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1\input texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-
2@c @ifnothtml
3@c %**start of header
d7f8491b 4@setfilename gccinstall.info
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5@settitle Installing GCC
6@setchapternewpage odd
7@c %**end of header
8@c @end ifnothtml
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10@c Specify title for specific html page
11@ifset indexhtml
12@settitle Installing GCC
13@end ifset
14@ifset specifichtml
15@settitle Host/Target specific installation notes for GCC
16@end ifset
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17@ifset prerequisiteshtml
18@settitle Prerequisites for GCC
19@end ifset
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20@ifset downloadhtml
21@settitle Downloading GCC
22@end ifset
23@ifset configurehtml
24@settitle Installing GCC: Configuration
25@end ifset
26@ifset buildhtml
27@settitle Installing GCC: Building
28@end ifset
29@ifset testhtml
30@settitle Installing GCC: Testing
31@end ifset
32@ifset finalinstallhtml
33@settitle Installing GCC: Final installation
34@end ifset
35@ifset binarieshtml
36@settitle Installing GCC: Binaries
37@end ifset
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38@ifset oldhtml
39@settitle Installing GCC: Old documentation
40@end ifset
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41@ifset gfdlhtml
42@settitle Installing GCC: GNU Free Documentation License
43@end ifset
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aed5964b 45@c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
c5c367ac 46@c 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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47@c *** Converted to texinfo by Dean Wakerley, dean@wakerley.com
48
49@c Include everything if we're not making html
50@ifnothtml
51@set indexhtml
52@set specifichtml
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54@set downloadhtml
55@set configurehtml
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59@set binarieshtml
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63
64@c Part 2 Summary Description and Copyright
bdefb2ab 65@copying
aed5964b 66Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
706bb773 671999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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68@sp 1
69Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
b3a8389d 70under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
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71any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
72Invariant Sections, the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and
73with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the
74license is included in the section entitled ``@uref{./gfdl.html,,GNU
75Free Documentation License}''.
76
77(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:
78
79 A GNU Manual
80
81(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is:
82
83 You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
84 software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
85 funds for GNU development.
bdefb2ab 86@end copying
f42974dc 87@ifinfo
bdefb2ab 88@insertcopying
f42974dc 89@end ifinfo
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90@dircategory Programming
91@direntry
92* gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection.
93@end direntry
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94
95@c Part 3 Titlepage and Copyright
96@titlepage
97@sp 10
98@comment The title is printed in a large font.
ef88b07d 99@center @titlefont{Installing GCC}
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100
101@c The following two commands start the copyright page.
102@page
ef88b07d 103@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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106
107@c Part 4 Top node and Master Menu
108@ifinfo
109@node Top, , , (dir)
110@comment node-name, next, Previous, up
111
112@menu
113* Installing GCC:: This document describes the generic installation
114 procedure for GCC as well as detailing some target
f9047ed3 115 specific installation instructions.
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116
117* Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
118* Binaries:: Where to get pre-compiled binaries.
119
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120* Old:: Old installation documentation.
121
aed5964b 122* GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
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123* Concept Index:: This index has two entries.
124@end menu
125@end ifinfo
126
127@c Part 5 The Body of the Document
128@c ***Installing GCC**********************************************************
6cfb3f16 129@ifnothtml
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130@comment node-name, next, previous, up
131@node Installing GCC, Binaries, , Top
6cfb3f16 132@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 133@ifset indexhtml
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134@ifnothtml
135@chapter Installing GCC
136@end ifnothtml
137
138The latest version of this document is always available at
f9047ed3 139@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/install/,,http://gcc.gnu.org/install/}.
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140
141This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as well
f9047ed3 142as detailing some target specific installation instructions.
f42974dc 143
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144GCC includes several components that previously were separate distributions
145with their own installation instructions. This document supersedes all
eea81d3e 146package specific installation instructions.
f42974dc 147
f9047ed3 148@emph{Before} starting the build/install procedure please check the
f42974dc 149@ifnothtml
eea81d3e 150@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
f42974dc 151@end ifnothtml
c009f01f 152@ifhtml
f9047ed3 153@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
c009f01f 154@end ifhtml
f9047ed3 155We recommend you browse the entire generic installation instructions before
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156you proceed.
157
c009f01f 158Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are
daf2f129 159available at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
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160These lists are updated as new information becomes available.
161
f9047ed3 162The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
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163
164@ifinfo
165@menu
67b1fbb9 166* Prerequisites::
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167* Downloading the source::
168* Configuration::
169* Building::
170* Testing:: (optional)
171* Final install::
172@end menu
173@end ifinfo
c009f01f 174@ifhtml
f42974dc 175@enumerate
f9047ed3 176@item
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177@uref{prerequisites.html,,Prerequisites}
178@item
f42974dc 179@uref{download.html,,Downloading the source}
f42974dc 180@item
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181@uref{configure.html,,Configuration}
182@item
183@uref{build.html,,Building}
184@item
185@uref{test.html,,Testing} (optional)
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186@item
187@uref{finalinstall.html,,Final install}
188@end enumerate
c009f01f 189@end ifhtml
f42974dc 190
38209993 191Please note that GCC does not support @samp{make uninstall} and probably
f9047ed3 192won't do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms. Instead,
f42974dc 193we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and simply
38209993 194remove that directory when you do not need that specific version of GCC
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195any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, no
196more binaries exist that use them.
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198@ifhtml
199There are also some @uref{old.html,,old installation instructions},
200which are mostly obsolete but still contain some information which has
201not yet been merged into the main part of this manual.
202@end ifhtml
203
f42974dc 204@html
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206<p>
207@end html
208@ifhtml
209@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
aed5964b 210
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213@end ifset
214
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215@c ***Prerequisites**************************************************
216@ifnothtml
217@comment node-name, next, previous, up
218@node Prerequisites, Downloading the source, , Installing GCC
219@end ifnothtml
220@ifset prerequisiteshtml
221@ifnothtml
222@chapter Prerequisites
223@end ifnothtml
224@cindex Prerequisites
225
226GCC requires that various tools and packages be available for use in the
227build procedure. Modifying GCC sources requires additional tools
228described below.
229
230@heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
231@table @asis
232@item ISO C90 compiler
233Necessary to bootstrap the GCC package, although versions of GCC prior
234to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler.
235
236To make all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where
2373-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing
238GCC binary (version 2.95 or later) because source code for language
239frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
240
241@item GNAT
242
243In order to build the Ada compiler (GNAT) you must already have GNAT
244installed because portions of the Ada frontend are written in Ada (with
245GNAT extensions.) Refer to the Ada installation instructions for more
246specific information.
247
248@item A ``working'' POSIX compatible shell, or GNU bash
249
250Necessary when running @command{configure} because some
251@command{/bin/sh} shells have bugs and may crash when configuring the
252target libraries. In other cases, @command{/bin/sh} or even some
253@command{ksh} have disastrous corner-case performance problems. This
254can cause target @command{configure} runs to literally take days to
255complete in some cases.
256
257So on some platforms @command{/bin/ksh} is sufficient, on others it
258isn't. See the host/target specific instructions for your platform, or
259use @command{bash} to be sure. Then set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} in your
260environment to your ``good'' shell prior to running
261@command{configure}/@command{make}.
262
daf2f129 263@command{zsh} is not a fully compliant POSIX shell and will not
8a36672b 264work when configuring GCC@.
1b49d06f 265
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266@item GNU binutils
267
268Necessary in some circumstances, optional in others. See the
269host/target specific instructions for your platform for the exact
270requirements.
271
272@item gzip version 1.2.4 (or later) or
273@itemx bzip2 version 1.0.2 (or later)
274
275Necessary to uncompress GCC @command{tar} files when source code is
276obtained via FTP mirror sites.
277
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278@item GNU make version 3.79.1 (or later)
279
8a36672b 280You must have GNU make installed to build GCC@.
e158a5fb 281
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282@item GNU tar version 1.12 (or later)
283
284Necessary (only on some platforms) to untar the source code. Many
285systems' @command{tar} programs will also work, only try GNU
286@command{tar} if you have problems.
287
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288@item GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) version 4.0 (or later)
289
8a36672b 290Necessary to build the Fortran frontend. If you don't have it
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291installed in your library search path, you will have to configure with
292the @option{--with-gmp} or @option{--with-gmp-dir} configure option.
293
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294@item MPFR Library
295
296Necessary to build the Fortran frontend. It can be downloaded from
999f4d5e 297@uref{http://www.mpfr.org/}. It is also included in the current GMP
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298release (4.1.3) when configured with @option{--enable-mpfr}.
299
300The @option{--with-mpfr} or @option{--with-mpfr-dir} configure option should
301be used if your MPFR Library is not installed in your library search path.
302
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303@end table
304
305
306@heading Tools/packages necessary for modifying GCC
307@table @asis
0dce8934 308@item autoconf versions 2.13 and 2.59
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309@itemx GNU m4 version 1.4 (or later)
310
89acbae0 311Necessary when modifying @file{configure.ac}, @file{aclocal.m4}, etc.@:
4f3ce03f 312to regenerate @file{configure} and @file{config.in} files. Most
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313directories require autoconf 2.59 (exactly), but the toplevel
314still requires autoconf 2.13 (exactly).
67b1fbb9 315
ae8cacc6 316@item automake versions 1.9.3
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317
318Necessary when modifying a @file{Makefile.am} file to regenerate its
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319associated @file{Makefile.in}.
320
321Much of GCC does not use automake, so directly edit the @file{Makefile.in}
322file. Specifically this applies to the @file{gcc}, @file{intl},
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323@file{libcpp}, @file{libiberty}, @file{libobjc} directories as well
324as any of their subdirectories.
ce5c1cf3 325
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326For directories that use automake, GCC requires the latest release in
327the 1.9.x series, which is currently 1.9.3. When regenerating a directory
328to a newer version, please update all the directories using an older 1.9.x
329to the latest released version.
ccfca4ae 330
4b794eaf 331@item gettext version 0.14.5 (or later)
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332
333Needed to regenerate @file{gcc.pot}.
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334
335@item gperf version 2.7.2 (or later)
336
337Necessary when modifying @command{gperf} input files, e.g.@:
338@file{gcc/cp/cfns.gperf} to regenerate its associated header file, e.g.@:
339@file{gcc/cp/cfns.h}.
340
341@item expect version ???
342@itemx tcl version ???
cfc984b5 343@itemx dejagnu version 1.4.4 (or later)
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344
345Necessary to run the GCC testsuite.
346
347@item autogen version 5.5.4 (or later) and
348@itemx guile version 1.4.1 (or later)
349
350Necessary to regenerate @file{fixinc/fixincl.x} from
351@file{fixinc/inclhack.def} and @file{fixinc/*.tpl}.
352
353Necessary to run the @file{fixinc} @command{make check}.
354
ce5c1cf3 355Necessary to regenerate the top level @file{Makefile.in} file from
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356@file{Makefile.tpl} and @file{Makefile.def}.
357
358@item GNU Bison version 1.28 (or later)
359Berkeley @command{yacc} (@command{byacc}) is also reported to work other
360than for java.
361
362Necessary when modifying @file{*.y} files.
363
364Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
365files are not included in the CVS repository. They are included in
366releases.
367
368@item Flex version 2.5.4 (or later)
369
370Necessary when modifying @file{*.l} files.
371
372Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
373files are not included in the CVS repository. They are included in
374releases.
375
376@item Texinfo version 4.2 (or later)
377
378Necessary for running @command{makeinfo} when modifying @file{*.texi}
379files to test your changes.
380
381Necessary to build GCC documentation during development because the
382generated output files are not included in the CVS repository. They are
383included in releases.
384
385@item @TeX{} (any working version)
386
387Necessary for running @command{texi2dvi}, used when running
388@command{make dvi} to create DVI files.
389
390@item cvs version 1.10 (or later)
391@itemx ssh (any version)
392
393Necessary to access the CVS repository. Public releases and weekly
8a36672b 394snapshots of the development sources are also available via FTP@.
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395
396@item perl version 5.6.1 (or later)
397
398Necessary when regenerating @file{Makefile} dependencies in libiberty.
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399Necessary when regenerating @file{libiberty/functions.texi}.
400Necessary when generating manpages from Texinfo manuals.
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401Necessary when targetting Darwin, building libstdc++,
402and not using @option{--disable-symvers}.
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403Used by various scripts to generate some files included in CVS (mainly
404Unicode-related and rarely changing) from source tables.
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405
406@item GNU diffutils version 2.7 (or later)
407
408Necessary when creating changes to GCC source code to submit for review.
409
410@item patch version 2.5.4 (or later)
411
412Necessary when applying patches, created with @command{diff}, to one's
413own sources.
414
415@end table
416
417@html
418<hr />
419<p>
420@end html
421@ifhtml
422@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
423@end ifhtml
424@end ifset
425
f42974dc 426@c ***Downloading the source**************************************************
6cfb3f16 427@ifnothtml
f42974dc 428@comment node-name, next, previous, up
67b1fbb9 429@node Downloading the source, Configuration, Prerequisites, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 430@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 431@ifset downloadhtml
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432@ifnothtml
433@chapter Downloading GCC
434@end ifnothtml
435@cindex Downloading GCC
436@cindex Downloading the Source
437
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438GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html,,CVS} and FTP
439tarballs compressed with @command{gzip} or
6cfb3f16 440@command{bzip2}. It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
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441components.
442
962e6e00 443Please refer to the @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
161d7b59 444for information on how to obtain GCC@.
f42974dc 445
6de9cd9a 446The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran 77, Fortran
25f710ba 447(in case of GCC 4.0 and later), Java, and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later)
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448compilers. The full distribution also includes runtime libraries for C++,
449Objective-C, Fortran 77, Fortran, and Java. In GCC 3.0 and later versions,
450GNU compiler testsuites are also included in the full distribution.
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451
452If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
eea81d3e 453GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
6c0a4eab 454use. The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the
767094dd 455shared components. Each language has a tarball which includes the language
6c0a4eab 456front end as well as the language runtime (when appropriate).
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457
458Unpack the core distribution as well as any language specific
459distributions in the same directory.
460
461If you also intend to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing
462installation or for use in place of the corresponding tools of your
463OS), unpack the binutils distribution either in the same directory or
464a separate one. In the latter case, add symbolic links to any
465components of the binutils you intend to build alongside the compiler
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466(@file{bfd}, @file{binutils}, @file{gas}, @file{gprof}, @file{ld},
467@file{opcodes}, @dots{}) to the directory containing the GCC sources.
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468
469@html
b8db17af 470<hr />
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471<p>
472@end html
473@ifhtml
474@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
475@end ifhtml
476@end ifset
477
478@c ***Configuration***********************************************************
6cfb3f16 479@ifnothtml
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480@comment node-name, next, previous, up
481@node Configuration, Building, Downloading the source, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 482@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 483@ifset configurehtml
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484@ifnothtml
485@chapter Installing GCC: Configuration
486@end ifnothtml
487@cindex Configuration
488@cindex Installing GCC: Configuration
489
490Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
491This document describes the recommended configuration procedure
492for both native and cross targets.
493
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494We use @var{srcdir} to refer to the toplevel source directory for
495GCC; we use @var{objdir} to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
496
497If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
498@file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
499and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
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501If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
502file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
503temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
504problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
505variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
7ba4ca63 506@command{pawd} or @samp{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
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507phases.
508
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509First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
510separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside
511within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
512where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't
513get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory
514of @var{srcdir} is unsupported.
f42974dc 515
eea81d3e 516If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
f85b8d1a 517different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
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518that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is @file{Makefile};
519if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile} does not exist
520or issues a message like ``don't know how to make distclean'' it probably
521means that the directory is already suitably clean. However, with the
522recommended method of building in a separate @var{objdir}, you should
523simply use a different @var{objdir} for each target.
f85b8d1a 524
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525Second, when configuring a native system, either @command{cc} or
526@command{gcc} must be in your path or you must set @env{CC} in
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527your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration
528scripts may fail.
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530Note that the bootstrap compiler and the resulting GCC must be link
531compatible, else the bootstrap will fail with linker errors about
532incompatible object file formats. Several multilibed targets are
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533affected by this requirement, see
534@ifnothtml
535@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
536@end ifnothtml
c009f01f 537@ifhtml
e69aa433 538@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
c009f01f 539@end ifhtml
eea81d3e 540
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541To configure GCC:
542
3ab51846 543@smallexample
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544 % mkdir @var{objdir}
545 % cd @var{objdir}
eea81d3e 546 % @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 547@end smallexample
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548
549
ef88b07d 550@heading Target specification
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551@itemize @bullet
552@item
38209993 553GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for @var{target}
f9047ed3 554for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you not
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555provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
556
557@item
6cfb3f16 558@var{target} must be specified as @option{--target=@var{target}}
f9047ed3 559when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
a4a4b1d3 560m68k-coff, sh-elf, etc.
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561
562@item
6cfb3f16 563Specifying just @var{target} instead of @option{--target=@var{target}}
38209993 564implies that the host defaults to @var{target}.
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565@end itemize
566
567
ef88b07d 568@heading Options specification
f42974dc 569
ef88b07d 570Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
7ba4ca63 571GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @samp{configure
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572--help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
573work and should not normally be used.
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575Note that each @option{--enable} option has a corresponding
576@option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
577corresponding @option{--without} option.
578
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579@table @code
580@item --prefix=@var{dirname}
581Specify the toplevel installation
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582directory. This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
583other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to
6cfb3f16 584@file{/usr/local}.
f42974dc 585
38209993 586We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
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587subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. If specifying a directory
588beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand
589@var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use
590@env{$HOME} instead.
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593should not need to use these options.
ef88b07d 594@table @code
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596Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
597files. The default is @file{@var{prefix}}.
598
599@item --bindir=@var{dirname}
600Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
601(such as @command{gcc} and @command{g++}). The default is
602@file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}.
603
604@item --libdir=@var{dirname}
605Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
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607
608@item --libexecdir=@var{dirname}
609Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC@.
610 The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec}.
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612@item --with-slibdir=@var{dirname}
613Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The
614default is @file{@var{libdir}}.
615
616@item --infodir=@var{dirname}
617Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
618The default is @file{@var{prefix}/info}.
619
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621Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
622data files referenced by GCC@. The default is @file{@var{prefix}/share}.
623
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625Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is
626@file{@var{prefix}/man}. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts from
8e9a4a45 627the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The manpages
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629manual.)
630
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632Specify
eea81d3e 633the installation directory for G++ header files. The default is
e0b24bce 634@file{@var{prefix}/include/c++/@var{version}}.
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ef88b07d 636@end table
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639GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
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641programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
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643being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
644
645@item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
646Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
8a36672b 647(see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
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649@file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
650
651@item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
652Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
8a36672b 653of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
b21d216c 654consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
8a36672b 655semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
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657the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
658@file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
659you could use the pattern
660@option{--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'}
661to achieve this effect.
662
663All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
8a36672b 664complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
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666can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
667
8c085f6f 668As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
b21d216c 669builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
8c085f6f 670transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
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672For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
673with the target alias in front of their name, as in
8a36672b 674@samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
78466c0e 675before the target alias is prepended to the name---so, specifying
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676@option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
677resulting binary would be installed as
678@file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
679
8ecab453 680As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
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682
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684Specify the
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686@file{/usr/local}. Specify this option if you want the compiler to
687search directory @file{@var{dirname}/include} for locally installed
688header files @emph{instead} of @file{/usr/local/include}.
689
690You should specify @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{only} if your
691site has a different convention (not @file{/usr/local}) for where to put
692site-specific files.
693
694The default value for @option{--with-local-prefix} is @file{/usr/local}
695regardless of the value of @option{--prefix}. Specifying
696@option{--prefix} has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
697local header files. This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
698logical.
699
700The purpose of @option{--prefix} is to specify where to @emph{install
701GCC}. The local header files in @file{/usr/local/include}---if you put
161d7b59 702any in that directory---are not part of GCC@. They are part of other
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704another directory which is based on the @option{--prefix} value.)
705
48209ce5 706Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
78466c0e 707directory are part of GCC's ``system include'' directories. Although these
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708two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
709order for the correct processing of the include_next directive. The
710local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
711include directory. Another characteristic of system include directories
712is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories.
713
714Some autoconf macros add @option{-I @var{directory}} options to the
715compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed
716packages' headers are searched. When @var{directory} is one of GCC's
717system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system
718directories continue to be processed in the correct order. This
719may result in a search order different from what was specified but the
720directory will still be searched.
721
722GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using
723@env{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX}. Thus, when the same installation prefix is
724used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for
725both headers and libraries. This provides a configuration that is
726easy to use. GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is
727installed as a system compiler in @file{/usr}.
728
729Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to
730use the above simple configuration. It is possible to use the
731@option{--program-prefix}, @option{--program-suffix} and
732@option{--program-transform-name} options to install multiple versions
733into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes
734and the @option{--with-local-prefix} option to specify the location of the
735site-specific files for each version. It will then be necessary for
736users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries
737(e.g., with @env{LIBRARY_PATH}).
738
739The same value can be used for both @option{--with-local-prefix} and
740@option{--prefix} provided it is not @file{/usr}. This can be used
741to avoid the default search of @file{/usr/local/include}.
742
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744The directory you use for @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{must not}
745contain any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain
746them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
747certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
4c64396e 748file corrections made by the @command{fixincludes} script.
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750Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
751ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified where to
161d7b59 752install part of GCC@. Perhaps they make this assumption because
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754
6cfb3f16 755@item --enable-shared[=@var{package}[,@dots{}]]
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756Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
757the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
07659e97 758are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries.
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760If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
761only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries
762will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
763@samp{libgcc} (also known as @samp{gcc}), @samp{libstdc++} (not
e22df315 764@samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc},
07659e97 765@samp{ada}, @samp{libada}, @samp{libjava} and @samp{libobjc}.
55c45226 766Note @samp{libiberty} does not support shared libraries at all.
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768Use @option{--disable-shared} to build only static libraries. Note that
769@option{--disable-shared} does not accept a list of package names as
770argument, only @option{--enable-shared} does.
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773Specify that the compiler should assume that the
767094dd 774assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify
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776assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion may also
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778configured with @option{--with-gnu-as}.) If you have more than one
38209993 779assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
eea81d3e 780connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}}.
38209993 781
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783whether you use the GNU assembler. On any other system,
784@option{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
785
2ff16718 786@itemize @bullet
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788@item @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}}
789@item @samp{i386-@var{any}-sysv}
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790@item @samp{m68k-bull-sysv}
791@item @samp{m68k-hp-hpux}
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792@item @samp{m68000-hp-hpux}
793@item @samp{m68000-att-sysv}
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795@item @samp{sparc64-@var{any}-solaris2.@var{any}}
8c085f6f 796@end itemize
8c26c999 797
8f2afc21 798On the systems listed above (except for the HP-PA, the SPARC, for ISC on
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800(and specify @option{--with-gnu-ld}).
8c26c999 801
8f2afc21 802@item @anchor{with-as}--with-as=@var{pathname}
ef88b07d 803Specify that the
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805than the one found by the standard rules to find an assembler, which
806are:
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808@item
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810directory, where @var{libexec} defaults to
811@file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec} and @var{exec-prefix} defaults to
812@var{prefix} which defaults to @file{/usr/local} unless overridden by
813the @option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described
8a36672b 814above. @var{target} is the target system triple, such as
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816version, such as 3.0.
f42974dc 817@item
e979f9e8 818Check operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
250d5688 819Sun Solaris 2).
f42974dc 820@end itemize
767094dd 821Note that these rules do not check for the value of @env{PATH}. You may
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823directories listed above, or if you have multiple assemblers installed
824and want to choose one that is not found by the above rules.
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827Same as @uref{#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}
8f2afc21 828but for the linker.
f42974dc 829
eea81d3e 830@item --with-ld=@var{pathname}
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831Same as @uref{#with-as,,@option{--with-as}}
832but for the linker.
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835Specify that stabs debugging
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837uses. Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
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840GCC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style
841stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug
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843handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB@.
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845Normally, GCC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you
161d7b59 846prefer BSD stabs, specify @option{--with-stabs} when you configure GCC@.
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848No matter which default you choose when you configure GCC, the user
849can use the @option{-gcoff} and @option{-gstabs+} options to specify explicitly
850the debug format for a particular compilation.
851
852@option{--with-stabs} is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if
853@option{--with-gas} is used. It selects use of stabs debugging
854information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information
855supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not.
856
857@option{--with-stabs} is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It
858selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The
859C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging
860information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a
861workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4
862tools can not generate or interpret stabs.
863
eea81d3e 864@item --disable-multilib
ef88b07d 865Specify that multiple target
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867conventions, etc should not be built. The default is to build a
868predefined set of them.
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871(e.g., @option{--disable-softfloat}):
872@table @code
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874biendian.
875
876@item arm-*-*
877fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
878
879@item m68*-*-*
880softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
881
882@item mips*-*-*
883single-float, biendian, softfloat.
884
885@item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
886aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
f282ffb3 887sysv, aix.
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889@end table
890
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892Specify that the target
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894library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java.
6ac48571 895On some systems, this is the default.
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898model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some
2dd76960 899systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally
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901alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
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903@item --disable-threads
904Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
3c6bb1db 905This is an alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
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908Specify that
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910compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
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912
913@table @code
914@item aix
915AIX thread support.
916@item dce
917DCE thread support.
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919Ada tasking support. For non-Ada programs, this setting is equivalent
8a36672b 920to @samp{single}. When used in conjunction with the Ada run time, it
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922is necessary when using both Ada and the back end exception handling,
923which is the default for most Ada targets.
f85b8d1a 924@item mach
eea81d3e 925Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NeXTSTEP@. (Please note
3c6bb1db 926that the file needed to support this configuration, @file{gthr-mach.h}, is
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928@item no
929This is an alias for @samp{single}.
f85b8d1a 930@item posix
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932@item posix95
933Generic POSIX/Unix95 thread support.
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935RTEMS thread support.
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937Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
938@item solaris
eea81d3e 939Sun Solaris 2 thread support.
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941VxWorks thread support.
942@item win32
943Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
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945Novell Kernel Services thread support.
f85b8d1a 946@end table
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950@var{cpu} will be used as the default value of the @option{-mcpu=} switch.
951This option is only supported on some targets, including ARM, i386, PowerPC,
952and SPARC@.
953
954@item --with-schedule=@var{cpu}
955@itemx --with-arch=@var{cpu}
956@itemx --with-tune=@var{cpu}
957@itemx --with-abi=@var{abi}
9b66ebb1 958@itemx --with-fpu=@var{type}
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960These configure options provide default values for the @option{-mschedule=},
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962options and for @option{-mhard-float} or @option{-msoft-float}. As with
963@option{--with-cpu}, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values
964of the arguments depend on the target.
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967Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
968division by zero. This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
969The possibilities for @var{type} are:
970@table @code
971@item traps
972Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on
973systems that support conditional traps).
974@item breaks
975Division by zero checks use the break instruction.
976@end table
977
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979Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
980register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
981This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
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983only available on systems with GNU libc. When enabled, this will cause
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985
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987Specify that target
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989This is the default for the m32r platform.
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992Specify that a user visible @command{cpp} program should not be installed.
993
994@item --with-cpp-install-dir=@var{dirname}
995Specify that the user visible @command{cpp} program should be installed
996in @file{@var{prefix}/@var{dirname}/cpp}, in addition to @var{bindir}.
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999Force the use of sections @code{.init_array} and @code{.fini_array}
1000(instead of @code{.init} and @code{.fini}) for constructors and
1001destructors. Option @option{--disable-initfini-array} has the
1002opposite effect. If neither option is specified, the configure script
1003will try to guess whether the @code{.init_array} and
1004@code{.fini_array} sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
1005
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1007The build rules that
6cfb3f16 1008regenerate the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
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1010tree is present. If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
6ac48571 1011catalog, configuring with @option{--enable-maintainer-mode} will enable
767094dd 1012this. Note that you need a recent version of the @code{gettext} tools
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1014
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1016Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from bison and flex nor the
1017info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present
1018in the CVS development tree. When building GCC from that development tree,
1019or from a snapshot which are created from CVS, then those generated files
1020are placed in your build directory, which allows for the source to be in a
1021readonly directory.
1022
1023If you configure with @option{--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir} then those
1024generated files will go into the source directory. This is mainly intended
1025for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it
1026is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, bison, or
daf2f129 1027makeinfo.
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1030Specify
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1033addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed into
1034@file{@var{libdir}} unless you overruled it by using
6cfb3f16 1035@option{--with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}}. Using this option is
38209993 1036particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
8a36672b 1037parallel. This is currently supported by @samp{libgfortran},
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1041This @samp{libjava} option overrides the default value of the
1042@samp{java.home} system property. It is also used to set
1043@samp{sun.boot.class.path} to @file{@var{dirname}/lib/rt.jar}. By
1044default @samp{java.home} is set to @file{@var{prefix}} and
1045@samp{sun.boot.class.path} to
1046@file{@var{datadir}/java/libgcj-@var{version}.jar}.
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1048@item --enable-languages=@var{lang1},@var{lang2},@dots{}
1049Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
767094dd 1050their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for
6cfb3f16 1051@var{langN} you can issue the following command in the
eea81d3e 1052@file{gcc} directory of your GCC source tree:@*
3ab51846 1053@smallexample
eea81d3e 1054grep language= */config-lang.in
3ab51846 1055@end smallexample
eea81d3e 1056Currently, you can use any of the following:
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1057@code{all}, @code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{f95}, @code{java},
1058@code{objc}, @code{obj-c++}, @code{treelang}.
1059Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.
1060If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option @code{all}, then all
1061default languages available in the @file{gcc} sub-tree will be configured.
1062Ada, Objective-C++, and treelang are not default languages; the rest are.
1063Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
1064@strong{does not} work anymore, as those language sub-directories might
1065not have been configured!
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1067@item --disable-libada
1068Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not
1069be built. This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with
c2910edf 1070previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly
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1071do a @samp{make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools}.
1072
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1073@item --disable-libssp
1074Specify that the run-time libraries for stack smashing protection
1075should not be built.
1076
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1077@item --with-dwarf2
1078Specify that the compiler should
eea81d3e 1079use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
f85b8d1a 1080
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1081@item --enable-targets=all
1082@itemx --enable-targets=@var{target_list}
1083Some GCC targets, e.g.@: powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers.
1084These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit
8ab5f5c9 1085code. Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g.@:
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1086powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code. This
1087option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is
1088useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and
1089you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree.
1090Currently, this option only affects powerpc-linux.
1091
1092@item --enable-secureplt
1093This option enables @option{-msecure-plt} by default for powerpc-linux.
1094@ifnothtml
1095@xref{RS/6000 and PowerPC Options,, RS/6000 and PowerPC Options, gcc,
1096Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
1097@end ifnothtml
1098@ifhtml
1099See ``RS/6000 and PowerPC Options'' in the main manual
1100@end ifhtml
1101
f85b8d1a 1102@item --enable-win32-registry
eea81d3e 1103@itemx --enable-win32-registry=@var{key}
f85b8d1a 1104@itemx --disable-win32-registry
95fef11f 1105The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC
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1106to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
1107
1108@smallexample
eea81d3e 1109@code{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\@var{key}}
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1110@end smallexample
1111
eea81d3e 1112@var{key} defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
8a36672b 1113@option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
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1114who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
1115perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
767094dd 1116avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled
6cfb3f16 1117by default, and can be disabled by @option{--disable-win32-registry}
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1118option. This option has no effect on the other hosts.
1119
1120@item --nfp
1121Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This
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1122option only applies to @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}}. On any other
1123system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
f85b8d1a 1124
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1125@item --enable-werror
1126@itemx --disable-werror
1127@itemx --enable-werror=yes
1128@itemx --enable-werror=no
1129When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
1130compiler are built with @option{-Werror} in bootstrap stage2 and later.
1131If you don't specify it, @option{-Werror} is turned on for the main
1132development trunk. However it defaults to off for release branches and
1133final releases. The specific files which get @option{-Werror} are
1134controlled by the Makefiles.
1135
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1136@item --enable-checking
1137@itemx --enable-checking=@var{list}
cdce5c16 1138When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform internal
e5080aa6 1139consistency checks of the requested complexity. This does not change the
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1140generated code, but adds error checking within the compiler. This will
1141slow down the compiler and may only work properly if you are building
1142the compiler with GCC@. This is @samp{yes} by default when building
1143from CVS or snapshots, but @samp{release} for releases. More control
1144over the checks may be had by specifying @var{list}. The categories of
1145checks available are @samp{yes} (most common checks
1146@samp{assert,misc,tree,gc,rtlflag,runtime}), @samp{no} (no checks at
1147all), @samp{all} (all but @samp{valgrind}), @samp{release} (cheapest
1148checks @samp{assert,runtime}) or @samp{none} (same as @samp{no}).
1149Individual checks can be enabled with these flags @samp{assert},
1150@samp{fold}, @samp{gc}, @samp{gcac} @samp{misc}, @samp{rtl},
1151@samp{rtlflag}, @samp{runtime}, @samp{tree}, and @samp{valgrind}.
1152
1153The @samp{valgrind} check requires the external @command{valgrind}
ccf548a7 1154simulator, available from @uref{http://valgrind.org/}. The
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1155@samp{rtl}, @samp{gcac} and @samp{valgrind} checks are very expensive.
1156To disable all checking, @samp{--disable-checking} or
1157@samp{--enable-checking=none} must be explicitly requested. Disabling
1158assertions will make the compiler and runtime slightly faster but
1159increase the risk of undetected internal errors causing wrong code to be
1160generated.
f85b8d1a 1161
22aa533e 1162@item --enable-coverage
31775d31 1163@itemx --enable-coverage=@var{level}
22aa533e 1164With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
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1165information, every time it is run. This is for internal development
1166purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc. The
22aa533e 1167@var{level} argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
8a36672b 1168not, values are @samp{opt} and @samp{noopt}. For coverage analysis you
22aa533e 1169want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
8a36672b 1170enable optimization. When coverage is enabled, the default level is
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1171without optimization.
1172
439a7e54 1173@item --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats
95ea367d 1174When this option is specified more detailed information on memory
439a7e54 1175allocation is gathered. This information is printed when using
daf2f129 1176@option{-fmem-report}.
439a7e54 1177
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1178@item --with-gc
1179@itemx --with-gc=@var{choice}
1180With this option you can specify the garbage collector implementation
1181used during the compilation process. @var{choice} can be one of
1182@samp{page} and @samp{zone}, where @samp{page} is the default.
1183
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1184@item --enable-nls
1185@itemx --disable-nls
6cfb3f16 1186The @option{--enable-nls} option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
f85b8d1a 1187which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
767094dd 1188English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
161d7b59 1189canadian cross build. The @option{--disable-nls} option disables NLS@.
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1190
1191@item --with-included-gettext
c771326b 1192If NLS is enabled, the @option{--with-included-gettext} option causes the build
021c4bfd 1193procedure to prefer its copy of GNU @command{gettext}.
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1194
1195@item --with-catgets
1196If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks @code{gettext} but has the
1197inferior @code{catgets} interface, the GCC build procedure normally
1198ignores @code{catgets} and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU
6cfb3f16 1199@code{gettext} library. The @option{--with-catgets} option causes the
f85b8d1a 1200build procedure to use the host's @code{catgets} in this situation.
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1202@item --with-libiconv-prefix=@var{dir}
1203Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
1204libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
1205
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1206@item --enable-obsolete
1207Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
1208configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
1209obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
1210error message.
1211
1212All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
1213is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
1214forward to maintain the port.
ef88b07d 1215@end table
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1217@subheading Cross-Compiler-Specific Options
1218The following options only apply to building cross compilers.
ef88b07d 1219@table @code
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1220@item --with-sysroot
1221@itemx --with-sysroot=@var{dir}
1222Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the root of a tree that contains a
1223(subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
1224Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
1225searched in there. The specified directory is not copied into the
1226install tree, unlike the options @option{--with-headers} and
1227@option{--with-libs} that this option obsoletes. The default value,
1228in case @option{--with-sysroot} is not given an argument, is
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1229@option{$@{gcc_tooldir@}/sys-root}. If the specified directory is a
1230subdirectory of @option{$@{exec_prefix@}}, then it will be found relative to
1231the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
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1233@item --with-build-sysroot
1234@itemx --with-build-sysroot=@var{dir}
1235Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the system root (see
526635cb 1236@option{--with-sysroot}) while building target libraries, instead of
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1237the directory specified with @option{--with-sysroot}. This option is
1238only useful when you are already using @option{--with-sysroot}. You
526635cb 1239can use @option{--with-build-sysroot} when you are configuring with
160633c6 1240@option{--prefix} set to a directory that is different from the one in
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1241which you are installing GCC and your target libraries.
1242
1243This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
1244target libraries (which runs on the build system); it does not affect
1245the compiler which is used to build GCC itself.
160633c6 1246
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1247@item --with-headers
1248@itemx --with-headers=@var{dir}
4977bab6 1249Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
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1250Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler.
1251The @var{dir} argument specifies a directory which has the target include
1252files. These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
1253directory. @emph{This option with the @var{dir} argument is required} when
1254building a cross compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include}
1255doesn't pre-exist. If @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} does
1256pre-exist, the @var{dir} argument may be omitted. @command{fixincludes}
8a36672b 1257will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC@.
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1258
1259@item --without-headers
1260Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross
2dd76960 1261compiler. When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC
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1262can build the exception handling for libgcc.
1263See @uref{http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/,,CrossGCC} for more information
1264on this option.
1265
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1266@item --with-libs
1267@itemx --with-libs=``@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}''
4977bab6 1268Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
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1269Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
1270libraries. These libraries will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
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1271directory. If the directory list is omitted, this option has no
1272effect.
ef88b07d 1273@item --with-newlib
eea81d3e 1274Specifies that @samp{newlib} is
38209993 1275being used as the target C library. This causes @code{__eprintf} to be
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1276omitted from @file{libgcc.a} on the assumption that it will be provided by
1277@samp{newlib}.
ef88b07d 1278@end table
f9047ed3 1279
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1280@subheading Fortran-specific Option
1281
1282The following options apply to the build of the Fortran front end.
1283
1284@table @code
1285
1286@item --with-gmp=@var{pathname}
bebf829d 1287@itemx --with-mpfr=@var{pathname}
bda4d063 1288@itemx --with-gmp-dir=@var{pathname}
bebf829d 1289@itemx --with-mpfr-dir=@var{pathname}
f0eb93a8 1290If you don't have GMP (the GNU Multiple Precision library) and the MPFR
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1291Libraries installed in a standard location and you want to build the Fortran
1292front-end, you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
1293(@samp{--with-gmp=gmpinstalldir}, @samp{--with-mpfr=mpfrinstalldir}) or where
1294you built them without installing (@samp{--with-gmp-dir=gmpbuilddir},
1295@samp{--with-mpfr-dir=gmpbuilddir}).
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1296
1297@end table
1298
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1299@subheading Java-Specific Options
1300
1301The following option applies to the build of the Java front end.
1302
1303@table @code
1304@item --disable-libgcj
1305Specify that the run-time libraries
1306used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend
1307to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
1308separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
1309machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
1310libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
1311the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
1312may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
1313@file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
1314you may use @option{--enable-libgcj} to override the default.
1315
1316@end table
1317
1318The following options apply to building @samp{libgcj}.
1319
1320@subsubheading General Options
1321
1322@table @code
1323@item --disable-getenv-properties
1324Don't set system properties from @env{GCJ_PROPERTIES}.
1325
1326@item --enable-hash-synchronization
8a36672b 1327Use a global hash table for monitor locks. Ordinarily,
c1c3bb0c 1328@samp{libgcj}'s @samp{configure} script automatically makes
8a36672b 1329the correct choice for this option for your platform. Only use
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1330this if you know you need the library to be configured differently.
1331
1332@item --enable-interpreter
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1333Enable the Java interpreter. The interpreter is automatically
1334enabled by default on all platforms that support it. This option
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1335is really only useful if you want to disable the interpreter
1336(using @option{--disable-interpreter}).
1337
1338@item --disable-java-net
8a36672b 1339Disable java.net. This disables the native part of java.net only,
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1340using non-functional stubs for native method implementations.
1341
1342@item --disable-jvmpi
1343Disable JVMPI support.
1344
1345@item --with-ecos
1346Enable runtime eCos target support.
1347
1348@item --without-libffi
8a36672b 1349Don't use @samp{libffi}. This will disable the interpreter and JNI
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1350support as well, as these require @samp{libffi} to work.
1351
1352@item --enable-libgcj-debug
1353Enable runtime debugging code.
1354
1355@item --enable-libgcj-multifile
1356If specified, causes all @file{.java} source files to be
1357compiled into @file{.class} files in one invocation of
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1358@samp{gcj}. This can speed up build time, but is more
1359resource-intensive. If this option is unspecified or
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1360disabled, @samp{gcj} is invoked once for each @file{.java}
1361file to compile into a @file{.class} file.
1362
1363@item --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR
1364Search for libiconv in @file{DIR/include} and @file{DIR/lib}.
1365
1366@item --enable-sjlj-exceptions
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1367Force use of @code{builtin_setjmp} for exceptions. @samp{configure}
1368ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform. Only use
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1369this option if you are sure you need a different setting.
1370
1371@item --with-system-zlib
1372Use installed @samp{zlib} rather than that included with GCC@.
1373
1374@item --with-win32-nlsapi=ansi, unicows or unicode
1375Indicates how MinGW @samp{libgcj} translates between UNICODE
8a36672b 1376characters and the Win32 API@.
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1377@table @code
1378@item ansi
1379Use the single-byte @code{char} and the Win32 A functions natively,
8a36672b 1380translating to and from UNICODE when using these functions. If
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1381unspecified, this is the default.
1382
1383@item unicows
8a36672b 1384Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Adds
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1385@code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec} to link with @samp{libunicows}.
1386@file{unicows.dll} needs to be deployed on Microsoft Windows 9X machines
8a36672b 1387running built executables. @file{libunicows.a}, an open-source
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1388import library around Microsoft's @code{unicows.dll}, is obtained from
1389@uref{http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/}, which also gives details
1390on getting @file{unicows.dll} from Microsoft.
1391
1392@item unicode
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1393Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Does @emph{not}
1394add @code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec}. The built executables will
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1395only run on Microsoft Windows NT and above.
1396@end table
1397@end table
1398
1399@subsubheading AWT-Specific Options
1400
1401@table @code
1402@item --with-x
1403Use the X Window System.
1404
1405@item --enable-java-awt=PEER(S)
1406Specifies the AWT peer library or libraries to build alongside
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1407@samp{libgcj}. If this option is unspecified or disabled, AWT
1408will be non-functional. Current valid values are @option{gtk} and
1409@option{xlib}. Multiple libraries should be separated by a
431ae0bf 1410comma (i.e.@: @option{--enable-java-awt=gtk,xlib}).
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1411
1412@item --enable-gtk-cairo
8a36672b 1413Build the cairo Graphics2D implementation on GTK@.
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1414
1415@item --enable-java-gc=TYPE
8a36672b 1416Choose garbage collector. Defaults to @option{boehm} if unspecified.
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1417
1418@item --disable-gtktest
1419Do not try to compile and run a test GTK+ program.
1420
1421@item --disable-glibtest
1422Do not try to compile and run a test GLIB program.
1423
1424@item --with-libart-prefix=PFX
1425Prefix where libart is installed (optional).
1426
1427@item --with-libart-exec-prefix=PFX
1428Exec prefix where libart is installed (optional).
1429
1430@item --disable-libarttest
1431Do not try to compile and run a test libart program.
1432
1433@end table
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1435@html
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1437<p>
1438@end html
1439@ifhtml
1440@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1441@end ifhtml
1442@end ifset
1443
1444@c ***Building****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 1445@ifnothtml
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1446@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1447@node Building, Testing, Configuration, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1448@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1449@ifset buildhtml
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1450@ifnothtml
1451@chapter Building
1452@end ifnothtml
1453@cindex Installing GCC: Building
1454
1455Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
1456runtime libraries.
1457
b8df899a 1458Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a
7ba4ca63 1459nonzero status) and be ignored by @command{make}. These failures, which
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1460are often due to files that were not found, are expected, and can safely
1461be ignored.
1462
1463It is normal to have compiler warnings when compiling certain files.
1464Unless you are a GCC developer, you can generally ignore these warnings
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1465unless they cause compilation to fail. Developers should attempt to fix
1466any warnings encountered, however they can temporarily continue past
1467warnings-as-errors by specifying the configure flag
1468@option{--disable-werror}.
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1469
1470On certain old systems, defining certain environment variables such as
6cfb3f16 1471@env{CC} can interfere with the functioning of @command{make}.
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1472
1473If you encounter seemingly strange errors when trying to build the
1474compiler in a directory other than the source directory, it could be
1475because you have previously configured the compiler in the source
1476directory. Make sure you have done all the necessary preparations.
1477
1478If you build GCC on a BSD system using a directory stored in an old System
4c64396e 1479V file system, problems may occur in running @command{fixincludes} if the
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1480System V file system doesn't support symbolic links. These problems
1481result in a failure to fix the declaration of @code{size_t} in
1482@file{sys/types.h}. If you find that @code{size_t} is a signed type and
1483that type mismatches occur, this could be the cause.
1484
161d7b59 1485The solution is not to use such a directory for building GCC@.
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1487When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify parser sources,
1488you need the Bison parser generator installed. Any version 1.25 or
1489later should work; older versions may also work. If you do not modify
1490parser sources, releases contain the Bison-generated files and you do
1491not need Bison installed to build them.
1492
1493When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
a38f87a9 1494documentation, you need version 4.2 or later of Texinfo installed if you
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1495want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
1496documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
1497
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1498@section Building a native compiler
1499
f9047ed3 1500For a native build issue the command @samp{make bootstrap}. This
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1501will build the entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
1502
1503@itemize @bullet
1504@item
1505Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1506gperf.
1507
1508@item
1509Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
eea81d3e 1510binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
f282ffb3 1511if they have been individually linked
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1512or moved into the top level GCC source tree before configuring.
1513
1514@item
1515Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler.
1516
1517@item
1518Perform a comparison test of the stage2 and stage3 compilers.
1519
1520@item
1521Build runtime libraries using the stage3 compiler from the previous step.
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1523@end itemize
1524
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1525If you are short on disk space you might consider @samp{make
1526bootstrap-lean} instead. This is identical to @samp{make
1527bootstrap} except that object files from the stage1 and
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1528stage2 of the 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler are deleted as
1529soon as they are no longer needed.
1530
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1531If you want to save additional space during the bootstrap and in
1532the final installation as well, you can build the compiler binaries
8c085f6f 1533without debugging information as in the following example. This will save
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1534roughly 40% of disk space both for the bootstrap and the final installation.
1535(Libraries will still contain debugging information.)
1536
3ab51846 1537@smallexample
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1538 make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' \
1539 LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap
3ab51846 1540@end smallexample
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1542If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2 and
1543stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when doing
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1544@samp{make bootstrap}. Non-default optimization flags are less well
1545tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should still work.
1546In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special flags such
1547as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or, if the
1548native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need to work
1549around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts of the
1550stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
1551bootstrap4} to increase the number of stages of bootstrap.
1552
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1553Note that using non-standard @code{CFLAGS} can cause bootstrap to fail in
1554@file{libiberty}, if these trigger a warning with the new compiler. For
1555example using @samp{-O2 -g -mcpu=i686} on @code{i686-pc-linux-gnu} will
4ec7afd7 1556cause bootstrap failure as @option{-mcpu=} is deprecated in 3.4.0 and above.
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1557
1558
6cfb3f16 1559If you used the flag @option{--enable-languages=@dots{}} to restrict
f42974dc 1560the compilers to be built, only those you've actually enabled will be
767094dd 1561built. This will of course only build those runtime libraries, for
f42974dc 1562which the particular compiler has been built. Please note,
eea81d3e 1563that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
ef88b07d 1564@strong{does not} work anymore!
f42974dc 1565
f85b8d1a 1566If the comparison of stage2 and stage3 fails, this normally indicates
eea81d3e 1567that the stage2 compiler has compiled GCC incorrectly, and is therefore
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1568a potentially serious bug which you should investigate and report. (On
1569a few systems, meaningful comparison of object files is impossible; they
1570always appear ``different''. If you encounter this problem, you will
1571need to disable comparison in the @file{Makefile}.)
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1572
1573@section Building a cross compiler
1574
1575We recommend reading the
1576@uref{http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/,,crossgcc FAQ}
1577for information about building cross compilers.
1578
1579When building a cross compiler, it is not generally possible to do a
15803-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This makes for an interesting problem
161d7b59 1581as parts of GCC can only be built with GCC@.
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1582
1583To build a cross compiler, we first recommend building and installing a
1584native compiler. You can then use the native GCC compiler to build the
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1585cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
15862.95 or later.
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1587
1588Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
6cfb3f16 1589your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
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1590following steps:
1591
1592@itemize @bullet
1593@item
1594Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1595gperf.
1596
1597@item
1598Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
1599binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
1600if they have been individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source
1601tree before configuring.
1602
1603@item
1604Build the compiler (single stage only).
1605
1606@item
1607Build runtime libraries using the compiler from the previous step.
1608@end itemize
1609
1610Note that if an error occurs in any step the make process will exit.
1611
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1612If you are not building GNU binutils in the same source tree as GCC,
1613you will need a cross-assembler and cross-linker installed before
1614configuring GCC@. Put them in the directory
1615@file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/bin}. Here is a table of the tools
1616you should put in this directory:
1617
1618@table @file
1619@item as
1620This should be the cross-assembler.
1621
1622@item ld
1623This should be the cross-linker.
1624
1625@item ar
1626This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
1627archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
1628
1629@item ranlib
1630This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
1631@end table
1632
1633The installation of GCC will find these programs in that directory,
1634and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
1635find them when run later.
1636
1637The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package.
1638Configure it with the same @option{--host} and @option{--target}
1639options that you use for configuring GCC, then build and install
1640them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
1641directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GCC
1642supports.
1643
1644If you are not building a C library in the same source tree as GCC,
1645you should also provide the target libraries and headers before
1646configuring GCC, specifying the directories with
1647@option{--with-sysroot} or @option{--with-headers} and
1648@option{--with-libs}. Many targets also require ``start files'' such
1649as @file{crt0.o} and
1650@file{crtn.o} which are linked into each executable. There may be several
1651alternatives for @file{crt0.o}, for use with profiling or other
1652compilation options. Check your target's definition of
1653@code{STARTFILE_SPEC} to find out what start files it uses.
1654
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1655@section Building in parallel
1656
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1657You can use @samp{make bootstrap MAKE="make -j 2" -j 2}, or just
1658@samp{make -j 2 bootstrap} for GNU Make 3.79 and above, instead of
1659@samp{make bootstrap} to build GCC in parallel.
1660You can also specify a bigger number, and in most cases using a value
1661greater than the number of processors in your machine will result in
1662fewer and shorter I/O latency hits, thus improving overall throughput;
1663this is especially true for slow drives and network filesystems.
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1665@section Building the Ada compiler
1666
1667In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
3e98a119 1668compiler (GNAT version 3.14 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later),
af5734de 1669including GNAT tools such as @command{gnatmake} and @command{gnatlink},
38e23049 1670since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
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1671GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make.
1672
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1673@command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
1674and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
1675installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
1676used to disable building the Ada front end.
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1678@section Building with profile feedback
1679
1680It is possible to use profile feedback to optimize the compiler itself. This
1681should result in a faster compiler binary. Experiments done on x86 using gcc
16823.3 showed approximately 7 percent speedup on compiling C programs. To
1683bootstrap compiler with profile feedback, use @code{make profiledbootstrap}.
1684
1685When @samp{make profiledbootstrap} is run, it will first build a @code{stage1}
1686compiler. This compiler is used to build a @code{stageprofile} compiler
1687instrumented to collect execution counts of instruction and branch
1688probabilities. Then runtime libraries are compiled with profile collected.
1689Finally a @code{stagefeedback} compiler is built using the information collected.
1690
1691Unlike @samp{make bootstrap} several additional restrictions apply. The
1692compiler used to build @code{stage1} needs to support a 64-bit integral type.
1693It is recommended to only use GCC for this. Also parallel make is currently
1694not supported since collisions in profile collecting may occur.
1695
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b8db17af 1697<hr />
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1698<p>
1699@end html
1700@ifhtml
1701@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1702@end ifhtml
1703@end ifset
1704
1705@c ***Testing*****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 1706@ifnothtml
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1707@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1708@node Testing, Final install, Building, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1709@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1710@ifset testhtml
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1711@ifnothtml
1712@chapter Installing GCC: Testing
1713@end ifnothtml
1714@cindex Testing
1715@cindex Installing GCC: Testing
1716@cindex Testsuite
1717
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1718Before you install GCC, we encourage you to run the testsuites and to
1719compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
1720been submitted to the
1721@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
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1722Some of these archived results are linked from the build status lists
1723at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}, although not everyone who
1724reports a successful build runs the testsuites and submits the results.
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1725This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
1726but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
8a36672b 1727problems before you install and start using your new GCC@.
f42974dc 1728
f9047ed3 1729First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
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1730These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
1731``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you must download the testsuites
1732separately.
f42974dc 1733
f97903cc 1734Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
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1735@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,DejaGnu} 1.4.4 and later,
1736Tcl, and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
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1738If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
1739installed are not in the @env{PATH}, you may need to set the following
1740environment variables appropriately, as in the following example (which
1741assumes that DejaGnu has been installed under @file{/usr/local}):
f42974dc 1742
3ab51846 1743@smallexample
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1744 TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
1745 DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
3ab51846 1746@end smallexample
f42974dc 1747
8cacda7c 1748(On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
f42974dc 1749paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
8cacda7c 1750portability in the DejaGnu code.)
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1752
1753Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
3ab51846 1754@smallexample
ef88b07d 1755 cd @var{objdir}; make -k check
3ab51846 1756@end smallexample
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1758This will test various components of GCC, such as compiler
1759front ends and runtime libraries. While running the testsuite, DejaGnu
1760might emit some harmless messages resembling
daf2f129 1761@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
794aca5d 1762@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file} that can be ignored.
06809951 1763
962e6e00 1764@section How can you run the testsuite on selected tests?
f42974dc 1765
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1766In order to run sets of tests selectively, there are targets
1767@samp{make check-gcc} and @samp{make check-g++}
1768in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. You can also
1769just run @samp{make check} in a subdirectory of the object directory.
1770
1771
1772A more selective way to just run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the
1773testsuite is to use
f42974dc 1774
3ab51846 1775@smallexample
6cfb3f16 1776 make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
3ab51846 1777@end smallexample
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1779Likewise, in order to run only the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in
1780the testsuite with filenames matching @samp{9805*}, you would use
f42974dc 1781
3ab51846 1782@smallexample
6cfb3f16 1783 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
3ab51846 1784@end smallexample
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1786The @file{*.exp} files are located in the testsuite directories of the GCC
1787source, the most important ones being @file{compile.exp},
1788@file{execute.exp}, @file{dg.exp} and @file{old-deja.exp}.
1789To get a list of the possible @file{*.exp} files, pipe the
38209993 1790output of @samp{make check} into a file and look at the
6cfb3f16 1791@samp{Running @dots{} .exp} lines.
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1793@section Passing options and running multiple testsuites
1794
1795You can pass multiple options to the testsuite using the
1796@samp{--target_board} option of DejaGNU, either passed as part of
1797@samp{RUNTESTFLAGS}, or directly to @command{runtest} if you prefer to
1798work outside the makefiles. For example,
1799
3ab51846 1800@smallexample
e08737dc 1801 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=unix/-O3/-fno-strength-reduce"
3ab51846 1802@end smallexample
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1803
1804will run the standard @command{g++} testsuites (``unix'' is the target name
1805for a standard native testsuite situation), passing
1806@samp{-O3 -fno-strength-reduce} to the compiler on every test, i.e.,
1807slashes separate options.
1808
1809You can run the testsuites multiple times using combinations of options
1810with a syntax similar to the brace expansion of popular shells:
1811
3ab51846 1812@smallexample
d817041f 1813 @dots{}"--target_board=arm-sim/@{-mhard-float,-msoft-float@}@{-O1,-O2,-O3,@}"
3ab51846 1814@end smallexample
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1815
1816(Note the empty option caused by the trailing comma in the final group.)
1817The following will run each testsuite eight times using the @samp{arm-sim}
1818target, as if you had specified all possible combinations yourself:
1819
3ab51846 1820@smallexample
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1821 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O1
1822 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O2
1823 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O3
1824 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float
1825 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O1
1826 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O2
1827 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O3
1828 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float
3ab51846 1829@end smallexample
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1830
1831They can be combined as many times as you wish, in arbitrary ways. This
1832list:
1833
3ab51846 1834@smallexample
e08737dc 1835 @dots{}"--target_board=unix/-Wextra@{-O3,-fno-strength-reduce@}@{-fomit-frame-pointer,@}"
3ab51846 1836@end smallexample
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1837
1838will generate four combinations, all involving @samp{-Wextra}.
1839
1840The disadvantage to this method is that the testsuites are run in serial,
1841which is a waste on multiprocessor systems. For users with GNU Make and
1842a shell which performs brace expansion, you can run the testsuites in
1843parallel by having the shell perform the combinations and @command{make}
1844do the parallel runs. Instead of using @samp{--target_board}, use a
1845special makefile target:
1846
3ab51846 1847@smallexample
e08737dc 1848 make -j@var{N} check-@var{testsuite}//@var{test-target}/@var{option1}/@var{option2}/@dots{}
3ab51846 1849@end smallexample
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1850
1851For example,
1852
3ab51846 1853@smallexample
e08737dc 1854 make -j3 check-gcc//sh-hms-sim/@{-m1,-m2,-m3,-m3e,-m4@}/@{,-nofpu@}
3ab51846 1855@end smallexample
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1856
1857will run three concurrent ``make-gcc'' testsuites, eventually testing all
1858ten combinations as described above. Note that this is currently only
1859supported in the @file{gcc} subdirectory. (To see how this works, try
1860typing @command{echo} before the example given here.)
1861
1862
1863@section Additional testing for Java Class Libraries
1864
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1865The Java runtime tests can be executed via @samp{make check}
1866in the @file{@var{target}/libjava/testsuite} directory in
1867the build tree.
f702e700 1868
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1869The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/,,Mauve Project} provides
1870a suite of tests for the Java Class Libraries. This suite can be run
1871as part of libgcj testing by placing the Mauve tree within the libjava
1872testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.mauve/mauve}, or by
1873specifying the location of that tree when invoking @samp{make}, as in
1874@samp{make MAUVEDIR=~/mauve check}.
1875
5a4ffc2a 1876@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/,,Jacks}
2eac577f 1877is a free testsuite that tests Java compiler front ends. This suite
3b41afd9 1878can be run as part of libgcj testing by placing the Jacks tree within
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1879the libjava testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.jacks/jacks}.
1880
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1881@section How to interpret test results
1882
794aca5d 1883The result of running the testsuite are various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
767094dd 1884files in the testsuite subdirectories. The @file{*.log} files contain a
f42974dc 1885detailed log of the compiler invocations and the corresponding
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1886results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries
1887contain status codes for all tests:
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1888
1889@itemize @bullet
1890@item
1891PASS: the test passed as expected
1892@item
1893XPASS: the test unexpectedly passed
1894@item
1895FAIL: the test unexpectedly failed
1896@item
1897XFAIL: the test failed as expected
1898@item
1899UNSUPPORTED: the test is not supported on this platform
1900@item
1901ERROR: the testsuite detected an error
1902@item
1903WARNING: the testsuite detected a possible problem
1904@end itemize
1905
38209993 1906It is normal for some tests to report unexpected failures. At the
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1907current time the testing harness does not allow fine grained control
1908over whether or not a test is expected to fail. This problem should
1909be fixed in future releases.
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1910
1911
1912@section Submitting test results
1913
1914If you want to report the results to the GCC project, use the
767094dd 1915@file{contrib/test_summary} shell script. Start it in the @var{objdir} with
f42974dc 1916
3ab51846 1917@smallexample
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1918 @var{srcdir}/contrib/test_summary -p your_commentary.txt \
1919 -m gcc-testresults@@gcc.gnu.org |sh
3ab51846 1920@end smallexample
f42974dc 1921
6cfb3f16 1922This script uses the @command{Mail} program to send the results, so
767094dd 1923make sure it is in your @env{PATH}. The file @file{your_commentary.txt} is
f42974dc 1924prepended to the testsuite summary and should contain any special
767094dd 1925remarks you have on your results or your build environment. Please
f42974dc 1926do not edit the testsuite result block or the subject line, as these
05c425a9 1927messages may be automatically processed.
f42974dc 1928
aed5964b 1929@html
b8db17af 1930<hr />
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1931<p>
1932@end html
1933@ifhtml
1934@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1935@end ifhtml
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1936@end ifset
1937
1938@c ***Final install***********************************************************
6cfb3f16 1939@ifnothtml
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1940@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1941@node Final install, , Testing, Installing GCC
6cfb3f16 1942@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 1943@ifset finalinstallhtml
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1944@ifnothtml
1945@chapter Installing GCC: Final installation
1946@end ifnothtml
1947
eea81d3e 1948Now that GCC has been built (and optionally tested), you can install it with
3ab51846 1949@smallexample
eea81d3e 1950cd @var{objdir}; make install
3ab51846 1951@end smallexample
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1953We strongly recommend to install into a target directory where there is
1954no previous version of GCC present.
1955
f42974dc 1956That step completes the installation of GCC; user level binaries can
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1957be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value
1958you specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or
1959@file{/usr/local} by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir},
1960that directory will be used instead; otherwise, if you specified
1961@option{--exec-prefix}, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.)
1962Headers for the C++ and Java libraries are installed in
1963@file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries in @file{@var{libdir}}
1964(normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal parts of the compiler in
1965@file{@var{libdir}/gcc} and @file{@var{libexecdir}/gcc}; documentation
1966in info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally
1967@file{@var{prefix}/info}).
f42974dc 1968
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1969When installing cross-compilers, GCC's executables
1970are not only installed into @file{@var{bindir}}, that
1971is, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}, but additionally into
1972@file{@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin}, if that directory
1973exists. Typically, such @dfn{tooldirs} hold target-specific
1974binutils, including assembler and linker.
1975
1976Installation into a temporary staging area or into a @command{chroot}
1977jail can be achieved with the command
1978
3ab51846 1979@smallexample
53b50ac1 1980make DESTDIR=@var{path-to-rootdir} install
3ab51846 1981@end smallexample
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1982
1983@noindent where @var{path-to-rootdir} is the absolute path of
1984a directory relative to which all installation paths will be
1985interpreted. Note that the directory specified by @code{DESTDIR}
1986need not exist yet; it will be created if necessary.
1987
1988There is a subtle point with tooldirs and @code{DESTDIR}:
1989If you relocate a cross-compiler installation with
1990e.g.@: @samp{DESTDIR=@var{rootdir}}, then the directory
1991@file{@var{rootdir}/@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin} will
1992be filled with duplicated GCC executables only if it already exists,
1993it will not be created otherwise. This is regarded as a feature,
1994not as a bug, because it gives slightly more control to the packagers
1995using the @code{DESTDIR} feature.
1996
2b46bc67 1997If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
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1998quickly review the build status page for your release, available from
1999@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
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2000If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
2001send a note to
eea81d3e 2002@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
8a36672b 2003that you successfully built and installed GCC@.
c5997381 2004Include the following information:
f42974dc 2005
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2006@itemize @bullet
2007@item
962e6e00 2008Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send
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2009that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
2010
2011@item
2dd76960 2012The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed @command{gcc}.
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2013This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed to
2014configure.
2015
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2016@item
2017Whether you enabled all languages or a subset of them. If you used a
2018full distribution then this information is part of the configure
2019options in the output of @samp{gcc -v}, but if you downloaded the
2020``core'' compiler plus additional front ends then it isn't apparent
2021which ones you built unless you tell us about it.
2022
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2023@item
2024If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include:
2025@itemize @bullet
2026@item
2027The distribution name and version (e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3);
2028this information should be available from @file{/etc/issue}.
2029
2030@item
2031The version of the Linux kernel, available from @samp{uname --version}
2032or @samp{uname -a}.
2033
2034@item
2035The version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
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2036Mandrake, and SuSE type @samp{rpm -q glibc} to get the glibc version,
2037and on systems like Debian and Progeny use @samp{dpkg -l libc6}.
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2038@end itemize
2039For other systems, you can include similar information if you think it is
2040relevant.
2041
2042@item
2043Any other information that you think would be useful to people building
2044GCC on the same configuration. The new entry in the build status list
2045will include a link to the archived copy of your message.
2046@end itemize
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2047
2048We'd also like to know if the
2049@ifnothtml
2050@ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}
2051@end ifnothtml
2052@ifhtml
2053@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}
2054@end ifhtml
2055didn't include your host/target information or if that information is
2056incomplete or out of date. Send a note to
962e6e00 2057@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} detailing how the information should be changed.
f42974dc 2058
962e6e00 2059If you find a bug, please report it following the
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2060@uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
2061
ab130aa5 2062If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
a38f87a9 2063dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.2)
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2064and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
2065subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
2066printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. You can also
2067@uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,buy printed manuals from the
2068Free Software Foundation}, though such manuals may not be for the most
161d7b59 2069recent version of GCC@.
ab130aa5 2070
9d65c5cb 2071If you would like to generate online HTML documentation, do @samp{cd
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2072@var{objdir}; make html} and HTML will be generated for the gcc manuals in
2073@file{@var{objdir}/gcc/HTML}.
9d65c5cb 2074
f42974dc 2075@html
b8db17af 2076<hr />
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2077<p>
2078@end html
2079@ifhtml
2080@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2081@end ifhtml
2082@end ifset
2083
2084@c ***Binaries****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 2085@ifnothtml
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2086@comment node-name, next, previous, up
2087@node Binaries, Specific, Installing GCC, Top
6cfb3f16 2088@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 2089@ifset binarieshtml
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2090@ifnothtml
2091@chapter Installing GCC: Binaries
2092@end ifnothtml
2093@cindex Binaries
2094@cindex Installing GCC: Binaries
2095
161d7b59 2096We are often asked about pre-compiled versions of GCC@. While we cannot
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2097provide these for all platforms, below you'll find links to binaries for
2098various platforms where creating them by yourself is not easy due to various
2099reasons.
2100
2101Please note that we did not create these binaries, nor do we
2102support them. If you have any problems installing them, please
2103contact their makers.
2104
2105@itemize
2106@item
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2107AIX:
2108@itemize
2109@item
ff4c5e7b 2110@uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
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2111
2112@item
8d5362b7 2113@uref{http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu,,UCLA Software Library for AIX}.
df002c7d 2114@end itemize
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2115
2116@item
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2117DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
2118
2119@item
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2120Renesas H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
2121Development Tools for the Renesas H8/300[HS] Series}.
f42974dc 2122
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2123@item
2124HP-UX:
2125@itemize
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2126@item
2127@uref{http://hpux.cae.wisc.edu/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
2128
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2129@item
2130@uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
2131@end itemize
2132
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2133@item
2134Motorola 68HC11/68HC12---@uref{http://www.gnu-m68hc11.org,,GNU
2135Development Tools for the Motorola 68HC11/68HC12}.
2136
f42974dc 2137@item
38209993 2138@uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
8d5362b7 2139OpenServer/Unixware}.
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2140
2141@item
35113fde 2142Sinix/Reliant Unix---@uref{ftp://ftp.fujitsu-siemens.com/pub/pd/gnu/gcc/,,Siemens}.
daf2f129 2143
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2144@item
2145Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel)---@uref{http://www.sunfreeware.com/,,Sunfreeware}.
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2146
2147@item
8d5362b7 2148SGI---@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,SGI Freeware}.
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2149
2150@item
05c425a9 2151Microsoft Windows:
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2152@itemize
2153@item
2154The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
2155@item
cc92b8ab 2156The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
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2157@end itemize
2158
2159@item
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2160@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/by-name/,,The
2161Written Word} offers binaries for
2162AIX 4.3.2.
2163IRIX 6.5,
2164Digital UNIX 4.0D and 5.1,
2165GNU/Linux (i386),
2166HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.11, and
e4652e37 2167Solaris/SPARC 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, and 9.
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2168
2169@item
2170@uref{http://www.openpkg.org/,,OpenPKG} offers binaries for quite a
2171number of platforms.
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2172
2173@item
2174The @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries,,GFortran Wiki} has
2175links to gfortran binaries for several platforms.
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2176@end itemize
2177
2178In addition to those specific offerings, you can get a binary
2179distribution CD-ROM from the
f9047ed3 2180@uref{http://www.fsf.org/order/order.html,,Free Software Foundation}.
f42974dc 2181It contains binaries for a number of platforms, and
767094dd 2182includes not only GCC, but other stuff as well. The current CD does
f42974dc 2183not contain the latest version of GCC, but it should allow
767094dd 2184bootstrapping the compiler. An updated version of that disk is in the
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2185works.
2186
2187@html
b8db17af 2188<hr />
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2189<p>
2190@end html
2191@ifhtml
2192@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2193@end ifhtml
2194@end ifset
2195
2196@c ***Specific****************************************************************
6cfb3f16 2197@ifnothtml
f42974dc 2198@comment node-name, next, previous, up
73e2155a 2199@node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
6cfb3f16 2200@end ifnothtml
f42974dc 2201@ifset specifichtml
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2202@ifnothtml
2203@chapter Host/target specific installation notes for GCC
2204@end ifnothtml
2205@cindex Specific
2206@cindex Specific installation notes
2207@cindex Target specific installation
2208@cindex Host specific installation
2209@cindex Target specific installation notes
2210
2211Please read this document carefully @emph{before} installing the
2212GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
2213
ef88b07d 2214@ifhtml
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2215@itemize
2216@item
5a4c9b10 2217@uref{#alpha-x-x,,alpha*-*-*}
f42974dc 2218@item
5a4c9b10 2219@uref{#alpha-dec-osf,,alpha*-dec-osf*}
f42974dc 2220@item
5a4c9b10 2221@uref{#alphaev5-cray-unicosmk,,alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}
71b96724 2222@item
5a4c9b10 2223@uref{#arc-x-elf,,arc-*-elf}
b8df899a 2224@item
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2225@uref{#arm-x-elf,,arm-*-elf}
2226@uref{#arm-x-coff,,arm-*-coff}
2227@uref{#arm-x-aout,,arm-*-aout}
b8df899a 2228@item
5a4c9b10 2229@uref{#xscale-x-x,,xscale-*-*}
476c334e 2230@item
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2231@uref{#avr,,avr}
2232@item
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2233@uref{#bfin,,Blackfin}
2234@item
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2235@uref{#c4x,,c4x}
2236@item
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2237@uref{#dos,,DOS}
2238@item
5a4c9b10 2239@uref{#x-x-freebsd,,*-*-freebsd*}
021c4bfd 2240@item
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2241@uref{#h8300-hms,,h8300-hms}
2242@item
5a4c9b10 2243@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
f42974dc 2244@item
5a4c9b10 2245@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
f42974dc 2246@item
5a4c9b10 2247@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
f42974dc 2248@item
5a4c9b10 2249@uref{#x-x-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
f42974dc 2250@item
5a4c9b10 2251@uref{#ix86-x-linuxaout,,i?86-*-linux*aout}
b8df899a 2252@item
5a4c9b10 2253@uref{#ix86-x-linux,,i?86-*-linux*}
f42974dc 2254@item
d8fcd085 2255@uref{#ix86-x-sco32v5,,i?86-*-sco3.2v5*}
f42974dc 2256@item
d8fcd085 2257@uref{#ix86-x-solaris210,,i?86-*-solaris2.10}
8f47c084 2258@item
5a4c9b10 2259@uref{#ix86-x-udk,,i?86-*-udk}
f42974dc 2260@item
5a4c9b10 2261@uref{#ia64-x-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
b8df899a 2262@item
5a4c9b10 2263@uref{#ia64-x-hpux,,ia64-*-hpux*}
b499d9ab 2264@item
5a4c9b10 2265@uref{#x-ibm-aix,,*-ibm-aix*}
959a73a4 2266@item
5a4c9b10 2267@uref{#iq2000-x-elf,,iq2000-*-elf}
e3223ea2 2268@item
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2269@uref{#m32c-x-elf,,m32c-*-elf}
2270@item
5a4c9b10 2271@uref{#m32r-x-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
b8df899a 2272@item
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2273@uref{#m6811-elf,,m6811-elf}
2274@item
2275@uref{#m6812-elf,,m6812-elf}
2276@item
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2277@uref{#m68k-hp-hpux,,m68k-hp-hpux}
2278@item
5a4c9b10 2279@uref{#mips-x-x,,mips-*-*}
b8df899a 2280@item
b953cc4b 2281@uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,mips-sgi-irix5}
f42974dc 2282@item
b953cc4b 2283@uref{#mips-sgi-irix6,,mips-sgi-irix6}
f42974dc 2284@item
5a4c9b10 2285@uref{#powerpc-x-x,,powerpc*-*-*, powerpc-*-sysv4}
4f2b1139 2286@item
5a4c9b10 2287@uref{#powerpc-x-darwin,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
b8df899a 2288@item
5a4c9b10 2289@uref{#powerpc-x-elf,,powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4}
f42974dc 2290@item
5a4c9b10 2291@uref{#powerpc-x-linux-gnu,,powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*}
edf1b3f3 2292@item
5a4c9b10 2293@uref{#powerpc-x-netbsd,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
b8df899a 2294@item
5a4c9b10 2295@uref{#powerpc-x-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
b8df899a 2296@item
5a4c9b10 2297@uref{#powerpc-x-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
b8df899a 2298@item
5a4c9b10 2299@uref{#powerpcle-x-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4}
b8df899a 2300@item
5a4c9b10 2301@uref{#powerpcle-x-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
b8df899a 2302@item
5a4c9b10 2303@uref{#powerpcle-x-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
b8df899a 2304@item
5a4c9b10 2305@uref{#s390-x-linux,,s390-*-linux*}
91abf72d 2306@item
5a4c9b10 2307@uref{#s390x-x-linux,,s390x-*-linux*}
91abf72d 2308@item
5a4c9b10 2309@uref{#s390x-ibm-tpf,,s390x-ibm-tpf*}
8bf06993 2310@item
5a4c9b10 2311@uref{#x-x-solaris2,,*-*-solaris2*}
f42974dc 2312@item
5a4c9b10 2313@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
f42974dc 2314@item
d8fcd085 2315@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris27,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
f42974dc 2316@item
5a4c9b10 2317@uref{#sparc-x-linux,,sparc-*-linux*}
c6fa9728 2318@item
5a4c9b10 2319@uref{#sparc64-x-solaris2,,sparc64-*-solaris2*}
f42974dc 2320@item
5a4c9b10 2321@uref{#sparcv9-x-solaris2,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
e403b4bc 2322@item
5a4c9b10 2323@uref{#x-x-sysv,,*-*-sysv*}
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2324@item
2325@uref{#vax-dec-ultrix,,vax-dec-ultrix}
2326@item
5a4c9b10 2327@uref{#x-x-vxworks,,*-*-vxworks*}
4977bab6 2328@item
d8fcd085 2329@uref{#x86-64-x-x,,x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*}
7e081a0c 2330@item
5a4c9b10 2331@uref{#xtensa-x-elf,,xtensa-*-elf}
fd29f6ea 2332@item
5a4c9b10 2333@uref{#xtensa-x-linux,,xtensa-*-linux*}
fd29f6ea 2334@item
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2335@uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
2336@item
2337@uref{#os2,,OS/2}
2338@item
2339@uref{#older,,Older systems}
2340@end itemize
2341
2342@itemize
2343@item
d8fcd085 2344@uref{#elf,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
f42974dc 2345@end itemize
ef88b07d 2346@end ifhtml
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2347
2348
2349@html
2350<!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
b8db17af 2351<hr />
f42974dc 2352@end html
5a4c9b10 2353@heading @anchor{alpha-x-x}alpha*-*-*
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2354
2355This section contains general configuration information for all
2356alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
161d7b59 2357DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX and Tru64 UNIX)@. In addition to reading this
f2541106 2358section, please read all other sections that match your target.
333e14b0 2359
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2360We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer.
2361Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2
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2362debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of
2363shared libraries.
2364
b8df899a 2365@html
b8db17af 2366<hr />
b8df899a 2367@end html
5a4c9b10 2368@heading @anchor{alpha-dec-osf}alpha*-dec-osf*
b8df899a 2369Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
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2370are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
2371Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
2372
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2373As of GCC 3.2, versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer
2374supported. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC
2375OSF/1.)
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2377In Digital Unix V4.0, virtual memory exhausted bootstrap failures
2378may be fixed by configuring with @option{--with-gc=simple},
2379reconfiguring Kernel Virtual Memory and Swap parameters
2380per the @command{/usr/sbin/sys_check} Tuning Suggestions,
2381or applying the patch in
2382@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg00822.html}.
2383
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2384In Tru64 UNIX V5.1, Compaq introduced a new assembler that does not
2385currently (2001-06-13) work with @command{mips-tfile}. As a workaround,
2386we need to use the old assembler, invoked via the barely documented
2387@option{-oldas} option. To bootstrap GCC, you either need to use the
2388Compaq C Compiler:
2389
3ab51846 2390@smallexample
eea81d3e 2391 % CC=cc @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 2392@end smallexample
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2393
2394or you can use a copy of GCC 2.95.3 or higher built on Tru64 UNIX V4.0:
2395
3ab51846 2396@smallexample
eea81d3e 2397 % CC=gcc -Wa,-oldas @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 2398@end smallexample
b8df899a 2399
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2400As of GNU binutils 2.11.2, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
2401are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with
2402@option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
2403
f0523f02 2404GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
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2405unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
2406the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
2407new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
2408stamp.
2409
2410Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
241132-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
2412when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
2413optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
2414target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed. Building
2415cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
2416a few cases and may not work properly.
2417
7ba4ca63 2418@samp{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
6cfb3f16 2419@option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
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2420assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
2421comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
6cfb3f16 2422@code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
b8df899a 2423fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
6cfb3f16 2424randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
b8df899a 2425unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you add
6cfb3f16 2426@option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
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2427@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
2428
f0523f02 2429GCC now supports both the native (ECOFF) debugging format used by DBX
161d7b59 2430and GDB and an encapsulated STABS format for use only with GDB@. See the
6cfb3f16 2431discussion of the @option{--with-stabs} option of @file{configure} above
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2432for more information on these formats and how to select them.
2433
2434There is a bug in DEC's assembler that produces incorrect line numbers
2435for ECOFF format when the @samp{.align} directive is used. To work
f0523f02 2436around this problem, GCC will not emit such alignment directives
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2437while writing ECOFF format debugging information even if optimization is
2438being performed. Unfortunately, this has the very undesirable
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2439side-effect that code addresses when @option{-O} is specified are
2440different depending on whether or not @option{-g} is also specified.
b8df899a 2441
6cfb3f16 2442To avoid this behavior, specify @option{-gstabs+} and use GDB instead of
161d7b59 2443DBX@. DEC is now aware of this problem with the assembler and hopes to
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2444provide a fix shortly.
2445
71b96724 2446@html
b8db17af 2447<hr />
71b96724 2448@end html
5a4c9b10 2449@heading @anchor{alphaev5-cray-unicosmk}alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*
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2450Cray T3E systems running Unicos/Mk.
2451
2452This port is incomplete and has many known bugs. We hope to improve the
2453support for this target soon. Currently, only the C front end is supported,
2454and it is not possible to build parallel applications. Cray modules are not
2455supported; in particular, Craylibs are assumed to be in
2456@file{/opt/ctl/craylibs/craylibs}.
2457
2458You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU make on this platform. Also, you
2459need to tell GCC where to find the assembler and the linker. The
2460simplest way to do so is by providing @option{--with-as} and
2461@option{--with-ld} to @file{configure}, e.g.@:
2462
3ab51846 2463@smallexample
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2465 --enable-languages=c
3ab51846 2466@end smallexample
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2467
2468The comparison test during @samp{make bootstrap} fails on Unicos/Mk
2469because the assembler inserts timestamps into object files. You should
2470be able to work around this by doing @samp{make all} after getting this
2471failure.
2472
b8df899a 2473@html
b8db17af 2474<hr />
b8df899a 2475@end html
5a4c9b10 2476@heading @anchor{arc-x-elf}arc-*-elf
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2477Argonaut ARC processor.
2478This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
2479
2480@html
b8db17af 2481<hr />
b8df899a 2482@end html
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2483@heading @anchor{arm-x-elf}arm-*-elf
2484@heading @anchor{xscale-x-x}xscale-*-*
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2485ARM-family processors. Subtargets that use the ELF object format
2486require GNU binutils 2.13 or newer. Such subtargets include:
2487@code{arm-*-freebsd}, @code{arm-*-netbsdelf}, @code{arm-*-*linux},
2488@code{arm-*-rtems} and @code{arm-*-kaos}.
2489
2490@html
2491<hr />
2492@end html
5a4c9b10 2493@heading @anchor{arm-x-coff}arm-*-coff
61aeb06f 2494ARM-family processors. Note that there are two different varieties
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2495of PE format subtarget supported: @code{arm-wince-pe} and
2496@code{arm-pe} as well as a standard COFF target @code{arm-*-coff}.
2497
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2498@html
2499<hr />
2500@end html
5a4c9b10 2501@heading @anchor{arm-x-aout}arm-*-aout
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2502ARM-family processors. These targets support the AOUT file format:
2503@code{arm-*-aout}, @code{arm-*-netbsd}.
476c334e 2504
f42974dc 2505@html
b8db17af 2506<hr />
f42974dc 2507@end html
ef88b07d 2508@heading @anchor{avr}avr
f42974dc 2509
b8df899a 2510ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
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2511applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
2512@ifnothtml
7f970b70 2513@xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
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2514Collection (GCC)},
2515@end ifnothtml
98999d8b 2516@ifhtml
ca52d046 2517See ``AVR Options'' in the main manual
98999d8b 2518@end ifhtml
ca52d046 2519for the list of supported MCU types.
b8df899a 2520
161d7b59 2521Use @samp{configure --target=avr --enable-languages="c"} to configure GCC@.
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2522
2523Further installation notes and other useful information about AVR tools
2524can also be obtained from:
2525
2526@itemize @bullet
2527@item
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2528@uref{http://www.openavr.org,,http://www.openavr.org}
2529@item
d1a86812 2530@uref{http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/,,http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/}
f42974dc 2531@item
d1a86812 2532@uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/}
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2533@end itemize
2534
de7999ba 2535We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.13 or newer.
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2536
2537The following error:
3ab51846 2538@smallexample
f42974dc 2539 Error: register required
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2541
2542indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
2543
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2544@html
2545<hr />
2546@end html
2547@heading @anchor{bfin}Blackfin
2548
2549The Blackfin processor, an Analog Devices DSP.
2550@ifnothtml
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2551@xref{Blackfin Options,, Blackfin Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
2552Collection (GCC)},
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2553@end ifnothtml
2554@ifhtml
2555See ``Blackfin Options'' in the main manual
2556@end ifhtml
2557
2558More information, and a version of binutils with support for this processor,
2559is available at @uref{http://blackfin.uclinux.org}
2560
0132e321 2561@html
b8db17af 2562<hr />
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2563@end html
2564@heading @anchor{c4x}c4x
2565
2566Texas Instruments TMS320C3x and TMS320C4x Floating Point Digital Signal
2567Processors. These are used in embedded applications. There are no
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2568standard Unix configurations.
2569@ifnothtml
7f970b70
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2570@xref{TMS320C3x/C4x Options,, TMS320C3x/C4x Options, gcc, Using the
2571GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
d8393f64 2572@end ifnothtml
98999d8b 2573@ifhtml
d8393f64 2574See ``TMS320C3x/C4x Options'' in the main manual
98999d8b 2575@end ifhtml
d8393f64 2576for the list of supported MCU types.
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2577
2578GCC can be configured as a cross compiler for both the C3x and C4x
2579architectures on the same system. Use @samp{configure --target=c4x
2580--enable-languages="c,c++"} to configure.
2581
2582
2583Further installation notes and other useful information about C4x tools
2584can also be obtained from:
2585
2586@itemize @bullet
2587@item
d8393f64 2588@uref{http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/,,http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/}
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2589@end itemize
2590
0b85d816 2591@html
b8db17af 2592<hr />
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2593@end html
2594@heading @anchor{cris}CRIS
2595
2596CRIS is the CPU architecture in Axis Communications ETRAX system-on-a-chip
2597series. These are used in embedded applications.
2598
2599@ifnothtml
7f970b70 2600@xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
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2601Collection (GCC)},
2602@end ifnothtml
2603@ifhtml
2604See ``CRIS Options'' in the main manual
2605@end ifhtml
2606for a list of CRIS-specific options.
2607
2608There are a few different CRIS targets:
2609@table @code
2610@item cris-axis-aout
2611Old target. Includes a multilib for the @samp{elinux} a.out-based
2612target. No multilibs for newer architecture variants.
2613@item cris-axis-elf
2614Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
2615@samp{v10} core used in @samp{ETRAX 100 LX}.
2616@item cris-axis-linux-gnu
2617A GNU/Linux port for the CRIS architecture, currently targeting
2618@samp{ETRAX 100 LX} by default.
2619@end table
2620
2621For @code{cris-axis-aout} and @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
2622or newer. For @code{cris-axis-linux-gnu} you need binutils 2.12 or newer.
2623
2624Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
2625@uref{ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/}. More
2626information about this platform is available at
2627@uref{http://developer.axis.com/}.
2628
f42974dc 2629@html
b8db17af 2630<hr />
f42974dc 2631@end html
ef88b07d 2632@heading @anchor{dos}DOS
f42974dc 2633
962e6e00 2634Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
f42974dc 2635
f0523f02 2636You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
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2637any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
2638compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
2639and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
2640
021c4bfd 2641@html
b8db17af 2642<hr />
021c4bfd 2643@end html
5a4c9b10 2644@heading @anchor{x-x-freebsd}*-*-freebsd*
021c4bfd 2645
f08dc6c1 2646The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} probably works with
8a36672b 2647this release of GCC@. However, on FreeBSD 4, bootstrapping against the
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2648latest FSF binutils is known to improve overall testsuite results; and,
2649on FreeBSD/alpha, using binutils 2.14 or later is required to build libjava.
021c4bfd 2650
6a1dbbaf 2651Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2.
c7bdf0a6 2652
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2653Support for FreeBSD 2 will be discontinued after GCC 3.4. The
2654following was true for GCC 3.1 but the current status is unknown.
c7bdf0a6 2655For FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
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2656configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
2657place. FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been known to bootstrap completely; however,
2658it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it
2659was the system copy in @file{/usr/bin}) and C++ EH failures were noted.
2660
2661For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF 2 debugging is now the
2662default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on
2663FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead
2664of @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
2665no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
2666debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match more
8a36672b 2667of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of GCC@. In
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2668particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default.
2669However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system
2670compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good
f08dc6c1 2671results on FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@. In the past, known to
e4e7d312 2672bootstrap and check with good results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2,
f08dc6c1 26734.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8-STABLE@.
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2675In principle, @option{--enable-threads} is now compatible with
2676@option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@. However, it has only been built
e4e7d312 2677and tested on @samp{i386-*-freebsd[45]} and @samp{alpha-*-freebsd[45]}.
8c085f6f 2678The static
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2679library may be incorrectly built (symbols are missing at link time).
2680There is a rare timing-based startup hang (probably involves an
c0478a66 2681assumption about the thread library). Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
46fc709d 2682libjava) exposes severe threaded signal-handling bugs on FreeBSD before
e4e7d312 26834.5-RELEASE@. Other CPU architectures
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2684supported by FreeBSD will require additional configuration tuning in, at
2685the very least, both boehm-gc and libffi.
021c4bfd 2686
bc3a44db
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2687Shared @file{libgcc_s.so} is now built and installed by default.
2688
f42974dc 2689@html
b8db17af 2690<hr />
f42974dc 2691@end html
ef88b07d 2692@heading @anchor{h8300-hms}h8300-hms
71c6b994 2693Renesas H8/300 series of processors.
f42974dc 2694
962e6e00 2695Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
f42974dc 2696
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2697The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
2698All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
2699first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
2700longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
2701
f42974dc 2702@html
b8db17af 2703<hr />
f42974dc 2704@end html
5a4c9b10 2705@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux}hppa*-hp-hpux*
6a1dbbaf 2706Support for HP-UX version 9 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
f42974dc 2707
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2708We @emph{highly} recommend using gas/binutils on all hppa platforms;
2709you may encounter a variety of problems when using the HP assembler.
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2710
2711Specifically, @option{-g} does not work on HP-UX (since that system
d711cf67 2712uses a peculiar debugging format which GCC does not know about), unless
8a36672b 2713you use GAS and GDB@. It may be helpful to configure GCC with the
38209993 2714@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}} and
8a36672b 2715@option{--with-as=@dots{}} options to ensure that GCC can find GAS@.
f42974dc 2716
08b3d104 2717If you wish to use the pa-risc 2.0 architecture support with a 32-bit
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2718runtime, you must use either the HP assembler, or gas/binutils 2.11
2719or newer.
f42974dc 2720
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2721There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
2722PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
2723architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
2724PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
2725the target is a @samp{hppa1*} machine.
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2726
2727The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
2728it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
2729configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
2730TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
2731default scheduling model is desired.
2732
25f710ba 2733As of GCC 4.0, GCC uses the UNIX 95 namespace for HP-UX 10.10
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2734through 11.00, and the UNIX 98 namespace for HP-UX 11.11 and later.
2735This namespace change might cause problems when bootstrapping with
2736an earlier version of GCC or the HP compiler as essentially the same
2737namespace is required for an entire build. This problem can be avoided
2738in a number of ways. With HP cc, @env{UNIX_STD} can be set to @samp{95}
2739or @samp{98}. Another way is to add an appropriate set of predefines
2740to @env{CC}. The description for the @option{munix=} option contains
2741a list of the predefines used with each standard.
2742
021c4bfd 2743More specific information to @samp{hppa*-hp-hpux*} targets follows.
f42974dc 2744
f42974dc 2745@html
b8db17af 2746<hr />
f42974dc 2747@end html
5a4c9b10 2748@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
f42974dc 2749
f9047ed3 2750For hpux10.20, we @emph{highly} recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
161d7b59 2751@code{PHCO_19798} from HP@. HP has two sites which provide patches free of
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2752charge:
2753
2754@itemize @bullet
2755@item
2756@html
f401d0f5 2757<a href="http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do">US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
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2758Latin-America</a>
2759@end html
2760@ifnothtml
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2761@uref{http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} US, Canada, Asia-Pacific,
2762and Latin-America.
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2763@end ifnothtml
2764@item
f401d0f5 2765@uref{http://europe.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} Europe.
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2766@end itemize
2767
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2768The HP assembler on these systems has some problems. Most notably the
2769assembler inserts timestamps into each object file it creates, causing
2770the 3-stage comparison test to fail during a @samp{make bootstrap}.
2771You should be able to continue by saying @samp{make all} after getting
2772the failure from @samp{make bootstrap}.
f42974dc 2773
25f710ba 2774GCC 4.0 requires CVS binutils as of April 28, 2004 or later. Earlier
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2775versions require binutils 2.8 or later.
2776
25f710ba 2777The C++ ABI has changed incompatibly in GCC 4.0. COMDAT subspaces are
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2778used for one-only code and data. This resolves many of the previous
2779problems in using C++ on this target. However, the ABI is not compatible
2780with the one implemented under HP-UX 11 using secondary definitions.
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2781
2782@html
b8db17af 2783<hr />
f42974dc 2784@end html
5a4c9b10 2785@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
f42974dc 2786
c5124497
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2787GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. GCC 2.95.x is not supported and cannot
2788be used to compile GCC 3.0 and up.
f269f54f 2789
c5124497 2790Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for information about obtaining
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2791precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX@. Precompiled binaries must be obtained
2792to build the Ada language as it can't be bootstrapped using C@. Ada is
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2793only available for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime. The libffi and libjava
2794haven't been ported to HP-UX and don't build.
f401d0f5 2795
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2796It is possible to build GCC 3.3 starting with the bundled HP compiler,
2797but the process requires several steps. GCC 3.3 can then be used to
2798build later versions. The fastjar program contains ISO C code and
2799can't be built with the HP bundled compiler. This problem can be
2800avoided by not building the Java language. For example, use the
2801@option{--enable-languages="c,c++,f77,objc"} option in your configure
2802command.
08b3d104 2803
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2804Starting with GCC 3.4 an ISO C compiler is required to bootstrap. The
2805bundled compiler supports only traditional C; you will need either HP's
2806unbundled compiler, or a binary distribution of GCC@.
8c085f6f 2807
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2808There are several possible approaches to building the distribution.
2809Binutils can be built first using the HP tools. Then, the GCC
2810distribution can be built. The second approach is to build GCC
8a36672b 2811first using the HP tools, then build binutils, then rebuild GCC@.
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2812There have been problems with various binary distributions, so it
2813is best not to start from a binary distribution.
2814
2815On 64-bit capable systems, there are two distinct targets. Different
2816installation prefixes must be used if both are to be installed on
2817the same system. The @samp{hppa[1-2]*-hp-hpux11*} target generates code
2818for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime architecture and uses the HP linker.
2819The @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target generates 64-bit code for the
2820PA-RISC 2.0 architecture. The HP and GNU linkers are both supported
2821for this target.
2822
2823The script config.guess now selects the target type based on the compiler
2824detected during configuration. You must define @env{PATH} or @env{CC} so
2825that configure finds an appropriate compiler for the initial bootstrap.
2826When @env{CC} is used, the definition should contain the options that are
2827needed whenever @env{CC} is used.
2828
2829Specifically, options that determine the runtime architecture must be
2830in @env{CC} to correctly select the target for the build. It is also
f0eb93a8 2831convenient to place many other compiler options in @env{CC}. For example,
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2832@env{CC="cc -Ac +DA2.0W -Wp,-H16376 -D_CLASSIC_TYPES -D_HPUX_SOURCE"}
2833can be used to bootstrap the GCC 3.3 branch with the HP compiler in
283464-bit K&R/bundled mode. The @option{+DA2.0W} option will result in
2835the automatic selection of the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target. The
2836macro definition table of cpp needs to be increased for a successful
2837build with the HP compiler. _CLASSIC_TYPES and _HPUX_SOURCE need to
2838be defined when building with the bundled compiler, or when using the
2839@option{-Ac} option. These defines aren't necessary with @option{-Ae}.
8c085f6f 2840
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2841It is best to explicitly configure the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target
2842with the @option{--with-ld=@dots{}} option. This overrides the standard
2843search for ld. The two linkers supported on this target require different
2844commands. The default linker is determined during configuration. As a
2845result, it's not possible to switch linkers in the middle of a GCC build.
2846This has been been reported to sometimes occur in unified builds of
8a36672b 2847binutils and GCC@.
c5124497 2848
9a55eab3 2849GCC 3.0 through 3.2 require binutils 2.11 or above. GCC 3.3 through
25f710ba 2850GCC 4.0 require binutils 2.14 or later.
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2851
2852Although the HP assembler can be used for an initial build, it shouldn't
2853be used with any languages other than C and perhaps Fortran due to its
2854many limitations. For example, it does not support weak symbols or alias
2855definitions. As a result, explicit template instantiations are required
2856when using C++. This makes it difficult if not impossible to build many
2857C++ applications. You can't generate debugging information when using
2858the HP assembler. Finally, @samp{make bootstrap} fails in the final
2859comparison of object modules due to the time stamps that it inserts into
2860the modules. The bootstrap can be continued from this point with
2861@samp{make all}.
2862
2863A recent linker patch must be installed for the correct operation of
2864GCC 3.3 and later. @code{PHSS_26559} and @code{PHSS_24304} are the
2865oldest linker patches that are known to work. They are for HP-UX
286611.00 and 11.11, respectively. @code{PHSS_24303}, the companion to
2867@code{PHSS_24304}, might be usable but it hasn't been tested. These
2868patches have been superseded. Consult the HP patch database to obtain
2869the currently recommended linker patch for your system.
2870
2871The patches are necessary for the support of weak symbols on the
287232-bit port, and for the running of initializers and finalizers. Weak
2873symbols are implemented using SOM secondary definition symbols. Prior
2874to HP-UX 11, there are bugs in the linker support for secondary symbols.
2875The patches correct a problem of linker core dumps creating shared
2876libraries containing secondary symbols, as well as various other
2877linking issues involving secondary symbols.
2878
2879GCC 3.3 uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capabilities to
2880run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The 32-bit port
2881uses the linker @option{+init} and @option{+fini} options for the same
2882purpose. The patches correct various problems with the +init/+fini
2883options, including program core dumps. Binutils 2.14 corrects a
2884problem on the 64-bit port resulting from HP's non-standard use of
2885the .init and .fini sections for array initializers and finalizers.
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2886
2887There are a number of issues to consider in selecting which linker to
c5124497 2888use with the 64-bit port. The GNU 64-bit linker can only create dynamic
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2889binaries. The @option{-static} option causes linking with archive
2890libraries but doesn't produce a truly static binary. Dynamic binaries
2891still require final binding by the dynamic loader to resolve a set of
2892dynamic-loader-defined symbols. The default behavior of the HP linker
2893is the same as the GNU linker. However, it can generate true 64-bit
2894static binaries using the @option{+compat} option.
2895
2896The HP 64-bit linker doesn't support linkonce semantics. As a
2897result, C++ programs have many more sections than they should.
2898
2899The GNU 64-bit linker has some issues with shared library support
2900and exceptions. As a result, we only support libgcc in archive
2901format. For similar reasons, dwarf2 unwind and exception support
2902are disabled. The GNU linker also has problems creating binaries
2903with @option{-static}. It doesn't provide stubs for internal
2904calls to global functions in shared libraries, so these calls
2905can't be overloaded.
581d9404 2906
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2907Thread support is not implemented in GCC 3.0 through 3.2, so the
2908@option{--enable-threads} configure option does not work. In 3.3
2909and later, POSIX threads are supported. The optional DCE thread
2910library is not supported.
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2911
2912This port still is undergoing significant development.
08b3d104 2913
f42974dc 2914@html
b8db17af 2915<hr />
f42974dc 2916@end html
5a4c9b10 2917@heading @anchor{x-x-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
f42974dc 2918
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2919Versions of libstdc++-v3 starting with 3.2.1 require bugfixes present
2920in glibc 2.2.5 and later. More information is available in the
2921libstdc++-v3 documentation.
2922
b8df899a 2923@html
b8db17af 2924<hr />
b8df899a 2925@end html
5a4c9b10 2926@heading @anchor{ix86-x-linuxaout}i?86-*-linux*aout
b8df899a 2927Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
41ca24de 2928GNU systems. This configuration is being superseded.
b8df899a 2929
f42974dc 2930@html
b8db17af 2931<hr />
f42974dc 2932@end html
5a4c9b10 2933@heading @anchor{ix86-x-linux}i?86-*-linux*
f42974dc 2934
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2935As of GCC 3.3, binutils 2.13.1 or later is required for this platform.
2936See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/PR10877,,bug 10877} for more information.
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2937
2938If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
2939possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
2940found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
2941
2942@html
b8db17af 2943<hr />
f42974dc 2944@end html
d8fcd085 2945@heading @anchor{ix86-x-sco32v5}i?86-*-sco3.2v5*
b8df899a 2946Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release 5 family of operating systems.
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2947
2948Unlike earlier versions of GCC, the ability to generate COFF with this
2949target is no longer provided.
2950
021c4bfd 2951Earlier versions of GCC emitted DWARF 1 when generating ELF to allow
f42974dc 2952the system debugger to be used. That support was too burdensome to
021c4bfd 2953maintain. GCC now emits only DWARF 2 for this target. This means you
f42974dc 2954may use either the UDK debugger or GDB to debug programs built by this
161d7b59 2955version of GCC@.
f42974dc 2956
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2957GCC is now only supported on releases 5.0.4 and later, and requires that
2958you install Support Level Supplement OSS646B or later, and Support Level
2959Supplement OSS631C or later. If you are using release 5.0.7 of
2960OpenServer, you must have at least the first maintenance pack installed
2961(this includes the relevant portions of OSS646). OSS646, also known as
78466c0e 2962the ``Execution Environment Update'', provides updated link editors and
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2963assemblers, as well as updated standard C and math libraries. The C
2964startup modules are also updated to support the System V gABI draft, and
0b4be7de 2965GCC relies on that behavior. OSS631 provides a collection of commonly
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2966used open source libraries, some of which GCC depends on (such as GNU
2967gettext and zlib). SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 has all of this built
2968in by default, but OSS631C and later also apply to that release. Please
2969visit
2970@uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5}
2971for the latest versions of these (and other potentially useful)
2972supplements.
2973
2974Although there is support for using the native assembler, it is
2975recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler. You do
2976this by using the flags
2977@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}. You should
2978use a modern version of GNU binutils. Version 2.13.2.1 was used for all
2979testing. In general, only the @option{--with-gnu-as} option is tested.
2980A modern bintuils (as well as a plethora of other development related
2981GNU utilities) can be found in Support Level Supplement OSS658A, the
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2982``GNU Development Tools'' package. See the SCO web and ftp sites for details.
2983That package also contains the currently ``officially supported'' version of
daf2f129 2984GCC, version 2.95.3. It is useful for bootstrapping this version.
f42974dc 2985
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2986@html
2987<hr />
2988@end html
d8fcd085 2989@heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10
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2990Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. This
2991configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only.
2992
2993It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler in
2994@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas} but the Sun linker, using the options
2995@option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld
2996--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld}.
2997
f42974dc 2998@html
b8db17af 2999<hr />
f42974dc 3000@end html
5a4c9b10 3001@heading @anchor{ix86-x-udk}i?86-*-udk
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3002
3003This target emulates the SCO Universal Development Kit and requires that
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3004package be installed. (If it is installed, you will have a
3005@file{/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc} file present.) It's very much like the
b953cc4b 3006@samp{i?86-*-unixware7*} target
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3007but is meant to be used when hosting on a system where UDK isn't the
3008default compiler such as OpenServer 5 or Unixware 2. This target will
f9047ed3 3009generate binaries that will run on OpenServer, Unixware 2, or Unixware 7,
161d7b59 3010with the same warnings and caveats as the SCO UDK@.
f42974dc 3011
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3012This target is a little tricky to build because we have to distinguish
3013it from the native tools (so it gets headers, startups, and libraries
f9047ed3 3014from the right place) while making the tools not think we're actually
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3015building a cross compiler. The easiest way to do this is with a configure
3016command like this:
3017
3ab51846 3018@smallexample
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3019 CC=/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc @var{/your/path/to}/gcc/configure \
3020 --host=i686-pc-udk --target=i686-pc-udk --program-prefix=udk-
3ab51846 3021@end smallexample
f42974dc 3022
6cfb3f16 3023@emph{You should substitute @samp{i686} in the above command with the appropriate
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3024processor for your host.}
3025
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3026After the usual @samp{make bootstrap} and
3027@samp{make install}, you can then access the UDK-targeted GCC
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3028tools by adding @command{udk-} before the commonly known name. For
3029example, to invoke the C compiler, you would use @command{udk-gcc}.
3030They will coexist peacefully with any native-target GCC tools you may
3031have installed.
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3032
3033
b499d9ab 3034@html
b8db17af 3035<hr />
b499d9ab 3036@end html
5a4c9b10 3037@heading @anchor{ia64-x-linux}ia64-*-linux
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3038IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
3039running GNU/Linux.
3040
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3041If you are using the installed system libunwind library with
3042@option{--with-system-libunwind}, then you must use libunwind 0.98 or
3043later.
bcd11e5e 3044
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3045None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
3046with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
3047Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
41ca24de 30483.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
b499d9ab 3049This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
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3050GCC 3.1 or later is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
3051As of version 3.1 GCC is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no
3052more major ABI changes are expected.
b499d9ab 3053
959a73a4
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3054@html
3055<hr />
3056@end html
5a4c9b10 3057@heading @anchor{ia64-x-hpux}ia64-*-hpux*
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3058Building GCC on this target requires the GNU Assembler. The bundled HP
3059assembler will not work. To prevent GCC from using the wrong assembler,
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3060the option @option{--with-gnu-as} may be necessary.
3061
8a36672b 3062The GCC libunwind library has not been ported to HPUX@. This means that for
959a73a4 3063GCC versions 3.2.3 and earlier, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions}
8a36672b 3064is required to build GCC@. For GCC 3.3 and later, this is the default.
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3065For gcc 3.4.3 and later, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions} is
3066removed and the system libunwind library will always be used.
959a73a4 3067
f42974dc 3068@html
b8db17af 3069<hr />
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3070<!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
3071@end html
5a4c9b10 3072@heading @anchor{x-ibm-aix}*-ibm-aix*
6a1dbbaf 3073Support for AIX version 3 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
f42974dc 3074
41ca24de 3075AIX Make frequently has problems with GCC makefiles. GNU Make 3.79.1 or
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3076newer is recommended to build on this platform.
3077
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3078``out of memory'' bootstrap failures may indicate a problem with
3079process resource limits (ulimit). Hard limits are configured in the
71fc0c16 3080@file{/etc/security/limits} system configuration file.
7cc654b8 3081
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3082To speed up the configuration phases of bootstrapping and installing GCC,
3083one may use GNU Bash instead of AIX @command{/bin/sh}, e.g.,
3084
3085@smallexample
3086 % CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
3087 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3088@end smallexample
3089
3090and then proceed as described in @uref{build.html,,the build instructions},
3091where we strongly recommend using GNU make and specifying an absolute path
3092to invoke @var{srcdir}/configure.
3093
6cfb3f16 3094Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
021c4bfd 3095to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
161d7b59 3096compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
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3097the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
3098(not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
3099@command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
38209993 3100configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
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3101does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
3102If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
3103is the version of Make (see above).
3104
f0483418 3105The native @command{as} and @command{ld} are recommended for bootstrapping
8a36672b 3106on AIX 4 and required for bootstrapping on AIX 5L@. The GNU Assembler
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3107reports that it supports WEAK symbols on AIX 4, which causes GCC to try to
3108utilize weak symbol functionality although it is not supported. The GNU
8a36672b 3109Assembler and Linker do not support AIX 5L sufficiently to bootstrap GCC@.
f0483418 3110The native AIX tools do interoperate with GCC@.
df002c7d 3111
04d2be8e 3112Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
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3113APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1). It also requires a
3114fix for another AIX Assembler bug and a co-dependent AIX Archiver fix
06e7f299 3115referenced as APAR IY53606 (AIX 5.2) or a APAR IY54774 (AIX 5.1)
2705baf5 3116
bb674cef 3117@samp{libstdc++} in GCC 3.4 increments the major version number of the
fdf68669 3118shared object and GCC installation places the @file{libstdc++.a}
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3119shared library in a common location which will overwrite the and GCC
31203.3 version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
3121re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.3
3122versions of the @samp{libstdc++} shared object needs to be available
3123to the AIX runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 @samp{libstdc++.so.4}, if
3124present, and GCC 3.3 @samp{libstdc++.so.5} shared objects can be
3125installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to set
3126the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag in the shared object for @emph{each}
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3127multilib @file{libstdc++.a} installed:
3128
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3129Extract the shared objects from the currently installed
3130@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3ab51846 3131@smallexample
bb674cef 3132 % ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3ab51846 3133@end smallexample
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3134
3135Enable the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag so that the shared object will be
3136available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
3ab51846 3137@smallexample
bb674cef 3138 % strip -e libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3ab51846 3139@end smallexample
fdf68669 3140
bb674cef 3141Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.4
fdf68669 3142@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3ab51846 3143@smallexample
bb674cef 3144 % ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3ab51846 3145@end smallexample
fdf68669 3146
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3147Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
3148duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
3149have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
3150and function declarations in the original program. The warnings should
3151not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
3152executable.
3153
6cfb3f16 3154AIX 4.3 utilizes a ``large format'' archive to support both 32-bit and
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315564-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
3156to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
3157These routines are used by GCC and result in error messages during
6cfb3f16 3158linking such as ``not a COFF file''. The version of the routines shipped
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3159with AIX 4.3.1 should work for a 32-bit environment. The @option{-g}
3160option of the archive command may be used to create archives of 32-bit
6cfb3f16 3161objects using the original ``small format''. A correct version of the
d5d8d540 3162routines is shipped with AIX 4.3.2 and above.
df002c7d 3163
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3164Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
3165overflow severe error when the @option{-bbigtoc} option is used to link
161d7b59 3166GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC@. A fix
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3167for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
3168available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 3169@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
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3170website as PTF U455193.
3171
df002c7d 3172The AIX 4.3.2.1 linker (bos.rte.bind_cmds Level 4.3.2.1) will dump core
161d7b59 3173with a segmentation fault when invoked by any version of GCC@. A fix for
df002c7d 3174APAR IX87327 is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 3175@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
df002c7d 3176website as PTF U461879. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.3 and above.
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3177
3178The initial assembler shipped with AIX 4.3.0 generates incorrect object
3179files. A fix for APAR IX74254 (64BIT DISASSEMBLED OUTPUT FROM COMPILER FAILS
3180TO ASSEMBLE/BIND) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
d5d8d540 3181@uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
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3182website as PTF U453956. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.1 and above.
3183
161d7b59 3184AIX provides National Language Support (NLS)@. Compilers and assemblers
df002c7d 3185use NLS to support locale-specific representations of various data
6cfb3f16 3186formats including floating-point numbers (e.g., @samp{.} vs @samp{,} for
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3187separating decimal fractions). There have been problems reported where
3188GCC does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
c771326b 3189expects. If one encounters this problem, set the @env{LANG}
6cfb3f16 3190environment variable to @samp{C} or @samp{En_US}.
f42974dc 3191
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3192By default, GCC for AIX 4.1 and above produces code that can be used on
3193both Power or PowerPC processors.
3194
d5d8d540
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3195A default can be specified with the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3196switch and using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
f42974dc 3197
6b3d1e47
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3198@html
3199<hr />
3200@end html
5a4c9b10 3201@heading @anchor{iq2000-x-elf}iq2000-*-elf
6b3d1e47
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3202Vitesse IQ2000 processors. These are used in embedded
3203applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3204
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3205@html
3206<hr />
3207@end html
3208@heading @anchor{m32c-x-elf}m32c-*-elf
3209Renesas M32C processor.
3210This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3211
b8df899a 3212@html
b8db17af 3213<hr />
b8df899a 3214@end html
5a4c9b10 3215@heading @anchor{m32r-x-elf}m32r-*-elf
25f47a4c 3216Renesas M32R processor.
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3217This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3218
b8df899a 3219@html
b8db17af 3220<hr />
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3221@end html
3222@heading @anchor{m6811-elf}m6811-elf
3223Motorola 68HC11 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
3224applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3225
3226@html
b8db17af 3227<hr />
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3228@end html
3229@heading @anchor{m6812-elf}m6812-elf
3230Motorola 68HC12 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
3231applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3232
b8df899a 3233@html
b8db17af 3234<hr />
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3235@end html
3236@heading @anchor{m68k-hp-hpux}m68k-hp-hpux
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3237HP 9000 series 300 or 400 running HP-UX@. HP-UX version 8.0 has a bug in
3238the assembler that prevents compilation of GCC@. This
b8df899a
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3239bug manifests itself during the first stage of compilation, while
3240building @file{libgcc2.a}:
3241
3242@smallexample
3243_floatdisf
3244cc1: warning: `-g' option not supported on this version of GCC
3245cc1: warning: `-g1' option not supported on this version of GCC
3246./xgcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 11
3247@end smallexample
3248
3249A patched version of the assembler is available as the file
3250@uref{ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/cph/hpux-8.0-assembler}. If you
3251have HP software support, the patch can also be obtained directly from
3252HP, as described in the following note:
3253
3254@quotation
3255This is the patched assembler, to patch SR#1653-010439, where the
3256assembler aborts on floating point constants.
3257
3258The bug is not really in the assembler, but in the shared library
3259version of the function ``cvtnum(3c)''. The bug on ``cvtnum(3c)'' is
3260SR#4701-078451. Anyway, the attached assembler uses the archive
3261library version of ``cvtnum(3c)'' and thus does not exhibit the bug.
3262@end quotation
3263
3264This patch is also known as PHCO_4484.
3265
41ca24de 3266In addition gdb does not understand that native HP-UX format, so
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3267you must use gas if you wish to use gdb.
3268
3269On HP-UX version 8.05, but not on 8.07 or more recent versions, the
7ba4ca63 3270@command{fixproto} shell script triggers a bug in the system shell. If you
b8df899a 3271encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or use BASH (the
7ba4ca63 3272GNU shell) to run @command{fixproto}. This bug will cause the fixproto
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3273program to report an error of the form:
3274
3ab51846 3275@smallexample
b8df899a 3276./fixproto: sh internal 1K buffer overflow
3ab51846 3277@end smallexample
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3278
3279To fix this, you can also change the first line of the fixproto script
3280to look like:
3281
3ab51846 3282@smallexample
b8df899a 3283#!/bin/ksh
3ab51846 3284@end smallexample
b8df899a 3285
b8df899a 3286@html
b8db17af 3287<hr />
b8df899a 3288@end html
5a4c9b10 3289@heading @anchor{mips-x-x}mips-*-*
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3290If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying ``does not have gp
3291sections for all it's [sic] sectons [sic]'', don't worry about it. This
3292happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
3293really anything wrong, and it is okay to use the output file. You can
3294stop such warnings by installing the GNU linker.
3295
3296It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
3297optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
3298
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3299The libstdc++ atomic locking routines for MIPS targets requires MIPS II
3300and later. A patch went in just after the GCC 3.3 release to
3301make @samp{mips*-*-*} use the generic implementation instead. You can also
3302configure for @samp{mipsel-elf} as a workaround. The
3303@samp{mips*-*-linux*} target continues to use the MIPS II routines. More
3304work on this is expected in future releases.
3305
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3306MIPS systems check for division by zero (unless
3307@option{-mno-check-zero-division} is passed to the compiler) by
3308generating either a conditional trap or a break instruction. Using
3309trap results in smaller code, but is only supported on MIPS II and
3310later. Also, some versions of the Linux kernel have a bug that
8a36672b 3311prevents trap from generating the proper signal (@code{SIGFPE}). To enable
9f0df97a 3312the use of break, use the @option{--with-divide=breaks}
8a36672b 3313@command{configure} option when configuring GCC@. The default is to
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3314use traps on systems that support them.
3315
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3316Cross-compilers for the Mips as target using the Mips assembler
3317currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs
3318@file{mips-tdump.c} and @file{mips-tfile.c} can't be compiled on
3319anything but a Mips. It does work to cross compile for a Mips
3320if you use the GNU assembler and linker.
3321
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3322@html
3323<hr />
3324@end html
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3325@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
3326
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3327In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the @samp{compiler_dev.hdr}
3328subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by SGI@.
3329It is also available for download from
8df5a2b4 3330@uref{ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/IRIX5.3/iris-development-option-5.3.tardist}.
f42974dc 3331
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3332If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
3333to increase its table size for switch statements with the
3334@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
3335optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
f42974dc 3336
7e270317 3337To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU binutils 2.15 or
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3338later, and use the @option{--with-gnu-ld} @command{configure} option
3339when configuring GCC@. You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
3340also distributed with GNU binutils.
f42974dc 3341
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3342Some users have reported that @command{/bin/sh} will hang during bootstrap.
3343This problem can be avoided by running the commands:
3344
3345@smallexample
3346 % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
3347 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3348@end smallexample
3349
3350before starting the build.
3351
f42974dc 3352@html
b8db17af 3353<hr />
f42974dc 3354@end html
b953cc4b 3355@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
f42974dc 3356
7e270317 3357If you are using SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
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3358ensure that the N32 ABI is in use. To test this, compile a simple C
3359file with @command{cc} and then run @command{file} on the
3360resulting object file. The output should look like:
3361
3ab51846 3362@smallexample
213ba345 3363test.o: ELF N32 MSB @dots{}
3ab51846 3364@end smallexample
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3365
3366If you see:
213ba345 3367
3ab51846 3368@smallexample
213ba345 3369test.o: ELF 32-bit MSB @dots{}
3ab51846 3370@end smallexample
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3371
3372or
3373
3ab51846 3374@smallexample
213ba345 3375test.o: ELF 64-bit MSB @dots{}
3ab51846 3376@end smallexample
f42974dc 3377
213ba345 3378then your version of @command{cc} uses the O32 or N64 ABI by default. You
38209993 3379should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc -n32}
82563d35 3380before configuring GCC@.
f42974dc 3381
0fca60ab 3382If you want the resulting @command{gcc} to run on old 32-bit systems
7e270317 3383with the MIPS R4400 CPU, you need to ensure that only code for the @samp{mips3}
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3384instruction set architecture (ISA) is generated. While GCC 3.x does
3385this correctly, both GCC 2.95 and SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} may change
3386the ISA depending on the machine where GCC is built. Using one of them
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3387as the bootstrap compiler may result in @samp{mips4} code, which won't run at
3388all on @samp{mips3}-only systems. For the test program above, you should see:
0fca60ab 3389
3ab51846 3390@smallexample
0fca60ab 3391test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-3 @dots{}
3ab51846 3392@end smallexample
0fca60ab
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3393
3394If you get:
3395
3ab51846 3396@smallexample
0fca60ab 3397test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-4 @dots{}
3ab51846 3398@end smallexample
0fca60ab
RO
3399
3400instead, you should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc
3401-n32 -mips3} or @samp{gcc -mips3} respectively before configuring GCC@.
3402
82563d35
RS
3403MIPSpro C 7.4 may cause bootstrap failures, due to a bug when inlining
3404@code{memcmp}. Either add @code{-U__INLINE_INTRINSICS} to the @env{CC}
3405environment variable as a workaround or upgrade to MIPSpro C 7.4.1m.
3406
7e270317
RO
3407GCC on IRIX 6 is usually built to support the N32, O32 and N64 ABIs. If
3408you build GCC on a system that doesn't have the N64 libraries installed
3409or cannot run 64-bit binaries,
213ba345 3410you need to configure with @option{--disable-multilib} so GCC doesn't
7e270317
RO
3411try to use them. This will disable building the O32 libraries, too.
3412Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
213ba345
RO
3413have the 64-bit libraries installed.
3414
7e270317
RO
3415To enable debugging for the O32 ABI, you must use GNU @command{as} from
3416GNU binutils 2.15 or later. You may also use GNU @command{ld}, but
3417this is not required and currently causes some problems with Ada.
f42974dc 3418
b953cc4b
RO
3419The @option{--enable-threads} option doesn't currently work, a patch is
3420in preparation for a future release. The @option{--enable-libgcj}
3421option is disabled by default: IRIX 6 uses a very low default limit
7e270317 3422(20480) for the command line length. Although @command{libtool} contains a
b953cc4b
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3423workaround for this problem, at least the N64 @samp{libgcj} is known not
3424to build despite this, running into an internal error of the native
3425@command{ld}. A sure fix is to increase this limit (@samp{ncargs}) to
3426its maximum of 262144 bytes. If you have root access, you can use the
3427@command{systune} command to do this.
3428
7e270317 3429See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
3aa8219e 3430information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
f42974dc 3431
b8df899a 3432@html
b8db17af 3433<hr />
b8df899a 3434@end html
5a4c9b10 3435@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-x}powerpc-*-*
b8df899a 3436
6cfb3f16
JM
3437You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3438switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
b8df899a 3439
4f2b1139 3440@html
b8db17af 3441<hr />
4f2b1139 3442@end html
5a4c9b10 3443@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-darwin}powerpc-*-darwin*
4f2b1139
SS
3444PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
3445
4f2b1139
SS
3446Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
3447meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
3448binaries are available at
beb5f807 3449@uref{http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/compiler/} (free
4f2b1139
SS
3450registration required).
3451
aeb732c1 3452This version of GCC requires at least cctools-528.
b89a3806
GK
3453
3454The version of GCC shipped by Apple typically includes a number of
3455extensions not available in a standard GCC release. These extensions
aeb732c1 3456are generally for backwards compatibility and best avoided.
4f2b1139 3457
021c4bfd 3458@html
b8db17af 3459<hr />
021c4bfd 3460@end html
5a4c9b10 3461@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-elf}powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4
021c4bfd
RO
3462PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
3463
f42974dc 3464@html
b8db17af 3465<hr />
f42974dc 3466@end html
5a4c9b10 3467@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-linux-gnu}powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*
f42974dc 3468
f9047ed3 3469You will need
c3a2edb6 3470@uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.15}
791a949f 3471or newer for a working GCC@.
f42974dc 3472
edf1b3f3 3473@html
b8db17af 3474<hr />
edf1b3f3 3475@end html
5a4c9b10 3476@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-netbsd}powerpc-*-netbsd*
edf1b3f3 3477PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
a38f87a9 3478documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.2 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
edf1b3f3
AC
3479Texinfo version 3.12).
3480
b8df899a 3481@html
b8db17af 3482<hr />
b8df899a 3483@end html
5a4c9b10 3484@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
b8df899a
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3485Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
3486PSIM simulator.
3487
b8df899a 3488@html
b8db17af 3489<hr />
b8df899a 3490@end html
5a4c9b10 3491@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
b8df899a
JM
3492Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
3493
b8df899a 3494@html
b8db17af 3495<hr />
b8df899a 3496@end html
5a4c9b10 3497@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-elf}powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4
b8df899a
JM
3498PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
3499
b8df899a 3500@html
b8db17af 3501<hr />
b8df899a 3502@end html
5a4c9b10 3503@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
b8df899a
JM
3504Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
3505the PSIM simulator.
3506
3507@html
b8db17af 3508<hr />
b8df899a 3509@end html
5a4c9b10 3510@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
b8df899a
JM
3511Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
3512
91abf72d 3513@html
b8db17af 3514<hr />
91abf72d 3515@end html
5a4c9b10 3516@heading @anchor{s390-x-linux}s390-*-linux*
95fef11f 3517S/390 system running GNU/Linux for S/390@.
91abf72d
HP
3518
3519@html
b8db17af 3520<hr />
91abf72d 3521@end html
5a4c9b10 3522@heading @anchor{s390x-x-linux}s390x-*-linux*
95fef11f 3523zSeries system (64-bit) running GNU/Linux for zSeries@.
91abf72d 3524
8bf06993
UW
3525@html
3526<hr />
3527@end html
5a4c9b10 3528@heading @anchor{s390x-ibm-tpf}s390x-ibm-tpf*
8a36672b 3529zSeries system (64-bit) running TPF@. This platform is
8bf06993
UW
3530supported as cross-compilation target only.
3531
f42974dc 3532@html
b8db17af 3533<hr />
f42974dc 3534@end html
250d5688 3535@c Please use Solaris 2 to refer to all release of Solaris, starting
1460af95 3536@c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, 8, etc. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
250d5688
RO
3537@c SunOS 4 releases which we don't use to avoid confusion. Solaris
3538@c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
5a4c9b10 3539@heading @anchor{x-x-solaris2}*-*-solaris2*
f42974dc 3540
250d5688 3541Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2. To bootstrap and install
962e6e00 3542GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see the
dbd210ef 3543@uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
f42974dc 3544
250d5688 3545The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
92441f83 3546@file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or @file{libjava}. We therefore
bc890961
EB
3547recommend to use the following sequence of commands to bootstrap and
3548install GCC:
3549
3550@smallexample
3551 % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
3552 % export CONFIG_SHELL
bc890961
EB
3553@end smallexample
3554
37de1373
GP
3555and then proceed as described in @uref{build.html,,the build instructions}.
3556In addition we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke
3557@var{srcdir}/configure.
e6855a2d 3558
b8df899a 3559Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
92441f83 3560are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
dbd210ef
KC
3561@code{SUNWbtool}, @code{SUNWesu}, @code{SUNWhea}, @code{SUNWlibm},
3562@code{SUNWsprot}, and @code{SUNWtoo}. If you did not install all
250d5688 3563optional packages when installing Solaris 2, you will need to verify that
b8df899a
JM
3564the packages that GCC needs are installed.
3565
3566To check whether an optional package is installed, use
dbd210ef 3567the @command{pkginfo} command. To add an optional package, use the
250d5688 3568@command{pkgadd} command. For further details, see the Solaris 2
b8df899a
JM
3569documentation.
3570
250d5688 3571Trying to use the linker and other tools in
b8df899a
JM
3572@file{/usr/ucb} to install GCC has been observed to cause trouble.
3573For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
250d5688 3574@file{/usr/ucb} from your @env{PATH}.
f42974dc 3575
bc890961
EB
3576The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Sun tools so, if you
3577have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
3578@file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
3579
021c4bfd 3580All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
51e9a60c
EB
3581platform. We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or later, or the
3582vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). Note that your mileage
3583may vary if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while
3584the combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
3585the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
3586cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
3587
3588The stock GNU binutils 2.15 release is broken on this platform because of a
3589single bug. It has been fixed on the 2.15 branch in the CVS repository.
3590You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_15-branch
3591from the CVS repository or applying the patch
224edf72 3592@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html} to the
51e9a60c 3593release.
f42974dc 3594
2c00bd42
EB
3595We recommend using GNU binutils 2.16 or later in conjunction with GCC 4.x.
3596However, for Solaris 10 and above, an additional patch is required in order
3597for the GNU linker to be able to cope with a new flavor of shared libraries.
3598You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_16-branch
3599from the CVS repository or applying the patch
3600@uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2005-07/msg00122.html} to the
3601release.
3602
250d5688
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3603Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
3604newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume
3605that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but
3606is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
3607
13ba36b4 3608@command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
250d5688
RO
3609@option{-fpermissive}; it
3610will assume that any missing type is @code{int} (as defined by C89).
3611
3612There are patches for Solaris 2.6 (105633-56 or newer for SPARC,
3613106248-42 or newer for Intel), Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
3614108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC,
3615108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug.
f42974dc 3616
c7525a64
KG
3617Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures
3618related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn't affect GCC
3619itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the @command{expect}
3620program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug
3621causes the @command{expect} program to miss anticipated output, extra
3622testsuite failures appear.
3623
3624There are patches for Solaris 8 (117350-12 or newer for SPARC,
3625117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for
3626SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem.
3627
dbd210ef 3628@html
b8db17af 3629<hr />
dbd210ef 3630@end html
5a4c9b10 3631@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2}sparc-sun-solaris2*
dbd210ef 3632
1405141b
DN
3633When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.11.2 or later the binaries
3634produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
3635this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
3636information.
3637
250d5688 3638Sun @command{as} 4.x is broken in that it cannot cope with long symbol names.
dbd210ef
KC
3639A typical error message might look similar to the following:
3640
8c085f6f
JJ
3641@smallexample
3642/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccMsw135.s", line 11041: error:
3643 can't compute value of an expression involving an external symbol.
3644@end smallexample
dbd210ef 3645
250d5688
RO
3646This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 for Solaris
36472.6 and has been fixed in later (5.x) versions of the assembler,
3648starting with Solaris 7.
dbd210ef 3649
03b272d2 3650Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
975c6e4e
RO
365164-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
3652this; the @option{-m64} option enables 64-bit code generation.
3653However, if all you want is code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you
3654should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which produces
3655code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
edf1c8df 3656machines.
03b272d2 3657
975c6e4e 3658When configuring on a Solaris 7 or later system that is running a kernel
8947df0c
RH
3659that supports only 32-bit binaries, one must configure with
3660@option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
366164-bit target libraries.
3fc602a0 3662
ae81c844
EB
3663GCC 3.3 and GCC 3.4 trigger code generation bugs in earlier versions of
3664the GNU compiler (especially GCC 3.0.x versions), which lead to the
3665miscompilation of the stage1 compiler and the subsequent failure of the
3666bootstrap process. A workaround is to use GCC 3.2.3 as an intermediary
431ae0bf 3667stage, i.e.@: to bootstrap that compiler with the base compiler and then
ae81c844
EB
3668use it to bootstrap the final compiler.
3669
94b18ec1
EB
3670GCC 3.4 triggers a code generation bug in versions 5.4 (Sun ONE Studio 7)
3671and 5.5 (Sun ONE Studio 8) of the Sun compiler, which causes a bootstrap
3672failure in form of a miscompilation of the stage1 compiler by the Sun
3673compiler. This is Sun bug 4974440. This is fixed with patch 112760-07.
3674
1460af95 3675GCC 3.4 changed the default debugging format from STABS to DWARF-2 for
dd48afcd
EB
367632-bit code on Solaris 7 and later. If you use the Sun assembler, this
3677change apparently runs afoul of Sun bug 4910101 (which is referenced as
3678a x86-only problem by Sun, probably because they do not use DWARF-2).
3679A symptom of the problem is that you cannot compile C++ programs like
3680@command{groff} 1.19.1 without getting messages similar to the following:
7c2f2b41
EB
3681
3682@smallexample
3683ld: warning: relocation error: R_SPARC_UA32: @dots{}
3684 external symbolic relocation against non-allocatable section
3685 .debug_info cannot be processed at runtime: relocation ignored.
3686@end smallexample
3687
3688To work around this problem, compile with @option{-gstabs+} instead of
3689plain @option{-g}.
1460af95 3690
25c62e24
EB
3691When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) on a Solaris 7
3692or later system, the canonical target triplet must be specified as the
3693@command{build} parameter on the configure line:
3694
3695@smallexample
3696./configure --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.7 --prefix=xxx --enable-mpfr
3697@end smallexample
3698
f42974dc 3699@html
b8db17af 3700<hr />
f42974dc 3701@end html
d8fcd085 3702@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris27}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
f42974dc 3703
250d5688 3704Sun patch 107058-01 (1999-01-13) for Solaris 7/SPARC triggers a bug in
f42974dc
DW
3705the dynamic linker. This problem (Sun bug 4210064) affects GCC 2.8
3706and later, including all EGCS releases. Sun formerly recommended
3707107058-01 for all Solaris 7 users, but around 1999-09-01 it started to
3708recommend it only for people who use Sun's compilers.
f9047ed3 3709
f42974dc
DW
3710Here are some workarounds to this problem:
3711@itemize @bullet
3712@item
3713Do not install Sun patch 107058-01 until after Sun releases a
3714complete patch for bug 4210064. This is the simplest course to take,
3715unless you must also use Sun's C compiler. Unfortunately 107058-01
250d5688 3716is preinstalled on some new Solaris 7-based hosts, so you may have to
f42974dc 3717back it out.
f9047ed3 3718
f42974dc
DW
3719@item
3720Copy the original, unpatched Solaris 7
3721@command{/usr/ccs/bin/as} into
8e5f33ff 3722@command{/usr/local/libexec/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/3.4/as},
f42974dc
DW
3723adjusting the latter name to fit your local conventions and software
3724version numbers.
3725
3726@item
3727Install Sun patch 106950-03 (1999-05-25) or later. Nobody with
3728both 107058-01 and 106950-03 installed has reported the bug with GCC
3729and Sun's dynamic linker. This last course of action is riskiest,
3730for two reasons. First, you must install 106950 on all hosts that
3731run code generated by GCC; it doesn't suffice to install it only on
3732the hosts that run GCC itself. Second, Sun says that 106950-03 is
3733only a partial fix for bug 4210064, but Sun doesn't know whether the
161d7b59 3734partial fix is adequate for GCC@. Revision -08 or later should fix
1460af95 3735the bug. The current (as of 2004-05-23) revision is -24, and is included in
f282ffb3 3736the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
f9047ed3 3737@end itemize
f42974dc 3738
fdbf04c8
EB
3739GCC 3.3 triggers a bug in version 5.0 Alpha 03/27/98 of the Sun assembler,
3740which causes a bootstrap failure when linking the 64-bit shared version of
8a36672b 3741libgcc. A typical error message is:
fdbf04c8
EB
3742
3743@smallexample
3744ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_32: file libgcc/sparcv9/_muldi3.o:
3745 symbol <unknown>: offset 0xffffffff7ec133e7 is non-aligned.
3746@end smallexample
3747
3748This bug has been fixed in the final 5.0 version of the assembler.
f42974dc 3749
661f4f90
EB
3750A similar problem was reported for version Sun WorkShop 6 99/08/18 of the
3751Sun assembler, which causes a bootstrap failure with GCC 4.0.0:
3752
3753@smallexample
3754ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_DISP32:
3755 file .libs/libstdc++.lax/libsupc++convenience.a/vterminate.o:
3756 symbol <unknown>: offset 0xfccd33ad is non-aligned
3757@end smallexample
3758
3759This bug has been fixed in more recent revisions of the assembler.
3760
c6fa9728 3761@html
b8db17af 3762<hr />
c6fa9728 3763@end html
5a4c9b10 3764@heading @anchor{sparc-x-linux}sparc-*-linux*
c6fa9728
JS
3765
3766GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
3767or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
3768releases mishandled unaligned relocations on @code{sparc-*-*} targets.
3769
3770
f42974dc 3771@html
b8db17af 3772<hr />
f42974dc 3773@end html
5a4c9b10 3774@heading @anchor{sparc64-x-solaris2}sparc64-*-solaris2*
e403b4bc
CR
3775
3776The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
3777step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
3778
3ab51846 3779@smallexample
e403b4bc 3780 % CC="cc -xildoff -xarch=v9" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3ab51846 3781@end smallexample
e403b4bc
CR
3782
3783@option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker, and @option{-xarch=v9}
0dc7ee3c
EB
3784specifies the SPARC-V9 architecture to the Sun linker and assembler.
3785
3786@html
3787<hr />
3788@end html
5a4c9b10 3789@heading @anchor{sparcv9-x-solaris2}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
0dc7ee3c
EB
3790
3791This is a synonym for sparc64-*-solaris2*.
f42974dc 3792
b8df899a 3793@html
b8db17af 3794<hr />
b8df899a 3795@end html
5a4c9b10 3796@heading @anchor{x-x-sysv}*-*-sysv*
b8df899a
JM
3797On System V release 3, you may get this error message
3798while linking:
3799
3800@smallexample
3801ld fatal: failed to write symbol name @var{something}
3802 in strings table for file @var{whatever}
3803@end smallexample
3804
021c4bfd 3805This probably indicates that the disk is full or your ulimit won't allow
b8df899a
JM
3806the file to be as large as it needs to be.
3807
3808This problem can also result because the kernel parameter @code{MAXUMEM}
3809is too small. If so, you must regenerate the kernel and make the value
3810much larger. The default value is reported to be 1024; a value of 32768
3811is said to work. Smaller values may also work.
3812
3813On System V, if you get an error like this,
3814
3ab51846 3815@smallexample
b8df899a
JM
3816/usr/local/lib/bison.simple: In function `yyparse':
3817/usr/local/lib/bison.simple:625: virtual memory exhausted
3ab51846 3818@end smallexample
b8df899a
JM
3819
3820@noindent
021c4bfd 3821that too indicates a problem with disk space, ulimit, or @code{MAXUMEM}.
b8df899a 3822
f85b8d1a 3823On a System V release 4 system, make sure @file{/usr/bin} precedes
7ba4ca63 3824@file{/usr/ucb} in @code{PATH}. The @command{cc} command in
f85b8d1a 3825@file{/usr/ucb} uses libraries which have bugs.
b8df899a
JM
3826
3827@html
b8db17af 3828<hr />
b8df899a
JM
3829@end html
3830@heading @anchor{vax-dec-ultrix}vax-dec-ultrix
7ba4ca63 3831Don't try compiling with VAX C (@command{vcc}). It produces incorrect code
b8df899a
JM
3832in some cases (for example, when @code{alloca} is used).
3833
4977bab6
ZW
3834@html
3835<hr />
3836@end html
5a4c9b10 3837@heading @anchor{x-x-vxworks}*-*-vxworks*
4977bab6 3838Support for VxWorks is in flux. At present GCC supports @emph{only} the
8a36672b 3839very recent VxWorks 5.5 (aka Tornado 2.2) release, and only on PowerPC@.
4977bab6
ZW
3840We welcome patches for other architectures supported by VxWorks 5.5.
3841Support for VxWorks AE would also be welcome; we believe this is merely
3842a matter of writing an appropriate ``configlette'' (see below). We are
3843not interested in supporting older, a.out or COFF-based, versions of
3844VxWorks in GCC 3.
3845
3846VxWorks comes with an older version of GCC installed in
3847@file{@var{$WIND_BASE}/host}; we recommend you do not overwrite it.
3848Choose an installation @var{prefix} entirely outside @var{$WIND_BASE}.
3849Before running @command{configure}, create the directories @file{@var{prefix}}
3850and @file{@var{prefix}/bin}. Link or copy the appropriate assembler,
8a36672b 3851linker, etc.@: into @file{@var{prefix}/bin}, and set your @var{PATH} to
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3852include that directory while running both @command{configure} and
3853@command{make}.
3854
3855You must give @command{configure} the
3856@option{--with-headers=@var{$WIND_BASE}/target/h} switch so that it can
3857find the VxWorks system headers. Since VxWorks is a cross compilation
3858target only, you must also specify @option{--target=@var{target}}.
3859@command{configure} will attempt to create the directory
3860@file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} and copy files into it;
3861make sure the user running @command{configure} has sufficient privilege
3862to do so.
3863
3864GCC's exception handling runtime requires a special ``configlette''
3865module, @file{contrib/gthr_supp_vxw_5x.c}. Follow the instructions in
3866that file to add the module to your kernel build. (Future versions of
daf2f129 3867VxWorks will incorporate this module.)
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3869@html
3870<hr />
3871@end html
d8fcd085 3872@heading @anchor{x86-64-x-x}x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*
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3873
3874GCC supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64 processor
8a36672b 3875(amd64-*-* is an alias for x86_64-*-*) on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD@.
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3876On GNU/Linux the default is a bi-arch compiler which is able to generate
3877both 64-bit x86-64 and 32-bit x86 code (via the @option{-m32} switch).
3878
fd29f6ea 3879@html
b8db17af 3880<hr />
fd29f6ea 3881@end html
5a4c9b10 3882@heading @anchor{xtensa-x-elf}xtensa-*-elf
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3883
3884This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
3885@samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
3886objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
3887Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
3888through inline assembly.
3889
3890The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
e677f70c 3891building GCC@. The @file{include/xtensa-config.h} header
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3892file contains the configuration information. If you created your
3893own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
3894downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
3895which you can use to replace the default header file.
3896
3897@html
b8db17af 3898<hr />
fd29f6ea 3899@end html
5a4c9b10 3900@heading @anchor{xtensa-x-linux}xtensa-*-linux*
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3901
3902This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
3903shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
3904position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
3905@option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
f282ffb3 3906respects, this target is the same as the
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3907@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
3908
f42974dc 3909@html
b8db17af 3910<hr />
f42974dc 3911@end html
57694e40 3912@heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
f42974dc 3913
5b65d351 3914Ports of GCC are included with the
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3915@uref{http://www.cygwin.com/,,Cygwin environment}.
3916
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3917GCC will build under Cygwin without modification; it does not build
3918with Microsoft's C++ compiler and there are no plans to make it do so.
ccc1ce6e 3919
f42974dc 3920@html
b8db17af 3921<hr />
f42974dc 3922@end html
ef88b07d 3923@heading @anchor{os2}OS/2
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3924
3925GCC does not currently support OS/2. However, Andrew Zabolotny has been
14976c58 3926working on a generic OS/2 port with pgcc. The current code can be found
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3927at @uref{http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/,,http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/}.
3928
f9047ed3 3929An older copy of GCC 2.8.1 is included with the EMX tools available at
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3930@uref{ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/,,
3931ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/}.
3932
3933@html
b8db17af 3934<hr />
f42974dc 3935@end html
ef88b07d 3936@heading @anchor{older}Older systems
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3937
3938GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
39391990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
3940has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
c7bdf0a6 3941several years and may suffer from bitrot.
f9047ed3 3942
c7bdf0a6 3943Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
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3944Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
3945@command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
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3946option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
3947systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
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3948
3949Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
3950workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
161d7b59 3951cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC@. In some cases, to
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3952bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
3953require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
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3954system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
3955vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
3956@file{old-releases} directory on the @uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror
3957sites}. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
3958@command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
3959operating system may still cause problems.
3960
3961Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
3962problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
3963wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
3964the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last CVS
3965version before they were removed), patches
3966@uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements} would be
3967likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
3968modern targets.
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3969
3970For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
021c4bfd 3971and are available from @file{pub/binutils/old-releases} on
f42974dc 3972@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html,,sources.redhat.com mirror sites}.
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3973
3974Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
3975such older systems, but much of the information
3976about GCC on such systems (which may no longer be applicable to
f42974dc 3977current GCC) is to be found in the GCC texinfo manual.
f9047ed3 3978
f42974dc 3979@html
b8db17af 3980<hr />
f42974dc 3981@end html
d8fcd085 3982@heading @anchor{elf}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
f42974dc 3983
38209993
LG
3984C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
3985@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-ld,,GNU linker}; duplicate copies of
3986inlines, vtables and template instantiations will be discarded
3987automatically.
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3988
3989
3990@html
b8db17af 3991<hr />
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3992<p>
3993@end html
3994@ifhtml
3995@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3996@end ifhtml
3997@end ifset
3998
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3999@c ***Old documentation******************************************************
4000@ifset oldhtml
4001@include install-old.texi
4002@html
b8db17af 4003<hr />
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4004<p>
4005@end html
4006@ifhtml
4007@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4008@end ifhtml
4009@end ifset
4010
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4011@c ***GFDL********************************************************************
4012@ifset gfdlhtml
4013@include fdl.texi
4014@html
b8db17af 4015<hr />
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4016<p>
4017@end html
4018@ifhtml
4019@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4020@end ifhtml
4021@end ifset
4022
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4023@c ***************************************************************************
4024@c Part 6 The End of the Document
4025@ifinfo
4026@comment node-name, next, previous, up
aed5964b 4027@node Concept Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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4028@end ifinfo
4029
4030@ifinfo
4031@unnumbered Concept Index
4032
4033@printindex cp
4034
4035@contents
4036@end ifinfo
4037@bye