2770
2771This configuration has considerable problems, which will be fixed in a
2772future release.
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2774In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the ``compiler_dev.hdr''
2775subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by Silicon
2776Graphics. It is also available for download from
2777@uref{http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/apis/ido.html,,http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/apis/ido.html}.
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2779@code{make compare} may fail on version 5 of IRIX unless you add
2780@option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
2781assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
2782comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
2783@code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
2784fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
2785randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
2786unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you do you
2787@option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
2788@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
f42974dc 2789
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2790If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
2791to increase its table size for switch statements with the
2792@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
2793optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
f42974dc 2794
b953cc4b 2795To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU @command{as} 2.11.2
f282ffb3 2796or later,
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2797and use the @option{--with-gnu-as} configure option when configuring GCC.
2798GNU @command{as} is distributed as part of the binutils package.
f282ffb3 2799When using release 2.11.2, you need to apply a patch
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2800@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html,,http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html}
2801which will be included in the next release of binutils.
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2803When building GCC, the build process loops rebuilding @command{cc1} over
2804and over again. This happens on @samp{mips-sgi-irix5.2}, and possibly
2805other platforms. It has been reported that this is a known bug in the
2806@command{make} shipped with IRIX 5.2. We recommend you use GNU
2807@command{make} instead of the vendor supplied @command{make} program;
2808however, you may have success with @command{smake} on IRIX 5.2 if you do
2809not have GNU @command{make} available.
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2810
2811@html
b8db17af 2812<hr />
f42974dc 2813@end html
b953cc4b 2814@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
f42974dc 2815
213ba345 2816If you are using IRIX @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
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2817ensure that the N32 ABI is in use. To test this, compile a simple C
2818file with @command{cc} and then run @command{file} on the
2819resulting object file. The output should look like:
2820
2821@example
213ba345 2822test.o: ELF N32 MSB @dots{}
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2823@end example
2824
2825If you see:
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2826
2827@example
2828test.o: ELF 32-bit MSB @dots{}
2829@end example
2830
2831or
2832
f42974dc 2833@example
213ba345 2834test.o: ELF 64-bit MSB @dots{}
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2835@end example
2836
213ba345 2837then your version of @command{cc} uses the O32 or N64 ABI by default. You
38209993 2838should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc -n32}
161d7b59 2839before configuring GCC@.
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2841If you want the resulting @command{gcc} to run on old 32-bit systems
2842with the MIPS R4400 CPU, you need to ensure that only code for the mips3
2843instruction set architecture (ISA) is generated. While GCC 3.x does
2844this correctly, both GCC 2.95 and SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} may change
2845the ISA depending on the machine where GCC is built. Using one of them
2846as the bootstrap compiler may result in mips4 code, which won't run at
2847all on mips3-only systems. For the test program above, you should see:
2848
2849@example
2850test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-3 @dots{}
2851@end example
2852
2853If you get:
2854
2855@example
2856test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-4 @dots{}
2857@end example
2858
2859instead, you should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc
2860-n32 -mips3} or @samp{gcc -mips3} respectively before configuring GCC@.
2861
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2862GCC on IRIX 6 is usually built to support both the N32 and N64 ABIs. If
2863you build GCC on a system that doesn't have the N64 libraries installed,
2864you need to configure with @option{--disable-multilib} so GCC doesn't
2865try to use them. Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
2866have the 64-bit libraries installed.
2867
2868You must @emph{not} use GNU @command{as} (which isn't built anyway as of
2869binutils 2.11.2) on IRIX 6 platforms; doing so will only cause problems.
2870
f42974dc 2871GCC does not currently support generating O32 ABI binaries in the
b953cc4b 2872@samp{mips-sgi-irix6} configurations. It is possible to create a GCC
213ba345 2873with O32 ABI only support by configuring it for the @samp{mips-sgi-irix5}
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2874target and using a patched GNU @command{as} 2.11.2 as documented in the
2875@uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,@samp{mips-sgi-irix5}} section above. Using the
2876native assembler requires patches to GCC which will be included in a
2877future release. It is
213ba345 2878expected that O32 ABI support will be available again in a future release.
f42974dc 2879
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2880The @option{--enable-threads} option doesn't currently work, a patch is
2881in preparation for a future release. The @option{--enable-libgcj}
2882option is disabled by default: IRIX 6 uses a very low default limit
2883(20480) for the command line length. Although libtool contains a
2884workaround for this problem, at least the N64 @samp{libgcj} is known not
2885to build despite this, running into an internal error of the native
2886@command{ld}. A sure fix is to increase this limit (@samp{ncargs}) to
2887its maximum of 262144 bytes. If you have root access, you can use the
2888@command{systune} command to do this.
2889
f42974dc 2890GCC does not correctly pass/return structures which are
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2891smaller than 16 bytes and which are not 8 bytes. The problem is very
2892involved and difficult to fix. It affects a number of other targets also,
57694e40 2893but IRIX 6 is affected the most, because it is a 64-bit target, and 4 byte
767094dd 2894structures are common. The exact problem is that structures are being padded
e979f9e8 2895at the wrong end, e.g.@: a 4 byte structure is loaded into the lower 4 bytes
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2896of the register when it should be loaded into the upper 4 bytes of the
2897register.
2898
2899GCC is consistent with itself, but not consistent with the SGI C compiler
2900(and the SGI supplied runtime libraries), so the only failures that can
2901happen are when there are library functions that take/return such
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2902structures. There are very few such library functions. Currently this
2903is known to affect @code{inet_ntoa}, @code{inet_lnaof},
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2904@code{inet_netof}, @code{inet_makeaddr}, and @code{semctl}. Until the
2905bug is fixed, GCC contains workarounds for the known affected functions.
f42974dc 2906
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2907See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
2908information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
f42974dc 2909
b8df899a 2910@html
b8db17af 2911<hr />
b8df899a 2912@end html
021c4bfd 2913@heading @anchor{powerpc*-*-*}powerpc-*-*
b8df899a 2914
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2915You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
2916switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
b8df899a 2917
4f2b1139 2918@html
b8db17af 2919<hr />
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2920@end html
2921@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-darwin*}powerpc-*-darwin*
2922PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
2923
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2924Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
2925meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
2926binaries are available at
d1a86812 2927@uref{http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/darwin/} (free
4f2b1139
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2928registration required).
2929
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2930If you're using Darwin 1.3 (Mac OS X 10.0) or earlier, you will need
2931to upgrade the assembler to version ``cctools-364''. To get cctools-364,
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2932check out @file{cctools} with tag @samp{Apple-364}, build it, and
2933install the assembler as @file{usr/bin/as}. See
2934@uref{http://www.opensource.apple.com/tools/cvs/docs.html} for details.
2935
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2936The default stack limit of 512K is too small, which may cause compiles
2937to fail with 'Bus error'. Set the stack larger, for instance
2938by doing @samp{limit stack 800}. It's a good idea to use the GNU
2939preprocessor instead of Apple's @file{cpp-precomp} during the first stage of
2940bootstrapping; this is automatic when doing @samp{make bootstrap}, but
2941to do it from the toplevel objdir you will need to say @samp{make
2942CC='cc -no-cpp-precomp' bootstrap}.
2943
2944The version of GCC shipped by Apple typically includes a number of
2945extensions not available in a standard GCC release. These extensions
2946are generally specific to Mac programming.
4f2b1139 2947
021c4bfd 2948@html
b8db17af 2949<hr />
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2950@end html
2951@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-elf}powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4
2952PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
2953
f42974dc 2954@html
b8db17af 2955<hr />
f42974dc 2956@end html
ef88b07d 2957@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-linux-gnu*}powerpc-*-linux-gnu*
f42974dc 2958
f9047ed3 2959You will need
e8a7b0c2 2960@uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.13.90.0.10}
791a949f 2961or newer for a working GCC@.
f42974dc 2962
edf1b3f3 2963@html
b8db17af 2964<hr />
edf1b3f3
AC
2965@end html
2966@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-netbsd*}powerpc-*-netbsd*
2967PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
a38f87a9 2968documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.2 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
edf1b3f3
AC
2969Texinfo version 3.12).
2970
b8df899a 2971@html
b8db17af 2972<hr />
b8df899a
JM
2973@end html
2974@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabiaix}powerpc-*-eabiaix
6cfb3f16 2975Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode with @option{-mcall-aix} selected as
b8df899a
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2976the default.
2977
b8df899a 2978@html
b8db17af 2979<hr />
b8df899a
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2980@end html
2981@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
2982Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
2983PSIM simulator.
2984
b8df899a 2985@html
b8db17af 2986<hr />
b8df899a
JM
2987@end html
2988@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
2989Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
2990
b8df899a 2991@html
b8db17af 2992<hr />
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2993@end html
2994@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-elf}powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4
2995PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
2996
b8df899a 2997@html
b8db17af 2998<hr />
b8df899a
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2999@end html
3000@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
3001Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
3002the PSIM simulator.
3003
3004@html
b8db17af 3005<hr />
b8df899a
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3006@end html
3007@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
3008Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
3009
b8df899a 3010@html
b8db17af 3011<hr />
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3012@end html
3013@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-winnt}powerpcle-*-winnt, powerpcle-*-pe
161d7b59 3014PowerPC system in little endian mode running Windows NT@.
b8df899a 3015
91abf72d 3016@html
b8db17af 3017<hr />
91abf72d
HP
3018@end html
3019@heading @anchor{s390-*-linux*}s390-*-linux*
f282ffb3 3020S/390 system running Linux for S/390@.
91abf72d
HP
3021
3022@html
b8db17af 3023<hr />
91abf72d
HP
3024@end html
3025@heading @anchor{s390x-*-linux*}s390x-*-linux*
57694e40 3026zSeries system (64-bit) running Linux for zSeries@.
91abf72d 3027
f42974dc 3028@html
b8db17af 3029<hr />
f42974dc 3030@end html
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3031@c Please use Solaris 2 to refer to all release of Solaris, starting
3032@c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, and 8. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
3033@c SunOS 4 releases which we don't use to avoid confusion. Solaris
3034@c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
3035@heading @anchor{*-*-solaris2*}*-*-solaris2*
f42974dc 3036
250d5688 3037Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2. To bootstrap and install
dbd210ef
KC
3038GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see our
3039@uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
f42974dc 3040
250d5688
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3041The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
3042@file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or
021c4bfd 3043@file{libjava}. If you encounter this problem, set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} to
29f21e4f 3044@command{/bin/ksh} in your environment before running @command{configure}.
e6855a2d 3045
b8df899a 3046Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
dbd210ef
KC
3047packages are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
3048@code{SUNWbtool}, @code{SUNWesu}, @code{SUNWhea}, @code{SUNWlibm},
3049@code{SUNWsprot}, and @code{SUNWtoo}. If you did not install all
250d5688 3050optional packages when installing Solaris 2, you will need to verify that
b8df899a
JM
3051the packages that GCC needs are installed.
3052
3053To check whether an optional package is installed, use
dbd210ef 3054the @command{pkginfo} command. To add an optional package, use the
250d5688 3055@command{pkgadd} command. For further details, see the Solaris 2
b8df899a
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3056documentation.
3057
250d5688 3058Trying to use the linker and other tools in
b8df899a
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3059@file{/usr/ucb} to install GCC has been observed to cause trouble.
3060For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
250d5688 3061@file{/usr/ucb} from your @env{PATH}.
f42974dc 3062
021c4bfd
RO
3063All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
3064platform. We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or the vendor
3065tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}).
f42974dc 3066
250d5688
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3067Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
3068newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume
3069that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but
3070is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
3071
13ba36b4 3072@command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
250d5688
RO
3073@option{-fpermissive}; it
3074will assume that any missing type is @code{int} (as defined by C89).
3075
3076There are patches for Solaris 2.6 (105633-56 or newer for SPARC,
3077106248-42 or newer for Intel), Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
3078108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC,
3079108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug.
f42974dc 3080
dbd210ef 3081@html
b8db17af 3082<hr />
dbd210ef 3083@end html
250d5688 3084@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2*}sparc-sun-solaris2*
dbd210ef 3085
1405141b
DN
3086When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.11.2 or later the binaries
3087produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
3088this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
3089information.
3090
250d5688 3091Sun @command{as} 4.x is broken in that it cannot cope with long symbol names.
dbd210ef
KC
3092A typical error message might look similar to the following:
3093
8c085f6f
JJ
3094@smallexample
3095/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccMsw135.s", line 11041: error:
3096 can't compute value of an expression involving an external symbol.
3097@end smallexample
dbd210ef 3098
250d5688
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3099This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 for Solaris
31002.6 and has been fixed in later (5.x) versions of the assembler,
3101starting with Solaris 7.
dbd210ef 3102
03b272d2 3103Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
975c6e4e
RO
310464-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
3105this; the @option{-m64} option enables 64-bit code generation.
3106However, if all you want is code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you
3107should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which produces
3108code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
edf1c8df 3109machines.
03b272d2 3110
975c6e4e 3111When configuring on a Solaris 7 or later system that is running a kernel
8947df0c
RH
3112that supports only 32-bit binaries, one must configure with
3113@option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
311464-bit target libraries.
3fc602a0 3115
f42974dc 3116@html
b8db17af 3117<hr />
f42974dc 3118@end html
ef88b07d 3119@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
f42974dc 3120
250d5688 3121Sun patch 107058-01 (1999-01-13) for Solaris 7/SPARC triggers a bug in
f42974dc
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3122the dynamic linker. This problem (Sun bug 4210064) affects GCC 2.8
3123and later, including all EGCS releases. Sun formerly recommended
3124107058-01 for all Solaris 7 users, but around 1999-09-01 it started to
3125recommend it only for people who use Sun's compilers.
f9047ed3 3126
f42974dc
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3127Here are some workarounds to this problem:
3128@itemize @bullet
3129@item
3130Do not install Sun patch 107058-01 until after Sun releases a
3131complete patch for bug 4210064. This is the simplest course to take,
3132unless you must also use Sun's C compiler. Unfortunately 107058-01
250d5688 3133is preinstalled on some new Solaris 7-based hosts, so you may have to
f42974dc 3134back it out.
f9047ed3 3135
f42974dc
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3136@item
3137Copy the original, unpatched Solaris 7
3138@command{/usr/ccs/bin/as} into
975c6e4e 3139@command{/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/3.1/as},
f42974dc
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3140adjusting the latter name to fit your local conventions and software
3141version numbers.
3142
3143@item
3144Install Sun patch 106950-03 (1999-05-25) or later. Nobody with
3145both 107058-01 and 106950-03 installed has reported the bug with GCC
3146and Sun's dynamic linker. This last course of action is riskiest,
3147for two reasons. First, you must install 106950 on all hosts that
3148run code generated by GCC; it doesn't suffice to install it only on
3149the hosts that run GCC itself. Second, Sun says that 106950-03 is
3150only a partial fix for bug 4210064, but Sun doesn't know whether the
161d7b59 3151partial fix is adequate for GCC@. Revision -08 or later should fix
250d5688 3152the bug. The current (as of 2001-09-24) revision is -14, and is included in
f282ffb3 3153the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
f9047ed3 3154@end itemize
f42974dc
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3155
3156
f42974dc
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3157@html
3158<p>
b8db17af 3159<hr />
f42974dc 3160@end html
250d5688 3161@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-sunos4*}sparc-sun-sunos4*
f42974dc 3162
021c4bfd 3163A bug in the SunOS 4 linker will cause it to crash when linking
6cfb3f16 3164@option{-fPIC} compiled objects (and will therefore not allow you to build
f42974dc
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3165shared libraries).
3166
3167To fix this problem you can either use the most recent version of
021c4bfd 3168binutils or get the latest SunOS 4 linker patch (patch ID 100170-10)
f42974dc
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3169from Sun's patch site.
3170
dbd210ef
KC
3171Sometimes on a Sun 4 you may observe a crash in the program
3172@command{genflags} or @command{genoutput} while building GCC. This is said to
3173be due to a bug in @command{sh}. You can probably get around it by running
3174@command{genflags} or @command{genoutput} manually and then retrying the
3175@command{make}.
f42974dc
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3176
3177@html
b8db17af 3178<hr />
f42974dc 3179@end html
ef88b07d 3180@heading @anchor{sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1}sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1
f42974dc 3181
f9047ed3 3182It has been reported that you might need
021c4bfd 3183@uref{ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/private/hjl,,binutils 2.8.1.0.23}
f42974dc
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3184for this platform, too.
3185
3186
c6fa9728 3187@html
b8db17af 3188<hr />
c6fa9728
JS
3189@end html
3190@heading @anchor{sparc-*-linux*}sparc-*-linux*
3191
3192GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
3193or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
3194releases mishandled unaligned relocations on @code{sparc-*-*} targets.
3195
3196
f42974dc 3197@html
b8db17af 3198<hr />
f42974dc 3199@end html
ef88b07d 3200@heading @anchor{sparc64-*-*}sparc64-*-*
f42974dc
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3201
3202GCC version 2.95 is not able to compile code correctly for
3203@code{sparc64} targets. Users of the Linux kernel, at least,
e9d21442 3204can use the @code{sparc32} program to start up a new shell
f42974dc 3205invocation with an environment that causes @command{configure} to
021c4bfd 3206recognize (via @samp{uname -a}) the system as @samp{sparc-*-*} instead.
f42974dc 3207
e403b4bc 3208@html
b8db17af 3209<hr />
e403b4bc
CR
3210@end html
3211@heading @anchor{sparcv9-*-solaris2*}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
3212
3213The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
3214step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
3215
3216@example
3217 % CC="cc -xildoff -xarch=v9" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3218@end example
3219
3220@option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker, and @option{-xarch=v9}
3221specifies the v9 architecture to the Sun linker and assembler.
f42974dc 3222
b8df899a 3223@html
b8db17af 3224<hr />
b8df899a
JM
3225@end html
3226@heading @anchor{#*-*-sysv*}*-*-sysv*
3227On System V release 3, you may get this error message
3228while linking:
3229
3230@smallexample
3231ld fatal: failed to write symbol name @var{something}
3232 in strings table for file @var{whatever}
3233@end smallexample
3234
021c4bfd 3235This probably indicates that the disk is full or your ulimit won't allow
b8df899a
JM
3236the file to be as large as it needs to be.
3237
3238This problem can also result because the kernel parameter @code{MAXUMEM}
3239is too small. If so, you must regenerate the kernel and make the value
3240much larger. The default value is reported to be 1024; a value of 32768
3241is said to work. Smaller values may also work.
3242
3243On System V, if you get an error like this,
3244
3245@example
3246/usr/local/lib/bison.simple: In function `yyparse':
3247/usr/local/lib/bison.simple:625: virtual memory exhausted
3248@end example
3249
3250@noindent
021c4bfd 3251that too indicates a problem with disk space, ulimit, or @code{MAXUMEM}.
b8df899a 3252
f85b8d1a
JM
3253On a System V release 4 system, make sure @file{/usr/bin} precedes
3254@file{/usr/ucb} in @code{PATH}. The @code{cc} command in
3255@file{/usr/ucb} uses libraries which have bugs.
b8df899a
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3256
3257@html
b8db17af 3258<hr />
b8df899a
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3259@end html
3260@heading @anchor{vax-dec-ultrix}vax-dec-ultrix
8aeea6e6 3261Don't try compiling with VAX C (@code{vcc}). It produces incorrect code
b8df899a
JM
3262in some cases (for example, when @code{alloca} is used).
3263
4977bab6
ZW
3264@html
3265<hr />
3266@end html
3267@heading @anchor{*-*-vxworks*}*-*-vxworks*
3268Support for VxWorks is in flux. At present GCC supports @emph{only} the
3269very recent VxWorks 5.5 (aka Tornado 2.2) release, and only on PowerPC.
3270We welcome patches for other architectures supported by VxWorks 5.5.
3271Support for VxWorks AE would also be welcome; we believe this is merely
3272a matter of writing an appropriate ``configlette'' (see below). We are
3273not interested in supporting older, a.out or COFF-based, versions of
3274VxWorks in GCC 3.
3275
3276VxWorks comes with an older version of GCC installed in
3277@file{@var{$WIND_BASE}/host}; we recommend you do not overwrite it.
3278Choose an installation @var{prefix} entirely outside @var{$WIND_BASE}.
3279Before running @command{configure}, create the directories @file{@var{prefix}}
3280and @file{@var{prefix}/bin}. Link or copy the appropriate assembler,
3281linker, etc. into @file{@var{prefix}/bin}, and set your @var{PATH} to
3282include that directory while running both @command{configure} and
3283@command{make}.
3284
3285You must give @command{configure} the
3286@option{--with-headers=@var{$WIND_BASE}/target/h} switch so that it can
3287find the VxWorks system headers. Since VxWorks is a cross compilation
3288target only, you must also specify @option{--target=@var{target}}.
3289@command{configure} will attempt to create the directory
3290@file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} and copy files into it;
3291make sure the user running @command{configure} has sufficient privilege
3292to do so.
3293
3294GCC's exception handling runtime requires a special ``configlette''
3295module, @file{contrib/gthr_supp_vxw_5x.c}. Follow the instructions in
3296that file to add the module to your kernel build. (Future versions of
3297VxWorks will incorporate this module.)
3298
fd29f6ea 3299@html
b8db17af 3300<hr />
fd29f6ea
BW
3301@end html
3302@heading @anchor{xtensa-*-elf}xtensa-*-elf
3303
3304This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
3305@samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
3306objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
3307Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
3308through inline assembly.
3309
3310The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
3311building GCC@. The @file{gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa-config.h} header
3312file contains the configuration information. If you created your
3313own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
3314downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
3315which you can use to replace the default header file.
3316
3317@html
b8db17af 3318<hr />
fd29f6ea
BW
3319@end html
3320@heading @anchor{xtensa-*-linux*}xtensa-*-linux*
3321
3322This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
3323shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
3324position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
3325@option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
f282ffb3 3326respects, this target is the same as the
fd29f6ea
BW
3327@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
3328
f42974dc 3329@html
b8db17af 3330<hr />
f42974dc 3331@end html
57694e40 3332@heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
f42974dc 3333
f9047ed3 3334A port of GCC 2.95.x is included with the
f42974dc
DW
3335@uref{http://www.cygwin.com/,,Cygwin environment}.
3336
3337Current (as of early 2001) snapshots of GCC will build under Cygwin
3338without modification.
3339
3340@html
b8db17af 3341<hr />
f42974dc 3342@end html
ef88b07d 3343@heading @anchor{os2}OS/2
f42974dc
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3344
3345GCC does not currently support OS/2. However, Andrew Zabolotny has been
14976c58 3346working on a generic OS/2 port with pgcc. The current code can be found
f42974dc
DW
3347at @uref{http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/,,http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/}.
3348
f9047ed3 3349An older copy of GCC 2.8.1 is included with the EMX tools available at
f42974dc
DW
3350@uref{ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/,,
3351ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/}.
3352
3353@html
b8db17af 3354<hr />
f42974dc 3355@end html
ef88b07d 3356@heading @anchor{older}Older systems
f9047ed3
JM
3357
3358GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
33591990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
3360has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
c7bdf0a6 3361several years and may suffer from bitrot.
f9047ed3 3362
c7bdf0a6 3363Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
9340544b
ZW
3364Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
3365@command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
c7bdf0a6
ZW
3366option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
3367systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
f9047ed3
JM
3368
3369Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
3370workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
161d7b59 3371cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC@. In some cases, to
f9047ed3
JM
3372bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
3373require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
c7bdf0a6
ZW
3374system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
3375vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
3376@file{old-releases} directory on the @uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror
3377sites}. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
3378@command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
3379operating system may still cause problems.
3380
3381Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
3382problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
3383wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
3384the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last CVS
3385version before they were removed), patches
3386@uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements} would be
3387likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
3388modern targets.
f9047ed3
JM
3389
3390For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
021c4bfd 3391and are available from @file{pub/binutils/old-releases} on
f42974dc 3392@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html,,sources.redhat.com mirror sites}.
f9047ed3
JM
3393
3394Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
3395such older systems, but much of the information
3396about GCC on such systems (which may no longer be applicable to
f42974dc 3397current GCC) is to be found in the GCC texinfo manual.
f9047ed3 3398
f42974dc 3399@html
b8db17af 3400<hr />
f42974dc 3401@end html
250d5688 3402@heading @anchor{elf_targets}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
f42974dc 3403
38209993
LG
3404C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
3405@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-ld,,GNU linker}; duplicate copies of
3406inlines, vtables and template instantiations will be discarded
3407automatically.
f42974dc
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3408
3409
3410@html
b8db17af 3411<hr />
f42974dc
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3412<p>
3413@end html
3414@ifhtml
3415@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3416@end ifhtml
3417@end ifset
3418
73e2155a
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3419@c ***Old documentation******************************************************
3420@ifset oldhtml
3421@include install-old.texi
3422@html
b8db17af 3423<hr />
73e2155a
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3424<p>
3425@end html
3426@ifhtml
3427@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3428@end ifhtml
3429@end ifset
3430
aed5964b
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3431@c ***GFDL********************************************************************
3432@ifset gfdlhtml
3433@include fdl.texi
3434@html
b8db17af 3435<hr />
aed5964b
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3436<p>
3437@end html
3438@ifhtml
3439@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3440@end ifhtml
3441@end ifset
3442
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3444@c Part 6 The End of the Document
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3446@comment node-name, next, previous, up
aed5964b 3447@node Concept Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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3451@unnumbered Concept Index
3452
3453@printindex cp
3454
3455@contents
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3457@bye