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5 @settitle Installing GCC
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20 @settitle Prerequisites for GCC
21 @end ifset
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23 @settitle Downloading GCC
24 @end ifset
25 @ifset configurehtml
26 @settitle Installing GCC: Configuration
27 @end ifset
28 @ifset buildhtml
29 @settitle Installing GCC: Building
30 @end ifset
31 @ifset testhtml
32 @settitle Installing GCC: Testing
33 @end ifset
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35 @settitle Installing GCC: Final installation
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38 @settitle Installing GCC: Binaries
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44 @settitle Installing GCC: GNU Free Documentation License
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72 @c Part 2 Summary Description and Copyright
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99 @dircategory Software development
100 @direntry
101 * gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection.
102 @end direntry
103
104 @c Part 3 Titlepage and Copyright
105 @titlepage
106 @title Installing GCC
107 @versionsubtitle
108
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115 @c Part 4 Top node, Master Menu, and/or Table of Contents
116 @ifinfo
117 @node Top, , , (dir)
118 @comment node-name, next, Previous, up
119
120 @menu
121 * Installing GCC:: This document describes the generic installation
122 procedure for GCC as well as detailing some target
123 specific installation instructions.
124
125 * Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
126 * Binaries:: Where to get pre-compiled binaries.
127
128 * Old:: Old installation documentation.
129
130 * GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
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132 @end menu
133 @end ifinfo
134
135 @iftex
136 @contents
137 @end iftex
138
139 @c Part 5 The Body of the Document
140 @c ***Installing GCC**********************************************************
141 @ifnothtml
142 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
143 @node Installing GCC, Binaries, , Top
144 @end ifnothtml
145 @ifset indexhtml
146 @ifnothtml
147 @chapter Installing GCC
148 @end ifnothtml
149
150 The latest version of this document is always available at
151 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/install/,,http://gcc.gnu.org/install/}.
152
153 This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as well
154 as detailing some target specific installation instructions.
155
156 GCC includes several components that previously were separate distributions
157 with their own installation instructions. This document supersedes all
158 package specific installation instructions.
159
160 @emph{Before} starting the build/install procedure please check the
161 @ifnothtml
162 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
163 @end ifnothtml
164 @ifhtml
165 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
166 @end ifhtml
167 We recommend you browse the entire generic installation instructions before
168 you proceed.
169
170 Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are
171 available at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
172 These lists are updated as new information becomes available.
173
174 The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
175
176 @ifinfo
177 @menu
178 * Prerequisites::
179 * Downloading the source::
180 * Configuration::
181 * Building::
182 * Testing:: (optional)
183 * Final install::
184 @end menu
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189 @uref{prerequisites.html,,Prerequisites}
190 @item
191 @uref{download.html,,Downloading the source}
192 @item
193 @uref{configure.html,,Configuration}
194 @item
195 @uref{build.html,,Building}
196 @item
197 @uref{test.html,,Testing} (optional)
198 @item
199 @uref{finalinstall.html,,Final install}
200 @end enumerate
201 @end ifhtml
202
203 Please note that GCC does not support @samp{make uninstall} and probably
204 won't do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms. Instead,
205 we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and simply
206 remove that directory when you do not need that specific version of GCC
207 any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, no
208 more binaries exist that use them.
209
210 @ifhtml
211 There are also some @uref{old.html,,old installation instructions},
212 which are mostly obsolete but still contain some information which has
213 not yet been merged into the main part of this manual.
214 @end ifhtml
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216 @html
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220 @ifhtml
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226
227 @c ***Prerequisites**************************************************
228 @ifnothtml
229 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
230 @node Prerequisites, Downloading the source, , Installing GCC
231 @end ifnothtml
232 @ifset prerequisiteshtml
233 @ifnothtml
234 @chapter Prerequisites
235 @end ifnothtml
236 @cindex Prerequisites
237
238 GCC requires that various tools and packages be available for use in the
239 build procedure. Modifying GCC sources requires additional tools
240 described below.
241
242 @heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
243 @table @asis
244 @item ISO C90 compiler
245 Necessary to bootstrap GCC, although versions of GCC prior
246 to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler.
247
248 To build all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where
249 3-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing
250 GCC binary (version 2.95 or later) because source code for language
251 frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
252
253 @item GNAT
254
255 In order to build the Ada compiler (GNAT) you must already have GNAT
256 installed because portions of the Ada frontend are written in Ada (with
257 GNAT extensions.) Refer to the Ada installation instructions for more
258 specific information.
259
260 @item A ``working'' POSIX compatible shell, or GNU bash
261
262 Necessary when running @command{configure} because some
263 @command{/bin/sh} shells have bugs and may crash when configuring the
264 target libraries. In other cases, @command{/bin/sh} or @command{ksh}
265 have disastrous corner-case performance problems. This
266 can cause target @command{configure} runs to literally take days to
267 complete in some cases.
268
269 So on some platforms @command{/bin/ksh} is sufficient, on others it
270 isn't. See the host/target specific instructions for your platform, or
271 use @command{bash} to be sure. Then set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} in your
272 environment to your ``good'' shell prior to running
273 @command{configure}/@command{make}.
274
275 @command{zsh} is not a fully compliant POSIX shell and will not
276 work when configuring GCC@.
277
278 @item A POSIX or SVR4 awk
279
280 Necessary for creating some of the generated source files for GCC@.
281 If in doubt, use a recent GNU awk version, as some of the older ones
282 are broken. GNU awk version 3.1.5 is known to work.
283
284 @item GNU binutils
285
286 Necessary in some circumstances, optional in others. See the
287 host/target specific instructions for your platform for the exact
288 requirements.
289
290 @item gzip version 1.2.4 (or later) or
291 @itemx bzip2 version 1.0.2 (or later)
292
293 Necessary to uncompress GCC @command{tar} files when source code is
294 obtained via FTP mirror sites.
295
296 @item GNU make version 3.80 (or later)
297
298 You must have GNU make installed to build GCC@.
299
300 @item GNU tar version 1.14 (or later)
301
302 Necessary (only on some platforms) to untar the source code. Many
303 systems' @command{tar} programs will also work, only try GNU
304 @command{tar} if you have problems.
305
306 @item Perl version 5.6.1 (or later)
307
308 Necessary when targetting Darwin, building @samp{libstdc++},
309 and not using @option{--disable-symvers}.
310 Necessary when targetting Solaris 2 with Sun @command{ld} and not using
311 @option{--disable-symvers}. The bundled @command{perl} in Solaris@tie{}8
312 and up works.
313
314 Necessary when regenerating @file{Makefile} dependencies in libiberty.
315 Necessary when regenerating @file{libiberty/functions.texi}.
316 Necessary when generating manpages from Texinfo manuals.
317 Used by various scripts to generate some files included in SVN (mainly
318 Unicode-related and rarely changing) from source tables.
319
320 @item @command{jar}, or InfoZIP (@command{zip} and @command{unzip})
321
322 Necessary to build libgcj, the GCJ runtime.
323
324 @end table
325
326 Several support libraries are necessary to build GCC, some are required,
327 others optional. While any sufficiently new version of required tools
328 usually work, library requirements are generally stricter. Newer
329 versions may work in some cases, but it's safer to use the exact
330 versions documented. We appreciate bug reports about problems with
331 newer versions, though. If your OS vendor provides packages for the
332 support libraries then using those packages may be the simplest way to
333 install the libraries.
334
335 @table @asis
336 @item GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) version 4.3.2 (or later)
337
338 Necessary to build GCC@. If a GMP source distribution is found in a
339 subdirectory of your GCC sources named @file{gmp}, it will be built
340 together with GCC. Alternatively, if GMP is already installed but it
341 is not in your library search path, you will have to configure with the
342 @option{--with-gmp} configure option. See also @option{--with-gmp-lib}
343 and @option{--with-gmp-include}.
344
345 @item MPFR Library version 2.4.2 (or later)
346
347 Necessary to build GCC@. It can be downloaded from
348 @uref{http://www.mpfr.org/}. If an MPFR source distribution is found
349 in a subdirectory of your GCC sources named @file{mpfr}, it will be
350 built together with GCC. Alternatively, if MPFR is already installed
351 but it is not in your default library search path, the
352 @option{--with-mpfr} configure option should be used. See also
353 @option{--with-mpfr-lib} and @option{--with-mpfr-include}.
354
355 @item MPC Library version 0.8.1 (or later)
356
357 Necessary to build GCC@. It can be downloaded from
358 @uref{http://www.multiprecision.org/}. If an MPC source distribution
359 is found in a subdirectory of your GCC sources named @file{mpc}, it
360 will be built together with GCC. Alternatively, if MPC is already
361 installed but it is not in your default library search path, the
362 @option{--with-mpc} configure option should be used. See also
363 @option{--with-mpc-lib} and @option{--with-mpc-include}.
364
365 @item Parma Polyhedra Library (PPL) version 0.11
366
367 Necessary to build GCC with the Graphite loop optimizations.
368 It can be downloaded from @uref{http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl/Download/}.
369
370 The @option{--with-ppl} configure option should be used if PPL is not
371 installed in your default library search path.
372
373 @item CLooG-PPL version 0.15 or CLooG 0.16
374
375 Necessary to build GCC with the Graphite loop optimizations. There
376 are two versions available. CLooG-PPL 0.15 as well as CLooG 0.16.
377 The former is the default right now. It can be downloaded from
378 @uref{ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/} as
379 @file{cloog-ppl-0.15.tar.gz}.
380
381 CLooG 0.16 support is still in testing stage, but will be the
382 default in future GCC releases. It is also available at
383 @uref{ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/} as
384 @file{cloog-0.16.1.tar.gz}. To use it add the additional configure
385 option @option{--enable-cloog-backend=isl}. Even if CLooG 0.16
386 does not use PPL, PPL is still required for Graphite.
387
388 In both cases @option{--with-cloog} configure option should be used
389 if CLooG is not installed in your default library search path.
390
391 @end table
392
393 @heading Tools/packages necessary for modifying GCC
394 @table @asis
395 @item autoconf version 2.64
396 @itemx GNU m4 version 1.4.6 (or later)
397
398 Necessary when modifying @file{configure.ac}, @file{aclocal.m4}, etc.@:
399 to regenerate @file{configure} and @file{config.in} files.
400
401 @item automake version 1.11.1
402
403 Necessary when modifying a @file{Makefile.am} file to regenerate its
404 associated @file{Makefile.in}.
405
406 Much of GCC does not use automake, so directly edit the @file{Makefile.in}
407 file. Specifically this applies to the @file{gcc}, @file{intl},
408 @file{libcpp}, @file{libiberty}, @file{libobjc} directories as well
409 as any of their subdirectories.
410
411 For directories that use automake, GCC requires the latest release in
412 the 1.11 series, which is currently 1.11.1. When regenerating a directory
413 to a newer version, please update all the directories using an older 1.11
414 to the latest released version.
415
416 @item gettext version 0.14.5 (or later)
417
418 Needed to regenerate @file{gcc.pot}.
419
420 @item gperf version 2.7.2 (or later)
421
422 Necessary when modifying @command{gperf} input files, e.g.@:
423 @file{gcc/cp/cfns.gperf} to regenerate its associated header file, e.g.@:
424 @file{gcc/cp/cfns.h}.
425
426 @item DejaGnu 1.4.4
427 @itemx Expect
428 @itemx Tcl
429
430 Necessary to run the GCC testsuite; see the section on testing for details.
431
432 @item autogen version 5.5.4 (or later) and
433 @itemx guile version 1.4.1 (or later)
434
435 Necessary to regenerate @file{fixinc/fixincl.x} from
436 @file{fixinc/inclhack.def} and @file{fixinc/*.tpl}.
437
438 Necessary to run @samp{make check} for @file{fixinc}.
439
440 Necessary to regenerate the top level @file{Makefile.in} file from
441 @file{Makefile.tpl} and @file{Makefile.def}.
442
443 @item Flex version 2.5.4 (or later)
444
445 Necessary when modifying @file{*.l} files.
446
447 Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
448 files are not included in the SVN repository. They are included in
449 releases.
450
451 @item Texinfo version 4.7 (or later)
452
453 Necessary for running @command{makeinfo} when modifying @file{*.texi}
454 files to test your changes.
455
456 Necessary for running @command{make dvi} or @command{make pdf} to
457 create printable documentation in DVI or PDF format. Texinfo version
458 4.8 or later is required for @command{make pdf}.
459
460 Necessary to build GCC documentation during development because the
461 generated output files are not included in the SVN repository. They are
462 included in releases.
463
464 @item @TeX{} (any working version)
465
466 Necessary for running @command{texi2dvi} and @command{texi2pdf}, which
467 are used when running @command{make dvi} or @command{make pdf} to create
468 DVI or PDF files, respectively.
469
470 @item SVN (any version)
471 @itemx SSH (any version)
472
473 Necessary to access the SVN repository. Public releases and weekly
474 snapshots of the development sources are also available via FTP@.
475
476 @item GNU diffutils version 2.7 (or later)
477
478 Useful when submitting patches for the GCC source code.
479
480 @item patch version 2.5.4 (or later)
481
482 Necessary when applying patches, created with @command{diff}, to one's
483 own sources.
484
485 @item ecj1
486 @itemx gjavah
487
488 If you wish to modify @file{.java} files in libjava, you will need to
489 configure with @option{--enable-java-maintainer-mode}, and you will need
490 to have executables named @command{ecj1} and @command{gjavah} in your path.
491 The @command{ecj1} executable should run the Eclipse Java compiler via
492 the GCC-specific entry point. You can download a suitable jar from
493 @uref{ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/}, or by running the script
494 @command{contrib/download_ecj}.
495
496 @item antlr.jar version 2.7.1 (or later)
497 @itemx antlr binary
498
499 If you wish to build the @command{gjdoc} binary in libjava, you will
500 need to have an @file{antlr.jar} library available. The library is
501 searched for in system locations but can be specified with
502 @option{--with-antlr-jar=} instead. When configuring with
503 @option{--enable-java-maintainer-mode}, you will need to have one of
504 the executables named @command{cantlr}, @command{runantlr} or
505 @command{antlr} in your path.
506
507 @end table
508
509 @html
510 <hr />
511 <p>
512 @end html
513 @ifhtml
514 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
515 @end ifhtml
516 @end ifset
517
518 @c ***Downloading the source**************************************************
519 @ifnothtml
520 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
521 @node Downloading the source, Configuration, Prerequisites, Installing GCC
522 @end ifnothtml
523 @ifset downloadhtml
524 @ifnothtml
525 @chapter Downloading GCC
526 @end ifnothtml
527 @cindex Downloading GCC
528 @cindex Downloading the Source
529
530 GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/svn.html,,SVN} and FTP
531 tarballs compressed with @command{gzip} or
532 @command{bzip2}. It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
533 components.
534
535 Please refer to the @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
536 for information on how to obtain GCC@.
537
538 The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java,
539 and Ada (in the case of GCC 3.1 and later) compilers. The full
540 distribution also includes runtime libraries for C++, Objective-C,
541 Fortran, and Java. In GCC 3.0 and later versions, the GNU compiler
542 testsuites are also included in the full distribution.
543
544 If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
545 GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
546 use. The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the
547 shared components. Each language has a tarball which includes the language
548 front end as well as the language runtime (when appropriate).
549
550 Unpack the core distribution as well as any language specific
551 distributions in the same directory.
552
553 If you also intend to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing
554 installation or for use in place of the corresponding tools of your
555 OS), unpack the binutils distribution either in the same directory or
556 a separate one. In the latter case, add symbolic links to any
557 components of the binutils you intend to build alongside the compiler
558 (@file{bfd}, @file{binutils}, @file{gas}, @file{gprof}, @file{ld},
559 @file{opcodes}, @dots{}) to the directory containing the GCC sources.
560
561 Likewise the GMP, MPFR and MPC libraries can be automatically built
562 together with GCC. Unpack the GMP, MPFR and/or MPC source
563 distributions in the directory containing the GCC sources and rename
564 their directories to @file{gmp}, @file{mpfr} and @file{mpc},
565 respectively (or use symbolic links with the same name).
566
567 @html
568 <hr />
569 <p>
570 @end html
571 @ifhtml
572 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
573 @end ifhtml
574 @end ifset
575
576 @c ***Configuration***********************************************************
577 @ifnothtml
578 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
579 @node Configuration, Building, Downloading the source, Installing GCC
580 @end ifnothtml
581 @ifset configurehtml
582 @ifnothtml
583 @chapter Installing GCC: Configuration
584 @end ifnothtml
585 @cindex Configuration
586 @cindex Installing GCC: Configuration
587
588 Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
589 This document describes the recommended configuration procedure
590 for both native and cross targets.
591
592 We use @var{srcdir} to refer to the toplevel source directory for
593 GCC; we use @var{objdir} to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
594
595 If you obtained the sources via SVN, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
596 @file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} file can be
597 found, and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
598
599 If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
600 file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
601 temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
602 problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
603 variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
604 @command{pawd} or @samp{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
605 phases.
606
607 First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
608 separate directory from the sources which does @strong{not} reside
609 within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
610 where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't
611 get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory
612 of @var{srcdir} is unsupported.
613
614 If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
615 different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
616 that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is @file{Makefile};
617 if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile} does not exist
618 or issues a message like ``don't know how to make distclean'' it probably
619 means that the directory is already suitably clean. However, with the
620 recommended method of building in a separate @var{objdir}, you should
621 simply use a different @var{objdir} for each target.
622
623 Second, when configuring a native system, either @command{cc} or
624 @command{gcc} must be in your path or you must set @env{CC} in
625 your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration
626 scripts may fail.
627
628 @ignore
629 Note that the bootstrap compiler and the resulting GCC must be link
630 compatible, else the bootstrap will fail with linker errors about
631 incompatible object file formats. Several multilibed targets are
632 affected by this requirement, see
633 @ifnothtml
634 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
635 @end ifnothtml
636 @ifhtml
637 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
638 @end ifhtml
639 @end ignore
640
641 To configure GCC:
642
643 @smallexample
644 % mkdir @var{objdir}
645 % cd @var{objdir}
646 % @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
647 @end smallexample
648
649 @heading Distributor options
650
651 If you will be distributing binary versions of GCC, with modifications
652 to the source code, you should use the options described in this
653 section to make clear that your version contains modifications.
654
655 @table @code
656 @item --with-pkgversion=@var{version}
657 Specify a string that identifies your package. You may wish
658 to include a build number or build date. This version string will be
659 included in the output of @command{gcc --version}. This suffix does
660 not replace the default version string, only the @samp{GCC} part.
661
662 The default value is @samp{GCC}.
663
664 @item --with-bugurl=@var{url}
665 Specify the URL that users should visit if they wish to report a bug.
666 You are of course welcome to forward bugs reported to you to the FSF,
667 if you determine that they are not bugs in your modifications.
668
669 The default value refers to the FSF's GCC bug tracker.
670
671 @end table
672
673 @heading Target specification
674 @itemize @bullet
675 @item
676 GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for @var{target}
677 for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you do
678 not provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
679
680 @item
681 @var{target} must be specified as @option{--target=@var{target}}
682 when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
683 m68k-elf, sh-elf, etc.
684
685 @item
686 Specifying just @var{target} instead of @option{--target=@var{target}}
687 implies that the host defaults to @var{target}.
688 @end itemize
689
690
691 @heading Options specification
692
693 Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
694 GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @samp{configure
695 --help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
696 work and should not normally be used.
697
698 Note that each @option{--enable} option has a corresponding
699 @option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
700 corresponding @option{--without} option.
701
702 @table @code
703 @item --prefix=@var{dirname}
704 Specify the toplevel installation
705 directory. This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
706 other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to
707 @file{/usr/local}.
708
709 We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
710 subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. If specifying a directory
711 beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand
712 @var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use
713 @env{$HOME} instead.
714
715 The following standard @command{autoconf} options are supported. Normally you
716 should not need to use these options.
717 @table @code
718 @item --exec-prefix=@var{dirname}
719 Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
720 files. The default is @file{@var{prefix}}.
721
722 @item --bindir=@var{dirname}
723 Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
724 (such as @command{gcc} and @command{g++}). The default is
725 @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}.
726
727 @item --libdir=@var{dirname}
728 Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
729 internal data files of GCC@. The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/lib}.
730
731 @item --libexecdir=@var{dirname}
732 Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC@.
733 The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec}.
734
735 @item --with-slibdir=@var{dirname}
736 Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The
737 default is @file{@var{libdir}}.
738
739 @item --datarootdir=@var{dirname}
740 Specify the root of the directory tree for read-only architecture-independent
741 data files referenced by GCC@. The default is @file{@var{prefix}/share}.
742
743 @item --infodir=@var{dirname}
744 Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
745 The default is @file{@var{datarootdir}/info}.
746
747 @item --datadir=@var{dirname}
748 Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
749 data files referenced by GCC@. The default is @file{@var{datarootdir}}.
750
751 @item --docdir=@var{dirname}
752 Specify the installation directory for documentation files (other
753 than Info) for GCC@. The default is @file{@var{datarootdir}/doc}.
754
755 @item --htmldir=@var{dirname}
756 Specify the installation directory for HTML documentation files.
757 The default is @file{@var{docdir}}.
758
759 @item --pdfdir=@var{dirname}
760 Specify the installation directory for PDF documentation files.
761 The default is @file{@var{docdir}}.
762
763 @item --mandir=@var{dirname}
764 Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is
765 @file{@var{datarootdir}/man}. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts
766 from the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The manpages
767 are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full
768 manual.)
769
770 @item --with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}
771 Specify
772 the installation directory for G++ header files. The default depends
773 on other configuration options, and differs between cross and native
774 configurations.
775
776 @item --with-specs=@var{specs}
777 Specify additional command line driver SPECS.
778 This can be useful if you need to turn on a non-standard feature by
779 default without modifying the compiler's source code, for instance
780 @option{--with-specs=%@{!fcommon:%@{!fno-common:-fno-common@}@}}.
781 @ifnothtml
782 @xref{Spec Files,, Specifying subprocesses and the switches to pass to them,
783 gcc, Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
784 @end ifnothtml
785 @ifhtml
786 See ``Spec Files'' in the main manual
787 @end ifhtml
788
789 @end table
790
791 @item --program-prefix=@var{prefix}
792 GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
793 installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
794 programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
795 @option{--program-prefix=foo-} would result in @samp{gcc}
796 being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
797
798 @item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
799 Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
800 (see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
801 would result in @samp{gcc} being installed as
802 @file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
803
804 @item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
805 Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
806 of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
807 consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
808 semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
809 transformed to the installed program @file{/usr/local/bin/myowngcc} and
810 the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
811 @file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
812 you could use the pattern
813 @option{--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'}
814 to achieve this effect.
815
816 All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
817 complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
818 @var{suffix}) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
819 can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
820
821 As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
822 builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
823 transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
824
825 For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
826 with the target alias in front of their name, as in
827 @samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
828 before the target alias is prepended to the name---so, specifying
829 @option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
830 resulting binary would be installed as
831 @file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
832
833 As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
834 transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
835
836 @item --with-local-prefix=@var{dirname}
837 Specify the
838 installation directory for local include files. The default is
839 @file{/usr/local}. Specify this option if you want the compiler to
840 search directory @file{@var{dirname}/include} for locally installed
841 header files @emph{instead} of @file{/usr/local/include}.
842
843 You should specify @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{only} if your
844 site has a different convention (not @file{/usr/local}) for where to put
845 site-specific files.
846
847 The default value for @option{--with-local-prefix} is @file{/usr/local}
848 regardless of the value of @option{--prefix}. Specifying
849 @option{--prefix} has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
850 local header files. This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
851 logical.
852
853 The purpose of @option{--prefix} is to specify where to @emph{install
854 GCC}. The local header files in @file{/usr/local/include}---if you put
855 any in that directory---are not part of GCC@. They are part of other
856 programs---perhaps many others. (GCC installs its own header files in
857 another directory which is based on the @option{--prefix} value.)
858
859 Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
860 directory are part of GCC's ``system include'' directories. Although these
861 two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
862 order for the correct processing of the include_next directive. The
863 local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
864 include directory. Another characteristic of system include directories
865 is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories.
866
867 Some autoconf macros add @option{-I @var{directory}} options to the
868 compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed
869 packages' headers are searched. When @var{directory} is one of GCC's
870 system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system
871 directories continue to be processed in the correct order. This
872 may result in a search order different from what was specified but the
873 directory will still be searched.
874
875 GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using
876 @env{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX}. Thus, when the same installation prefix is
877 used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for
878 both headers and libraries. This provides a configuration that is
879 easy to use. GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is
880 installed as a system compiler in @file{/usr}.
881
882 Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to
883 use the above simple configuration. It is possible to use the
884 @option{--program-prefix}, @option{--program-suffix} and
885 @option{--program-transform-name} options to install multiple versions
886 into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes
887 and the @option{--with-local-prefix} option to specify the location of the
888 site-specific files for each version. It will then be necessary for
889 users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries
890 (e.g., with @env{LIBRARY_PATH}).
891
892 The same value can be used for both @option{--with-local-prefix} and
893 @option{--prefix} provided it is not @file{/usr}. This can be used
894 to avoid the default search of @file{/usr/local/include}.
895
896 @strong{Do not} specify @file{/usr} as the @option{--with-local-prefix}!
897 The directory you use for @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{must not}
898 contain any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain
899 them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
900 certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
901 file corrections made by the @command{fixincludes} script.
902
903 Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
904 ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified where to
905 install part of GCC@. Perhaps they make this assumption because
906 installing GCC creates the directory.
907
908 @item --with-native-system-header-dir=@var{dirname}
909 Specifies that @var{dirname} is the directory that contains native system
910 header files, rather than @file{/usr/include}. This option is most useful
911 if you are creating a compiler that should be isolated from the system
912 as much as possible. It is most commonly used with the
913 @option{--with-sysroot} option and will cause GCC to search
914 @var{dirname} inside the system root specified by that option.
915
916 @item --enable-shared[=@var{package}[,@dots{}]]
917 Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
918 the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
919 are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries.
920
921 If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
922 only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries
923 will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
924 @samp{libgcc} (also known as @samp{gcc}), @samp{libstdc++} (not
925 @samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc},
926 @samp{ada}, @samp{libada}, @samp{libjava}, @samp{libgo}, and @samp{libobjc}.
927 Note @samp{libiberty} does not support shared libraries at all.
928
929 Use @option{--disable-shared} to build only static libraries. Note that
930 @option{--disable-shared} does not accept a list of package names as
931 argument, only @option{--enable-shared} does.
932
933 @item @anchor{with-gnu-as}--with-gnu-as
934 Specify that the compiler should assume that the
935 assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify
936 the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the
937 assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion may also
938 result if the compiler finds the GNU assembler but has not been
939 configured with @option{--with-gnu-as}.) If you have more than one
940 assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
941 connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}} or
942 @option{--with-build-time-tools=@var{pathname}}.
943
944 The following systems are the only ones where it makes a difference
945 whether you use the GNU assembler. On any other system,
946 @option{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
947
948 @itemize @bullet
949 @item @samp{hppa1.0-@var{any}-@var{any}}
950 @item @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}}
951 @item @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.@var{any}}
952 @item @samp{sparc64-@var{any}-solaris2.@var{any}}
953 @end itemize
954
955 @item @anchor{with-as}--with-as=@var{pathname}
956 Specify that the compiler should use the assembler pointed to by
957 @var{pathname}, rather than the one found by the standard rules to find
958 an assembler, which are:
959 @itemize @bullet
960 @item
961 Unless GCC is being built with a cross compiler, check the
962 @file{@var{libexec}/gcc/@var{target}/@var{version}} directory.
963 @var{libexec} defaults to @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec};
964 @var{exec-prefix} defaults to @var{prefix}, which
965 defaults to @file{/usr/local} unless overridden by the
966 @option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described above. @var{target}
967 is the target system triple, such as @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}, and
968 @var{version} denotes the GCC version, such as 3.0.
969
970 @item
971 If the target system is the same that you are building on, check
972 operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
973 Sun Solaris 2).
974
975 @item
976 Check in the @env{PATH} for a tool whose name is prefixed by the
977 target system triple.
978
979 @item
980 Check in the @env{PATH} for a tool whose name is not prefixed by the
981 target system triple, if the host and target system triple are
982 the same (in other words, we use a host tool if it can be used for
983 the target as well).
984 @end itemize
985
986 You may want to use @option{--with-as} if no assembler
987 is installed in the directories listed above, or if you have multiple
988 assemblers installed and want to choose one that is not found by the
989 above rules.
990
991 @item @anchor{with-gnu-ld}--with-gnu-ld
992 Same as @uref{#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}
993 but for the linker.
994
995 @item --with-ld=@var{pathname}
996 Same as @uref{#with-as,,@option{--with-as}}
997 but for the linker.
998
999 @item --with-stabs
1000 Specify that stabs debugging
1001 information should be used instead of whatever format the host normally
1002 uses. Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
1003
1004 On MIPS based systems and on Alphas, you must specify whether you want
1005 GCC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style
1006 stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug
1007 format cannot fully handle languages other than C@. BSD stabs format can
1008 handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB@.
1009
1010 Normally, GCC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you
1011 prefer BSD stabs, specify @option{--with-stabs} when you configure GCC@.
1012
1013 No matter which default you choose when you configure GCC, the user
1014 can use the @option{-gcoff} and @option{-gstabs+} options to specify explicitly
1015 the debug format for a particular compilation.
1016
1017 @option{--with-stabs} is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if
1018 @option{--with-gas} is used. It selects use of stabs debugging
1019 information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information
1020 supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not.
1021
1022 @option{--with-stabs} is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It
1023 selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The
1024 C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging
1025 information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a
1026 workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4
1027 tools can not generate or interpret stabs.
1028
1029 @item --with-tls=@var{dialect}
1030 Specify the default TLS dialect, for systems were there is a choice.
1031 For ARM targets, possible values for @var{dialect} are @code{gnu} or
1032 @code{gnu2}, which select between the original GNU dialect and the GNU TLS
1033 descriptor-based dialect.
1034
1035 @item --disable-multilib
1036 Specify that multiple target
1037 libraries to support different target variants, calling
1038 conventions, etc.@: should not be built. The default is to build a
1039 predefined set of them.
1040
1041 Some targets provide finer-grained control over which multilibs are built
1042 (e.g., @option{--disable-softfloat}):
1043 @table @code
1044 @item arm-*-*
1045 fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
1046
1047 @item m68*-*-*
1048 softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
1049
1050 @item mips*-*-*
1051 single-float, biendian, softfloat.
1052
1053 @item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
1054 aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
1055 sysv, aix.
1056
1057 @end table
1058
1059 @item --with-multilib-list=@var{list}
1060 @itemx --without-multilib-list
1061 Specify what multilibs to build.
1062 Currently only implemented for sh*-*-* and x86-64-*-linux*.
1063
1064 @table @code
1065 @item sh*-*-*
1066 @var{list} is a comma separated list of CPU names. These must be of the
1067 form @code{sh*} or @code{m*} (in which case they match the compiler option
1068 for that processor). The list should not contain any endian options -
1069 these are handled by @option{--with-endian}.
1070
1071 If @var{list} is empty, then there will be no multilibs for extra
1072 processors. The multilib for the secondary endian remains enabled.
1073
1074 As a special case, if an entry in the list starts with a @code{!}
1075 (exclamation point), then it is added to the list of excluded multilibs.
1076 Entries of this sort should be compatible with @samp{MULTILIB_EXCLUDES}
1077 (once the leading @code{!} has been stripped).
1078
1079 If @option{--with-multilib-list} is not given, then a default set of
1080 multilibs is selected based on the value of @option{--target}. This is
1081 usually the complete set of libraries, but some targets imply a more
1082 specialized subset.
1083
1084 Example 1: to configure a compiler for SH4A only, but supporting both
1085 endians, with little endian being the default:
1086 @smallexample
1087 --with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big --with-multilib-list=
1088 @end smallexample
1089
1090 Example 2: to configure a compiler for both SH4A and SH4AL-DSP, but with
1091 only little endian SH4AL:
1092 @smallexample
1093 --with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big \
1094 --with-multilib-list=sh4al,!mb/m4al
1095 @end smallexample
1096
1097 @item x86-64-*-linux*
1098 @var{list} is a comma separated list of @code{m32}, @code{m64} and
1099 @code{mx32} to enable 32-bit, 64-bit and x32 run-time libraries,
1100 respectively. If @var{list} is empty, then there will be no multilibs
1101 and only the default run-time library will be enabled.
1102
1103 If @option{--with-multilib-list} is not given, then only 32-bit and
1104 64-bit run-time libraries will be enabled.
1105 @end table
1106
1107 @item --with-endian=@var{endians}
1108 Specify what endians to use.
1109 Currently only implemented for sh*-*-*.
1110
1111 @var{endians} may be one of the following:
1112 @table @code
1113 @item big
1114 Use big endian exclusively.
1115 @item little
1116 Use little endian exclusively.
1117 @item big,little
1118 Use big endian by default. Provide a multilib for little endian.
1119 @item little,big
1120 Use little endian by default. Provide a multilib for big endian.
1121 @end table
1122
1123 @item --enable-threads
1124 Specify that the target
1125 supports threads. This affects the Objective-C compiler and runtime
1126 library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java.
1127 On some systems, this is the default.
1128
1129 In general, the best (and, in many cases, the only known) threading
1130 model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some
1131 systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally
1132 available for the system. In this case, @option{--enable-threads} is an
1133 alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
1134
1135 @item --disable-threads
1136 Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
1137 This is an alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
1138
1139 @item --enable-threads=@var{lib}
1140 Specify that
1141 @var{lib} is the thread support library. This affects the Objective-C
1142 compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
1143 like C++ and Java. The possibilities for @var{lib} are:
1144
1145 @table @code
1146 @item aix
1147 AIX thread support.
1148 @item dce
1149 DCE thread support.
1150 @item lynx
1151 LynxOS thread support.
1152 @item mipssde
1153 MIPS SDE thread support.
1154 @item no
1155 This is an alias for @samp{single}.
1156 @item posix
1157 Generic POSIX/Unix98 thread support.
1158 @item rtems
1159 RTEMS thread support.
1160 @item single
1161 Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
1162 @item tpf
1163 TPF thread support.
1164 @item vxworks
1165 VxWorks thread support.
1166 @item win32
1167 Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
1168 @end table
1169
1170 @item --enable-tls
1171 Specify that the target supports TLS (Thread Local Storage). Usually
1172 configure can correctly determine if TLS is supported. In cases where
1173 it guesses incorrectly, TLS can be explicitly enabled or disabled with
1174 @option{--enable-tls} or @option{--disable-tls}. This can happen if
1175 the assembler supports TLS but the C library does not, or if the
1176 assumptions made by the configure test are incorrect.
1177
1178 @item --disable-tls
1179 Specify that the target does not support TLS.
1180 This is an alias for @option{--enable-tls=no}.
1181
1182 @item --with-cpu=@var{cpu}
1183 @itemx --with-cpu-32=@var{cpu}
1184 @itemx --with-cpu-64=@var{cpu}
1185 Specify which cpu variant the compiler should generate code for by default.
1186 @var{cpu} will be used as the default value of the @option{-mcpu=} switch.
1187 This option is only supported on some targets, including ARM, i386, M68k,
1188 PowerPC, and SPARC@. The @option{--with-cpu-32} and
1189 @option{--with-cpu-64} options specify separate default CPUs for
1190 32-bit and 64-bit modes; these options are only supported for i386,
1191 x86-64 and PowerPC.
1192
1193 @item --with-schedule=@var{cpu}
1194 @itemx --with-arch=@var{cpu}
1195 @itemx --with-arch-32=@var{cpu}
1196 @itemx --with-arch-64=@var{cpu}
1197 @itemx --with-tune=@var{cpu}
1198 @itemx --with-tune-32=@var{cpu}
1199 @itemx --with-tune-64=@var{cpu}
1200 @itemx --with-abi=@var{abi}
1201 @itemx --with-fpu=@var{type}
1202 @itemx --with-float=@var{type}
1203 These configure options provide default values for the @option{-mschedule=},
1204 @option{-march=}, @option{-mtune=}, @option{-mabi=}, and @option{-mfpu=}
1205 options and for @option{-mhard-float} or @option{-msoft-float}. As with
1206 @option{--with-cpu}, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values
1207 of the arguments depend on the target.
1208
1209 @item --with-mode=@var{mode}
1210 Specify if the compiler should default to @option{-marm} or @option{-mthumb}.
1211 This option is only supported on ARM targets.
1212
1213 @item --with-stack-offset=@var{num}
1214 This option sets the default for the -mstack-offset=@var{num} option,
1215 and will thus generally also control the setting of this option for
1216 libraries. This option is only supported on Epiphany targets.
1217
1218 @item --with-fpmath=@var{isa}
1219 This options sets @option{-mfpmath=sse} by default and specifies the default
1220 ISA for floating-point arithmetics. You can select either @samp{sse} which
1221 enables @option{-msse2} or @samp{avx} which enables @option{-mavx} by default.
1222 This option is only supported on i386 and x86-64 targets.
1223
1224 @item --with-divide=@var{type}
1225 Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
1226 division by zero. This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
1227 The possibilities for @var{type} are:
1228 @table @code
1229 @item traps
1230 Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on
1231 systems that support conditional traps).
1232 @item breaks
1233 Division by zero checks use the break instruction.
1234 @end table
1235
1236 @c If you make --with-llsc the default for additional targets,
1237 @c update the --with-llsc description in the MIPS section below.
1238
1239 @item --with-llsc
1240 On MIPS targets, make @option{-mllsc} the default when no
1241 @option{-mno-llsc} option is passed. This is the default for
1242 Linux-based targets, as the kernel will emulate them if the ISA does
1243 not provide them.
1244
1245 @item --without-llsc
1246 On MIPS targets, make @option{-mno-llsc} the default when no
1247 @option{-mllsc} option is passed.
1248
1249 @item --with-synci
1250 On MIPS targets, make @option{-msynci} the default when no
1251 @option{-mno-synci} option is passed.
1252
1253 @item --without-synci
1254 On MIPS targets, make @option{-mno-synci} the default when no
1255 @option{-msynci} option is passed. This is the default.
1256
1257 @item --with-mips-plt
1258 On MIPS targets, make use of copy relocations and PLTs.
1259 These features are extensions to the traditional
1260 SVR4-based MIPS ABIs and require support from GNU binutils
1261 and the runtime C library.
1262
1263 @item --enable-__cxa_atexit
1264 Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
1265 register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
1266 This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
1267 destructors, but requires __cxa_atexit in libc. This option is currently
1268 only available on systems with GNU libc. When enabled, this will cause
1269 @option{-fuse-cxa-atexit} to be passed by default.
1270
1271 @item --enable-gnu-indirect-function
1272 Define if you want to enable the @code{ifunc} attribute. This option is
1273 currently only available on systems with GNU libc on certain targets.
1274
1275 @item --enable-target-optspace
1276 Specify that target
1277 libraries should be optimized for code space instead of code speed.
1278 This is the default for the m32r platform.
1279
1280 @item --with-cpp-install-dir=@var{dirname}
1281 Specify that the user visible @command{cpp} program should be installed
1282 in @file{@var{prefix}/@var{dirname}/cpp}, in addition to @var{bindir}.
1283
1284 @item --enable-comdat
1285 Enable COMDAT group support. This is primarily used to override the
1286 automatically detected value.
1287
1288 @item --enable-initfini-array
1289 Force the use of sections @code{.init_array} and @code{.fini_array}
1290 (instead of @code{.init} and @code{.fini}) for constructors and
1291 destructors. Option @option{--disable-initfini-array} has the
1292 opposite effect. If neither option is specified, the configure script
1293 will try to guess whether the @code{.init_array} and
1294 @code{.fini_array} sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
1295
1296 @item --enable-build-with-cxx
1297 Build GCC using a C++ compiler rather than a C compiler. This is an
1298 experimental option which may become the default in a later release.
1299
1300 @item --enable-build-poststage1-with-cxx
1301 When bootstrapping, build stages 2 and 3 of GCC using a C++ compiler
1302 rather than a C compiler. Stage 1 is still built with a C compiler.
1303 This is enabled by default and may be disabled using
1304 @option{--disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx}.
1305
1306 @item --enable-maintainer-mode
1307 The build rules that regenerate the Autoconf and Automake output files as
1308 well as the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
1309 disabled. This is because it can only be rebuilt if the complete source
1310 tree is present. If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
1311 catalog, configuring with @option{--enable-maintainer-mode} will enable
1312 this. Note that you need a recent version of the @code{gettext} tools
1313 to do so.
1314
1315 @item --disable-bootstrap
1316 For a native build, the default configuration is to perform
1317 a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler when @samp{make} is invoked,
1318 testing that GCC can compile itself correctly. If you want to disable
1319 this process, you can configure with @option{--disable-bootstrap}.
1320
1321 @item --enable-bootstrap
1322 In special cases, you may want to perform a 3-stage build
1323 even if the target and host triplets are different.
1324 This is possible when the host can run code compiled for
1325 the target (e.g.@: host is i686-linux, target is i486-linux).
1326 Starting from GCC 4.2, to do this you have to configure explicitly
1327 with @option{--enable-bootstrap}.
1328
1329 @item --enable-generated-files-in-srcdir
1330 Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from Bison and flex nor the
1331 info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present
1332 in the SVN development tree. When building GCC from that development tree,
1333 or from one of our snapshots, those generated files are placed in your
1334 build directory, which allows for the source to be in a readonly
1335 directory.
1336
1337 If you configure with @option{--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir} then those
1338 generated files will go into the source directory. This is mainly intended
1339 for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it
1340 is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, Bison,
1341 or makeinfo.
1342
1343 @item --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
1344 Specify
1345 that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific
1346 subdirectory (@file{@var{libdir}/gcc}) rather than the usual places. In
1347 addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed into
1348 @file{@var{libdir}} unless you overruled it by using
1349 @option{--with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}}. Using this option is
1350 particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
1351 parallel. This is currently supported by @samp{libgfortran},
1352 @samp{libjava}, @samp{libmudflap}, @samp{libstdc++}, and @samp{libobjc}.
1353
1354 @item --enable-languages=@var{lang1},@var{lang2},@dots{}
1355 Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
1356 their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for
1357 @var{langN} you can issue the following command in the
1358 @file{gcc} directory of your GCC source tree:@*
1359 @smallexample
1360 grep language= */config-lang.in
1361 @end smallexample
1362 Currently, you can use any of the following:
1363 @code{all}, @code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{fortran},
1364 @code{go}, @code{java}, @code{objc}, @code{obj-c++}.
1365 Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.
1366 If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option @code{all}, then all
1367 default languages available in the @file{gcc} sub-tree will be configured.
1368 Ada, Go and Objective-C++ are not default languages; the rest are.
1369
1370 @item --enable-stage1-languages=@var{lang1},@var{lang2},@dots{}
1371 Specify that a particular subset of compilers and their runtime
1372 libraries should be built with the system C compiler during stage 1 of
1373 the bootstrap process, rather than only in later stages with the
1374 bootstrapped C compiler. The list of valid values is the same as for
1375 @option{--enable-languages}, and the option @code{all} will select all
1376 of the languages enabled by @option{--enable-languages}. This option is
1377 primarily useful for GCC development; for instance, when a development
1378 version of the compiler cannot bootstrap due to compiler bugs, or when
1379 one is debugging front ends other than the C front end. When this
1380 option is used, one can then build the target libraries for the
1381 specified languages with the stage-1 compiler by using @command{make
1382 stage1-bubble all-target}, or run the testsuite on the stage-1 compiler
1383 for the specified languages using @command{make stage1-start check-gcc}.
1384
1385 @item --disable-libada
1386 Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not
1387 be built. This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with
1388 previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly
1389 do a @samp{make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools}.
1390
1391 @item --disable-libssp
1392 Specify that the run-time libraries for stack smashing protection
1393 should not be built.
1394
1395 @item --disable-libquadmath
1396 Specify that the GCC quad-precision math library should not be built.
1397 On some systems, the library is required to be linkable when building
1398 the Fortran front end, unless @option{--disable-libquadmath-support}
1399 is used.
1400
1401 @item --disable-libquadmath-support
1402 Specify that the Fortran front end and @code{libgfortran} do not add
1403 support for @code{libquadmath} on systems supporting it.
1404
1405 @item --disable-libgomp
1406 Specify that the run-time libraries used by GOMP should not be built.
1407
1408 @item --with-dwarf2
1409 Specify that the compiler should
1410 use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
1411
1412 @item --enable-targets=all
1413 @itemx --enable-targets=@var{target_list}
1414 Some GCC targets, e.g.@: powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers.
1415 These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit
1416 code. Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g.@:
1417 powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code. This
1418 option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is
1419 useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and
1420 you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree.
1421 On mips-linux, this will build a tri-arch compiler (ABI o32/n32/64),
1422 defaulted to o32.
1423 Currently, this option only affects sparc-linux, powerpc-linux, x86-linux,
1424 mips-linux and s390-linux.
1425
1426 @item --enable-secureplt
1427 This option enables @option{-msecure-plt} by default for powerpc-linux.
1428 @ifnothtml
1429 @xref{RS/6000 and PowerPC Options,, RS/6000 and PowerPC Options, gcc,
1430 Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
1431 @end ifnothtml
1432 @ifhtml
1433 See ``RS/6000 and PowerPC Options'' in the main manual
1434 @end ifhtml
1435
1436 @item --enable-cld
1437 This option enables @option{-mcld} by default for 32-bit x86 targets.
1438 @ifnothtml
1439 @xref{i386 and x86-64 Options,, i386 and x86-64 Options, gcc,
1440 Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
1441 @end ifnothtml
1442 @ifhtml
1443 See ``i386 and x86-64 Options'' in the main manual
1444 @end ifhtml
1445
1446 @item --enable-win32-registry
1447 @itemx --enable-win32-registry=@var{key}
1448 @itemx --disable-win32-registry
1449 The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC
1450 to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
1451
1452 @smallexample
1453 @code{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\@var{key}}
1454 @end smallexample
1455
1456 @var{key} defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
1457 @option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
1458 who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
1459 perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
1460 avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled
1461 by default, and can be disabled by @option{--disable-win32-registry}
1462 option. This option has no effect on the other hosts.
1463
1464 @item --nfp
1465 Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This
1466 option only applies to @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}}. On any other
1467 system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
1468
1469 @item --enable-werror
1470 @itemx --disable-werror
1471 @itemx --enable-werror=yes
1472 @itemx --enable-werror=no
1473 When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
1474 compiler are built with @option{-Werror} in bootstrap stage2 and later.
1475 If you don't specify it, @option{-Werror} is turned on for the main
1476 development trunk. However it defaults to off for release branches and
1477 final releases. The specific files which get @option{-Werror} are
1478 controlled by the Makefiles.
1479
1480 @item --enable-checking
1481 @itemx --enable-checking=@var{list}
1482 When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform internal
1483 consistency checks of the requested complexity. This does not change the
1484 generated code, but adds error checking within the compiler. This will
1485 slow down the compiler and may only work properly if you are building
1486 the compiler with GCC@. This is @samp{yes} by default when building
1487 from SVN or snapshots, but @samp{release} for releases. The default
1488 for building the stage1 compiler is @samp{yes}. More control
1489 over the checks may be had by specifying @var{list}. The categories of
1490 checks available are @samp{yes} (most common checks
1491 @samp{assert,misc,tree,gc,rtlflag,runtime}), @samp{no} (no checks at
1492 all), @samp{all} (all but @samp{valgrind}), @samp{release} (cheapest
1493 checks @samp{assert,runtime}) or @samp{none} (same as @samp{no}).
1494 Individual checks can be enabled with these flags @samp{assert},
1495 @samp{df}, @samp{fold}, @samp{gc}, @samp{gcac} @samp{misc}, @samp{rtl},
1496 @samp{rtlflag}, @samp{runtime}, @samp{tree}, and @samp{valgrind}.
1497
1498 The @samp{valgrind} check requires the external @command{valgrind}
1499 simulator, available from @uref{http://valgrind.org/}. The
1500 @samp{df}, @samp{rtl}, @samp{gcac} and @samp{valgrind} checks are very expensive.
1501 To disable all checking, @samp{--disable-checking} or
1502 @samp{--enable-checking=none} must be explicitly requested. Disabling
1503 assertions will make the compiler and runtime slightly faster but
1504 increase the risk of undetected internal errors causing wrong code to be
1505 generated.
1506
1507 @item --disable-stage1-checking
1508 @itemx --enable-stage1-checking
1509 @itemx --enable-stage1-checking=@var{list}
1510 If no @option{--enable-checking} option is specified the stage1
1511 compiler will be built with @samp{yes} checking enabled, otherwise
1512 the stage1 checking flags are the same as specified by
1513 @option{--enable-checking}. To build the stage1 compiler with
1514 different checking options use @option{--enable-stage1-checking}.
1515 The list of checking options is the same as for @option{--enable-checking}.
1516 If your system is too slow or too small to bootstrap a released compiler
1517 with checking for stage1 enabled, you can use @samp{--disable-stage1-checking}
1518 to disable checking for the stage1 compiler.
1519
1520 @item --enable-coverage
1521 @itemx --enable-coverage=@var{level}
1522 With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
1523 information, every time it is run. This is for internal development
1524 purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc. The
1525 @var{level} argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
1526 not, values are @samp{opt} and @samp{noopt}. For coverage analysis you
1527 want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
1528 enable optimization. When coverage is enabled, the default level is
1529 without optimization.
1530
1531 @item --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats
1532 When this option is specified more detailed information on memory
1533 allocation is gathered. This information is printed when using
1534 @option{-fmem-report}.
1535
1536 @item --with-gc
1537 @itemx --with-gc=@var{choice}
1538 With this option you can specify the garbage collector implementation
1539 used during the compilation process. @var{choice} can be one of
1540 @samp{page} and @samp{zone}, where @samp{page} is the default.
1541
1542 @item --enable-nls
1543 @itemx --disable-nls
1544 The @option{--enable-nls} option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
1545 which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
1546 English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
1547 canadian cross build. The @option{--disable-nls} option disables NLS@.
1548
1549 @item --with-included-gettext
1550 If NLS is enabled, the @option{--with-included-gettext} option causes the build
1551 procedure to prefer its copy of GNU @command{gettext}.
1552
1553 @item --with-catgets
1554 If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks @code{gettext} but has the
1555 inferior @code{catgets} interface, the GCC build procedure normally
1556 ignores @code{catgets} and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU
1557 @code{gettext} library. The @option{--with-catgets} option causes the
1558 build procedure to use the host's @code{catgets} in this situation.
1559
1560 @item --with-libiconv-prefix=@var{dir}
1561 Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
1562 libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
1563
1564 @item --enable-obsolete
1565 Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
1566 configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
1567 obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
1568 error message.
1569
1570 All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
1571 is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
1572 forward to maintain the port.
1573
1574 @item --enable-decimal-float
1575 @itemx --enable-decimal-float=yes
1576 @itemx --enable-decimal-float=no
1577 @itemx --enable-decimal-float=bid
1578 @itemx --enable-decimal-float=dpd
1579 @itemx --disable-decimal-float
1580 Enable (or disable) support for the C decimal floating point extension
1581 that is in the IEEE 754-2008 standard. This is enabled by default only
1582 on PowerPC, i386, and x86_64 GNU/Linux systems. Other systems may also
1583 support it, but require the user to specifically enable it. You can
1584 optionally control which decimal floating point format is used (either
1585 @samp{bid} or @samp{dpd}). The @samp{bid} (binary integer decimal)
1586 format is default on i386 and x86_64 systems, and the @samp{dpd}
1587 (densely packed decimal) format is default on PowerPC systems.
1588
1589 @item --enable-fixed-point
1590 @itemx --disable-fixed-point
1591 Enable (or disable) support for C fixed-point arithmetic.
1592 This option is enabled by default for some targets (such as MIPS) which
1593 have hardware-support for fixed-point operations. On other targets, you
1594 may enable this option manually.
1595
1596 @item --with-long-double-128
1597 Specify if @code{long double} type should be 128-bit by default on selected
1598 GNU/Linux architectures. If using @code{--without-long-double-128},
1599 @code{long double} will be by default 64-bit, the same as @code{double} type.
1600 When neither of these configure options are used, the default will be
1601 128-bit @code{long double} when built against GNU C Library 2.4 and later,
1602 64-bit @code{long double} otherwise.
1603
1604 @item --with-gmp=@var{pathname}
1605 @itemx --with-gmp-include=@var{pathname}
1606 @itemx --with-gmp-lib=@var{pathname}
1607 @itemx --with-mpfr=@var{pathname}
1608 @itemx --with-mpfr-include=@var{pathname}
1609 @itemx --with-mpfr-lib=@var{pathname}
1610 @itemx --with-mpc=@var{pathname}
1611 @itemx --with-mpc-include=@var{pathname}
1612 @itemx --with-mpc-lib=@var{pathname}
1613 If you want to build GCC but do not have the GMP library, the MPFR
1614 library and/or the MPC library installed in a standard location and
1615 do not have their sources present in the GCC source tree then you
1616 can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
1617 (@samp{--with-gmp=@var{gmpinstalldir}},
1618 @samp{--with-mpfr=@/@var{mpfrinstalldir}},
1619 @samp{--with-mpc=@/@var{mpcinstalldir}}). The
1620 @option{--with-gmp=@/@var{gmpinstalldir}} option is shorthand for
1621 @option{--with-gmp-lib=@/@var{gmpinstalldir}/lib} and
1622 @option{--with-gmp-include=@/@var{gmpinstalldir}/include}. Likewise the
1623 @option{--with-mpfr=@/@var{mpfrinstalldir}} option is shorthand for
1624 @option{--with-mpfr-lib=@/@var{mpfrinstalldir}/lib} and
1625 @option{--with-mpfr-include=@/@var{mpfrinstalldir}/include}, also the
1626 @option{--with-mpc=@/@var{mpcinstalldir}} option is shorthand for
1627 @option{--with-mpc-lib=@/@var{mpcinstalldir}/lib} and
1628 @option{--with-mpc-include=@/@var{mpcinstalldir}/include}. If these
1629 shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit
1630 include and lib options directly. You might also need to ensure the
1631 shared libraries can be found by the dynamic linker when building and
1632 using GCC, for example by setting the runtime shared library path
1633 variable (@env{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} on GNU/Linux and Solaris systems).
1634
1635 These flags are applicable to the host platform only. When building
1636 a cross compiler, they will not be used to configure target libraries.
1637
1638 @item --with-ppl=@var{pathname}
1639 @itemx --with-ppl-include=@var{pathname}
1640 @itemx --with-ppl-lib=@var{pathname}
1641 @itemx --with-cloog=@var{pathname}
1642 @itemx --with-cloog-include=@var{pathname}
1643 @itemx --with-cloog-lib=@var{pathname}
1644 If you do not have PPL (the Parma Polyhedra Library) and the CLooG
1645 libraries installed in a standard location and you want to build GCC,
1646 you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
1647 (@samp{--with-ppl=@/@var{pplinstalldir}},
1648 @samp{--with-cloog=@/@var{clooginstalldir}}). The
1649 @option{--with-ppl=@/@var{pplinstalldir}} option is shorthand for
1650 @option{--with-ppl-lib=@/@var{pplinstalldir}/lib} and
1651 @option{--with-ppl-include=@/@var{pplinstalldir}/include}. Likewise the
1652 @option{--with-cloog=@/@var{clooginstalldir}} option is shorthand for
1653 @option{--with-cloog-lib=@/@var{clooginstalldir}/lib} and
1654 @option{--with-cloog-include=@/@var{clooginstalldir}/include}. If these
1655 shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit
1656 include and lib options directly.
1657
1658 These flags are applicable to the host platform only. When building
1659 a cross compiler, they will not be used to configure target libraries.
1660
1661 @item --with-host-libstdcxx=@var{linker-args}
1662 If you are linking with a static copy of PPL, you can use this option
1663 to specify how the linker should find the standard C++ library used
1664 internally by PPL. Typical values of @var{linker-args} might be
1665 @samp{-lstdc++} or @samp{-Wl,-Bstatic,-lstdc++,-Bdynamic -lm}. If you are
1666 linking with a shared copy of PPL, you probably do not need this
1667 option; shared library dependencies will cause the linker to search
1668 for the standard C++ library automatically.
1669
1670 @item --with-stage1-ldflags=@var{flags}
1671 This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking
1672 stage 1 of GCC. These are also used when linking GCC if configured with
1673 @option{--disable-bootstrap}. By default no special flags are used.
1674
1675 @item --with-stage1-libs=@var{libs}
1676 This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 1
1677 of GCC. These are also used when linking GCC if configured with
1678 @option{--disable-bootstrap}. The default is the argument to
1679 @option{--with-host-libstdcxx}, if specified.
1680
1681 @item --with-boot-ldflags=@var{flags}
1682 This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking
1683 stage 2 and later when bootstrapping GCC. If neither --with-boot-libs
1684 nor --with-host-libstdcxx is set to a value, then the default is
1685 @samp{-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc}.
1686
1687 @item --with-boot-libs=@var{libs}
1688 This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 2
1689 and later when bootstrapping GCC. The default is the argument to
1690 @option{--with-host-libstdcxx}, if specified.
1691
1692 @item --with-debug-prefix-map=@var{map}
1693 Convert source directory names using @option{-fdebug-prefix-map} when
1694 building runtime libraries. @samp{@var{map}} is a space-separated
1695 list of maps of the form @samp{@var{old}=@var{new}}.
1696
1697 @item --enable-linker-build-id
1698 Tells GCC to pass @option{--build-id} option to the linker for all final
1699 links (links performed without the @option{-r} or @option{--relocatable}
1700 option), if the linker supports it. If you specify
1701 @option{--enable-linker-build-id}, but your linker does not
1702 support @option{--build-id} option, a warning is issued and the
1703 @option{--enable-linker-build-id} option is ignored. The default is off.
1704
1705 @item --with-linker-hash-style=@var{choice}
1706 Tells GCC to pass @option{--hash-style=@var{choice}} option to the
1707 linker for all final links. @var{choice} can be one of
1708 @samp{sysv}, @samp{gnu}, and @samp{both} where @samp{sysv} is the default.
1709
1710 @item --enable-gnu-unique-object
1711 @itemx --disable-gnu-unique-object
1712 Tells GCC to use the gnu_unique_object relocation for C++ template
1713 static data members and inline function local statics. Enabled by
1714 default for a native toolchain with an assembler that accepts it and
1715 GLIBC 2.11 or above, otherwise disabled.
1716
1717 @item --enable-lto
1718 @itemx --disable-lto
1719 Enable support for link-time optimization (LTO). This is enabled by
1720 default, and may be disabled using @option{--disable-lto}.
1721
1722 @item --with-plugin-ld=@var{pathname}
1723 Enable an alternate linker to be used at link-time optimization (LTO)
1724 link time when @option{-fuse-linker-plugin} is enabled.
1725 This linker should have plugin support such as gold starting with
1726 version 2.20 or GNU ld starting with version 2.21.
1727 See @option{-fuse-linker-plugin} for details.
1728 @end table
1729
1730 @subheading Cross-Compiler-Specific Options
1731 The following options only apply to building cross compilers.
1732
1733 @table @code
1734 @item --with-sysroot
1735 @itemx --with-sysroot=@var{dir}
1736 Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the root of a tree that contains
1737 (a subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
1738 Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
1739 searched for in there. More specifically, this acts as if
1740 @option{--sysroot=@var{dir}} was added to the default options of the built
1741 compiler. The specified directory is not copied into the
1742 install tree, unlike the options @option{--with-headers} and
1743 @option{--with-libs} that this option obsoletes. The default value,
1744 in case @option{--with-sysroot} is not given an argument, is
1745 @option{$@{gcc_tooldir@}/sys-root}. If the specified directory is a
1746 subdirectory of @option{$@{exec_prefix@}}, then it will be found relative to
1747 the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
1748
1749 This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
1750 target libraries (which runs on the build system) and the compiler newly
1751 installed with @code{make install}; it does not affect the compiler which is
1752 used to build GCC itself.
1753
1754 If you specify the @option{--with-native-system-header-dir=@var{dirname}}
1755 option then the compiler will search that directory within @var{dirname} for
1756 native system headers rather than the default @file{/usr/include}.
1757
1758 @item --with-build-sysroot
1759 @itemx --with-build-sysroot=@var{dir}
1760 Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the system root (see
1761 @option{--with-sysroot}) while building target libraries, instead of
1762 the directory specified with @option{--with-sysroot}. This option is
1763 only useful when you are already using @option{--with-sysroot}. You
1764 can use @option{--with-build-sysroot} when you are configuring with
1765 @option{--prefix} set to a directory that is different from the one in
1766 which you are installing GCC and your target libraries.
1767
1768 This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
1769 target libraries (which runs on the build system); it does not affect
1770 the compiler which is used to build GCC itself.
1771
1772 If you specify the @option{--with-native-system-header-dir=@var{dirname}}
1773 option then the compiler will search that directory within @var{dirname} for
1774 native system headers rather than the default @file{/usr/include}.
1775
1776 @item --with-headers
1777 @itemx --with-headers=@var{dir}
1778 Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
1779 Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler.
1780 The @var{dir} argument specifies a directory which has the target include
1781 files. These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
1782 directory. @emph{This option with the @var{dir} argument is required} when
1783 building a cross compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include}
1784 doesn't pre-exist. If @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} does
1785 pre-exist, the @var{dir} argument may be omitted. @command{fixincludes}
1786 will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC@.
1787
1788 @item --without-headers
1789 Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross
1790 compiler. When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC
1791 can build the exception handling for libgcc.
1792
1793 @item --with-libs
1794 @itemx --with-libs="@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}"
1795 Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
1796 Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
1797 libraries. These libraries will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
1798 directory. If the directory list is omitted, this option has no
1799 effect.
1800
1801 @item --with-newlib
1802 Specifies that @samp{newlib} is
1803 being used as the target C library. This causes @code{__eprintf} to be
1804 omitted from @file{libgcc.a} on the assumption that it will be provided by
1805 @samp{newlib}.
1806
1807 @item --with-build-time-tools=@var{dir}
1808 Specifies where to find the set of target tools (assembler, linker, etc.)
1809 that will be used while building GCC itself. This option can be useful
1810 if the directory layouts are different between the system you are building
1811 GCC on, and the system where you will deploy it.
1812
1813 For example, on an @samp{ia64-hp-hpux} system, you may have the GNU
1814 assembler and linker in @file{/usr/bin}, and the native tools in a
1815 different path, and build a toolchain that expects to find the
1816 native tools in @file{/usr/bin}.
1817
1818 When you use this option, you should ensure that @var{dir} includes
1819 @command{ar}, @command{as}, @command{ld}, @command{nm},
1820 @command{ranlib} and @command{strip} if necessary, and possibly
1821 @command{objdump}. Otherwise, GCC may use an inconsistent set of
1822 tools.
1823 @end table
1824
1825 @subheading Java-Specific Options
1826
1827 The following option applies to the build of the Java front end.
1828
1829 @table @code
1830 @item --disable-libgcj
1831 Specify that the run-time libraries
1832 used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend
1833 to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
1834 separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
1835 machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
1836 libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
1837 the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
1838 may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
1839 @file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
1840 you may use @option{--enable-libgcj} to override the default.
1841
1842 @end table
1843
1844 The following options apply to building @samp{libgcj}.
1845
1846 @subsubheading General Options
1847
1848 @table @code
1849 @item --enable-java-maintainer-mode
1850 By default the @samp{libjava} build will not attempt to compile the
1851 @file{.java} source files to @file{.class}. Instead, it will use the
1852 @file{.class} files from the source tree. If you use this option you
1853 must have executables named @command{ecj1} and @command{gjavah} in your path
1854 for use by the build. You must use this option if you intend to
1855 modify any @file{.java} files in @file{libjava}.
1856
1857 @item --with-java-home=@var{dirname}
1858 This @samp{libjava} option overrides the default value of the
1859 @samp{java.home} system property. It is also used to set
1860 @samp{sun.boot.class.path} to @file{@var{dirname}/lib/rt.jar}. By
1861 default @samp{java.home} is set to @file{@var{prefix}} and
1862 @samp{sun.boot.class.path} to
1863 @file{@var{datadir}/java/libgcj-@var{version}.jar}.
1864
1865 @item --with-ecj-jar=@var{filename}
1866 This option can be used to specify the location of an external jar
1867 file containing the Eclipse Java compiler. A specially modified
1868 version of this compiler is used by @command{gcj} to parse
1869 @file{.java} source files. If this option is given, the
1870 @samp{libjava} build will create and install an @file{ecj1} executable
1871 which uses this jar file at runtime.
1872
1873 If this option is not given, but an @file{ecj.jar} file is found in
1874 the topmost source tree at configure time, then the @samp{libgcj}
1875 build will create and install @file{ecj1}, and will also install the
1876 discovered @file{ecj.jar} into a suitable place in the install tree.
1877
1878 If @file{ecj1} is not installed, then the user will have to supply one
1879 on his path in order for @command{gcj} to properly parse @file{.java}
1880 source files. A suitable jar is available from
1881 @uref{ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/}.
1882
1883 @item --disable-getenv-properties
1884 Don't set system properties from @env{GCJ_PROPERTIES}.
1885
1886 @item --enable-hash-synchronization
1887 Use a global hash table for monitor locks. Ordinarily,
1888 @samp{libgcj}'s @samp{configure} script automatically makes
1889 the correct choice for this option for your platform. Only use
1890 this if you know you need the library to be configured differently.
1891
1892 @item --enable-interpreter
1893 Enable the Java interpreter. The interpreter is automatically
1894 enabled by default on all platforms that support it. This option
1895 is really only useful if you want to disable the interpreter
1896 (using @option{--disable-interpreter}).
1897
1898 @item --disable-java-net
1899 Disable java.net. This disables the native part of java.net only,
1900 using non-functional stubs for native method implementations.
1901
1902 @item --disable-jvmpi
1903 Disable JVMPI support.
1904
1905 @item --disable-libgcj-bc
1906 Disable BC ABI compilation of certain parts of libgcj. By default,
1907 some portions of libgcj are compiled with @option{-findirect-dispatch}
1908 and @option{-fno-indirect-classes}, allowing them to be overridden at
1909 run-time.
1910
1911 If @option{--disable-libgcj-bc} is specified, libgcj is built without
1912 these options. This allows the compile-time linker to resolve
1913 dependencies when statically linking to libgcj. However it makes it
1914 impossible to override the affected portions of libgcj at run-time.
1915
1916 @item --enable-reduced-reflection
1917 Build most of libgcj with @option{-freduced-reflection}. This reduces
1918 the size of libgcj at the expense of not being able to do accurate
1919 reflection on the classes it contains. This option is safe if you
1920 know that code using libgcj will never use reflection on the standard
1921 runtime classes in libgcj (including using serialization, RMI or CORBA).
1922
1923 @item --with-ecos
1924 Enable runtime eCos target support.
1925
1926 @item --without-libffi
1927 Don't use @samp{libffi}. This will disable the interpreter and JNI
1928 support as well, as these require @samp{libffi} to work.
1929
1930 @item --enable-libgcj-debug
1931 Enable runtime debugging code.
1932
1933 @item --enable-libgcj-multifile
1934 If specified, causes all @file{.java} source files to be
1935 compiled into @file{.class} files in one invocation of
1936 @samp{gcj}. This can speed up build time, but is more
1937 resource-intensive. If this option is unspecified or
1938 disabled, @samp{gcj} is invoked once for each @file{.java}
1939 file to compile into a @file{.class} file.
1940
1941 @item --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR
1942 Search for libiconv in @file{DIR/include} and @file{DIR/lib}.
1943
1944 @item --enable-sjlj-exceptions
1945 Force use of the @code{setjmp}/@code{longjmp}-based scheme for exceptions.
1946 @samp{configure} ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform.
1947 Only use this option if you are sure you need a different setting.
1948
1949 @item --with-system-zlib
1950 Use installed @samp{zlib} rather than that included with GCC@.
1951
1952 @item --with-win32-nlsapi=ansi, unicows or unicode
1953 Indicates how MinGW @samp{libgcj} translates between UNICODE
1954 characters and the Win32 API@.
1955
1956 @item --enable-java-home
1957 If enabled, this creates a JPackage compatible SDK environment during install.
1958 Note that if --enable-java-home is used, --with-arch-directory=ARCH must also
1959 be specified.
1960
1961 @item --with-arch-directory=ARCH
1962 Specifies the name to use for the @file{jre/lib/ARCH} directory in the SDK
1963 environment created when --enable-java-home is passed. Typical names for this
1964 directory include i386, amd64, ia64, etc.
1965
1966 @item --with-os-directory=DIR
1967 Specifies the OS directory for the SDK include directory. This is set to auto
1968 detect, and is typically 'linux'.
1969
1970 @item --with-origin-name=NAME
1971 Specifies the JPackage origin name. This defaults to the 'gcj' in
1972 java-1.5.0-gcj.
1973
1974 @item --with-arch-suffix=SUFFIX
1975 Specifies the suffix for the sdk directory. Defaults to the empty string.
1976 Examples include '.x86_64' in 'java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0.x86_64'.
1977
1978 @item --with-jvm-root-dir=DIR
1979 Specifies where to install the SDK. Default is $(prefix)/lib/jvm.
1980
1981 @item --with-jvm-jar-dir=DIR
1982 Specifies where to install jars. Default is $(prefix)/lib/jvm-exports.
1983
1984 @item --with-python-dir=DIR
1985 Specifies where to install the Python modules used for aot-compile. DIR should
1986 not include the prefix used in installation. For example, if the Python modules
1987 are to be installed in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages, then
1988 --with-python-dir=/lib/python2.5/site-packages should be passed. If this is
1989 not specified, then the Python modules are installed in $(prefix)/share/python.
1990
1991 @item --enable-aot-compile-rpm
1992 Adds aot-compile-rpm to the list of installed scripts.
1993
1994 @item --enable-browser-plugin
1995 Build the gcjwebplugin web browser plugin.
1996
1997 @item --enable-static-libjava
1998 Build static libraries in libjava. The default is to only build shared
1999 libraries.
2000
2001 @table @code
2002 @item ansi
2003 Use the single-byte @code{char} and the Win32 A functions natively,
2004 translating to and from UNICODE when using these functions. If
2005 unspecified, this is the default.
2006
2007 @item unicows
2008 Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Adds
2009 @code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec} to link with @samp{libunicows}.
2010 @file{unicows.dll} needs to be deployed on Microsoft Windows 9X machines
2011 running built executables. @file{libunicows.a}, an open-source
2012 import library around Microsoft's @code{unicows.dll}, is obtained from
2013 @uref{http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/}, which also gives details
2014 on getting @file{unicows.dll} from Microsoft.
2015
2016 @item unicode
2017 Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Does @emph{not}
2018 add @code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec}. The built executables will
2019 only run on Microsoft Windows NT and above.
2020 @end table
2021 @end table
2022
2023 @subsubheading AWT-Specific Options
2024
2025 @table @code
2026 @item --with-x
2027 Use the X Window System.
2028
2029 @item --enable-java-awt=PEER(S)
2030 Specifies the AWT peer library or libraries to build alongside
2031 @samp{libgcj}. If this option is unspecified or disabled, AWT
2032 will be non-functional. Current valid values are @option{gtk} and
2033 @option{xlib}. Multiple libraries should be separated by a
2034 comma (i.e.@: @option{--enable-java-awt=gtk,xlib}).
2035
2036 @item --enable-gtk-cairo
2037 Build the cairo Graphics2D implementation on GTK@.
2038
2039 @item --enable-java-gc=TYPE
2040 Choose garbage collector. Defaults to @option{boehm} if unspecified.
2041
2042 @item --disable-gtktest
2043 Do not try to compile and run a test GTK+ program.
2044
2045 @item --disable-glibtest
2046 Do not try to compile and run a test GLIB program.
2047
2048 @item --with-libart-prefix=PFX
2049 Prefix where libart is installed (optional).
2050
2051 @item --with-libart-exec-prefix=PFX
2052 Exec prefix where libart is installed (optional).
2053
2054 @item --disable-libarttest
2055 Do not try to compile and run a test libart program.
2056
2057 @end table
2058
2059 @subsubheading Overriding @command{configure} test results
2060
2061 Sometimes, it might be necessary to override the result of some
2062 @command{configure} test, for example in order to ease porting to a new
2063 system or work around a bug in a test. The toplevel @command{configure}
2064 script provides three variables for this:
2065
2066 @table @code
2067
2068 @item build_configargs
2069 @cindex @code{build_configargs}
2070 The contents of this variable is passed to all build @command{configure}
2071 scripts.
2072
2073 @item host_configargs
2074 @cindex @code{host_configargs}
2075 The contents of this variable is passed to all host @command{configure}
2076 scripts.
2077
2078 @item target_configargs
2079 @cindex @code{target_configargs}
2080 The contents of this variable is passed to all target @command{configure}
2081 scripts.
2082
2083 @end table
2084
2085 In order to avoid shell and @command{make} quoting issues for complex
2086 overrides, you can pass a setting for @env{CONFIG_SITE} and set
2087 variables in the site file.
2088
2089 @html
2090 <hr />
2091 <p>
2092 @end html
2093 @ifhtml
2094 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2095 @end ifhtml
2096 @end ifset
2097
2098 @c ***Building****************************************************************
2099 @ifnothtml
2100 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
2101 @node Building, Testing, Configuration, Installing GCC
2102 @end ifnothtml
2103 @ifset buildhtml
2104 @ifnothtml
2105 @chapter Building
2106 @end ifnothtml
2107 @cindex Installing GCC: Building
2108
2109 Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
2110 runtime libraries.
2111
2112 Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a
2113 nonzero status) and be ignored by @command{make}. These failures, which
2114 are often due to files that were not found, are expected, and can safely
2115 be ignored.
2116
2117 It is normal to have compiler warnings when compiling certain files.
2118 Unless you are a GCC developer, you can generally ignore these warnings
2119 unless they cause compilation to fail. Developers should attempt to fix
2120 any warnings encountered, however they can temporarily continue past
2121 warnings-as-errors by specifying the configure flag
2122 @option{--disable-werror}.
2123
2124 On certain old systems, defining certain environment variables such as
2125 @env{CC} can interfere with the functioning of @command{make}.
2126
2127 If you encounter seemingly strange errors when trying to build the
2128 compiler in a directory other than the source directory, it could be
2129 because you have previously configured the compiler in the source
2130 directory. Make sure you have done all the necessary preparations.
2131
2132 If you build GCC on a BSD system using a directory stored in an old System
2133 V file system, problems may occur in running @command{fixincludes} if the
2134 System V file system doesn't support symbolic links. These problems
2135 result in a failure to fix the declaration of @code{size_t} in
2136 @file{sys/types.h}. If you find that @code{size_t} is a signed type and
2137 that type mismatches occur, this could be the cause.
2138
2139 The solution is not to use such a directory for building GCC@.
2140
2141 Similarly, when building from SVN or snapshots, or if you modify
2142 @file{*.l} files, you need the Flex lexical analyzer generator
2143 installed. If you do not modify @file{*.l} files, releases contain
2144 the Flex-generated files and you do not need Flex installed to build
2145 them. There is still one Flex-based lexical analyzer (part of the
2146 build machinery, not of GCC itself) that is used even if you only
2147 build the C front end.
2148
2149 When building from SVN or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
2150 documentation, you need version 4.7 or later of Texinfo installed if you
2151 want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
2152 documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
2153
2154 @section Building a native compiler
2155
2156 For a native build, the default configuration is to perform
2157 a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler when @samp{make} is invoked.
2158 This will build the entire GCC system and ensure that it compiles
2159 itself correctly. It can be disabled with the @option{--disable-bootstrap}
2160 parameter to @samp{configure}, but bootstrapping is suggested because
2161 the compiler will be tested more completely and could also have
2162 better performance.
2163
2164 The bootstrapping process will complete the following steps:
2165
2166 @itemize @bullet
2167 @item
2168 Build tools necessary to build the compiler.
2169
2170 @item
2171 Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This includes building
2172 three times the target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils
2173 (bfd, binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes) if they have been
2174 individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source tree before
2175 configuring.
2176
2177 @item
2178 Perform a comparison test of the stage2 and stage3 compilers.
2179
2180 @item
2181 Build runtime libraries using the stage3 compiler from the previous step.
2182
2183 @end itemize
2184
2185 If you are short on disk space you might consider @samp{make
2186 bootstrap-lean} instead. The sequence of compilation is the
2187 same described above, but object files from the stage1 and
2188 stage2 of the 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler are deleted as
2189 soon as they are no longer needed.
2190
2191 If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2
2192 and stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when
2193 doing @samp{make}. For example, if you want to save additional space
2194 during the bootstrap and in the final installation as well, you can
2195 build the compiler binaries without debugging information as in the
2196 following example. This will save roughly 40% of disk space both for
2197 the bootstrap and the final installation. (Libraries will still contain
2198 debugging information.)
2199
2200 @smallexample
2201 make BOOT_CFLAGS='-O' bootstrap
2202 @end smallexample
2203
2204 You can place non-default optimization flags into @code{BOOT_CFLAGS}; they
2205 are less well tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should
2206 still work. In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special
2207 flags such as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or,
2208 if the native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need
2209 to work around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts
2210 of the stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
2211 bootstrap4} to increase the number of stages of bootstrap.
2212
2213 @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} does not apply to bootstrapped target libraries.
2214 Since these are always compiled with the compiler currently being
2215 bootstrapped, you can use @code{CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET} to modify their
2216 compilation flags, as for non-bootstrapped target libraries.
2217 Again, if the native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may
2218 need to work around this by avoiding non-working parts of the stage1
2219 compiler. Use @code{STAGE1_TFLAGS} to this end.
2220
2221 If you used the flag @option{--enable-languages=@dots{}} to restrict
2222 the compilers to be built, only those you've actually enabled will be
2223 built. This will of course only build those runtime libraries, for
2224 which the particular compiler has been built. Please note,
2225 that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make}
2226 @strong{does not} work anymore!
2227
2228 If the comparison of stage2 and stage3 fails, this normally indicates
2229 that the stage2 compiler has compiled GCC incorrectly, and is therefore
2230 a potentially serious bug which you should investigate and report. (On
2231 a few systems, meaningful comparison of object files is impossible; they
2232 always appear ``different''. If you encounter this problem, you will
2233 need to disable comparison in the @file{Makefile}.)
2234
2235 If you do not want to bootstrap your compiler, you can configure with
2236 @option{--disable-bootstrap}. In particular cases, you may want to
2237 bootstrap your compiler even if the target system is not the same as
2238 the one you are building on: for example, you could build a
2239 @code{powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu} toolchain on a
2240 @code{powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu} host. In this case, pass
2241 @option{--enable-bootstrap} to the configure script.
2242
2243 @code{BUILD_CONFIG} can be used to bring in additional customization
2244 to the build. It can be set to a whitespace-separated list of names.
2245 For each such @code{NAME}, top-level @file{config/@code{NAME}.mk} will
2246 be included by the top-level @file{Makefile}, bringing in any settings
2247 it contains. The default @code{BUILD_CONFIG} can be set using the
2248 configure option @option{--with-build-config=@code{NAME}...}. Some
2249 examples of supported build configurations are:
2250
2251 @table @asis
2252 @item @samp{bootstrap-O1}
2253 Removes any @option{-O}-started option from @code{BOOT_CFLAGS}, and adds
2254 @option{-O1} to it. @samp{BUILD_CONFIG=bootstrap-O1} is equivalent to
2255 @samp{BOOT_CFLAGS='-g -O1'}.
2256
2257 @item @samp{bootstrap-O3}
2258 Analogous to @code{bootstrap-O1}.
2259
2260 @item @samp{bootstrap-lto}
2261 Enables Link-Time Optimization for host tools during bootstrapping.
2262 @samp{BUILD_CONFIG=bootstrap-lto} is equivalent to adding
2263 @option{-flto} to @samp{BOOT_CFLAGS}.
2264
2265 @item @samp{bootstrap-debug}
2266 Verifies that the compiler generates the same executable code, whether
2267 or not it is asked to emit debug information. To this end, this
2268 option builds stage2 host programs without debug information, and uses
2269 @file{contrib/compare-debug} to compare them with the stripped stage3
2270 object files. If @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} is overridden so as to not enable
2271 debug information, stage2 will have it, and stage3 won't. This option
2272 is enabled by default when GCC bootstrapping is enabled, if
2273 @code{strip} can turn object files compiled with and without debug
2274 info into identical object files. In addition to better test
2275 coverage, this option makes default bootstraps faster and leaner.
2276
2277 @item @samp{bootstrap-debug-big}
2278 Rather than comparing stripped object files, as in
2279 @code{bootstrap-debug}, this option saves internal compiler dumps
2280 during stage2 and stage3 and compares them as well, which helps catch
2281 additional potential problems, but at a great cost in terms of disk
2282 space. It can be specified in addition to @samp{bootstrap-debug}.
2283
2284 @item @samp{bootstrap-debug-lean}
2285 This option saves disk space compared with @code{bootstrap-debug-big},
2286 but at the expense of some recompilation. Instead of saving the dumps
2287 of stage2 and stage3 until the final compare, it uses
2288 @option{-fcompare-debug} to generate, compare and remove the dumps
2289 during stage3, repeating the compilation that already took place in
2290 stage2, whose dumps were not saved.
2291
2292 @item @samp{bootstrap-debug-lib}
2293 This option tests executable code invariance over debug information
2294 generation on target libraries, just like @code{bootstrap-debug-lean}
2295 tests it on host programs. It builds stage3 libraries with
2296 @option{-fcompare-debug}, and it can be used along with any of the
2297 @code{bootstrap-debug} options above.
2298
2299 There aren't @code{-lean} or @code{-big} counterparts to this option
2300 because most libraries are only build in stage3, so bootstrap compares
2301 would not get significant coverage. Moreover, the few libraries built
2302 in stage2 are used in stage3 host programs, so we wouldn't want to
2303 compile stage2 libraries with different options for comparison purposes.
2304
2305 @item @samp{bootstrap-debug-ckovw}
2306 Arranges for error messages to be issued if the compiler built on any
2307 stage is run without the option @option{-fcompare-debug}. This is
2308 useful to verify the full @option{-fcompare-debug} testing coverage. It
2309 must be used along with @code{bootstrap-debug-lean} and
2310 @code{bootstrap-debug-lib}.
2311
2312 @item @samp{bootstrap-time}
2313 Arranges for the run time of each program started by the GCC driver,
2314 built in any stage, to be logged to @file{time.log}, in the top level of
2315 the build tree.
2316
2317 @end table
2318
2319 @section Building a cross compiler
2320
2321 When building a cross compiler, it is not generally possible to do a
2322 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This makes for an interesting problem
2323 as parts of GCC can only be built with GCC@.
2324
2325 To build a cross compiler, we recommend first building and installing a
2326 native compiler. You can then use the native GCC compiler to build the
2327 cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
2328 2.95 or later.
2329
2330 If the cross compiler is to be built with support for the Java
2331 programming language and the ability to compile .java source files is
2332 desired, the installed native compiler used to build the cross
2333 compiler needs to be the same GCC version as the cross compiler. In
2334 addition the cross compiler needs to be configured with
2335 @option{--with-ecj-jar=@dots{}}.
2336
2337 Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
2338 your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
2339 following steps:
2340
2341 @itemize @bullet
2342 @item
2343 Build host tools necessary to build the compiler.
2344
2345 @item
2346 Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
2347 binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
2348 if they have been individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source
2349 tree before configuring.
2350
2351 @item
2352 Build the compiler (single stage only).
2353
2354 @item
2355 Build runtime libraries using the compiler from the previous step.
2356 @end itemize
2357
2358 Note that if an error occurs in any step the make process will exit.
2359
2360 If you are not building GNU binutils in the same source tree as GCC,
2361 you will need a cross-assembler and cross-linker installed before
2362 configuring GCC@. Put them in the directory
2363 @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/bin}. Here is a table of the tools
2364 you should put in this directory:
2365
2366 @table @file
2367 @item as
2368 This should be the cross-assembler.
2369
2370 @item ld
2371 This should be the cross-linker.
2372
2373 @item ar
2374 This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
2375 archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
2376
2377 @item ranlib
2378 This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
2379 @end table
2380
2381 The installation of GCC will find these programs in that directory,
2382 and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
2383 find them when run later.
2384
2385 The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package.
2386 Configure it with the same @option{--host} and @option{--target}
2387 options that you use for configuring GCC, then build and install
2388 them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
2389 directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GCC
2390 supports.
2391
2392 If you are not building a C library in the same source tree as GCC,
2393 you should also provide the target libraries and headers before
2394 configuring GCC, specifying the directories with
2395 @option{--with-sysroot} or @option{--with-headers} and
2396 @option{--with-libs}. Many targets also require ``start files'' such
2397 as @file{crt0.o} and
2398 @file{crtn.o} which are linked into each executable. There may be several
2399 alternatives for @file{crt0.o}, for use with profiling or other
2400 compilation options. Check your target's definition of
2401 @code{STARTFILE_SPEC} to find out what start files it uses.
2402
2403 @section Building in parallel
2404
2405 GNU Make 3.80 and above, which is necessary to build GCC, support
2406 building in parallel. To activate this, you can use @samp{make -j 2}
2407 instead of @samp{make}. You can also specify a bigger number, and
2408 in most cases using a value greater than the number of processors in
2409 your machine will result in fewer and shorter I/O latency hits, thus
2410 improving overall throughput; this is especially true for slow drives
2411 and network filesystems.
2412
2413 @section Building the Ada compiler
2414
2415 In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
2416 compiler (GCC version 4.0 or later).
2417 This includes GNAT tools such as @command{gnatmake} and
2418 @command{gnatlink}, since the Ada front end is written in Ada and
2419 uses some GNAT-specific extensions.
2420
2421 In order to build a cross compiler, it is suggested to install
2422 the new compiler as native first, and then use it to build the cross
2423 compiler.
2424
2425 @command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
2426 and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
2427 installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
2428 used to disable building the Ada front end.
2429
2430 @env{ADA_INCLUDE_PATH} and @env{ADA_OBJECT_PATH} environment variables
2431 must not be set when building the Ada compiler, the Ada tools, or the
2432 Ada runtime libraries. You can check that your build environment is clean
2433 by verifying that @samp{gnatls -v} lists only one explicit path in each
2434 section.
2435
2436 @section Building with profile feedback
2437
2438 It is possible to use profile feedback to optimize the compiler itself. This
2439 should result in a faster compiler binary. Experiments done on x86 using gcc
2440 3.3 showed approximately 7 percent speedup on compiling C programs. To
2441 bootstrap the compiler with profile feedback, use @code{make profiledbootstrap}.
2442
2443 When @samp{make profiledbootstrap} is run, it will first build a @code{stage1}
2444 compiler. This compiler is used to build a @code{stageprofile} compiler
2445 instrumented to collect execution counts of instruction and branch
2446 probabilities. Then runtime libraries are compiled with profile collected.
2447 Finally a @code{stagefeedback} compiler is built using the information collected.
2448
2449 Unlike standard bootstrap, several additional restrictions apply. The
2450 compiler used to build @code{stage1} needs to support a 64-bit integral type.
2451 It is recommended to only use GCC for this. Also parallel make is currently
2452 not supported since collisions in profile collecting may occur.
2453
2454 @html
2455 <hr />
2456 <p>
2457 @end html
2458 @ifhtml
2459 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2460 @end ifhtml
2461 @end ifset
2462
2463 @c ***Testing*****************************************************************
2464 @ifnothtml
2465 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
2466 @node Testing, Final install, Building, Installing GCC
2467 @end ifnothtml
2468 @ifset testhtml
2469 @ifnothtml
2470 @chapter Installing GCC: Testing
2471 @end ifnothtml
2472 @cindex Testing
2473 @cindex Installing GCC: Testing
2474 @cindex Testsuite
2475
2476 Before you install GCC, we encourage you to run the testsuites and to
2477 compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
2478 been submitted to the
2479 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
2480 Some of these archived results are linked from the build status lists
2481 at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}, although not everyone who
2482 reports a successful build runs the testsuites and submits the results.
2483 This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
2484 but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
2485 problems before you install and start using your new GCC@.
2486
2487 First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
2488 These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
2489 ``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you must download the testsuites
2490 separately.
2491
2492 Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
2493 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,DejaGnu}, Tcl, and Expect;
2494 the DejaGnu site has links to these.
2495
2496 If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
2497 installed are not in the @env{PATH}, you may need to set the following
2498 environment variables appropriately, as in the following example (which
2499 assumes that DejaGnu has been installed under @file{/usr/local}):
2500
2501 @smallexample
2502 TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
2503 DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
2504 @end smallexample
2505
2506 (On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
2507 paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
2508 portability in the DejaGnu code.)
2509
2510
2511 Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
2512 @smallexample
2513 cd @var{objdir}; make -k check
2514 @end smallexample
2515
2516 This will test various components of GCC, such as compiler
2517 front ends and runtime libraries. While running the testsuite, DejaGnu
2518 might emit some harmless messages resembling
2519 @samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
2520 @samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file} that can be ignored.
2521
2522 If you are testing a cross-compiler, you may want to run the testsuite
2523 on a simulator as described at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/simtest-howto.html}.
2524
2525 @section How can you run the testsuite on selected tests?
2526
2527 In order to run sets of tests selectively, there are targets
2528 @samp{make check-gcc} and language specific @samp{make check-c},
2529 @samp{make check-c++}, @samp{make check-fortran}, @samp{make check-java},
2530 @samp{make check-ada}, @samp{make check-objc}, @samp{make check-obj-c++},
2531 @samp{make check-lto}
2532 in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. You can also
2533 just run @samp{make check} in a subdirectory of the object directory.
2534
2535
2536 A more selective way to just run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the
2537 testsuite is to use
2538
2539 @smallexample
2540 make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
2541 @end smallexample
2542
2543 Likewise, in order to run only the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in
2544 the testsuite with filenames matching @samp{9805*}, you would use
2545
2546 @smallexample
2547 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
2548 @end smallexample
2549
2550 The @file{*.exp} files are located in the testsuite directories of the GCC
2551 source, the most important ones being @file{compile.exp},
2552 @file{execute.exp}, @file{dg.exp} and @file{old-deja.exp}.
2553 To get a list of the possible @file{*.exp} files, pipe the
2554 output of @samp{make check} into a file and look at the
2555 @samp{Running @dots{} .exp} lines.
2556
2557 @section Passing options and running multiple testsuites
2558
2559 You can pass multiple options to the testsuite using the
2560 @samp{--target_board} option of DejaGNU, either passed as part of
2561 @samp{RUNTESTFLAGS}, or directly to @command{runtest} if you prefer to
2562 work outside the makefiles. For example,
2563
2564 @smallexample
2565 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=unix/-O3/-fmerge-constants"
2566 @end smallexample
2567
2568 will run the standard @command{g++} testsuites (``unix'' is the target name
2569 for a standard native testsuite situation), passing
2570 @samp{-O3 -fmerge-constants} to the compiler on every test, i.e.,
2571 slashes separate options.
2572
2573 You can run the testsuites multiple times using combinations of options
2574 with a syntax similar to the brace expansion of popular shells:
2575
2576 @smallexample
2577 @dots{}"--target_board=arm-sim\@{-mhard-float,-msoft-float\@}\@{-O1,-O2,-O3,\@}"
2578 @end smallexample
2579
2580 (Note the empty option caused by the trailing comma in the final group.)
2581 The following will run each testsuite eight times using the @samp{arm-sim}
2582 target, as if you had specified all possible combinations yourself:
2583
2584 @smallexample
2585 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O1
2586 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O2
2587 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O3
2588 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float
2589 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O1
2590 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O2
2591 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O3
2592 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float
2593 @end smallexample
2594
2595 They can be combined as many times as you wish, in arbitrary ways. This
2596 list:
2597
2598 @smallexample
2599 @dots{}"--target_board=unix/-Wextra\@{-O3,-fno-strength\@}\@{-fomit-frame,\@}"
2600 @end smallexample
2601
2602 will generate four combinations, all involving @samp{-Wextra}.
2603
2604 The disadvantage to this method is that the testsuites are run in serial,
2605 which is a waste on multiprocessor systems. For users with GNU Make and
2606 a shell which performs brace expansion, you can run the testsuites in
2607 parallel by having the shell perform the combinations and @command{make}
2608 do the parallel runs. Instead of using @samp{--target_board}, use a
2609 special makefile target:
2610
2611 @smallexample
2612 make -j@var{N} check-@var{testsuite}//@var{test-target}/@var{option1}/@var{option2}/@dots{}
2613 @end smallexample
2614
2615 For example,
2616
2617 @smallexample
2618 make -j3 check-gcc//sh-hms-sim/@{-m1,-m2,-m3,-m3e,-m4@}/@{,-nofpu@}
2619 @end smallexample
2620
2621 will run three concurrent ``make-gcc'' testsuites, eventually testing all
2622 ten combinations as described above. Note that this is currently only
2623 supported in the @file{gcc} subdirectory. (To see how this works, try
2624 typing @command{echo} before the example given here.)
2625
2626
2627 @section Additional testing for Java Class Libraries
2628
2629 The Java runtime tests can be executed via @samp{make check}
2630 in the @file{@var{target}/libjava/testsuite} directory in
2631 the build tree.
2632
2633 The @uref{http://sourceware.org/mauve/,,Mauve Project} provides
2634 a suite of tests for the Java Class Libraries. This suite can be run
2635 as part of libgcj testing by placing the Mauve tree within the libjava
2636 testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.mauve/mauve}, or by
2637 specifying the location of that tree when invoking @samp{make}, as in
2638 @samp{make MAUVEDIR=~/mauve check}.
2639
2640 @section How to interpret test results
2641
2642 The result of running the testsuite are various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
2643 files in the testsuite subdirectories. The @file{*.log} files contain a
2644 detailed log of the compiler invocations and the corresponding
2645 results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries
2646 contain status codes for all tests:
2647
2648 @itemize @bullet
2649 @item
2650 PASS: the test passed as expected
2651 @item
2652 XPASS: the test unexpectedly passed
2653 @item
2654 FAIL: the test unexpectedly failed
2655 @item
2656 XFAIL: the test failed as expected
2657 @item
2658 UNSUPPORTED: the test is not supported on this platform
2659 @item
2660 ERROR: the testsuite detected an error
2661 @item
2662 WARNING: the testsuite detected a possible problem
2663 @end itemize
2664
2665 It is normal for some tests to report unexpected failures. At the
2666 current time the testing harness does not allow fine grained control
2667 over whether or not a test is expected to fail. This problem should
2668 be fixed in future releases.
2669
2670
2671 @section Submitting test results
2672
2673 If you want to report the results to the GCC project, use the
2674 @file{contrib/test_summary} shell script. Start it in the @var{objdir} with
2675
2676 @smallexample
2677 @var{srcdir}/contrib/test_summary -p your_commentary.txt \
2678 -m gcc-testresults@@gcc.gnu.org |sh
2679 @end smallexample
2680
2681 This script uses the @command{Mail} program to send the results, so
2682 make sure it is in your @env{PATH}. The file @file{your_commentary.txt} is
2683 prepended to the testsuite summary and should contain any special
2684 remarks you have on your results or your build environment. Please
2685 do not edit the testsuite result block or the subject line, as these
2686 messages may be automatically processed.
2687
2688 @html
2689 <hr />
2690 <p>
2691 @end html
2692 @ifhtml
2693 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2694 @end ifhtml
2695 @end ifset
2696
2697 @c ***Final install***********************************************************
2698 @ifnothtml
2699 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
2700 @node Final install, , Testing, Installing GCC
2701 @end ifnothtml
2702 @ifset finalinstallhtml
2703 @ifnothtml
2704 @chapter Installing GCC: Final installation
2705 @end ifnothtml
2706
2707 Now that GCC has been built (and optionally tested), you can install it with
2708 @smallexample
2709 cd @var{objdir} && make install
2710 @end smallexample
2711
2712 We strongly recommend to install into a target directory where there is
2713 no previous version of GCC present. Also, the GNAT runtime should not
2714 be stripped, as this would break certain features of the debugger that
2715 depend on this debugging information (catching Ada exceptions for
2716 instance).
2717
2718 That step completes the installation of GCC; user level binaries can
2719 be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value
2720 you specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or
2721 @file{/usr/local} by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir},
2722 that directory will be used instead; otherwise, if you specified
2723 @option{--exec-prefix}, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.)
2724 Headers for the C++ and Java libraries are installed in
2725 @file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries in @file{@var{libdir}}
2726 (normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal parts of the compiler in
2727 @file{@var{libdir}/gcc} and @file{@var{libexecdir}/gcc}; documentation
2728 in info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally
2729 @file{@var{prefix}/info}).
2730
2731 When installing cross-compilers, GCC's executables
2732 are not only installed into @file{@var{bindir}}, that
2733 is, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}, but additionally into
2734 @file{@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin}, if that directory
2735 exists. Typically, such @dfn{tooldirs} hold target-specific
2736 binutils, including assembler and linker.
2737
2738 Installation into a temporary staging area or into a @command{chroot}
2739 jail can be achieved with the command
2740
2741 @smallexample
2742 make DESTDIR=@var{path-to-rootdir} install
2743 @end smallexample
2744
2745 @noindent
2746 where @var{path-to-rootdir} is the absolute path of
2747 a directory relative to which all installation paths will be
2748 interpreted. Note that the directory specified by @code{DESTDIR}
2749 need not exist yet; it will be created if necessary.
2750
2751 There is a subtle point with tooldirs and @code{DESTDIR}:
2752 If you relocate a cross-compiler installation with
2753 e.g.@: @samp{DESTDIR=@var{rootdir}}, then the directory
2754 @file{@var{rootdir}/@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin} will
2755 be filled with duplicated GCC executables only if it already exists,
2756 it will not be created otherwise. This is regarded as a feature,
2757 not as a bug, because it gives slightly more control to the packagers
2758 using the @code{DESTDIR} feature.
2759
2760 You can install stripped programs and libraries with
2761
2762 @smallexample
2763 make install-strip
2764 @end smallexample
2765
2766 If you are bootstrapping a released version of GCC then please
2767 quickly review the build status page for your release, available from
2768 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
2769 If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
2770 send a note to
2771 @email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
2772 that you successfully built and installed GCC@.
2773 Include the following information:
2774
2775 @itemize @bullet
2776 @item
2777 Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send
2778 that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
2779
2780 @item
2781 The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed @command{gcc}.
2782 This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed to
2783 configure.
2784
2785 @item
2786 Whether you enabled all languages or a subset of them. If you used a
2787 full distribution then this information is part of the configure
2788 options in the output of @samp{gcc -v}, but if you downloaded the
2789 ``core'' compiler plus additional front ends then it isn't apparent
2790 which ones you built unless you tell us about it.
2791
2792 @item
2793 If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include:
2794 @itemize @bullet
2795 @item
2796 The distribution name and version (e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3);
2797 this information should be available from @file{/etc/issue}.
2798
2799 @item
2800 The version of the Linux kernel, available from @samp{uname --version}
2801 or @samp{uname -a}.
2802
2803 @item
2804 The version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
2805 Mandrake, and SuSE type @samp{rpm -q glibc} to get the glibc version,
2806 and on systems like Debian and Progeny use @samp{dpkg -l libc6}.
2807 @end itemize
2808 For other systems, you can include similar information if you think it is
2809 relevant.
2810
2811 @item
2812 Any other information that you think would be useful to people building
2813 GCC on the same configuration. The new entry in the build status list
2814 will include a link to the archived copy of your message.
2815 @end itemize
2816
2817 We'd also like to know if the
2818 @ifnothtml
2819 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}
2820 @end ifnothtml
2821 @ifhtml
2822 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}
2823 @end ifhtml
2824 didn't include your host/target information or if that information is
2825 incomplete or out of date. Send a note to
2826 @email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} detailing how the information should be changed.
2827
2828 If you find a bug, please report it following the
2829 @uref{../bugs/,,bug reporting guidelines}.
2830
2831 If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
2832 dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.7)
2833 and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
2834 subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
2835 printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. Alternately, by using
2836 @samp{make pdf} in place of @samp{make dvi}, you can create documentation
2837 in the form of @file{.pdf} files; this requires @command{texi2pdf}, which
2838 is included with Texinfo version 4.8 and later. You can also
2839 @uref{http://shop.fsf.org/,,buy printed manuals from the
2840 Free Software Foundation}, though such manuals may not be for the most
2841 recent version of GCC@.
2842
2843 If you would like to generate online HTML documentation, do @samp{cd
2844 @var{objdir}; make html} and HTML will be generated for the gcc manuals in
2845 @file{@var{objdir}/gcc/HTML}.
2846
2847 @html
2848 <hr />
2849 <p>
2850 @end html
2851 @ifhtml
2852 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2853 @end ifhtml
2854 @end ifset
2855
2856 @c ***Binaries****************************************************************
2857 @ifnothtml
2858 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
2859 @node Binaries, Specific, Installing GCC, Top
2860 @end ifnothtml
2861 @ifset binarieshtml
2862 @ifnothtml
2863 @chapter Installing GCC: Binaries
2864 @end ifnothtml
2865 @cindex Binaries
2866 @cindex Installing GCC: Binaries
2867
2868 We are often asked about pre-compiled versions of GCC@. While we cannot
2869 provide these for all platforms, below you'll find links to binaries for
2870 various platforms where creating them by yourself is not easy due to various
2871 reasons.
2872
2873 Please note that we did not create these binaries, nor do we
2874 support them. If you have any problems installing them, please
2875 contact their makers.
2876
2877 @itemize
2878 @item
2879 AIX:
2880 @itemize
2881 @item
2882 @uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
2883
2884 @item
2885 @uref{http://pware.hvcc.edu,,Hudson Valley Community College Open Source Software for IBM System p};
2886
2887 @item
2888 @uref{http://www.perzl.org/aix/,,AIX 5L and 6 Open Source Packages}.
2889 @end itemize
2890
2891 @item
2892 DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
2893
2894 @item
2895 Renesas H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
2896 Development Tools for the Renesas H8/300[HS] Series}.
2897
2898 @item
2899 HP-UX:
2900 @itemize
2901 @item
2902 @uref{http://hpux.connect.org.uk/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
2903
2904 @item
2905 @uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
2906 @end itemize
2907
2908 @item
2909 @uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
2910 OpenServer/Unixware}.
2911
2912 @item
2913 Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel):
2914 @itemize
2915 @item
2916 @uref{http://www.sunfreeware.com/,,Sunfreeware}
2917
2918 @item
2919 @uref{http://www.blastwave.org/,,Blastwave}
2920
2921 @item
2922 @uref{http://www.opencsw.org/,,OpenCSW}
2923
2924 @item
2925 @uref{http://jupiterrise.com/tgcware/,,TGCware}
2926 @end itemize
2927
2928 @item
2929 Microsoft Windows:
2930 @itemize
2931 @item
2932 The @uref{http://sourceware.org/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
2933 @item
2934 The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
2935 @end itemize
2936
2937 @item
2938 @uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/by-name/,,The
2939 Written Word} offers binaries for
2940 AIX 4.3.3, 5.1 and 5.2,
2941 GNU/Linux (i386),
2942 HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.11, and
2943 Solaris/SPARC 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
2944
2945 @item
2946 @uref{http://www.openpkg.org/,,OpenPKG} offers binaries for quite a
2947 number of platforms.
2948
2949 @item
2950 The @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries,,GFortran Wiki} has
2951 links to GNU Fortran binaries for several platforms.
2952 @end itemize
2953
2954 @html
2955 <hr />
2956 <p>
2957 @end html
2958 @ifhtml
2959 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2960 @end ifhtml
2961 @end ifset
2962
2963 @c ***Specific****************************************************************
2964 @ifnothtml
2965 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
2966 @node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
2967 @end ifnothtml
2968 @ifset specifichtml
2969 @ifnothtml
2970 @chapter Host/target specific installation notes for GCC
2971 @end ifnothtml
2972 @cindex Specific
2973 @cindex Specific installation notes
2974 @cindex Target specific installation
2975 @cindex Host specific installation
2976 @cindex Target specific installation notes
2977
2978 Please read this document carefully @emph{before} installing the
2979 GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
2980
2981 Note that this list of install notes is @emph{not} a list of supported
2982 hosts or targets. Not all supported hosts and targets are listed
2983 here, only the ones that require host-specific or target-specific
2984 information are.
2985
2986 @ifhtml
2987 @itemize
2988 @item
2989 @uref{#alpha-x-x,,alpha*-*-*}
2990 @item
2991 @uref{#alpha-dec-osf51,,alpha*-dec-osf5.1}
2992 @item
2993 @uref{#amd64-x-solaris210,,amd64-*-solaris2.10}
2994 @item
2995 @uref{#arm-x-eabi,,arm-*-eabi}
2996 @item
2997 @uref{#avr,,avr}
2998 @item
2999 @uref{#bfin,,Blackfin}
3000 @item
3001 @uref{#dos,,DOS}
3002 @item
3003 @uref{#x-x-freebsd,,*-*-freebsd*}
3004 @item
3005 @uref{#h8300-hms,,h8300-hms}
3006 @item
3007 @uref{#hppa-hp-hpux,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
3008 @item
3009 @uref{#hppa-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
3010 @item
3011 @uref{#hppa-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
3012 @item
3013 @uref{#x-x-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
3014 @item
3015 @uref{#ix86-x-linux,,i?86-*-linux*}
3016 @item
3017 @uref{#ix86-x-solaris289,,i?86-*-solaris2.9}
3018 @item
3019 @uref{#ix86-x-solaris210,,i?86-*-solaris2.10}
3020 @item
3021 @uref{#ia64-x-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
3022 @item
3023 @uref{#ia64-x-hpux,,ia64-*-hpux*}
3024 @item
3025 @uref{#x-ibm-aix,,*-ibm-aix*}
3026 @item
3027 @uref{#iq2000-x-elf,,iq2000-*-elf}
3028 @item
3029 @uref{#lm32-x-elf,,lm32-*-elf}
3030 @item
3031 @uref{#lm32-x-uclinux,,lm32-*-uclinux}
3032 @item
3033 @uref{#m32c-x-elf,,m32c-*-elf}
3034 @item
3035 @uref{#m32r-x-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
3036 @item
3037 @uref{#m68k-x-x,,m68k-*-*}
3038 @item
3039 @uref{#m68k-uclinux,,m68k-uclinux}
3040 @item
3041 @uref{#mep-x-elf,,mep-*-elf}
3042 @item
3043 @uref{#microblaze-x-elf,,microblaze-*-elf}
3044 @item
3045 @uref{#mips-x-x,,mips-*-*}
3046 @item
3047 @uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,mips-sgi-irix5}
3048 @item
3049 @uref{#mips-sgi-irix6,,mips-sgi-irix6}
3050 @item
3051 @uref{#powerpc-x-x,,powerpc*-*-*}
3052 @item
3053 @uref{#powerpc-x-darwin,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
3054 @item
3055 @uref{#powerpc-x-elf,,powerpc-*-elf}
3056 @item
3057 @uref{#powerpc-x-linux-gnu,,powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*}
3058 @item
3059 @uref{#powerpc-x-netbsd,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
3060 @item
3061 @uref{#powerpc-x-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
3062 @item
3063 @uref{#powerpc-x-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
3064 @item
3065 @uref{#powerpcle-x-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf}
3066 @item
3067 @uref{#powerpcle-x-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
3068 @item
3069 @uref{#powerpcle-x-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
3070 @item
3071 @uref{#s390-x-linux,,s390-*-linux*}
3072 @item
3073 @uref{#s390x-x-linux,,s390x-*-linux*}
3074 @item
3075 @uref{#s390x-ibm-tpf,,s390x-ibm-tpf*}
3076 @item
3077 @uref{#x-x-solaris2,,*-*-solaris2*}
3078 @item
3079 @uref{#sparc-x-x,,sparc*-*-*}
3080 @item
3081 @uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
3082 @item
3083 @uref{#sparc-sun-solaris210,,sparc-sun-solaris2.10}
3084 @item
3085 @uref{#sparc-x-linux,,sparc-*-linux*}
3086 @item
3087 @uref{#sparc64-x-solaris2,,sparc64-*-solaris2*}
3088 @item
3089 @uref{#sparcv9-x-solaris2,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
3090 @item
3091 @uref{#c6x-x-x,,c6x-*-*}
3092 @item
3093 @uref{#tilegx-x-linux,,tilegx-*-linux*}
3094 @item
3095 @uref{#tilepro-x-linux,,tilepro-*-linux*}
3096 @item
3097 @uref{#x-x-vxworks,,*-*-vxworks*}
3098 @item
3099 @uref{#x86-64-x-x,,x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*}
3100 @item
3101 @uref{#x86-64-x-solaris210,,x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*}
3102 @item
3103 @uref{#xtensa-x-elf,,xtensa*-*-elf}
3104 @item
3105 @uref{#xtensa-x-linux,,xtensa*-*-linux*}
3106 @item
3107 @uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
3108 @item
3109 @uref{#x-x-cygwin,,*-*-cygwin}
3110 @item
3111 @uref{#x-x-interix,,*-*-interix}
3112 @item
3113 @uref{#x-x-mingw32,,*-*-mingw32}
3114 @item
3115 @uref{#os2,,OS/2}
3116 @item
3117 @uref{#older,,Older systems}
3118 @end itemize
3119
3120 @itemize
3121 @item
3122 @uref{#elf,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
3123 @end itemize
3124 @end ifhtml
3125
3126
3127 @html
3128 <!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
3129 <hr />
3130 @end html
3131 @heading @anchor{alpha-x-x}alpha*-*-*
3132
3133 This section contains general configuration information for all
3134 alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
3135 DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX and Tru64 UNIX)@. In addition to reading this
3136 section, please read all other sections that match your target.
3137
3138 We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer.
3139 Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2
3140 debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of
3141 shared libraries.
3142
3143 @html
3144 <hr />
3145 @end html
3146 @heading @anchor{alpha-dec-osf51}alpha*-dec-osf5.1
3147 Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
3148 are running the DEC/Compaq/HP Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq/HP
3149 Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
3150
3151 Support for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 has been removed in GCC 4.8. As of GCC 4.6,
3152 support for Tru64 UNIX V4.0 and V5.0 has been removed. As of GCC 3.2,
3153 versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer supported. (These
3154 are the versions which identify themselves as DEC OSF/1.)
3155
3156 @html
3157 <hr />
3158 @end html
3159 @heading @anchor{amd64-x-solaris210}amd64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*
3160
3161 This is a synonym for @samp{x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*}.
3162
3163 @html
3164 <hr />
3165 @end html
3166 @heading @anchor{arm-x-eabi}arm-*-eabi
3167 ARM-family processors. Subtargets that use the ELF object format
3168 require GNU binutils 2.13 or newer. Such subtargets include:
3169 @code{arm-*-netbsdelf}, @code{arm-*-*linux-gnueabi}
3170 and @code{arm-*-rtemseabi}.
3171
3172 @html
3173 <hr />
3174 @end html
3175 @heading @anchor{avr}avr
3176
3177 ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
3178 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3179 @ifnothtml
3180 @xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
3181 Collection (GCC)},
3182 @end ifnothtml
3183 @ifhtml
3184 See ``AVR Options'' in the main manual
3185 @end ifhtml
3186 for the list of supported MCU types.
3187
3188 Use @samp{configure --target=avr --enable-languages="c"} to configure GCC@.
3189
3190 Further installation notes and other useful information about AVR tools
3191 can also be obtained from:
3192
3193 @itemize @bullet
3194 @item
3195 @uref{http://www.nongnu.org/avr/,,http://www.nongnu.org/avr/}
3196 @item
3197 @uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/}
3198 @end itemize
3199
3200 We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.13 or newer.
3201
3202 The following error:
3203 @smallexample
3204 Error: register required
3205 @end smallexample
3206
3207 indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
3208
3209 @html
3210 <hr />
3211 @end html
3212 @heading @anchor{bfin}Blackfin
3213
3214 The Blackfin processor, an Analog Devices DSP.
3215 @ifnothtml
3216 @xref{Blackfin Options,, Blackfin Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
3217 Collection (GCC)},
3218 @end ifnothtml
3219 @ifhtml
3220 See ``Blackfin Options'' in the main manual
3221 @end ifhtml
3222
3223 More information, and a version of binutils with support for this processor,
3224 is available at @uref{http://blackfin.uclinux.org}
3225
3226 @html
3227 <hr />
3228 @end html
3229 @heading @anchor{cr16}CR16
3230
3231 The CR16 CompactRISC architecture is a 16-bit architecture. This architecture is
3232 used in embedded applications.
3233
3234 @ifnothtml
3235 @xref{CR16 Options,, CR16 Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
3236 Collection (GCC)},
3237 @end ifnothtml
3238
3239 @ifhtml
3240 See ``CR16 Options'' in the main manual for a list of CR16-specific options.
3241 @end ifhtml
3242
3243 Use @samp{configure --target=cr16-elf --enable-languages=c,c++} to configure
3244 GCC@ for building a CR16 elf cross-compiler.
3245
3246 Use @samp{configure --target=cr16-uclinux --enable-languages=c,c++} to configure
3247 GCC@ for building a CR16 uclinux cross-compiler.
3248
3249 @html
3250 <hr />
3251 @end html
3252 @heading @anchor{cris}CRIS
3253
3254 CRIS is the CPU architecture in Axis Communications ETRAX system-on-a-chip
3255 series. These are used in embedded applications.
3256
3257 @ifnothtml
3258 @xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
3259 Collection (GCC)},
3260 @end ifnothtml
3261 @ifhtml
3262 See ``CRIS Options'' in the main manual
3263 @end ifhtml
3264 for a list of CRIS-specific options.
3265
3266 There are a few different CRIS targets:
3267 @table @code
3268 @item cris-axis-elf
3269 Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
3270 @samp{v10} core used in @samp{ETRAX 100 LX}.
3271 @item cris-axis-linux-gnu
3272 A GNU/Linux port for the CRIS architecture, currently targeting
3273 @samp{ETRAX 100 LX} by default.
3274 @end table
3275
3276 For @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
3277 or newer. For @code{cris-axis-linux-gnu} you need binutils 2.12 or newer.
3278
3279 Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
3280 @uref{ftp://ftp.axis.com/@/pub/@/axis/@/tools/@/cris/@/compiler-kit/}. More
3281 information about this platform is available at
3282 @uref{http://developer.axis.com/}.
3283
3284 @html
3285 <hr />
3286 @end html
3287 @heading @anchor{dos}DOS
3288
3289 Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
3290
3291 You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
3292 any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
3293 compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
3294 and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
3295
3296 @html
3297 <hr />
3298 @end html
3299 @heading @anchor{epiphany-x-elf}epiphany-*-elf
3300 Adapteva Epiphany.
3301 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3302
3303 @html
3304 <hr />
3305 @end html
3306 @heading @anchor{x-x-freebsd}*-*-freebsd*
3307
3308 Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2. Support for
3309 FreeBSD 2 (and any mutant a.out variants of FreeBSD 3) was
3310 discontinued in GCC 4.0.
3311
3312 In order to better utilize FreeBSD base system functionality and match
3313 the configuration of the system compiler, GCC 4.5 and above as well as
3314 GCC 4.4 past 2010-06-20 leverage SSP support in libc (which is present
3315 on FreeBSD 7 or later) and the use of @code{__cxa_atexit} by default
3316 (on FreeBSD 6 or later). The use of @code{dl_iterate_phdr} inside
3317 @file{libgcc_s.so.1} and boehm-gc (on FreeBSD 7 or later) is enabled
3318 by GCC 4.5 and above.
3319
3320 We support FreeBSD using the ELF file format with DWARF 2 debugging
3321 for all CPU architectures. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead of
3322 @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
3323 no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
3324 debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match
3325 more of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of
3326 GCC@. In particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by
3327 default. However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the
3328 system compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with
3329 good results on FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE@. In the past, known to bootstrap
3330 and check with good results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
3331 4.5, 4.8, 4.9 and 5-CURRENT@.
3332
3333 The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} probably works
3334 with this release of GCC@. Bootstrapping against the latest GNU
3335 binutils and/or the version found in @file{/usr/ports/devel/binutils} has
3336 been known to enable additional features and improve overall testsuite
3337 results. However, it is currently known that boehm-gc (which itself
3338 is required for java) may not configure properly on FreeBSD prior to
3339 the FreeBSD 7.0 release with GNU binutils after 2.16.1.
3340
3341 @html
3342 <hr />
3343 @end html
3344 @heading @anchor{h8300-hms}h8300-hms
3345 Renesas H8/300 series of processors.
3346
3347 Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
3348
3349 The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
3350 All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
3351 first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
3352 longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
3353
3354 @html
3355 <hr />
3356 @end html
3357 @heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux}hppa*-hp-hpux*
3358 Support for HP-UX version 9 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
3359
3360 We require using gas/binutils on all hppa platforms. Version 2.19 or
3361 later is recommended.
3362
3363 It may be helpful to configure GCC with the
3364 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}} and
3365 @option{--with-as=@dots{}} options to ensure that GCC can find GAS@.
3366
3367 The HP assembler should not be used with GCC. It is rarely tested and may
3368 not work. It shouldn't be used with any languages other than C due to its
3369 many limitations.
3370
3371 Specifically, @option{-g} does not work (HP-UX uses a peculiar debugging
3372 format which GCC does not know about). It also inserts timestamps
3373 into each object file it creates, causing the 3-stage comparison test to
3374 fail during a bootstrap. You should be able to continue by saying
3375 @samp{make all-host all-target} after getting the failure from @samp{make}.
3376
3377 Various GCC features are not supported. For example, it does not support weak
3378 symbols or alias definitions. As a result, explicit template instantiations
3379 are required when using C++. This makes it difficult if not impossible to
3380 build many C++ applications.
3381
3382 There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
3383 PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
3384 architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
3385 PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
3386 the target is a @samp{hppa1*} machine.
3387
3388 The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
3389 it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
3390 configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
3391 TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
3392 default scheduling model is desired.
3393
3394 As of GCC 4.0, GCC uses the UNIX 95 namespace for HP-UX 10.10
3395 through 11.00, and the UNIX 98 namespace for HP-UX 11.11 and later.
3396 This namespace change might cause problems when bootstrapping with
3397 an earlier version of GCC or the HP compiler as essentially the same
3398 namespace is required for an entire build. This problem can be avoided
3399 in a number of ways. With HP cc, @env{UNIX_STD} can be set to @samp{95}
3400 or @samp{98}. Another way is to add an appropriate set of predefines
3401 to @env{CC}. The description for the @option{munix=} option contains
3402 a list of the predefines used with each standard.
3403
3404 More specific information to @samp{hppa*-hp-hpux*} targets follows.
3405
3406 @html
3407 <hr />
3408 @end html
3409 @heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
3410
3411 For hpux10.20, we @emph{highly} recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
3412 @code{PHCO_19798} from HP@.
3413
3414 The C++ ABI has changed incompatibly in GCC 4.0. COMDAT subspaces are
3415 used for one-only code and data. This resolves many of the previous
3416 problems in using C++ on this target. However, the ABI is not compatible
3417 with the one implemented under HP-UX 11 using secondary definitions.
3418
3419 @html
3420 <hr />
3421 @end html
3422 @heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
3423
3424 GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. GCC 2.95.x is not supported and cannot
3425 be used to compile GCC 3.0 and up.
3426
3427 The libffi and libjava libraries haven't been ported to 64-bit HP-UX@
3428 and don't build.
3429
3430 Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for information about obtaining
3431 precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX@. Precompiled binaries must be obtained
3432 to build the Ada language as it can't be bootstrapped using C@. Ada is
3433 only available for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime.
3434
3435 Starting with GCC 3.4 an ISO C compiler is required to bootstrap. The
3436 bundled compiler supports only traditional C; you will need either HP's
3437 unbundled compiler, or a binary distribution of GCC@.
3438
3439 It is possible to build GCC 3.3 starting with the bundled HP compiler,
3440 but the process requires several steps. GCC 3.3 can then be used to
3441 build later versions. The fastjar program contains ISO C code and
3442 can't be built with the HP bundled compiler. This problem can be
3443 avoided by not building the Java language. For example, use the
3444 @option{--enable-languages="c,c++,f77,objc"} option in your configure
3445 command.
3446
3447 There are several possible approaches to building the distribution.
3448 Binutils can be built first using the HP tools. Then, the GCC
3449 distribution can be built. The second approach is to build GCC
3450 first using the HP tools, then build binutils, then rebuild GCC@.
3451 There have been problems with various binary distributions, so it
3452 is best not to start from a binary distribution.
3453
3454 On 64-bit capable systems, there are two distinct targets. Different
3455 installation prefixes must be used if both are to be installed on
3456 the same system. The @samp{hppa[1-2]*-hp-hpux11*} target generates code
3457 for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime architecture and uses the HP linker.
3458 The @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target generates 64-bit code for the
3459 PA-RISC 2.0 architecture.
3460
3461 The script config.guess now selects the target type based on the compiler
3462 detected during configuration. You must define @env{PATH} or @env{CC} so
3463 that configure finds an appropriate compiler for the initial bootstrap.
3464 When @env{CC} is used, the definition should contain the options that are
3465 needed whenever @env{CC} is used.
3466
3467 Specifically, options that determine the runtime architecture must be
3468 in @env{CC} to correctly select the target for the build. It is also
3469 convenient to place many other compiler options in @env{CC}. For example,
3470 @env{CC="cc -Ac +DA2.0W -Wp,-H16376 -D_CLASSIC_TYPES -D_HPUX_SOURCE"}
3471 can be used to bootstrap the GCC 3.3 branch with the HP compiler in
3472 64-bit K&R/bundled mode. The @option{+DA2.0W} option will result in
3473 the automatic selection of the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target. The
3474 macro definition table of cpp needs to be increased for a successful
3475 build with the HP compiler. _CLASSIC_TYPES and _HPUX_SOURCE need to
3476 be defined when building with the bundled compiler, or when using the
3477 @option{-Ac} option. These defines aren't necessary with @option{-Ae}.
3478
3479 It is best to explicitly configure the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target
3480 with the @option{--with-ld=@dots{}} option. This overrides the standard
3481 search for ld. The two linkers supported on this target require different
3482 commands. The default linker is determined during configuration. As a
3483 result, it's not possible to switch linkers in the middle of a GCC build.
3484 This has been reported to sometimes occur in unified builds of binutils
3485 and GCC@.
3486
3487 A recent linker patch must be installed for the correct operation of
3488 GCC 3.3 and later. @code{PHSS_26559} and @code{PHSS_24304} are the
3489 oldest linker patches that are known to work. They are for HP-UX
3490 11.00 and 11.11, respectively. @code{PHSS_24303}, the companion to
3491 @code{PHSS_24304}, might be usable but it hasn't been tested. These
3492 patches have been superseded. Consult the HP patch database to obtain
3493 the currently recommended linker patch for your system.
3494
3495 The patches are necessary for the support of weak symbols on the
3496 32-bit port, and for the running of initializers and finalizers. Weak
3497 symbols are implemented using SOM secondary definition symbols. Prior
3498 to HP-UX 11, there are bugs in the linker support for secondary symbols.
3499 The patches correct a problem of linker core dumps creating shared
3500 libraries containing secondary symbols, as well as various other
3501 linking issues involving secondary symbols.
3502
3503 GCC 3.3 uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capabilities to
3504 run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The 32-bit port
3505 uses the linker @option{+init} and @option{+fini} options for the same
3506 purpose. The patches correct various problems with the +init/+fini
3507 options, including program core dumps. Binutils 2.14 corrects a
3508 problem on the 64-bit port resulting from HP's non-standard use of
3509 the .init and .fini sections for array initializers and finalizers.
3510
3511 Although the HP and GNU linkers are both supported for the
3512 @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target, it is strongly recommended that the
3513 HP linker be used for link editing on this target.
3514
3515 At this time, the GNU linker does not support the creation of long
3516 branch stubs. As a result, it can't successfully link binaries
3517 containing branch offsets larger than 8 megabytes. In addition,
3518 there are problems linking shared libraries, linking executables
3519 with @option{-static}, and with dwarf2 unwind and exception support.
3520 It also doesn't provide stubs for internal calls to global functions
3521 in shared libraries, so these calls can't be overloaded.
3522
3523 The HP dynamic loader does not support GNU symbol versioning, so symbol
3524 versioning is not supported. It may be necessary to disable symbol
3525 versioning with @option{--disable-symvers} when using GNU ld.
3526
3527 POSIX threads are the default. The optional DCE thread library is not
3528 supported, so @option{--enable-threads=dce} does not work.
3529
3530 @html
3531 <hr />
3532 @end html
3533 @heading @anchor{x-x-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
3534
3535 Versions of libstdc++-v3 starting with 3.2.1 require bug fixes present
3536 in glibc 2.2.5 and later. More information is available in the
3537 libstdc++-v3 documentation.
3538
3539 @html
3540 <hr />
3541 @end html
3542 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-linux}i?86-*-linux*
3543
3544 As of GCC 3.3, binutils 2.13.1 or later is required for this platform.
3545 See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/PR10877,,bug 10877} for more information.
3546
3547 If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
3548 possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
3549 found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
3550
3551 @html
3552 <hr />
3553 @end html
3554 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris29}i?86-*-solaris2.9
3555 The Sun assembler in Solaris 9 has several bugs and limitations.
3556 While GCC works around them, several features are missing, so it is
3557 @c FIXME: which ones?
3558 recommended to use the GNU assembler instead. There is no bundled
3559 version, but the current version, from GNU binutils 2.22, is known to
3560 work.
3561
3562 Solaris@tie{}2/x86 doesn't support the execution of SSE/SSE2 instructions
3563 before Solaris@tie{}9 4/04, even if the CPU supports them. Programs will
3564 receive @code{SIGILL} if they try. The fix is available both in
3565 Solaris@tie{}9 Update@tie{}6 and kernel patch 112234-12 or newer. To
3566 avoid this problem,
3567 @option{-march} defaults to @samp{pentiumpro} on Solaris 9. If
3568 you have the patch installed, you can configure GCC with an appropriate
3569 @option{--with-arch} option, but need GNU @command{as} for SSE2 support.
3570
3571 @html
3572 <hr />
3573 @end html
3574 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10
3575 Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. Starting
3576 with GCC 4.7, there is also a 64-bit @samp{amd64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*} or
3577 @samp{x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*} configuration that corresponds to
3578 @samp{sparcv9-sun-solaris2*}.
3579
3580 It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler, in
3581 @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. The versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU
3582 binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19, work fine,
3583 although the current version, from GNU binutils
3584 2.22, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in
3585 @file{/usr/ccs/bin/as} work almost as well, though.
3586 @c FIXME: as patch requirements?
3587
3588 For linking, the Sun linker, is preferred. If you want to use the GNU
3589 linker instead, which is available in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gld}, note that
3590 due to a packaging bug the version in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils
3591 2.15, cannot be used, while the version in Solaris 11, from GNU binutils
3592 2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.22.
3593
3594 To use GNU @command{as}, configure with the options
3595 @option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=@//usr/@/sfw/@/bin/@/gas}. It may be necessary
3596 to configure with @option{--without-gnu-ld --with-ld=@//usr/@/ccs/@/bin/@/ld} to
3597 guarantee use of Sun @command{ld}.
3598 @c FIXME: why --without-gnu-ld --with-ld?
3599
3600 @html
3601 <hr />
3602 @end html
3603 @heading @anchor{ia64-x-linux}ia64-*-linux
3604 IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
3605 running GNU/Linux.
3606
3607 If you are using the installed system libunwind library with
3608 @option{--with-system-libunwind}, then you must use libunwind 0.98 or
3609 later.
3610
3611 None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
3612 with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
3613 Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
3614 3.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
3615 This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
3616 GCC 3.1 or later is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
3617 As of version 3.1 GCC is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no
3618 more major ABI changes are expected.
3619
3620 @html
3621 <hr />
3622 @end html
3623 @heading @anchor{ia64-x-hpux}ia64-*-hpux*
3624 Building GCC on this target requires the GNU Assembler. The bundled HP
3625 assembler will not work. To prevent GCC from using the wrong assembler,
3626 the option @option{--with-gnu-as} may be necessary.
3627
3628 The GCC libunwind library has not been ported to HPUX@. This means that for
3629 GCC versions 3.2.3 and earlier, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions}
3630 is required to build GCC@. For GCC 3.3 and later, this is the default.
3631 For gcc 3.4.3 and later, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions} is
3632 removed and the system libunwind library will always be used.
3633
3634 @html
3635 <hr />
3636 <!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
3637 @end html
3638 @heading @anchor{x-ibm-aix}*-ibm-aix*
3639 Support for AIX version 3 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
3640 Support for AIX version 4.2 and older was discontinued in GCC 4.5.
3641
3642 ``out of memory'' bootstrap failures may indicate a problem with
3643 process resource limits (ulimit). Hard limits are configured in the
3644 @file{/etc/security/limits} system configuration file.
3645
3646 GCC can bootstrap with recent versions of IBM XLC, but bootstrapping
3647 with an earlier release of GCC is recommended. Bootstrapping with XLC
3648 requires a larger data segment, which can be enabled through the
3649 @var{LDR_CNTRL} environment variable, e.g.,
3650
3651 @smallexample
3652 % LDR_CNTRL=MAXDATA=0x50000000
3653 % export LDR_CNTRL
3654 @end smallexample
3655
3656 One can start with a pre-compiled version of GCC to build from
3657 sources. One may delete GCC's ``fixed'' header files when starting
3658 with a version of GCC built for an earlier release of AIX.
3659
3660 To speed up the configuration phases of bootstrapping and installing GCC,
3661 one may use GNU Bash instead of AIX @command{/bin/sh}, e.g.,
3662
3663 @smallexample
3664 % CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
3665 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3666 @end smallexample
3667
3668 and then proceed as described in @uref{build.html,,the build
3669 instructions}, where we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path
3670 to invoke @var{srcdir}/configure.
3671
3672 Because GCC on AIX is built as a 32-bit executable by default,
3673 (although it can generate 64-bit programs) the GMP and MPFR libraries
3674 required by gfortran must be 32-bit libraries. Building GMP and MPFR
3675 as static archive libraries works better than shared libraries.
3676
3677 Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
3678 to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
3679 compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
3680 the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
3681 (not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
3682 @command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
3683 configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
3684 does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
3685 If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
3686 is the version of Make (see above).
3687
3688 The native @command{as} and @command{ld} are recommended for bootstrapping
3689 on AIX@. The GNU Assembler, GNU Linker, and GNU Binutils version 2.20
3690 is required to bootstrap on AIX 5@. The native AIX tools do
3691 interoperate with GCC@.
3692
3693 AIX 5.3 TL10, AIX 6.1 TL05 and AIX 7.1 TL00 introduced an AIX
3694 assembler change that sometimes produces corrupt assembly files
3695 causing AIX linker errors. The bug breaks GCC bootstrap on AIX and
3696 can cause compilation failures with existing GCC installations. An
3697 AIX iFix for AIX 5.3 is available (APAR IZ98385 for AIX 5.3 TL10, APAR
3698 IZ98477 for AIX 5.3 TL11 and IZ98134 for AIX 5.3 TL12). Fixes for AIX
3699 6.1 (APAR IZ98732 for AIX 6.1 TL05 and APAR IZ98861 for AIX 6.1 TL06)
3700 and AIX 7.1 are in verification and packaging phases.
3701
3702 Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
3703 APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1). It also requires a
3704 fix for another AIX Assembler bug and a co-dependent AIX Archiver fix
3705 referenced as APAR IY53606 (AIX 5.2) or as APAR IY54774 (AIX 5.1)
3706
3707 @samp{libstdc++} in GCC 3.4 increments the major version number of the
3708 shared object and GCC installation places the @file{libstdc++.a}
3709 shared library in a common location which will overwrite the and GCC
3710 3.3 version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
3711 re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.3
3712 versions of the @samp{libstdc++} shared object needs to be available
3713 to the AIX runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 @samp{libstdc++.so.4}, if
3714 present, and GCC 3.3 @samp{libstdc++.so.5} shared objects can be
3715 installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to set
3716 the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag in the shared object for @emph{each}
3717 multilib @file{libstdc++.a} installed:
3718
3719 Extract the shared objects from the currently installed
3720 @file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3721 @smallexample
3722 % ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3723 @end smallexample
3724
3725 Enable the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag so that the shared object will be
3726 available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
3727 @smallexample
3728 % strip -e libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3729 @end smallexample
3730
3731 Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.4
3732 @file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3733 @smallexample
3734 % ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3735 @end smallexample
3736
3737 Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
3738 duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
3739 have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
3740 and function declarations in the original program. The warnings should
3741 not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
3742 executable.
3743
3744 AIX 4.3 utilizes a ``large format'' archive to support both 32-bit and
3745 64-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
3746 to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
3747 These routines are used by GCC and result in error messages during
3748 linking such as ``not a COFF file''. The version of the routines shipped
3749 with AIX 4.3.1 should work for a 32-bit environment. The @option{-g}
3750 option of the archive command may be used to create archives of 32-bit
3751 objects using the original ``small format''. A correct version of the
3752 routines is shipped with AIX 4.3.2 and above.
3753
3754 Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
3755 overflow severe error when the @option{-bbigtoc} option is used to link
3756 GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC@. A fix
3757 for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
3758 available from IBM Customer Support and from its
3759 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
3760 website as PTF U455193.
3761
3762 The AIX 4.3.2.1 linker (bos.rte.bind_cmds Level 4.3.2.1) will dump core
3763 with a segmentation fault when invoked by any version of GCC@. A fix for
3764 APAR IX87327 is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
3765 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
3766 website as PTF U461879. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.3 and above.
3767
3768 The initial assembler shipped with AIX 4.3.0 generates incorrect object
3769 files. A fix for APAR IX74254 (64BIT DISASSEMBLED OUTPUT FROM COMPILER FAILS
3770 TO ASSEMBLE/BIND) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
3771 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
3772 website as PTF U453956. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.1 and above.
3773
3774 AIX provides National Language Support (NLS)@. Compilers and assemblers
3775 use NLS to support locale-specific representations of various data
3776 formats including floating-point numbers (e.g., @samp{.} vs @samp{,} for
3777 separating decimal fractions). There have been problems reported where
3778 GCC does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
3779 expects. If one encounters this problem, set the @env{LANG}
3780 environment variable to @samp{C} or @samp{En_US}.
3781
3782 A default can be specified with the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3783 switch and using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
3784
3785 @html
3786 <hr />
3787 @end html
3788 @heading @anchor{iq2000-x-elf}iq2000-*-elf
3789 Vitesse IQ2000 processors. These are used in embedded
3790 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3791
3792 @html
3793 <hr />
3794 @end html
3795 @heading @anchor{lm32-x-elf}lm32-*-elf
3796 Lattice Mico32 processor.
3797 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3798
3799 @html
3800 <hr />
3801 @end html
3802 @heading @anchor{lm32-x-uclinux}lm32-*-uclinux
3803 Lattice Mico32 processor.
3804 This configuration is intended for embedded systems running uClinux.
3805
3806 @html
3807 <hr />
3808 @end html
3809 @heading @anchor{m32c-x-elf}m32c-*-elf
3810 Renesas M32C processor.
3811 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3812
3813 @html
3814 <hr />
3815 @end html
3816 @heading @anchor{m32r-x-elf}m32r-*-elf
3817 Renesas M32R processor.
3818 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3819
3820 @html
3821 <hr />
3822 @end html
3823 @heading @anchor{m68k-x-x}m68k-*-*
3824 By default,
3825 @samp{m68k-*-elf*}, @samp{m68k-*-rtems}, @samp{m68k-*-uclinux} and
3826 @samp{m68k-*-linux}
3827 build libraries for both M680x0 and ColdFire processors. If you only
3828 need the M680x0 libraries, you can omit the ColdFire ones by passing
3829 @option{--with-arch=m68k} to @command{configure}. Alternatively, you
3830 can omit the M680x0 libraries by passing @option{--with-arch=cf} to
3831 @command{configure}. These targets default to 5206 or 5475 code as
3832 appropriate for the target system when
3833 configured with @option{--with-arch=cf} and 68020 code otherwise.
3834
3835 The @samp{m68k-*-netbsd} and
3836 @samp{m68k-*-openbsd} targets also support the @option{--with-arch}
3837 option. They will generate ColdFire CFV4e code when configured with
3838 @option{--with-arch=cf} and 68020 code otherwise.
3839
3840 You can override the default processors listed above by configuring
3841 with @option{--with-cpu=@var{target}}. This @var{target} can either
3842 be a @option{-mcpu} argument or one of the following values:
3843 @samp{m68000}, @samp{m68010}, @samp{m68020}, @samp{m68030},
3844 @samp{m68040}, @samp{m68060}, @samp{m68020-40} and @samp{m68020-60}.
3845
3846 GCC requires at least binutils version 2.17 on these targets.
3847
3848 @html
3849 <hr />
3850 @end html
3851 @heading @anchor{m68k-x-uclinux}m68k-*-uclinux
3852 GCC 4.3 changed the uClinux configuration so that it uses the
3853 @samp{m68k-linux-gnu} ABI rather than the @samp{m68k-elf} ABI.
3854 It also added improved support for C++ and flat shared libraries,
3855 both of which were ABI changes.
3856
3857
3858 @html
3859 <hr />
3860 @end html
3861 @heading @anchor{mep-x-elf}mep-*-elf
3862 Toshiba Media embedded Processor.
3863 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3864
3865 @html
3866 <hr />
3867 @end html
3868 @heading @anchor{microblaze-x-elf}microblaze-*-elf
3869 Xilinx MicroBlaze processor.
3870 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3871
3872 @html
3873 <hr />
3874 @end html
3875 @heading @anchor{mips-x-x}mips-*-*
3876 If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying ``does not have gp
3877 sections for all it's [sic] sectons [sic]'', don't worry about it. This
3878 happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
3879 really anything wrong, and it is okay to use the output file. You can
3880 stop such warnings by installing the GNU linker.
3881
3882 It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
3883 optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
3884
3885 The libstdc++ atomic locking routines for MIPS targets requires MIPS II
3886 and later. A patch went in just after the GCC 3.3 release to
3887 make @samp{mips*-*-*} use the generic implementation instead. You can also
3888 configure for @samp{mipsel-elf} as a workaround. The
3889 @samp{mips*-*-linux*} target continues to use the MIPS II routines. More
3890 work on this is expected in future releases.
3891
3892 @c If you make --with-llsc the default for another target, please also
3893 @c update the description of the --with-llsc option.
3894
3895 The built-in @code{__sync_*} functions are available on MIPS II and
3896 later systems and others that support the @samp{ll}, @samp{sc} and
3897 @samp{sync} instructions. This can be overridden by passing
3898 @option{--with-llsc} or @option{--without-llsc} when configuring GCC.
3899 Since the Linux kernel emulates these instructions if they are
3900 missing, the default for @samp{mips*-*-linux*} targets is
3901 @option{--with-llsc}. The @option{--with-llsc} and
3902 @option{--without-llsc} configure options may be overridden at compile
3903 time by passing the @option{-mllsc} or @option{-mno-llsc} options to
3904 the compiler.
3905
3906 MIPS systems check for division by zero (unless
3907 @option{-mno-check-zero-division} is passed to the compiler) by
3908 generating either a conditional trap or a break instruction. Using
3909 trap results in smaller code, but is only supported on MIPS II and
3910 later. Also, some versions of the Linux kernel have a bug that
3911 prevents trap from generating the proper signal (@code{SIGFPE}). To enable
3912 the use of break, use the @option{--with-divide=breaks}
3913 @command{configure} option when configuring GCC@. The default is to
3914 use traps on systems that support them.
3915
3916 The assembler from GNU binutils 2.17 and earlier has a bug in the way
3917 it sorts relocations for REL targets (o32, o64, EABI). This can cause
3918 bad code to be generated for simple C++ programs. Also the linker
3919 from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which causes the
3920 runtime linker stubs in very large programs, like @file{libgcj.so}, to
3921 be incorrectly generated. GNU Binutils 2.18 and later (and snapshots
3922 made after Nov. 9, 2006) should be free from both of these problems.
3923
3924 @html
3925 <hr />
3926 @end html
3927 @heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
3928
3929 Support for IRIX 5 has been removed in GCC 4.6.
3930
3931 @html
3932 <hr />
3933 @end html
3934 @heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
3935
3936 Support for IRIX 6.5 has been removed in GCC 4.8. Support for IRIX 6
3937 releases before 6.5 has been removed in GCC 4.6, as well as support for
3938 the O32 ABI.
3939
3940 @html
3941 <hr />
3942 @end html
3943 @heading @anchor{moxie-x-elf}moxie-*-elf
3944 The moxie processor. See @uref{http://moxielogic.org/} for more
3945 information about this processor.
3946
3947 @html
3948 <hr />
3949 @end html
3950 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-x}powerpc-*-*
3951
3952 You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3953 switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
3954
3955 You will need
3956 @uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.15}
3957 or newer for a working GCC@.
3958
3959 @html
3960 <hr />
3961 @end html
3962 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-darwin}powerpc-*-darwin*
3963 PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
3964
3965 Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
3966 meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
3967 binaries are available at
3968 @uref{http://opensource.apple.com/}.
3969
3970 This version of GCC requires at least cctools-590.36. The
3971 cctools-590.36 package referenced from
3972 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-03/msg00507.html} will not work
3973 on systems older than 10.3.9 (aka darwin7.9.0).
3974
3975 @html
3976 <hr />
3977 @end html
3978 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-elf}powerpc-*-elf
3979 PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
3980
3981 @html
3982 <hr />
3983 @end html
3984 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-linux-gnu}powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*
3985
3986 PowerPC system in big endian mode running Linux.
3987
3988 @html
3989 <hr />
3990 @end html
3991 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-netbsd}powerpc-*-netbsd*
3992 PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@.
3993
3994 @html
3995 <hr />
3996 @end html
3997 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
3998 Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
3999 PSIM simulator.
4000
4001 @html
4002 <hr />
4003 @end html
4004 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
4005 Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
4006
4007 @html
4008 <hr />
4009 @end html
4010 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-elf}powerpcle-*-elf
4011 PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
4012
4013 @html
4014 <hr />
4015 @end html
4016 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
4017 Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
4018 the PSIM simulator.
4019
4020 @html
4021 <hr />
4022 @end html
4023 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
4024 Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
4025
4026 @html
4027 <hr />
4028 @end html
4029 @heading @anchor{rl78-x-elf}rl78-*-elf
4030 The Renesas RL78 processor.
4031 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
4032
4033 @html
4034 <hr />
4035 @end html
4036 @heading @anchor{rx-x-elf}rx-*-elf
4037 The Renesas RX processor. See
4038 @uref{http://eu.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=rx600_series_landing.jsp&fp=/products/mpumcu/rx_family/rx600_series}
4039 for more information about this processor.
4040
4041 @html
4042 <hr />
4043 @end html
4044 @heading @anchor{s390-x-linux}s390-*-linux*
4045 S/390 system running GNU/Linux for S/390@.
4046
4047 @html
4048 <hr />
4049 @end html
4050 @heading @anchor{s390x-x-linux}s390x-*-linux*
4051 zSeries system (64-bit) running GNU/Linux for zSeries@.
4052
4053 @html
4054 <hr />
4055 @end html
4056 @heading @anchor{s390x-ibm-tpf}s390x-ibm-tpf*
4057 zSeries system (64-bit) running TPF@. This platform is
4058 supported as cross-compilation target only.
4059
4060 @html
4061 <hr />
4062 @end html
4063 @c Please use Solaris 2 to refer to all release of Solaris, starting
4064 @c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, 8, etc. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
4065 @c SunOS 4 releases which we don't use to avoid confusion. Solaris
4066 @c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
4067 @heading @anchor{x-x-solaris2}*-*-solaris2*
4068
4069 Support for Solaris 8 has removed in GCC 4.8. Support for Solaris 7 has
4070 been removed in GCC 4.6.
4071
4072 Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2 before Solaris 10, though
4073 you can download the Sun Studio compilers for free. In Solaris 10 and
4074 11, GCC 3.4.3 is available as @command{/usr/sfw/bin/gcc}. Solaris 11
4075 also provides GCC 4.5.2 as @command{/usr/gcc/4.5/bin/gcc}. Alternatively,
4076 you can install a pre-built GCC to bootstrap and install GCC. See the
4077 @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
4078
4079 The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
4080 @samp{libstdc++-v3}, @samp{boehm-gc} or @samp{libjava}. We therefore
4081 recommend using the following initial sequence of commands
4082
4083 @smallexample
4084 % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
4085 % export CONFIG_SHELL
4086 @end smallexample
4087
4088 @noindent
4089 and proceed as described in @uref{configure.html,,the configure instructions}.
4090 In addition we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke
4091 @command{@var{srcdir}/configure}.
4092
4093 Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
4094 are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
4095 @code{SUNWbtool}, @code{SUNWesu}, @code{SUNWhea}, @code{SUNWlibm},
4096 @code{SUNWsprot}, and @code{SUNWtoo}. If you did not install all
4097 optional packages when installing Solaris 2, you will need to verify that
4098 the packages that GCC needs are installed.
4099
4100 To check whether an optional package is installed, use
4101 the @command{pkginfo} command. To add an optional package, use the
4102 @command{pkgadd} command. For further details, see the Solaris 2
4103 documentation.
4104
4105 Trying to use the linker and other tools in
4106 @file{/usr/ucb} to install GCC has been observed to cause trouble.
4107 For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
4108 @file{/usr/ucb} from your @env{PATH}.
4109
4110 The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Sun tools so, if you
4111 have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
4112 @file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
4113
4114 We recommend the use of the Sun assembler or the GNU assembler, in
4115 conjunction with the Sun linker. The GNU @command{as}
4116 versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11,
4117 from GNU binutils 2.19, are known to work. They can be found in
4118 @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.22)
4119 are known to work as well. Note that your mileage may vary
4120 if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while the
4121 combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
4122 the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} may fail to
4123 build or cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
4124 @c FIXME: still?
4125 GNU @command{ld} usually works as well, although the version included in
4126 Solaris 10 cannot be used due to several bugs. Again, the current
4127 version (2.22) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific
4128 features, so better stay with Sun @command{ld}. To use the LTO linker
4129 plugin (@option{-fuse-linker-plugin}) with GNU @command{ld}, GNU
4130 binutils @emph{must} be configured with @option{--enable-largefile}.
4131
4132 To enable symbol versioning in @samp{libstdc++} with Sun @command{ld},
4133 you need to have any version of GNU @command{c++filt}, which is part of
4134 GNU binutils. @samp{libstdc++} symbol versioning will be disabled if no
4135 appropriate version is found. Sun @command{c++filt} from the Sun Studio
4136 compilers does @emph{not} work.
4137
4138 Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
4139 newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers
4140 assume that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for
4141 C90 but is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
4142
4143 Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures
4144 related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn't affect GCC
4145 itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the @command{expect}
4146 program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug
4147 causes the @command{expect} program to miss anticipated output, extra
4148 testsuite failures appear.
4149
4150 There are patches for Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for
4151 SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem.
4152
4153 Thread-local storage (TLS) is supported in Solaris@tie{}9, but requires
4154 some patches. The @samp{libthread} patches provide the
4155 @code{__tls_get_addr} (SPARC, 64-bit x86) resp.@ @code{___tls_get_addr}
4156 (32-bit x86) functions. On Solaris@tie{}9, the necessary support
4157 on SPARC is present since FCS, while 114432-05 or newer is required on
4158 Intel. Additionally, on Solaris@tie{}9/x86, patch 113986-02 or newer is
4159 required for the Sun @command{ld} and runtime linker (@command{ld.so.1})
4160 support, while Solaris@tie{}9/SPARC works since FCS. The linker
4161 patches must be installed even if GNU @command{ld} is used. Sun
4162 @command{as} in Solaris@tie{}9 doesn't support the necessary
4163 relocations, so GNU @command{as} must be used. The @command{configure}
4164 script checks for those prerequisites and automatically enables TLS
4165 support if they are met. Although those minimal patch versions should
4166 work, it is recommended to use the latest patch versions which include
4167 additional bug fixes.
4168
4169 @html
4170 <hr />
4171 @end html
4172 @heading @anchor{sparc-x-x}sparc*-*-*
4173
4174 This section contains general configuration information for all
4175 SPARC-based platforms. In addition to reading this section, please
4176 read all other sections that match your target.
4177
4178 Newer versions of the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), the MPFR
4179 library and the MPC library are known to be miscompiled by earlier
4180 versions of GCC on these platforms. We therefore recommend the use
4181 of the exact versions of these libraries listed as minimal versions
4182 in @uref{prerequisites.html,,the prerequisites}.
4183
4184 @html
4185 <hr />
4186 @end html
4187 @heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2}sparc-sun-solaris2*
4188
4189 When GCC is configured to use GNU binutils 2.14 or later, the binaries
4190 produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
4191 this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
4192 information.
4193
4194 Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
4195 64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
4196 this; the @option{-m64} option enables 64-bit code generation.
4197 However, if all you want is code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you
4198 should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which produces
4199 code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
4200 machines.
4201
4202 When configuring on a Solaris 7 or later system that is running a kernel
4203 that supports only 32-bit binaries, one must configure with
4204 @option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
4205 64-bit target libraries.
4206
4207 GCC 3.3 and GCC 3.4 trigger code generation bugs in earlier versions of
4208 the GNU compiler (especially GCC 3.0.x versions), which lead to the
4209 miscompilation of the stage1 compiler and the subsequent failure of the
4210 bootstrap process. A workaround is to use GCC 3.2.3 as an intermediary
4211 stage, i.e.@: to bootstrap that compiler with the base compiler and then
4212 use it to bootstrap the final compiler.
4213
4214 GCC 3.4 triggers a code generation bug in versions 5.4 (Sun ONE Studio 7)
4215 and 5.5 (Sun ONE Studio 8) of the Sun compiler, which causes a bootstrap
4216 failure in form of a miscompilation of the stage1 compiler by the Sun
4217 compiler. This is Sun bug 4974440. This is fixed with patch 112760-07.
4218
4219 GCC 3.4 changed the default debugging format from Stabs to DWARF-2 for
4220 32-bit code on Solaris 7 and later. If you use the Sun assembler, this
4221 change apparently runs afoul of Sun bug 4910101 (which is referenced as
4222 an x86-only problem by Sun, probably because they do not use DWARF-2).
4223 A symptom of the problem is that you cannot compile C++ programs like
4224 @command{groff} 1.19.1 without getting messages similar to the following:
4225
4226 @smallexample
4227 ld: warning: relocation error: R_SPARC_UA32: @dots{}
4228 external symbolic relocation against non-allocatable section
4229 .debug_info cannot be processed at runtime: relocation ignored.
4230 @end smallexample
4231
4232 @noindent
4233 To work around this problem, compile with @option{-gstabs+} instead of
4234 plain @option{-g}.
4235
4236 When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), the MPFR
4237 library or the MPC library on a Solaris 7 or later system, the canonical
4238 target triplet must be specified as the @command{build} parameter on the
4239 configure line. This target triplet can be obtained by invoking @command{./config.guess} in the toplevel source directory of GCC (and
4240 not that of GMP or MPFR or MPC). For example on a Solaris 9 system:
4241
4242 @smallexample
4243 % ./configure --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.9 --prefix=xxx
4244 @end smallexample
4245
4246 @html
4247 <hr />
4248 @end html
4249 @heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris210}sparc-sun-solaris2.10
4250
4251 There is a bug in older versions of the Sun assembler which breaks
4252 thread-local storage (TLS). A typical error message is
4253
4254 @smallexample
4255 ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_TLS_LE_HIX22: file /var/tmp//ccamPA1v.o:
4256 symbol <unknown>: bad symbol type SECT: symbol type must be TLS
4257 @end smallexample
4258
4259 @noindent
4260 This bug is fixed in Sun patch 118683-03 or later.
4261
4262 @html
4263 <hr />
4264 @end html
4265 @heading @anchor{sparc-x-linux}sparc-*-linux*
4266
4267 GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
4268 or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
4269 releases mishandled unaligned relocations on @code{sparc-*-*} targets.
4270
4271
4272 @html
4273 <hr />
4274 @end html
4275 @heading @anchor{sparc64-x-solaris2}sparc64-*-solaris2*
4276
4277 When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) or the
4278 MPFR library, the canonical target triplet must be specified as
4279 the @command{build} parameter on the configure line. For example
4280 on a Solaris 9 system:
4281
4282 @smallexample
4283 % ./configure --build=sparc64-sun-solaris2.9 --prefix=xxx
4284 @end smallexample
4285
4286 The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
4287 step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
4288
4289 @smallexample
4290 % CC="cc -xarch=v9 -xildoff" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
4291 @end smallexample
4292
4293 @noindent
4294 @option{-xarch=v9} specifies the SPARC-V9 architecture to the Sun toolchain
4295 and @option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker.
4296
4297 @html
4298 <hr />
4299 @end html
4300 @heading @anchor{sparcv9-x-solaris2}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
4301
4302 This is a synonym for @samp{sparc64-*-solaris2*}.
4303
4304 @html
4305 <hr />
4306 @end html
4307 @heading @anchor{c6x-x-x}c6x-*-*
4308
4309 The C6X family of processors. This port requires binutils-2.22 or newer.
4310
4311 @html
4312 <hr />
4313 @end html
4314 @heading @anchor{tilegx-*-linux}tilegx-*-linux*
4315
4316 The TILE-Gx processor running GNU/Linux. This port requires
4317 binutils-2.22 or newer.
4318
4319 @html
4320 <hr />
4321 @end html
4322 @heading @anchor{tilepro-*-linux}tilepro-*-linux*
4323
4324 The TILEPro processor running GNU/Linux. This port requires
4325 binutils-2.22 or newer.
4326
4327 @html
4328 <hr />
4329 @end html
4330 @heading @anchor{x-x-vxworks}*-*-vxworks*
4331 Support for VxWorks is in flux. At present GCC supports @emph{only} the
4332 very recent VxWorks 5.5 (aka Tornado 2.2) release, and only on PowerPC@.
4333 We welcome patches for other architectures supported by VxWorks 5.5.
4334 Support for VxWorks AE would also be welcome; we believe this is merely
4335 a matter of writing an appropriate ``configlette'' (see below). We are
4336 not interested in supporting older, a.out or COFF-based, versions of
4337 VxWorks in GCC 3.
4338
4339 VxWorks comes with an older version of GCC installed in
4340 @file{@var{$WIND_BASE}/host}; we recommend you do not overwrite it.
4341 Choose an installation @var{prefix} entirely outside @var{$WIND_BASE}.
4342 Before running @command{configure}, create the directories @file{@var{prefix}}
4343 and @file{@var{prefix}/bin}. Link or copy the appropriate assembler,
4344 linker, etc.@: into @file{@var{prefix}/bin}, and set your @var{PATH} to
4345 include that directory while running both @command{configure} and
4346 @command{make}.
4347
4348 You must give @command{configure} the
4349 @option{--with-headers=@var{$WIND_BASE}/target/h} switch so that it can
4350 find the VxWorks system headers. Since VxWorks is a cross compilation
4351 target only, you must also specify @option{--target=@var{target}}.
4352 @command{configure} will attempt to create the directory
4353 @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} and copy files into it;
4354 make sure the user running @command{configure} has sufficient privilege
4355 to do so.
4356
4357 GCC's exception handling runtime requires a special ``configlette''
4358 module, @file{contrib/gthr_supp_vxw_5x.c}. Follow the instructions in
4359 that file to add the module to your kernel build. (Future versions of
4360 VxWorks will incorporate this module.)
4361
4362 @html
4363 <hr />
4364 @end html
4365 @heading @anchor{x86-64-x-x}x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*
4366
4367 GCC supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64 processor
4368 (amd64-*-* is an alias for x86_64-*-*) on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD@.
4369 On GNU/Linux the default is a bi-arch compiler which is able to generate
4370 both 64-bit x86-64 and 32-bit x86 code (via the @option{-m32} switch).
4371
4372 @html
4373 <hr />
4374 @end html
4375 @heading @anchor{x86-64-x-solaris210}x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*
4376
4377 GCC also supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64
4378 processor (@samp{amd64-*-*} is an alias for @samp{x86_64-*-*}) on
4379 Solaris 10 or later. Unlike other systems, without special options a
4380 bi-arch compiler is built which generates 32-bit code by default, but
4381 can generate 64-bit x86-64 code with the @option{-m64} switch. Since
4382 GCC 4.7, there is also configuration that defaults to 64-bit code, but
4383 can generate 32-bit code with @option{-m32}. To configure and build
4384 this way, you have to provide all support libraries like @file{libgmp}
4385 as 64-bit code, configure with @option{--target=x86_64-pc-solaris2.1x}
4386 and @samp{CC=gcc -m64}.
4387
4388 @html
4389 <hr />
4390 @end html
4391 @heading @anchor{xtensa-x-elf}xtensa*-*-elf
4392
4393 This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
4394 @samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
4395 objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
4396 Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
4397 through inline assembly.
4398
4399 The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
4400 building GCC@. The @file{include/xtensa-config.h} header
4401 file contains the configuration information. If you created your
4402 own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
4403 downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
4404 which you can use to replace the default header file.
4405
4406 @html
4407 <hr />
4408 @end html
4409 @heading @anchor{xtensa-x-linux}xtensa*-*-linux*
4410
4411 This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
4412 shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
4413 position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
4414 @option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
4415 respects, this target is the same as the
4416 @uref{#xtensa*-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa*-*-elf}} target.
4417
4418 @html
4419 <hr />
4420 @end html
4421 @heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows
4422
4423 @subheading Intel 16-bit versions
4424 The 16-bit versions of Microsoft Windows, such as Windows 3.1, are not
4425 supported.
4426
4427 However, the 32-bit port has limited support for Microsoft
4428 Windows 3.11 in the Win32s environment, as a target only. See below.
4429
4430 @subheading Intel 32-bit versions
4431
4432 The 32-bit versions of Windows, including Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows
4433 XP, and Windows Vista, are supported by several different target
4434 platforms. These targets differ in which Windows subsystem they target
4435 and which C libraries are used.
4436
4437 @itemize
4438 @item Cygwin @uref{#x-x-cygwin,,*-*-cygwin}: Cygwin provides a user-space
4439 Linux API emulation layer in the Win32 subsystem.
4440 @item Interix @uref{#x-x-interix,,*-*-interix}: The Interix subsystem
4441 provides native support for POSIX.
4442 @item MinGW @uref{#x-x-mingw32,,*-*-mingw32}: MinGW is a native GCC port for
4443 the Win32 subsystem that provides a subset of POSIX.
4444 @item MKS i386-pc-mks: NuTCracker from MKS. See
4445 @uref{http://www.mkssoftware.com/} for more information.
4446 @end itemize
4447
4448 @subheading Intel 64-bit versions
4449
4450 GCC contains support for x86-64 using the mingw-w64
4451 runtime library, available from @uref{http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/}.
4452 This library should be used with the target triple x86_64-pc-mingw32.
4453
4454 Presently Windows for Itanium is not supported.
4455
4456 @subheading Windows CE
4457
4458 Windows CE is supported as a target only on Hitachi
4459 SuperH (sh-wince-pe), and MIPS (mips-wince-pe).
4460
4461 @subheading Other Windows Platforms
4462
4463 GCC no longer supports Windows NT on the Alpha or PowerPC.
4464
4465 GCC no longer supports the Windows POSIX subsystem. However, it does
4466 support the Interix subsystem. See above.
4467
4468 Old target names including *-*-winnt and *-*-windowsnt are no longer used.
4469
4470 PW32 (i386-pc-pw32) support was never completed, and the project seems to
4471 be inactive. See @uref{http://pw32.sourceforge.net/} for more information.
4472
4473 UWIN support has been removed due to a lack of maintenance.
4474
4475 @html
4476 <hr />
4477 @end html
4478 @heading @anchor{x-x-cygwin}*-*-cygwin
4479
4480 Ports of GCC are included with the
4481 @uref{http://www.cygwin.com/,,Cygwin environment}.
4482
4483 GCC will build under Cygwin without modification; it does not build
4484 with Microsoft's C++ compiler and there are no plans to make it do so.
4485
4486 The Cygwin native compiler can be configured to target any 32-bit x86
4487 cpu architecture desired; the default is i686-pc-cygwin. It should be
4488 used with as up-to-date a version of binutils as possible; use either
4489 the latest official GNU binutils release in the Cygwin distribution,
4490 or version 2.20 or above if building your own.
4491
4492 @html
4493 <hr />
4494 @end html
4495 @heading @anchor{x-x-interix}*-*-interix
4496
4497 The Interix target is used by OpenNT, Interix, Services For UNIX (SFU),
4498 and Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA). Applications compiled
4499 with this target run in the Interix subsystem, which is separate from
4500 the Win32 subsystem. This target was last known to work in GCC 3.3.
4501
4502 @html
4503 <hr />
4504 @end html
4505 @heading @anchor{x-x-mingw32}*-*-mingw32
4506
4507 GCC will build with and support only MinGW runtime 3.12 and later.
4508 Earlier versions of headers are incompatible with the new default semantics
4509 of @code{extern inline} in @code{-std=c99} and @code{-std=gnu99} modes.
4510
4511 @html
4512 <hr />
4513 @end html
4514 @heading @anchor{older}Older systems
4515
4516 GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
4517 1990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
4518 has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
4519 several years and may suffer from bitrot.
4520
4521 Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
4522 Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
4523 @command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
4524 option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
4525 systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
4526
4527 Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
4528 workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
4529 cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC@. In some cases, to
4530 bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
4531 require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
4532 system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
4533 vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
4534 @file{old-releases} directory on the @uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror
4535 sites}. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
4536 @command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
4537 operating system may still cause problems.
4538
4539 Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
4540 problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
4541 wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
4542 the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last
4543 version before they were removed), patches
4544 @uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements} would be
4545 likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
4546 modern targets.
4547
4548 For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
4549 and are available from @file{pub/binutils/old-releases} on
4550 @uref{http://sourceware.org/mirrors.html,,sourceware.org mirror sites}.
4551
4552 Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
4553 such older systems, but much of the information
4554 about GCC on such systems (which may no longer be applicable to
4555 current GCC) is to be found in the GCC texinfo manual.
4556
4557 @html
4558 <hr />
4559 @end html
4560 @heading @anchor{elf}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
4561
4562 C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
4563 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-ld,,GNU linker}; duplicate copies of
4564 inlines, vtables and template instantiations will be discarded
4565 automatically.
4566
4567
4568 @html
4569 <hr />
4570 <p>
4571 @end html
4572 @ifhtml
4573 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4574 @end ifhtml
4575 @end ifset
4576
4577 @c ***Old documentation******************************************************
4578 @ifset oldhtml
4579 @include install-old.texi
4580 @html
4581 <hr />
4582 <p>
4583 @end html
4584 @ifhtml
4585 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4586 @end ifhtml
4587 @end ifset
4588
4589 @c ***GFDL********************************************************************
4590 @ifset gfdlhtml
4591 @include fdl.texi
4592 @html
4593 <hr />
4594 <p>
4595 @end html
4596 @ifhtml
4597 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4598 @end ifhtml
4599 @end ifset
4600
4601 @c ***************************************************************************
4602 @c Part 6 The End of the Document
4603 @ifinfo
4604 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
4605 @node Concept Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
4606 @end ifinfo
4607
4608 @ifinfo
4609 @unnumbered Concept Index
4610
4611 @printindex cp
4612
4613 @contents
4614 @end ifinfo
4615 @bye