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@c Part 2 Summary Description and Copyright
-@macro copyrightnotice
-Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@copying
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+1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
+2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+@dircategory Software development
+@direntry
+* gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection.
+@end direntry
@c Part 3 Titlepage and Copyright
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-@sp 10
-@comment The title is printed in a large font.
-@center @titlefont{Installing GCC}
+@title Installing GCC
+@versionsubtitle
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+@c Part 4 Top node, Master Menu, and/or Table of Contents
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+
@c Part 5 The Body of the Document
@c ***Installing GCC**********************************************************
@ifnothtml
you proceed.
Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are
-available at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
+available at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
These lists are updated as new information becomes available.
The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
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@menu
+* Prerequisites::
* Downloading the source::
* Configuration::
* Building::
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@item
+@uref{prerequisites.html,,Prerequisites}
+@item
@uref{download.html,,Downloading the source}
@item
@uref{configure.html,,Configuration}
@ifhtml
@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
-@copyrightnotice{}
+@insertcopying
+@end ifhtml
+@end ifset
+
+@c ***Prerequisites**************************************************
+@ifnothtml
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Prerequisites, Downloading the source, , Installing GCC
+@end ifnothtml
+@ifset prerequisiteshtml
+@ifnothtml
+@chapter Prerequisites
+@end ifnothtml
+@cindex Prerequisites
+
+GCC requires that various tools and packages be available for use in the
+build procedure. Modifying GCC sources requires additional tools
+described below.
+
+@heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
+@table @asis
+@item ISO C90 compiler
+Necessary to bootstrap GCC, although versions of GCC prior
+to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler.
+
+To build all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where
+3-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing
+GCC binary (version 2.95 or later) because source code for language
+frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
+
+@item GNAT
+
+In order to build the Ada compiler (GNAT) you must already have GNAT
+installed because portions of the Ada frontend are written in Ada (with
+GNAT extensions.) Refer to the Ada installation instructions for more
+specific information.
+
+@item A ``working'' POSIX compatible shell, or GNU bash
+
+Necessary when running @command{configure} because some
+@command{/bin/sh} shells have bugs and may crash when configuring the
+target libraries. In other cases, @command{/bin/sh} or @command{ksh}
+have disastrous corner-case performance problems. This
+can cause target @command{configure} runs to literally take days to
+complete in some cases.
+
+So on some platforms @command{/bin/ksh} is sufficient, on others it
+isn't. See the host/target specific instructions for your platform, or
+use @command{bash} to be sure. Then set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} in your
+environment to your ``good'' shell prior to running
+@command{configure}/@command{make}.
+
+@command{zsh} is not a fully compliant POSIX shell and will not
+work when configuring GCC@.
+
+@item A POSIX or SVR4 awk
+
+Necessary for creating some of the generated source files for GCC@.
+If in doubt, use a recent GNU awk version, as some of the older ones
+are broken. GNU awk version 3.1.5 is known to work.
+
+@item GNU binutils
+
+Necessary in some circumstances, optional in others. See the
+host/target specific instructions for your platform for the exact
+requirements.
+
+@item gzip version 1.2.4 (or later) or
+@itemx bzip2 version 1.0.2 (or later)
+
+Necessary to uncompress GCC @command{tar} files when source code is
+obtained via FTP mirror sites.
+
+@item GNU make version 3.80 (or later)
+
+You must have GNU make installed to build GCC@.
+
+@item GNU tar version 1.14 (or later)
+
+Necessary (only on some platforms) to untar the source code. Many
+systems' @command{tar} programs will also work, only try GNU
+@command{tar} if you have problems.
+
+@item GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) version 4.1 (or later)
+
+Necessary to build GCC@. If you do not have it installed in your
+library search path, you will have to configure with the
+@option{--with-gmp} configure option. See also @option{--with-gmp-lib}
+and @option{--with-gmp-include}. Alternatively, if a GMP source
+distribution is found in a subdirectory of your GCC sources named
+@file{gmp}, it will be built together with GCC@.
+
+@item MPFR Library version 2.3.2 (or later)
+
+Necessary to build GCC@. It can be downloaded from
+@uref{http://www.mpfr.org/}. The version of MPFR that is bundled with
+GMP 4.1.x contains numerous bugs. Although GCC may appear to function
+with the buggy versions of MPFR, there are a few bugs that will not be
+fixed when using this version. It is strongly recommended to upgrade
+to the recommended version of MPFR.
+
+The @option{--with-mpfr} configure option should be used if your MPFR
+Library is not installed in your default library search path. See also
+@option{--with-mpfr-lib} and @option{--with-mpfr-include}.
+Alternatively, if a MPFR source distribution is found in a subdirectory
+of your GCC sources named @file{mpfr}, it will be built together with
+GCC@.
+
+@item Parma Polyhedra Library (PPL) version 0.10
+
+Necessary to build GCC with the Graphite loop optimizations.
+It can be downloaded from @uref{http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl/Download/}.
+
+The @option{--with-ppl} configure option should be used if PPL is not
+installed in your default library search path.
+
+@item CLooG-PPL version 0.15
+
+Necessary to build GCC with the Graphite loop optimizations. It can
+be downloaded from @uref{ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/}.
+The code in @file{cloog-ppl-0.15.tar.gz} comes from a branch of CLooG
+available from @uref{http://repo.or.cz/w/cloog-ppl.git}. CLooG-PPL
+should be configured with @option{--with-ppl}.
+
+The @option{--with-cloog} configure option should be used if CLooG is
+not installed in your default library search path.
+
+@item @command{jar}, or InfoZIP (@command{zip} and @command{unzip})
+
+Necessary to build libgcj, the GCJ runtime.
+
+@end table
+
+
+@heading Tools/packages necessary for modifying GCC
+@table @asis
+@item autoconf version 2.59
+@itemx GNU m4 version 1.4 (or later)
+
+Necessary when modifying @file{configure.ac}, @file{aclocal.m4}, etc.@:
+to regenerate @file{configure} and @file{config.in} files.
+
+@item automake version 1.9.6
+
+Necessary when modifying a @file{Makefile.am} file to regenerate its
+associated @file{Makefile.in}.
+
+Much of GCC does not use automake, so directly edit the @file{Makefile.in}
+file. Specifically this applies to the @file{gcc}, @file{intl},
+@file{libcpp}, @file{libiberty}, @file{libobjc} directories as well
+as any of their subdirectories.
+
+For directories that use automake, GCC requires the latest release in
+the 1.9.x series, which is currently 1.9.6. When regenerating a directory
+to a newer version, please update all the directories using an older 1.9.x
+to the latest released version.
+
+@item gettext version 0.14.5 (or later)
+
+Needed to regenerate @file{gcc.pot}.
+
+@item gperf version 2.7.2 (or later)
+
+Necessary when modifying @command{gperf} input files, e.g.@:
+@file{gcc/cp/cfns.gperf} to regenerate its associated header file, e.g.@:
+@file{gcc/cp/cfns.h}.
+
+@item DejaGnu 1.4.4
+@itemx Expect
+@itemx Tcl
+
+Necessary to run the GCC testsuite; see the section on testing for details.
+
+@item autogen version 5.5.4 (or later) and
+@itemx guile version 1.4.1 (or later)
+
+Necessary to regenerate @file{fixinc/fixincl.x} from
+@file{fixinc/inclhack.def} and @file{fixinc/*.tpl}.
+
+Necessary to run @samp{make check} for @file{fixinc}.
+
+Necessary to regenerate the top level @file{Makefile.in} file from
+@file{Makefile.tpl} and @file{Makefile.def}.
+
+@item Flex version 2.5.4 (or later)
+
+Necessary when modifying @file{*.l} files.
+
+Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
+files are not included in the SVN repository. They are included in
+releases.
+
+@item Texinfo version 4.7 (or later)
+
+Necessary for running @command{makeinfo} when modifying @file{*.texi}
+files to test your changes.
+
+Necessary for running @command{make dvi} or @command{make pdf} to
+create printable documentation in DVI or PDF format. Texinfo version
+4.8 or later is required for @command{make pdf}.
+
+Necessary to build GCC documentation during development because the
+generated output files are not included in the SVN repository. They are
+included in releases.
+
+@item @TeX{} (any working version)
+
+Necessary for running @command{texi2dvi} and @command{texi2pdf}, which
+are used when running @command{make dvi} or @command{make pdf} to create
+DVI or PDF files, respectively.
+
+@item SVN (any version)
+@itemx SSH (any version)
+
+Necessary to access the SVN repository. Public releases and weekly
+snapshots of the development sources are also available via FTP@.
+
+@item Perl version 5.6.1 (or later)
+
+Necessary when regenerating @file{Makefile} dependencies in libiberty.
+Necessary when regenerating @file{libiberty/functions.texi}.
+Necessary when generating manpages from Texinfo manuals.
+Necessary when targetting Darwin, building libstdc++,
+and not using @option{--disable-symvers}.
+Used by various scripts to generate some files included in SVN (mainly
+Unicode-related and rarely changing) from source tables.
+
+@item GNU diffutils version 2.7 (or later)
+
+Useful when submitting patches for the GCC source code.
+
+@item patch version 2.5.4 (or later)
+
+Necessary when applying patches, created with @command{diff}, to one's
+own sources.
+
+@item ecj1
+@itemx gjavah
+
+If you wish to modify @file{.java} files in libjava, you will need to
+configure with @option{--enable-java-maintainer-mode}, and you will need
+to have executables named @command{ecj1} and @command{gjavah} in your path.
+The @command{ecj1} executable should run the Eclipse Java compiler via
+the GCC-specific entry point. You can download a suitable jar from
+@uref{ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/}, or by running the script
+@command{contrib/download_ecj}.
+
+@item antlr.jar version 2.7.1 (or later)
+@itemx antlr binary
+
+If you wish to build the @command{gjdoc} binary in libjava, you will
+need to have a @file{antlr.jar} library available. The library is
+searched in system locations but can be configured with
+@option{--with-antlr-jar=} instead. When configuring with
+@option{--enable-java-maintainer-mode}, you will need to have one of
+the executables named @command{cantlr}, @command{runantlr} or
+@command{antlr} in your path.
+
+@end table
+
+@html
+<hr />
+<p>
+@end html
+@ifhtml
+@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
@end ifhtml
@end ifset
@c ***Downloading the source**************************************************
@ifnothtml
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@node Downloading the source, Configuration, , Installing GCC
+@node Downloading the source, Configuration, Prerequisites, Installing GCC
@end ifnothtml
@ifset downloadhtml
@ifnothtml
@cindex Downloading GCC
@cindex Downloading the Source
-GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html,,CVS} and FTP
+GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/svn.html,,SVN} and FTP
tarballs compressed with @command{gzip} or
@command{bzip2}. It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
components.
-Please refer to our @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
+Please refer to the @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
for information on how to obtain GCC@.
The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java,
-and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later) compilers. The full distribution
-also includes runtime libraries for C++, Objective-C, Fortran, and Java.
-In GCC 3.0 and later versions, GNU compiler testsuites are also included
-in the full distribution.
+and Ada (in the case of GCC 3.1 and later) compilers. The full
+distribution also includes runtime libraries for C++, Objective-C,
+Fortran, and Java. In GCC 3.0 and later versions, the GNU compiler
+testsuites are also included in the full distribution.
If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
(@file{bfd}, @file{binutils}, @file{gas}, @file{gprof}, @file{ld},
@file{opcodes}, @dots{}) to the directory containing the GCC sources.
+Likewise, the GMP and MPFR libraries can be automatically built together
+with GCC. Unpack the GMP and/or MPFR source distributions in the
+directory containing the GCC sources and rename their directories to
+@file{gmp} and @file{mpfr}, respectively (or use symbolic links with the
+same name).
+
@html
<hr />
<p>
We use @var{srcdir} to refer to the toplevel source directory for
GCC; we use @var{objdir} to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
-If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
+If you obtained the sources via SVN, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
@file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
+If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
+file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
+temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
+problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
+variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
+@command{pawd} or @samp{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
+phases.
+
First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside
within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
-that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is
-@file{Makefile}; if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile}
-does not exist, it probably means that the directory is already suitably
-clean. However, with the recommended method of building in a separate
-@var{objdir}, you should simply use a different @var{objdir} for each
-target.
+that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is @file{Makefile};
+if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile} does not exist
+or issues a message like ``don't know how to make distclean'' it probably
+means that the directory is already suitably clean. However, with the
+recommended method of building in a separate @var{objdir}, you should
+simply use a different @var{objdir} for each target.
Second, when configuring a native system, either @command{cc} or
@command{gcc} must be in your path or you must set @env{CC} in
your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration
scripts may fail.
+@ignore
Note that the bootstrap compiler and the resulting GCC must be link
compatible, else the bootstrap will fail with linker errors about
incompatible object file formats. Several multilibed targets are
@ifhtml
@uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
@end ifhtml
+@end ignore
To configure GCC:
-@example
+@smallexample
% mkdir @var{objdir}
% cd @var{objdir}
% @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
-@end example
+@end smallexample
+
+@heading Distributor options
+
+If you will be distributing binary versions of GCC, with modifications
+to the source code, you should use the options described in this
+section to make clear that your version contains modifications.
+
+@table @code
+@item --with-pkgversion=@var{version}
+Specify a string that identifies your package. You may wish
+to include a build number or build date. This version string will be
+included in the output of @command{gcc --version}. This suffix does
+not replace the default version string, only the @samp{GCC} part.
+The default value is @samp{GCC}.
+
+@item --with-bugurl=@var{url}
+Specify the URL that users should visit if they wish to report a bug.
+You are of course welcome to forward bugs reported to you to the FSF,
+if you determine that they are not bugs in your modifications.
+
+The default value refers to the FSF's GCC bug tracker.
+
+@end table
@heading Target specification
@itemize @bullet
@item
@var{target} must be specified as @option{--target=@var{target}}
when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
-i960-rtems, m68k-coff, sh-elf, etc.
+m68k-coff, sh-elf, etc.
@item
Specifying just @var{target} instead of @option{--target=@var{target}}
@heading Options specification
Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
-GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @command{configure
+GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @samp{configure
--help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
work and should not normally be used.
+Note that each @option{--enable} option has a corresponding
+@option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
+corresponding @option{--without} option.
+
@table @code
@item --prefix=@var{dirname}
Specify the toplevel installation
@file{/usr/local}.
We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
-subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa.
+subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. If specifying a directory
+beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand
+@var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use
+@env{$HOME} instead.
-These additional options control where certain parts of the distribution
-are installed. Normally you should not need to use these options.
+The following standard @command{autoconf} options are supported. Normally you
+should not need to use these options.
@table @code
@item --exec-prefix=@var{dirname}
Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
@item --libdir=@var{dirname}
Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
-internal parts of GCC@. The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/lib}.
+internal data files of GCC@. The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/lib}.
+
+@item --libexecdir=@var{dirname}
+Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC@.
+The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec}.
@item --with-slibdir=@var{dirname}
Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The
Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
The default is @file{@var{prefix}/info}.
+@item --datadir=@var{dirname}
+Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
+data files referenced by GCC@. The default is @file{@var{prefix}/share}.
+
@item --mandir=@var{dirname}
Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is
@file{@var{prefix}/man}. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts from
-the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The
-@command{g77} manpage is unmaintained and may be out of date; the others
+the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The manpages
are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full
manual.)
@item --with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}
Specify
the installation directory for G++ header files. The default is
-@file{@var{prefix}/include/g++-v3}.
+@file{@var{prefix}/include/c++/@var{version}}.
@end table
@item --program-prefix=@var{prefix}
GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
-installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
-programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
+installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
+programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
@option{--program-prefix=foo-} would result in @samp{gcc}
being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
@item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
-(see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
+(see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
would result in @samp{gcc} being installed as
@file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
@item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
-of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
+of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
-semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
+semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
transformed to the installed program @file{/usr/local/bin/myowngcc} and
the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
@file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
to achieve this effect.
All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
-complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
+complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
@var{suffix}) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
-As currently implemented, these options only take effect for native
+As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
with the target alias in front of their name, as in
-@samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
-before the target alias is prepended to the name - so, specifying
+@samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
+before the target alias is prepended to the name---so, specifying
@option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
resulting binary would be installed as
@file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
another directory which is based on the @option{--prefix} value.)
Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
-directory are part of GCC's "system include" directories. Although these
+directory are part of GCC's ``system include'' directories. Although these
two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
order for the correct processing of the include_next directive. The
local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
@item --enable-shared[=@var{package}[,@dots{}]]
Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
-are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries,
-except for @samp{libobjc} which is built as a static library only by
-default.
+are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries.
If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries
will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
@samp{libgcc} (also known as @samp{gcc}), @samp{libstdc++} (not
-@samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc} and
-@samp{libjava}. Note that @samp{libobjc} does not recognize itself by
-any name, so, if you list package names in @option{--enable-shared},
-you will only get static Objective-C libraries. @samp{libf2c} and
-@samp{libiberty} do not support shared libraries at all.
+@samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc},
+@samp{ada}, @samp{libada}, @samp{libjava} and @samp{libobjc}.
+Note @samp{libiberty} does not support shared libraries at all.
Use @option{--disable-shared} to build only static libraries. Note that
@option{--disable-shared} does not accept a list of package names as
@item @anchor{with-gnu-as}--with-gnu-as
Specify that the compiler should assume that the
assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify
-the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if found
-assembler is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion will also
+the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the
+assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion may also
result if the compiler finds the GNU assembler but has not been
configured with @option{--with-gnu-as}.) If you have more than one
assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
-connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}}.
+connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}} or
+@option{--with-build-time-tools=@var{pathname}}.
The following systems are the only ones where it makes a difference
whether you use the GNU assembler. On any other system,
@option{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
-@itemize bullet
+@itemize @bullet
@item @samp{hppa1.0-@var{any}-@var{any}}
@item @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}}
-@item @samp{i386-@var{any}-sysv}
-@item @samp{i386-@var{any}-isc}
-@item @samp{i860-@var{any}-bsd}
-@item @samp{m68k-bull-sysv}
-@item @samp{m68k-hp-hpux}
-@item @samp{m68k-sony-bsd}
-@item @samp{m68k-altos-sysv}
-@item @samp{m68000-hp-hpux}
-@item @samp{m68000-att-sysv}
-@item @samp{@var{any}-lynx-lynxos}
-@item @samp{mips-@var{any}}
+@item @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.@var{any}}
+@item @samp{sparc64-@var{any}-solaris2.@var{any}}
@end itemize
-On the systems listed above (except for the HP-PA, for ISC on the
-386, and for @samp{mips-sgi-irix5.*}), if you use the GNU assembler,
-you should also use the GNU linker (and specify @option{--with-gnu-ld}).
-
-@item --with-as=@var{pathname}
-Specify that the
-compiler should use the assembler pointed to by @var{pathname}, rather
-than the one found by the standard rules to find an assembler, which
-are:
+@item @anchor{with-as}--with-as=@var{pathname}
+Specify that the compiler should use the assembler pointed to by
+@var{pathname}, rather than the one found by the standard rules to find
+an assembler, which are:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Check the
-@file{@var{exec_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/@var{target}/@var{version}}
-directory, where @var{exec_prefix} defaults to @var{prefix} which
+Unless GCC is being built with a cross compiler, check the
+@file{@var{libexec}/gcc/@var{target}/@var{version}} directory.
+@var{libexec} defaults to @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec};
+@var{exec-prefix} defaults to @var{prefix}, which
defaults to @file{/usr/local} unless overridden by the
-@option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described above. @var{target} is the
-target system triple, such as @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}, and
+@option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described above. @var{target}
+is the target system triple, such as @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}, and
@var{version} denotes the GCC version, such as 3.0.
+
@item
-Check operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
+If the target system is the same that you are building on, check
+operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
Sun Solaris 2).
+
+@item
+Check in the @env{PATH} for a tool whose name is prefixed by the
+target system triple.
+
+@item
+Check in the @env{PATH} for a tool whose name is not prefixed by the
+target system triple, if the host and target system triple are
+the same (in other words, we use a host tool if it can be used for
+the target as well).
@end itemize
-Note that these rules do not check for the value of @env{PATH}. You may
-want to use @option{--with-as} if no assembler is installed in the
-directories listed above, or if you have multiple assemblers installed
-and want to choose one that is not found by the above rules.
+
+You may want to use @option{--with-as} if no assembler
+is installed in the directories listed above, or if you have multiple
+assemblers installed and want to choose one that is not found by the
+above rules.
@item @anchor{with-gnu-ld}--with-gnu-ld
Same as @uref{#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}
-but for linker.
-
+but for the linker.
@item --with-ld=@var{pathname}
-Same as
-@option{--with-as}, but for the linker.
+Same as @uref{#with-as,,@option{--with-as}}
+but for the linker.
@item --with-stabs
Specify that stabs debugging
@item --disable-multilib
Specify that multiple target
libraries to support different target variants, calling
-conventions, etc should not be built. The default is to build a
+conventions, etc.@: should not be built. The default is to build a
predefined set of them.
Some targets provide finer-grained control over which multilibs are built
In general, the best (and, in many cases, the only known) threading
model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some
-systems, gcc has not been taught what threading models are generally
+systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally
available for the system. In this case, @option{--enable-threads} is an
alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
AIX thread support.
@item dce
DCE thread support.
+@item gnat
+Ada tasking support. For non-Ada programs, this setting is equivalent
+to @samp{single}. When used in conjunction with the Ada run time, it
+causes GCC to use the same thread primitives as Ada uses. This option
+is necessary when using both Ada and the back end exception handling,
+which is the default for most Ada targets.
@item mach
Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NeXTSTEP@. (Please note
that the file needed to support this configuration, @file{gthr-mach.h}, is
@item no
This is an alias for @samp{single}.
@item posix
-Generic POSIX thread support.
-@item pthreads
-Same as @samp{posix} on arm*-*-linux*, *-*-chorusos* and *-*-freebsd*
-only. A future release of gcc might remove this alias or extend it
-to all platforms.
+Generic POSIX/Unix98 thread support.
+@item posix95
+Generic POSIX/Unix95 thread support.
@item rtems
RTEMS thread support.
@item single
VxWorks thread support.
@item win32
Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
+@item nks
+Novell Kernel Services thread support.
@end table
+@item --enable-tls
+Specify that the target supports TLS (Thread Local Storage). Usually
+configure can correctly determine if TLS is supported. In cases where
+it guesses incorrectly, TLS can be explicitly enabled or disabled with
+@option{--enable-tls} or @option{--disable-tls}. This can happen if
+the assembler supports TLS but the C library does not, or if the
+assumptions made by the configure test are incorrect.
+
+@item --disable-tls
+Specify that the target does not support TLS.
+This is an alias for @option{--enable-tls=no}.
+
@item --with-cpu=@var{cpu}
-Specify which cpu variant the
-compiler should generate code for by default. This is currently
-only supported on the some ports, specifically arm, powerpc, and
-SPARC@. If configure does not recognize the model name (e.g.@: arm700,
-603e, or ultrasparc) you provide, please check the configure script
-for a complete list of supported models.
-
-@item --enable-altivec
-Specify that the target supports AltiVec vector enhancements. This
-option will adjust the ABI for AltiVec enhancements, as well as generate
-AltiVec code when appropriate. This option is only available for
-PowerPC systems.
+@itemx --with-cpu-32=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-cpu-64=@var{cpu}
+Specify which cpu variant the compiler should generate code for by default.
+@var{cpu} will be used as the default value of the @option{-mcpu=} switch.
+This option is only supported on some targets, including ARM, i386, M68k,
+PowerPC, and SPARC@. The @option{--with-cpu-32} and
+@option{--with-cpu-64} options specify separate default CPUs for
+32-bit and 64-bit modes; these options are only supported for i386 and
+x86-64.
+
+@item --with-schedule=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-arch=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-arch-32=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-arch-64=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-tune=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-tune-32=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-tune-64=@var{cpu}
+@itemx --with-abi=@var{abi}
+@itemx --with-fpu=@var{type}
+@itemx --with-float=@var{type}
+These configure options provide default values for the @option{-mschedule=},
+@option{-march=}, @option{-mtune=}, @option{-mabi=}, and @option{-mfpu=}
+options and for @option{-mhard-float} or @option{-msoft-float}. As with
+@option{--with-cpu}, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values
+of the arguments depend on the target.
+
+@item --with-mode=@var{mode}
+Specify if the compiler should default to @option{-marm} or @option{-mthumb}.
+This option is only supported on ARM targets.
+
+@item --with-divide=@var{type}
+Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
+division by zero. This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
+The possibilities for @var{type} are:
+@table @code
+@item traps
+Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on
+systems that support conditional traps).
+@item breaks
+Division by zero checks use the break instruction.
+@end table
+
+@c If you make --with-llsc the default for additional targets,
+@c update the --with-llsc description in the MIPS section below.
+
+@item --with-llsc
+On MIPS targets, make @option{-mllsc} the default when no
+@option{-mno-lsc} option is passed. This is the default for
+Linux-based targets, as the kernel will emulate them if the ISA does
+not provide them.
+
+@item --without-llsc
+On MIPS targets, make @option{-mno-llsc} the default when no
+@option{-mllsc} option is passed.
+
+@item --with-mips-plt
+On MIPS targets, make use of copy relocations and PLTs.
+These features are extensions to the traditional
+SVR4-based MIPS ABIs and require support from GNU binutils
+and the runtime C library.
+
+@item --enable-__cxa_atexit
+Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
+register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
+This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
+destructors, but requires __cxa_atexit in libc. This option is currently
+only available on systems with GNU libc. When enabled, this will cause
+@option{-fuse-cxa-atexit} to be passed by default.
@item --enable-target-optspace
Specify that target
Specify that the user visible @command{cpp} program should be installed
in @file{@var{prefix}/@var{dirname}/cpp}, in addition to @var{bindir}.
+@item --enable-initfini-array
+Force the use of sections @code{.init_array} and @code{.fini_array}
+(instead of @code{.init} and @code{.fini}) for constructors and
+destructors. Option @option{--disable-initfini-array} has the
+opposite effect. If neither option is specified, the configure script
+will try to guess whether the @code{.init_array} and
+@code{.fini_array} sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
+
@item --enable-maintainer-mode
The build rules that
regenerate the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
this. Note that you need a recent version of the @code{gettext} tools
to do so.
+@item --disable-bootstrap
+For a native build, the default configuration is to perform
+a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler when @samp{make} is invoked,
+testing that GCC can compile itself correctly. If you want to disable
+this process, you can configure with @option{--disable-bootstrap}.
+
+@item --enable-bootstrap
+In special cases, you may want to perform a 3-stage build
+even if the target and host triplets are different.
+This could happen when the host can run code compiled for
+the target (e.g.@: host is i686-linux, target is i486-linux).
+Starting from GCC 4.2, to do this you have to configure explicitly
+with @option{--enable-bootstrap}.
+
+@item --enable-generated-files-in-srcdir
+Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from Bison and flex nor the
+info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present
+in the SVN development tree. When building GCC from that development tree,
+or from one of our snapshots, those generated files are placed in your
+build directory, which allows for the source to be in a readonly
+directory.
+
+If you configure with @option{--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir} then those
+generated files will go into the source directory. This is mainly intended
+for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it
+is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, Bison,
+or makeinfo.
+
@item --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
Specify
that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific
-subdirectory (@file{@var{libsubdir}}) rather than the usual places. In
-addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed in
-@file{@var{libsubdir}/include/g++} unless you overruled it by using
+subdirectory (@file{@var{libdir}/gcc}) rather than the usual places. In
+addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed into
+@file{@var{libdir}} unless you overruled it by using
@option{--with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}}. Using this option is
particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
-parallel. This is currently supported by @samp{libf2c} and
-@samp{libstdc++}, and is the default for @samp{libobjc} which cannot be
-changed in this case.
+parallel. This is currently supported by @samp{libgfortran},
+@samp{libjava}, @samp{libmudflap}, @samp{libstdc++}, and @samp{libobjc}.
@item --enable-languages=@var{lang1},@var{lang2},@dots{}
Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for
@var{langN} you can issue the following command in the
@file{gcc} directory of your GCC source tree:@*
-@example
+@smallexample
grep language= */config-lang.in
-@end example
+@end smallexample
Currently, you can use any of the following:
-@code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{f77}, @code{java}, @code{objc}.
-Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.@*
-If you do not pass this flag, all languages available in the @file{gcc}
-sub-tree will be configured. Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling
-@samp{make bootstrap} @strong{does not} work anymore, as those
-language sub-directories might not have been configured!
-
-@item --disable-libgcj
-Specify that the run-time libraries
-used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend
-to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
-separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
-machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
-libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
-the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
-may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
-@file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
-you may use @option{--enable-libgcj} to override the default.
+@code{all}, @code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{fortran}, @code{java},
+@code{objc}, @code{obj-c++}.
+Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.
+If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option @code{all}, then all
+default languages available in the @file{gcc} sub-tree will be configured.
+Ada and Objective-C++ are not default languages; the rest are.
+Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make} @strong{does not}
+work anymore, as those language sub-directories might not have been
+configured!
+
+@item --enable-stage1-languages=@var{lang1},@var{lang2},@dots{}
+Specify that a particular subset of compilers and their runtime
+libraries should be built with the system C compiler during stage 1 of
+the bootstrap process, rather than only in later stages with the
+bootstrapped C compiler. The list of valid values is the same as for
+@option{--enable-languages}, and the option @code{all} will select all
+of the languages enabled by @option{--enable-languages}. This option is
+primarily useful for GCC development; for instance, when a development
+version of the compiler cannot bootstrap due to compiler bugs, or when
+one is debugging front ends other than the C front end. When this
+option is used, one can then build the target libraries for the
+specified languages with the stage-1 compiler by using @command{make
+stage1-bubble all-target}, or run the testsuite on the stage-1 compiler
+for the specified languages using @command{make stage1-start check-gcc}.
+
+@item --disable-libada
+Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not
+be built. This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with
+previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly
+do a @samp{make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools}.
+
+@item --disable-libssp
+Specify that the run-time libraries for stack smashing protection
+should not be built.
+
+@item --disable-libgomp
+Specify that the run-time libraries used by GOMP should not be built.
@item --with-dwarf2
Specify that the compiler should
use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
+@item --enable-targets=all
+@itemx --enable-targets=@var{target_list}
+Some GCC targets, e.g.@: powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers.
+These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit
+code. Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g.@:
+powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code. This
+option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is
+useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and
+you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree.
+Currently, this option only affects sparc-linux, powerpc-linux and
+x86-linux.
+
+@item --enable-secureplt
+This option enables @option{-msecure-plt} by default for powerpc-linux.
+@ifnothtml
+@xref{RS/6000 and PowerPC Options,, RS/6000 and PowerPC Options, gcc,
+Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
+@end ifnothtml
+@ifhtml
+See ``RS/6000 and PowerPC Options'' in the main manual
+@end ifhtml
+
+@item --enable-cld
+This option enables @option{-mcld} by default for 32-bit x86 targets.
+@ifnothtml
+@xref{i386 and x86-64 Options,, i386 and x86-64 Options, gcc,
+Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
+@end ifnothtml
+@ifhtml
+See ``i386 and x86-64 Options'' in the main manual
+@end ifhtml
+
@item --enable-win32-registry
@itemx --enable-win32-registry=@var{key}
@itemx --disable-win32-registry
-The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Windows-hosted GCC
+The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC
to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
@smallexample
@end smallexample
@var{key} defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
-@option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
+@option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled
@item --nfp
Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This
-option only applies to @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}} and
-@samp{m68k-isi-bsd}. On any other system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
+option only applies to @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}}. On any other
+system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
+
+@item --enable-werror
+@itemx --disable-werror
+@itemx --enable-werror=yes
+@itemx --enable-werror=no
+When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
+compiler are built with @option{-Werror} in bootstrap stage2 and later.
+If you don't specify it, @option{-Werror} is turned on for the main
+development trunk. However it defaults to off for release branches and
+final releases. The specific files which get @option{-Werror} are
+controlled by the Makefiles.
@item --enable-checking
@itemx --enable-checking=@var{list}
-When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform checking
-of tree node types when referencing fields of that node, and some other
-internal consistency checks. This does not change the generated code,
-but adds error checking within the compiler. This will slow down the
-compiler and may only work properly if you are building the compiler
-with GCC@. This is on by default when building from CVS or snapshots,
-but off for releases. More control over the checks may be had by
-specifying @var{list}; the categories of checks available are
-@samp{misc}, @samp{tree}, @samp{gc}, @samp{rtl} and @samp{gcac}. The
-default when @var{list} is not specified is @samp{misc,tree,gc}; the
-checks @samp{rtl} and @samp{gcac} are very expensive.
+When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform internal
+consistency checks of the requested complexity. This does not change the
+generated code, but adds error checking within the compiler. This will
+slow down the compiler and may only work properly if you are building
+the compiler with GCC@. This is @samp{yes} by default when building
+from SVN or snapshots, but @samp{release} for releases. The default
+for building the stage1 compiler is @samp{yes}. More control
+over the checks may be had by specifying @var{list}. The categories of
+checks available are @samp{yes} (most common checks
+@samp{assert,misc,tree,gc,rtlflag,runtime}), @samp{no} (no checks at
+all), @samp{all} (all but @samp{valgrind}), @samp{release} (cheapest
+checks @samp{assert,runtime}) or @samp{none} (same as @samp{no}).
+Individual checks can be enabled with these flags @samp{assert},
+@samp{df}, @samp{fold}, @samp{gc}, @samp{gcac} @samp{misc}, @samp{rtl},
+@samp{rtlflag}, @samp{runtime}, @samp{tree}, and @samp{valgrind}.
+
+The @samp{valgrind} check requires the external @command{valgrind}
+simulator, available from @uref{http://valgrind.org/}. The
+@samp{df}, @samp{rtl}, @samp{gcac} and @samp{valgrind} checks are very expensive.
+To disable all checking, @samp{--disable-checking} or
+@samp{--enable-checking=none} must be explicitly requested. Disabling
+assertions will make the compiler and runtime slightly faster but
+increase the risk of undetected internal errors causing wrong code to be
+generated.
+
+@item --disable-stage1-checking
+@item --enable-stage1-checking
+@itemx --enable-stage1-checking=@var{list}
+If no @option{--enable-checking} option is specified the stage1
+compiler will be built with @samp{yes} checking enabled, otherwise
+the stage1 checking flags are the same as specified by
+@option{--enable-checking}. To build the stage1 compiler with
+different checking options use @option{--enable-stage1-checking}.
+The list of checking options is the same as for @option{--enable-checking}.
+If your system is too slow or too small to bootstrap a released compiler
+with checking for stage1 enabled, you can use @samp{--disable-stage1-checking}
+to disable checking for the stage1 compiler.
+
+@item --enable-coverage
+@itemx --enable-coverage=@var{level}
+With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
+information, every time it is run. This is for internal development
+purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc. The
+@var{level} argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
+not, values are @samp{opt} and @samp{noopt}. For coverage analysis you
+want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
+enable optimization. When coverage is enabled, the default level is
+without optimization.
+
+@item --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats
+When this option is specified more detailed information on memory
+allocation is gathered. This information is printed when using
+@option{-fmem-report}.
+
+@item --with-gc
+@itemx --with-gc=@var{choice}
+With this option you can specify the garbage collector implementation
+used during the compilation process. @var{choice} can be one of
+@samp{page} and @samp{zone}, where @samp{page} is the default.
@item --enable-nls
@itemx --disable-nls
Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
-@item --with-system-zlib
-Use installed zlib rather than that included with GCC@. This option
-only applies if the Java front end is being built.
-
@item --enable-obsolete
Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
forward to maintain the port.
+
+@item --enable-decimal-float
+@itemx --enable-decimal-float=yes
+@itemx --enable-decimal-float=no
+@itemx --enable-decimal-float=bid
+@itemx --enable-decimal-float=dpd
+@itemx --disable-decimal-float
+Enable (or disable) support for the C decimal floating point extension
+that is in the IEEE 754-2008 standard. This is enabled by default only
+on PowerPC, i386, and x86_64 GNU/Linux systems. Other systems may also
+support it, but require the user to specifically enable it. You can
+optionally control which decimal floating point format is used (either
+@samp{bid} or @samp{dpd}). The @samp{bid} (binary integer decimal)
+format is default on i386 and x86_64 systems, and the @samp{dpd}
+(densely packed decimal) format is default on PowerPC systems.
+
+@item --enable-fixed-point
+@itemx --disable-fixed-point
+Enable (or disable) support for C fixed-point arithmetic.
+This option is enabled by default for some targets (such as MIPS) which
+have hardware-support for fixed-point operations. On other targets, you
+may enable this option manually.
+
+@item --with-long-double-128
+Specify if @code{long double} type should be 128-bit by default on selected
+GNU/Linux architectures. If using @code{--without-long-double-128},
+@code{long double} will be by default 64-bit, the same as @code{double} type.
+When neither of these configure options are used, the default will be
+128-bit @code{long double} when built against GNU C Library 2.4 and later,
+64-bit @code{long double} otherwise.
+
+@item --with-gmp=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-gmp-include=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-gmp-lib=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-mpfr=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-mpfr-include=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-mpfr-lib=@var{pathname}
+If you do not have GMP (the GNU Multiple Precision library) and the
+MPFR Libraries installed in a standard location and you want to build
+GCC, you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
+(@samp{--with-gmp=@var{gmpinstalldir}},
+@samp{--with-mpfr=@var{mpfrinstalldir}}). The
+@option{--with-gmp=@var{gmpinstalldir}} option is shorthand for
+@option{--with-gmp-lib=@var{gmpinstalldir}/lib} and
+@option{--with-gmp-include=@var{gmpinstalldir}/include}. Likewise the
+@option{--with-mpfr=@var{mpfrinstalldir}} option is shorthand for
+@option{--with-mpfr-lib=@var{mpfrinstalldir}/lib} and
+@option{--with-mpfr-include=@var{mpfrinstalldir}/include}. If these
+shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit
+include and lib options directly.
+
+@item --with-ppl=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-ppl-include=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-ppl-lib=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-cloog=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-cloog-include=@var{pathname}
+@itemx --with-cloog-lib=@var{pathname}
+If you do not have PPL (the Parma Polyhedra Library) and the CLooG
+libraries installed in a standard location and you want to build GCC,
+you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
+(@samp{--with-ppl=@var{pplinstalldir}},
+@samp{--with-cloog=@var{clooginstalldir}}). The
+@option{--with-ppl=@var{pplinstalldir}} option is shorthand for
+@option{--with-ppl-lib=@var{pplinstalldir}/lib} and
+@option{--with-ppl-include=@var{pplinstalldir}/include}. Likewise the
+@option{--with-cloog=@var{clooginstalldir}} option is shorthand for
+@option{--with-cloog-lib=@var{clooginstalldir}/lib} and
+@option{--with-cloog-include=@var{clooginstalldir}/include}. If these
+shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit
+include and lib options directly.
+
+@item --with-host-libstdcxx=@var{linker-args}
+If you are linking with a static copy of PPL, you can use this option
+to specify how the linker should find the standard C++ library used
+internally by PPL. Typical values of @var{linker-args} might be
+@samp{-lstdc++} or @samp{-Wl,-Bstatic,-lstdc++,-Bdynamic -lm}. If you are
+linking with a shared copy of PPL, you probably do not need this
+option; shared library dependencies will cause the linker to search
+for the standard C++ library automatically.
+
+@item --with-debug-prefix-map=@var{map}
+Convert source directory names using @option{-fdebug-prefix-map} when
+building runtime libraries. @samp{@var{map}} is a space-separated
+list of maps of the form @samp{@var{old}=@var{new}}.
+
@end table
-Some options which only apply to building cross compilers:
+@subheading Cross-Compiler-Specific Options
+The following options only apply to building cross compilers.
@table @code
-@item --with-headers=@var{dir}
-Specifies a directory
-which has target include files.
-@emph{This option is required} when building a cross
-compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} doesn't pre-exist.
-These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install directory.
-@command{fixincludes} will be run on these files to make them compatible with
-GCC.
-@item --with-libs=``@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}''
+@item --with-sysroot
+@itemx --with-sysroot=@var{dir}
+Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the root of a tree that contains a
+(subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
+Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
+searched in there. The specified directory is not copied into the
+install tree, unlike the options @option{--with-headers} and
+@option{--with-libs} that this option obsoletes. The default value,
+in case @option{--with-sysroot} is not given an argument, is
+@option{$@{gcc_tooldir@}/sys-root}. If the specified directory is a
+subdirectory of @option{$@{exec_prefix@}}, then it will be found relative to
+the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
+
+@item --with-build-sysroot
+@itemx --with-build-sysroot=@var{dir}
+Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the system root (see
+@option{--with-sysroot}) while building target libraries, instead of
+the directory specified with @option{--with-sysroot}. This option is
+only useful when you are already using @option{--with-sysroot}. You
+can use @option{--with-build-sysroot} when you are configuring with
+@option{--prefix} set to a directory that is different from the one in
+which you are installing GCC and your target libraries.
+
+This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
+target libraries (which runs on the build system); it does not affect
+the compiler which is used to build GCC itself.
+
+@item --with-headers
+@itemx --with-headers=@var{dir}
+Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
+Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler.
+The @var{dir} argument specifies a directory which has the target include
+files. These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
+directory. @emph{This option with the @var{dir} argument is required} when
+building a cross compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include}
+doesn't pre-exist. If @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} does
+pre-exist, the @var{dir} argument may be omitted. @command{fixincludes}
+will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC@.
+
+@item --without-headers
+Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross
+compiler. When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC
+can build the exception handling for libgcc.
+
+@item --with-libs
+@itemx --with-libs=``@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}''
+Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
libraries. These libraries will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
-directory.
+directory. If the directory list is omitted, this option has no
+effect.
+
@item --with-newlib
Specifies that @samp{newlib} is
being used as the target C library. This causes @code{__eprintf} to be
omitted from @file{libgcc.a} on the assumption that it will be provided by
@samp{newlib}.
+
+@item --with-build-time-tools=@var{dir}
+Specifies where to find the set of target tools (assembler, linker, etc.)
+that will be used while building GCC itself. This option can be useful
+if the directory layouts are different between the system you are building
+GCC on, and the system where you will deploy it.
+
+For example, on a @option{ia64-hp-hpux} system, you may have the GNU
+assembler and linker in @file{/usr/bin}, and the native tools in a
+different path, and build a toolchain that expects to find the
+native tools in @file{/usr/bin}.
+
+When you use this option, you should ensure that @var{dir} includes
+@command{ar}, @command{as}, @command{ld}, @command{nm},
+@command{ranlib} and @command{strip} if necessary, and possibly
+@command{objdump}. Otherwise, GCC may use an inconsistent set of
+tools.
@end table
-Note that each @option{--enable} option has a corresponding
-@option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
-corresponding @option{--without} option.
+@subheading Java-Specific Options
+
+The following option applies to the build of the Java front end.
+
+@table @code
+@item --disable-libgcj
+Specify that the run-time libraries
+used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend
+to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
+separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
+machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
+libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
+the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
+may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
+@file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
+you may use @option{--enable-libgcj} to override the default.
+
+@end table
+
+The following options apply to building @samp{libgcj}.
+
+@subsubheading General Options
+
+@table @code
+@item --enable-java-maintainer-mode
+By default the @samp{libjava} build will not attempt to compile the
+@file{.java} source files to @file{.class}. Instead, it will use the
+@file{.class} files from the source tree. If you use this option you
+must have executables named @command{ecj1} and @command{gjavah} in your path
+for use by the build. You must use this option if you intend to
+modify any @file{.java} files in @file{libjava}.
+
+@item --with-java-home=@var{dirname}
+This @samp{libjava} option overrides the default value of the
+@samp{java.home} system property. It is also used to set
+@samp{sun.boot.class.path} to @file{@var{dirname}/lib/rt.jar}. By
+default @samp{java.home} is set to @file{@var{prefix}} and
+@samp{sun.boot.class.path} to
+@file{@var{datadir}/java/libgcj-@var{version}.jar}.
+
+@item --with-ecj-jar=@var{filename}
+This option can be used to specify the location of an external jar
+file containing the Eclipse Java compiler. A specially modified
+version of this compiler is used by @command{gcj} to parse
+@file{.java} source files. If this option is given, the
+@samp{libjava} build will create and install an @file{ecj1} executable
+which uses this jar file at runtime.
+
+If this option is not given, but an @file{ecj.jar} file is found in
+the topmost source tree at configure time, then the @samp{libgcj}
+build will create and install @file{ecj1}, and will also install the
+discovered @file{ecj.jar} into a suitable place in the install tree.
+
+If @file{ecj1} is not installed, then the user will have to supply one
+on his path in order for @command{gcj} to properly parse @file{.java}
+source files. A suitable jar is available from
+@uref{ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/}.
+
+@item --disable-getenv-properties
+Don't set system properties from @env{GCJ_PROPERTIES}.
+
+@item --enable-hash-synchronization
+Use a global hash table for monitor locks. Ordinarily,
+@samp{libgcj}'s @samp{configure} script automatically makes
+the correct choice for this option for your platform. Only use
+this if you know you need the library to be configured differently.
+
+@item --enable-interpreter
+Enable the Java interpreter. The interpreter is automatically
+enabled by default on all platforms that support it. This option
+is really only useful if you want to disable the interpreter
+(using @option{--disable-interpreter}).
+
+@item --disable-java-net
+Disable java.net. This disables the native part of java.net only,
+using non-functional stubs for native method implementations.
+
+@item --disable-jvmpi
+Disable JVMPI support.
+
+@item --disable-libgcj-bc
+Disable BC ABI compilation of certain parts of libgcj. By default,
+some portions of libgcj are compiled with @option{-findirect-dispatch}
+and @option{-fno-indirect-classes}, allowing them to be overridden at
+run-time.
+
+If @option{--disable-libgcj-bc} is specified, libgcj is built without
+these options. This allows the compile-time linker to resolve
+dependencies when statically linking to libgcj. However it makes it
+impossible to override the affected portions of libgcj at run-time.
+
+@item --enable-reduced-reflection
+Build most of libgcj with @option{-freduced-reflection}. This reduces
+the size of libgcj at the expense of not being able to do accurate
+reflection on the classes it contains. This option is safe if you
+know that code using libgcj will never use reflection on the standard
+runtime classes in libgcj (including using serialization, RMI or CORBA).
+
+@item --with-ecos
+Enable runtime eCos target support.
+
+@item --without-libffi
+Don't use @samp{libffi}. This will disable the interpreter and JNI
+support as well, as these require @samp{libffi} to work.
+
+@item --enable-libgcj-debug
+Enable runtime debugging code.
+
+@item --enable-libgcj-multifile
+If specified, causes all @file{.java} source files to be
+compiled into @file{.class} files in one invocation of
+@samp{gcj}. This can speed up build time, but is more
+resource-intensive. If this option is unspecified or
+disabled, @samp{gcj} is invoked once for each @file{.java}
+file to compile into a @file{.class} file.
+
+@item --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR
+Search for libiconv in @file{DIR/include} and @file{DIR/lib}.
+
+@item --enable-sjlj-exceptions
+Force use of the @code{setjmp}/@code{longjmp}-based scheme for exceptions.
+@samp{configure} ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform.
+Only use this option if you are sure you need a different setting.
+
+@item --with-system-zlib
+Use installed @samp{zlib} rather than that included with GCC@.
+
+@item --with-win32-nlsapi=ansi, unicows or unicode
+Indicates how MinGW @samp{libgcj} translates between UNICODE
+characters and the Win32 API@.
+
+@item --enable-java-home
+If enabled, this creates a JPackage compatible SDK environment during install.
+Note that if --enable-java-home is used, --with-arch-directory=ARCH must also
+be specified.
+
+@item --with-arch-directory=ARCH
+Specifies the name to use for the @file{jre/lib/ARCH} directory in the SDK
+environment created when --enable-java-home is passed. Typical names for this
+directory include i386, amd64, ia64, etc.
+
+@item --with-os-directory=DIR
+Specifies the OS directory for the SDK include directory. This is set to auto
+detect, and is typically 'linux'.
+
+@item --with-origin-name=NAME
+Specifies the JPackage origin name. This defaults to the 'gcj' in
+java-1.5.0-gcj.
+
+@item --with-arch-suffix=SUFFIX
+Specifies the suffix for the sdk directory. Defaults to the empty string.
+Examples include '.x86_64' in 'java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0.x86_64'.
+
+@item --with-jvm-root-dir=DIR
+Specifies where to install the SDK. Default is $(prefix)/lib/jvm.
+
+@item --with-jvm-jar-dir=DIR
+Specifies where to install jars. Default is $(prefix)/lib/jvm-exports.
+
+@item --with-python-dir=DIR
+Specifies where to install the Python modules used for aot-compile. DIR should
+not include the prefix used in installation. For example, if the Python modules
+are to be installed in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages, then
+--with-python-dir=/lib/python2.5/site-packages should be passed. If this is
+not specified, then the Python modules are installed in $(prefix)/share/python.
+
+@item --enable-aot-compile-rpm
+Adds aot-compile-rpm to the list of installed scripts.
+
+@table @code
+@item ansi
+Use the single-byte @code{char} and the Win32 A functions natively,
+translating to and from UNICODE when using these functions. If
+unspecified, this is the default.
+
+@item unicows
+Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Adds
+@code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec} to link with @samp{libunicows}.
+@file{unicows.dll} needs to be deployed on Microsoft Windows 9X machines
+running built executables. @file{libunicows.a}, an open-source
+import library around Microsoft's @code{unicows.dll}, is obtained from
+@uref{http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/}, which also gives details
+on getting @file{unicows.dll} from Microsoft.
+
+@item unicode
+Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Does @emph{not}
+add @code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec}. The built executables will
+only run on Microsoft Windows NT and above.
+@end table
+@end table
+
+@subsubheading AWT-Specific Options
+
+@table @code
+@item --with-x
+Use the X Window System.
+
+@item --enable-java-awt=PEER(S)
+Specifies the AWT peer library or libraries to build alongside
+@samp{libgcj}. If this option is unspecified or disabled, AWT
+will be non-functional. Current valid values are @option{gtk} and
+@option{xlib}. Multiple libraries should be separated by a
+comma (i.e.@: @option{--enable-java-awt=gtk,xlib}).
+
+@item --enable-gtk-cairo
+Build the cairo Graphics2D implementation on GTK@.
+
+@item --enable-java-gc=TYPE
+Choose garbage collector. Defaults to @option{boehm} if unspecified.
+
+@item --disable-gtktest
+Do not try to compile and run a test GTK+ program.
+
+@item --disable-glibtest
+Do not try to compile and run a test GLIB program.
+
+@item --with-libart-prefix=PFX
+Prefix where libart is installed (optional).
+
+@item --with-libart-exec-prefix=PFX
+Exec prefix where libart is installed (optional).
+
+@item --disable-libarttest
+Do not try to compile and run a test libart program.
+
+@end table
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<hr />
Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
runtime libraries.
-We @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built using GNU make;
-other versions may work, then again they might not.
-GNU make is required for compiling GNAT (the Ada compiler) and the Java
-runtime library.
-
-(For example, many broken versions of make will fail if you use the
-recommended setup where @var{objdir} is different from @var{srcdir}.
-Other broken versions may recompile parts of the compiler when
-installing the compiler.)
-
Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a
-nonzero status) and be ignored by @code{make}. These failures, which
+nonzero status) and be ignored by @command{make}. These failures, which
are often due to files that were not found, are expected, and can safely
be ignored.
It is normal to have compiler warnings when compiling certain files.
Unless you are a GCC developer, you can generally ignore these warnings
-unless they cause compilation to fail.
+unless they cause compilation to fail. Developers should attempt to fix
+any warnings encountered, however they can temporarily continue past
+warnings-as-errors by specifying the configure flag
+@option{--disable-werror}.
On certain old systems, defining certain environment variables such as
@env{CC} can interfere with the functioning of @command{make}.
The solution is not to use such a directory for building GCC@.
-When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify parser sources,
-you need the Bison parser generator installed. Any version 1.25 or
-later should work; older versions may also work. If you do not modify
-parser sources, releases contain the Bison-generated files and you do
-not need Bison installed to build them.
+Similarly, when building from SVN or snapshots, or if you modify
+@file{*.l} files, you need the Flex lexical analyzer generator
+installed. If you do not modify @file{*.l} files, releases contain
+the Flex-generated files and you do not need Flex installed to build
+them. There is still one Flex-based lexical analyzer (part of the
+build machinery, not of GCC itself) that is used even if you only
+build the C front end.
-When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
-documentation, you need version 4.1 or later of Texinfo installed if you
+When building from SVN or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
+documentation, you need version 4.7 or later of Texinfo installed if you
want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
@section Building a native compiler
-For a native build issue the command @samp{make bootstrap}. This
-will build the entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
+For a native build, the default configuration is to perform
+a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler when @samp{make} is invoked.
+This will build the entire GCC system and ensure that it compiles
+itself correctly. It can be disabled with the @option{--disable-bootstrap}
+parameter to @samp{configure}, but bootstrapping is suggested because
+the compiler will be tested more completely and could also have
+better performance.
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
-gperf.
+The bootstrapping process will complete the following steps:
+@itemize @bullet
@item
-Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
-binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
-if they have been individually linked
-or moved into the top level GCC source tree before configuring.
+Build tools necessary to build the compiler.
@item
-Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler.
+Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This includes building
+three times the target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils
+(bfd, binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes) if they have been
+individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source tree before
+configuring.
@item
Perform a comparison test of the stage2 and stage3 compilers.
@end itemize
If you are short on disk space you might consider @samp{make
-bootstrap-lean} instead. This is identical to @samp{make
-bootstrap} except that object files from the stage1 and
+bootstrap-lean} instead. The sequence of compilation is the
+same described above, but object files from the stage1 and
stage2 of the 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler are deleted as
soon as they are no longer needed.
-If you want to save additional space during the bootstrap and in
-the final installation as well, you can build the compiler binaries
-without debugging information as in the following example. This will save
-roughly 40% of disk space both for the bootstrap and the final installation.
-(Libraries will still contain debugging information.)
-
-@example
- make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' \
- LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap
-@end example
-
-If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2 and
-stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when doing
-@samp{make bootstrap}. Non-default optimization flags are less well
-tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should still work.
-In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special flags such
-as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or, if the
-native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need to work
-around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts of the
-stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
+If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2
+and stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when
+doing @samp{make}. For example, if you want to save additional space
+during the bootstrap and in the final installation as well, you can
+build the compiler binaries without debugging information as in the
+following example. This will save roughly 40% of disk space both for
+the bootstrap and the final installation. (Libraries will still contain
+debugging information.)
+
+@smallexample
+ make BOOT_CFLAGS='-O' bootstrap
+@end smallexample
+
+You can place non-default optimization flags into @code{BOOT_CFLAGS}; they
+are less well tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should
+still work. In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special
+flags such as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or,
+if the native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need
+to work around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts
+of the stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
bootstrap4} to increase the number of stages of bootstrap.
+@code{BOOT_CFLAGS} does not apply to bootstrapped target libraries.
+Since these are always compiled with the compiler currently being
+bootstrapped, you can use @code{CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET} to modify their
+compilation flags, as for non-bootstrapped target libraries.
+Again, if the native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may
+need to work around this by avoiding non-working parts of the stage1
+compiler. Use @code{STAGE1_LIBCFLAGS} to this end.
+
If you used the flag @option{--enable-languages=@dots{}} to restrict
the compilers to be built, only those you've actually enabled will be
built. This will of course only build those runtime libraries, for
which the particular compiler has been built. Please note,
-that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
+that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make}
@strong{does not} work anymore!
If the comparison of stage2 and stage3 fails, this normally indicates
always appear ``different''. If you encounter this problem, you will
need to disable comparison in the @file{Makefile}.)
-@section Building a cross compiler
+If you do not want to bootstrap your compiler, you can configure with
+@option{--disable-bootstrap}. In particular cases, you may want to
+bootstrap your compiler even if the target system is not the same as
+the one you are building on: for example, you could build a
+@code{powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu} toolchain on a
+@code{powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu} host. In this case, pass
+@option{--enable-bootstrap} to the configure script.
-We recommend reading the
-@uref{http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/,,crossgcc FAQ}
-for information about building cross compilers.
+
+@section Building a cross compiler
When building a cross compiler, it is not generally possible to do a
3-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This makes for an interesting problem
cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
2.95 or later.
+If the cross compiler is to be built with support for the Java
+programming language and the ability to compile .java source files is
+desired, the installed native compiler used to build the cross
+compiler needs to be the same GCC version as the cross compiler. In
+addition the cross compiler needs to be configured with
+@option{--with-ecj-jar=@dots{}}.
+
Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
following steps:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
-gperf.
+Build host tools necessary to build the compiler.
@item
Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
Note that if an error occurs in any step the make process will exit.
+If you are not building GNU binutils in the same source tree as GCC,
+you will need a cross-assembler and cross-linker installed before
+configuring GCC@. Put them in the directory
+@file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/bin}. Here is a table of the tools
+you should put in this directory:
+
+@table @file
+@item as
+This should be the cross-assembler.
+
+@item ld
+This should be the cross-linker.
+
+@item ar
+This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
+archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
+
+@item ranlib
+This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
+@end table
+
+The installation of GCC will find these programs in that directory,
+and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
+find them when run later.
+
+The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package.
+Configure it with the same @option{--host} and @option{--target}
+options that you use for configuring GCC, then build and install
+them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
+directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GCC
+supports.
+
+If you are not building a C library in the same source tree as GCC,
+you should also provide the target libraries and headers before
+configuring GCC, specifying the directories with
+@option{--with-sysroot} or @option{--with-headers} and
+@option{--with-libs}. Many targets also require ``start files'' such
+as @file{crt0.o} and
+@file{crtn.o} which are linked into each executable. There may be several
+alternatives for @file{crt0.o}, for use with profiling or other
+compilation options. Check your target's definition of
+@code{STARTFILE_SPEC} to find out what start files it uses.
+
@section Building in parallel
-If you have a multiprocessor system you can use @samp{make bootstrap
-MAKE="make -j 2" -j 2} or just @samp{make -j 2 bootstrap}
-for GNU Make 3.79 and above instead of just @samp{make bootstrap}
-when building GCC@. You can use a bigger number instead of two if
-you like. In most cases, it won't help to use a number bigger than
-the number of processors in your machine.
+GNU Make 3.79 and above, which is necessary to build GCC, support
+building in parallel. To activate this, you can use @samp{make -j 2}
+instead of @samp{make}. You can also specify a bigger number, and
+in most cases using a value greater than the number of processors in
+your machine will result in fewer and shorter I/O latency hits, thus
+improving overall throughput; this is especially true for slow drives
+and network filesystems.
@section Building the Ada compiler
In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
-compiler (GNAT version 3.13 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later),
-since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
-GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make.
-
-However, you do not need a full installation of GNAT, just the GNAT
-binary @file{gnat1}, a copy of @file{gnatbind}, and a compiler driver
-which can deal with Ada input (by invoking the @file{gnat1} binary).
-You can specify this compiler driver by setting the @env{ADAC}
-environment variable at the configure step. @command{configure} can
-detect the driver automatically if it has got a common name such as
-@command{gcc} or @command{gnatgcc}. Of course, you still need a working
-C compiler (the compiler driver can be different or not).
+compiler (GCC version 3.4 or later).
+This includes GNAT tools such as @command{gnatmake} and
+@command{gnatlink}, since the Ada front end is written in Ada and
+uses some GNAT-specific extensions.
+
+In order to build a cross compiler, it is suggested to install
+the new compiler as native first, and then use it to build the cross
+compiler.
+
@command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
used to disable building the Ada front end.
-Additional build tools (such as @command{gnatmake}) or a working GNAT
-run-time library installation are usually @emph{not} required. However,
-if you want to bootstrap the compiler using a minimal version of GNAT,
-you have to issue the following commands before invoking @samp{make
-bootstrap} (this assumes that you start with an unmodified and consistent
-source distribution):
+@env{ADA_INCLUDE_PATH} and @env{ADA_OBJECT_PATH} environment variables
+must not be set when building the Ada compiler, the Ada tools, or the
+Ada runtime libraries. You can check that your build environment is clean
+by verifying that @samp{gnatls -v} lists only one explicit path in each
+section.
-@example
- cd @var{srcdir}/gcc/ada
- touch treeprs.ads [es]info.h nmake.ad[bs]
-@end example
+@section Building with profile feedback
-At the moment, the GNAT library and several tools for GNAT are not built
-by @samp{make bootstrap}. You have to invoke
-@samp{make gnatlib_and_tools} in the @file{@var{objdir}/gcc}
-subdirectory before proceeding with the next steps.
+It is possible to use profile feedback to optimize the compiler itself. This
+should result in a faster compiler binary. Experiments done on x86 using gcc
+3.3 showed approximately 7 percent speedup on compiling C programs. To
+bootstrap the compiler with profile feedback, use @code{make profiledbootstrap}.
-For example, you can build a native Ada compiler by issuing the
-following commands (assuming @command{make} is GNU make):
+When @samp{make profiledbootstrap} is run, it will first build a @code{stage1}
+compiler. This compiler is used to build a @code{stageprofile} compiler
+instrumented to collect execution counts of instruction and branch
+probabilities. Then runtime libraries are compiled with profile collected.
+Finally a @code{stagefeedback} compiler is built using the information collected.
-@example
- cd @var{objdir}
- @var{srcdir}/configure --enable-languages=c,ada
- cd @var{srcdir}/gcc/ada
- touch treeprs.ads [es]info.h nmake.ad[bs]
- cd @var{objdir}
- make bootstrap
- cd gcc
- make gnatlib_and_tools
- cd ..
-@end example
-
-Currently, when compiling the Ada front end, you cannot use the parallel
-build feature described in the previous section.
+Unlike standard bootstrap, several additional restrictions apply. The
+compiler used to build @code{stage1} needs to support a 64-bit integral type.
+It is recommended to only use GCC for this. Also parallel make is currently
+not supported since collisions in profile collecting may occur.
@html
<hr />
compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
been submitted to the
@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
+Some of these archived results are linked from the build status lists
+at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}, although not everyone who
+reports a successful build runs the testsuites and submits the results.
This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
-problems before you install and start using your new GCC.
+problems before you install and start using your new GCC@.
First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
separately.
Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
-a @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,current version of DejaGnu};
-dejagnu 1.3 is not sufficient.
-It also includes Tcl and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
-
-Now you may need specific preparations:
-
-@itemize @bullet
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,DejaGnu}, Tcl, and Expect;
+the DejaGnu site has links to these.
-@item
-The following environment variables may need to be set appropriately, as in
-the following example (which assumes that DejaGnu has been installed
-under @file{/usr/local}):
+If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
+installed are not in the @env{PATH}, you may need to set the following
+environment variables appropriately, as in the following example (which
+assumes that DejaGnu has been installed under @file{/usr/local}):
-@example
+@smallexample
TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
-@end example
+@end smallexample
-On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
+(On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
-portability in the DejaGnu code.
+portability in the DejaGnu code.)
-If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
-installed are in the @env{PATH}, it should not be necessary to set these
-environment variables.
-
-@end itemize
Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
-@example
+@smallexample
cd @var{objdir}; make -k check
-@end example
-
-The testing process will try to test as many components in the GCC
-distribution as possible, including the C, C++, Objective-C and Fortran
-compilers as well as the C++ and Java runtime libraries.
+@end smallexample
-While running the testsuite, DejaGnu might emit messages resembling
-@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
-@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file}.
-These messages are harmless and do not affect the validity of the tests.
+This will test various components of GCC, such as compiler
+front ends and runtime libraries. While running the testsuite, DejaGnu
+might emit some harmless messages resembling
+@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
+@samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file} that can be ignored.
-@section How can I run the test suite on selected tests?
+If you are testing a cross-compiler, you may want to run the testsuite
+on a simulator as described at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/simtest-howto.html}.
-As a first possibility to cut down the number of tests that are run it is
-possible to use @samp{make check-gcc} or @samp{make check-g++}
-in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. To further cut down the
-tests the following is possible:
+@section How can you run the testsuite on selected tests?
-@example
- make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
-@end example
+In order to run sets of tests selectively, there are targets
+@samp{make check-gcc} and @samp{make check-g++}
+in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. You can also
+just run @samp{make check} in a subdirectory of the object directory.
-This will run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the testsuite.
-@example
- make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
-@end example
+A more selective way to just run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the
+testsuite is to use
-This will run the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in the testsuite where the filename
-matches @samp{9805*}.
+@smallexample
+ make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
+@end smallexample
+
+Likewise, in order to run only the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in
+the testsuite with filenames matching @samp{9805*}, you would use
+
+@smallexample
+ make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
+@end smallexample
The @file{*.exp} files are located in the testsuite directories of the GCC
source, the most important ones being @file{compile.exp},
output of @samp{make check} into a file and look at the
@samp{Running @dots{} .exp} lines.
-To run only the tests for a library, run @samp{make check} from the
-the library's testsuite in a subdirectory of the object directory:
-@file{libstdc++-v3/testsuite} or @file{libcgj/testsuite}.
+@section Passing options and running multiple testsuites
+
+You can pass multiple options to the testsuite using the
+@samp{--target_board} option of DejaGNU, either passed as part of
+@samp{RUNTESTFLAGS}, or directly to @command{runtest} if you prefer to
+work outside the makefiles. For example,
+
+@smallexample
+ make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=unix/-O3/-fmerge-constants"
+@end smallexample
+
+will run the standard @command{g++} testsuites (``unix'' is the target name
+for a standard native testsuite situation), passing
+@samp{-O3 -fmerge-constants} to the compiler on every test, i.e.,
+slashes separate options.
+
+You can run the testsuites multiple times using combinations of options
+with a syntax similar to the brace expansion of popular shells:
+
+@smallexample
+ @dots{}"--target_board=arm-sim\@{-mhard-float,-msoft-float\@}\@{-O1,-O2,-O3,\@}"
+@end smallexample
+
+(Note the empty option caused by the trailing comma in the final group.)
+The following will run each testsuite eight times using the @samp{arm-sim}
+target, as if you had specified all possible combinations yourself:
+
+@smallexample
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O1
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O2
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O3
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O1
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O2
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O3
+ --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float
+@end smallexample
+
+They can be combined as many times as you wish, in arbitrary ways. This
+list:
+
+@smallexample
+ @dots{}"--target_board=unix/-Wextra\@{-O3,-fno-strength\@}\@{-fomit-frame,\@}"
+@end smallexample
+
+will generate four combinations, all involving @samp{-Wextra}.
+
+The disadvantage to this method is that the testsuites are run in serial,
+which is a waste on multiprocessor systems. For users with GNU Make and
+a shell which performs brace expansion, you can run the testsuites in
+parallel by having the shell perform the combinations and @command{make}
+do the parallel runs. Instead of using @samp{--target_board}, use a
+special makefile target:
+
+@smallexample
+ make -j@var{N} check-@var{testsuite}//@var{test-target}/@var{option1}/@var{option2}/@dots{}
+@end smallexample
+
+For example,
+
+@smallexample
+ make -j3 check-gcc//sh-hms-sim/@{-m1,-m2,-m3,-m3e,-m4@}/@{,-nofpu@}
+@end smallexample
+
+will run three concurrent ``make-gcc'' testsuites, eventually testing all
+ten combinations as described above. Note that this is currently only
+supported in the @file{gcc} subdirectory. (To see how this works, try
+typing @command{echo} before the example given here.)
+
@section Additional testing for Java Class Libraries
-The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/,,Mauve Project} provides
+The Java runtime tests can be executed via @samp{make check}
+in the @file{@var{target}/libjava/testsuite} directory in
+the build tree.
+
+The @uref{http://sourceware.org/mauve/,,Mauve Project} provides
a suite of tests for the Java Class Libraries. This suite can be run
-as part of libgcj testing by specifying the location of the Mauve tree
-when invoking @samp{make}, as in @samp{make MAUVEDIR=~/mauve check}.
+as part of libgcj testing by placing the Mauve tree within the libjava
+testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.mauve/mauve}, or by
+specifying the location of that tree when invoking @samp{make}, as in
+@samp{make MAUVEDIR=~/mauve check}.
@section How to interpret test results
-After the testsuite has run you'll find various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
+The result of running the testsuite are various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
files in the testsuite subdirectories. The @file{*.log} files contain a
detailed log of the compiler invocations and the corresponding
-results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries list
-all the tests that have been run with a corresponding status code:
+results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries
+contain status codes for all tests:
@itemize @bullet
@item
@end itemize
It is normal for some tests to report unexpected failures. At the
-current time our testing harness does not allow fine grained control
-over whether or not a test is expected to fail. We expect to fix this
-problem in future releases.
+current time the testing harness does not allow fine grained control
+over whether or not a test is expected to fail. This problem should
+be fixed in future releases.
@section Submitting test results
If you want to report the results to the GCC project, use the
@file{contrib/test_summary} shell script. Start it in the @var{objdir} with
-@example
+@smallexample
@var{srcdir}/contrib/test_summary -p your_commentary.txt \
-m gcc-testresults@@gcc.gnu.org |sh
-@end example
+@end smallexample
This script uses the @command{Mail} program to send the results, so
make sure it is in your @env{PATH}. The file @file{your_commentary.txt} is
prepended to the testsuite summary and should contain any special
remarks you have on your results or your build environment. Please
do not edit the testsuite result block or the subject line, as these
-messages are automatically parsed and presented at the
-@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/testresults/,,GCC testresults} web
-page. Here you can also gather information on how specific tests
-behave on different platforms and compare them with your results. A
-few failing testcases are possible even on released versions and you
-should look here first if you think your results are unreasonable.
+messages may be automatically processed.
@html
<hr />
@end ifnothtml
Now that GCC has been built (and optionally tested), you can install it with
-@example
+@smallexample
cd @var{objdir}; make install
-@end example
+@end smallexample
We strongly recommend to install into a target directory where there is
-no previous version of GCC present.
+no previous version of GCC present. Also, the GNAT runtime should not
+be stripped, as this would break certain features of the debugger that
+depend on this debugging information (catching Ada exceptions for
+instance).
That step completes the installation of GCC; user level binaries can
-be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value you
-specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or @file{/usr/local}
-by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir}, that directory will
-be used instead; otherwise, if you specified @option{--exec-prefix},
-@file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.) Headers for the C++ and
-Java libraries are installed in @file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries
-in @file{@var{libdir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal
-parts of the compiler in @file{@var{libdir}/gcc-lib}; documentation in
-info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/info}).
+be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value
+you specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or
+@file{/usr/local} by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir},
+that directory will be used instead; otherwise, if you specified
+@option{--exec-prefix}, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.)
+Headers for the C++ and Java libraries are installed in
+@file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries in @file{@var{libdir}}
+(normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal parts of the compiler in
+@file{@var{libdir}/gcc} and @file{@var{libexecdir}/gcc}; documentation
+in info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally
+@file{@var{prefix}/info}).
When installing cross-compilers, GCC's executables
are not only installed into @file{@var{bindir}}, that
Installation into a temporary staging area or into a @command{chroot}
jail can be achieved with the command
-@example
+@smallexample
make DESTDIR=@var{path-to-rootdir} install
-@end example
+@end smallexample
@noindent where @var{path-to-rootdir} is the absolute path of
a directory relative to which all installation paths will be
not as a bug, because it gives slightly more control to the packagers
using the @code{DESTDIR} feature.
-If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
+If you are bootstrapping a released version of GCC then please
quickly review the build status page for your release, available from
@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
send a note to
@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
-that you successfully built and installed GCC.
+that you successfully built and installed GCC@.
Include the following information:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send us
+Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send
that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
@item
-The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed gcc.
+The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed @command{gcc}.
This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed to
configure.
@end ifhtml
didn't include your host/target information or if that information is
incomplete or out of date. Send a note to
-@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} telling us how the information should be changed.
+@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} detailing how the information should be changed.
-If you find a bug, please report it following our
+If you find a bug, please report it following the
@uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
-dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.1)
+dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.7)
and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
-printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. You can also
-@uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,buy printed manuals from the
+printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. Alternately, by using
+@samp{make pdf} in place of @samp{make dvi}, you can create documentation
+in the form of @file{.pdf} files; this requires @command{texi2pdf}, which
+is included with Texinfo version 4.8 and later. You can also
+@uref{http://shop.fsf.org/,,buy printed manuals from the
Free Software Foundation}, though such manuals may not be for the most
recent version of GCC@.
+If you would like to generate online HTML documentation, do @samp{cd
+@var{objdir}; make html} and HTML will be generated for the gcc manuals in
+@file{@var{objdir}/gcc/HTML}.
+
@html
<hr />
<p>
@uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
@item
-@uref{http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu,,UCLA Software Library for AIX}.
+@uref{http://pware.hvcc.edu,,Hudson Valley Community College Open Source Software for IBM System p};
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.perzl.org/aix/,,AIX 5L and 6 Open Source Packages}.
@end itemize
@item
DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
@item
-Hitachi H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
-Development Tools for the Hitachi H8/300[HS] Series}.
+Renesas H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
+Development Tools for the Renesas H8/300[HS] Series}.
@item
HP-UX:
@itemize
@item
-@uref{http://hpux.cae.wisc.edu/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
+@uref{http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
@item
@uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
@end itemize
+@item
+Motorola 68HC11/68HC12---@uref{http://www.gnu-m68hc11.org,,GNU
+Development Tools for the Motorola 68HC11/68HC12}.
+
@item
@uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
OpenServer/Unixware}.
-@item
-Sinix/Reliant Unix---@uref{ftp://ftp.siemens.de/sni/mr/pd/gnu/gcc,,Siemens}.
-
@item
Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel)---@uref{http://www.sunfreeware.com/,,Sunfreeware}.
SGI---@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,SGI Freeware}.
@item
-Windows 95, 98, and NT:
+Microsoft Windows:
@itemize
@item
-The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
+The @uref{http://sourceware.org/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
@item
The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
@end itemize
@item
-@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/free/by-name/,,The
-Written Word} offers binaries for Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 2.7/SPARC, 2.7/Intel,
-IRIX 6.2, 6.5, Digital UNIX 4.0D, HP-UX 10.20, and HP-UX 11.00.
+@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/by-name/,,The
+Written Word} offers binaries for
+AIX 4.3.3, 5.1 and 5.2,
+IRIX 6.5,
+Tru64 UNIX 4.0D and 5.1,
+GNU/Linux (i386),
+HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.11, and
+Solaris/SPARC 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.openpkg.org/,,OpenPKG} offers binaries for quite a
+number of platforms.
+@item
+The @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries,,GFortran Wiki} has
+links to GNU Fortran binaries for several platforms.
@end itemize
In addition to those specific offerings, you can get a binary
distribution CD-ROM from the
-@uref{http://www.fsf.org/order/order.html,,Free Software Foundation}.
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,Free Software Foundation}.
It contains binaries for a number of platforms, and
includes not only GCC, but other stuff as well. The current CD does
not contain the latest version of GCC, but it should allow
Please read this document carefully @emph{before} installing the
GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
+Note that this list of install notes is @emph{not} a list of supported
+hosts or targets. Not all supported hosts and targets are listed
+here, only the ones that require host-specific or target-specific
+information are.
+
@ifhtml
@itemize
@item
-@uref{#1750a-*-*,,1750a-*-*}
-@item
-@uref{#a29k,,a29k}
-@item
-@uref{#a29k-*-bsd,,a29k-*-bsd}
-@item
-@uref{#alpha*-*-*,,alpha*-*-*}
+@uref{#alpha-x-x,,alpha*-*-*}
@item
-@uref{#alpha*-dec-osf*,,alpha*-dec-osf*}
+@uref{#alpha-dec-osf,,alpha*-dec-osf*}
@item
-@uref{#alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*,,alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}
+@uref{#arc-x-elf,,arc-*-elf}
@item
-@uref{#arc-*-elf,,arc-*-elf}
-@item
-@uref{#arm-*-aout,,arm-*-aout}
-@item
-@uref{#arm-*-elf,,arm-*-elf}
-@item
-@uref{#arm*-*-linux-gnu,,arm*-*-linux-gnu}
-@item
-@uref{#arm-*-riscix,,arm-*-riscix}
+@uref{#arm-x-elf,,arm-*-elf}
+@uref{#arm-x-coff,,arm-*-coff}
+@uref{#arm-x-aout,,arm-*-aout}
@item
@uref{#avr,,avr}
@item
-@uref{#c4x,,c4x}
+@uref{#bfin,,Blackfin}
@item
@uref{#dos,,DOS}
@item
-@uref{#dsp16xx,,dsp16xx}
-@item
-@uref{#elxsi-elxsi-bsd,,elxsi-elxsi-bsd}
-@item
-@uref{#*-*-freebsd*,,*-*-freebsd*}
+@uref{#x-x-freebsd,,*-*-freebsd*}
@item
@uref{#h8300-hms,,h8300-hms}
@item
-@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux*,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
-@item
-@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux9,,hppa*-hp-hpux9}
-@item
-@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
+@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
@item
-@uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
+@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
@item
-@uref{#i370-*-*,,i370-*-*}
+@uref{#hppa-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
@item
-@uref{#*-*-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
+@uref{#x-x-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-linux*oldld,,i?86-*-linux*oldld}
+@uref{#ix86-x-linux,,i?86-*-linux*}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-linux*aout,,i?86-*-linux*aout}
+@uref{#ix86-x-solaris210,,i?86-*-solaris2.10}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-linux*,,i?86-*-linux*}
+@uref{#ia64-x-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-sco,,i?86-*-sco}
+@uref{#ia64-x-hpux,,ia64-*-hpux*}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-sco3.2v4,,i?86-*-sco3.2v4}
+@uref{#x-ibm-aix,,*-ibm-aix*}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-sco3.2v5*,,i?86-*-sco3.2v5*}
+@uref{#iq2000-x-elf,,iq2000-*-elf}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-udk,,i?86-*-udk}
+@uref{#m32c-x-elf,,m32c-*-elf}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-isc,,i?86-*-isc}
-@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-esix,,i?86-*-esix}
-@item
-@uref{#ix86-ibm-aix,,i?86-ibm-aix}
-@item
-@uref{#ix86-sequent-bsd,,i?86-sequent-bsd}
-@item
-@uref{#ix86-sequent-ptx1*,,i?86-sequent-ptx1*, i?86-sequent-ptx2*, i?86-sequent-sysv3*}
-@item
-@uref{#i860-intel-osf*,,i860-intel-osf*}
-@item
-@uref{#ia64-*-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
-@item
-@uref{#*-lynx-lynxos,,*-lynx-lynxos}
-@item
-@uref{#*-ibm-aix*,,*-ibm-aix*}
-@item
-@uref{#m32r-*-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
-@item
-@uref{#m68000-hp-bsd,,m68000-hp-bsd}
+@uref{#m32r-x-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
@item
@uref{#m6811-elf,,m6811-elf}
@item
@uref{#m6812-elf,,m6812-elf}
@item
-@uref{#m68k-altos,,m68k-altos}
-@item
-@uref{#m68k-apple-aux,,m68k-apple-aux}
-@item
-@uref{#m68k-att-sysv,,m68k-att-sysv}
-@item
-@uref{#m68k-bull-sysv,,m68k-bull-sysv}
-@item
-@uref{#m68k-crds-unos,,m68k-crds-unos}
-@item
-@uref{#m68k-hp-hpux,,m68k-hp-hpux}
-@item
-@uref{#m68k-*-nextstep*,,m68k-*-nextstep*}
+@uref{#m68k-x-x,,m68k-*-*}
@item
-@uref{#m68k-ncr-*,,m68k-ncr-*}
+@uref{#m68k-uclinux,,m68k-uclinux}
@item
-@uref{#m68k-sun,,m68k-sun}
-@item
-@uref{#m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1,,m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1}
-@item
-@uref{#m88k-*-svr3,,m88k-*-svr3}
-@item
-@uref{#m88k-*-dgux,,m88k-*-dgux}
-@item
-@uref{#m88k-tektronix-sysv3,,m88k-tektronix-sysv3}
-@item
-@uref{#mips-*-*,,mips-*-*}
-@item
-@uref{#mips-dec-*,,mips-dec-*}
-@item
-@uref{#mips-mips-bsd,,mips-mips-bsd}
-@item
-@uref{#mips-mips-riscos*,,mips-mips-riscos*}
-@item
-@uref{#mips-sgi-irix4,,mips-sgi-irix4}
+@uref{#mips-x-x,,mips-*-*}
@item
@uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,mips-sgi-irix5}
@item
@uref{#mips-sgi-irix6,,mips-sgi-irix6}
@item
-@uref{#mips-sony-sysv,,mips-sony-sysv}
-@item
-@uref{#ns32k-encore,,ns32k-encore}
-@item
-@uref{#ns32k-*-genix,,ns32k-*-genix}
-@item
-@uref{#ns32k-sequent,,ns32k-sequent}
-@item
-@uref{#ns32k-utek,,ns32k-utek}
-@item
-@uref{#powerpc*-*-*,,powerpc*-*-*, powerpc-*-sysv4}
-@item
-@uref{#powerpc-*-darwin*,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
-@item
-@uref{#powerpc-*-elf,,powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4}
+@uref{#powerpc-x-x,,powerpc*-*-*}
@item
-@uref{#powerpc-*-linux-gnu*,,powerpc-*-linux-gnu*}
+@uref{#powerpc-x-darwin,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
@item
-@uref{#powerpc-*-netbsd*,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
+@uref{#powerpc-x-elf,,powerpc-*-elf}
@item
-@uref{#powerpc-*-eabiaix,,powerpc-*-eabiaix}
+@uref{#powerpc-x-linux-gnu,,powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*}
@item
-@uref{#powerpc-*-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
+@uref{#powerpc-x-netbsd,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
@item
-@uref{#powerpc-*-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
+@uref{#powerpc-x-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
@item
-@uref{#powerpcle-*-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4}
+@uref{#powerpc-x-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
@item
-@uref{#powerpcle-*-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
+@uref{#powerpcle-x-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf}
@item
-@uref{#powerpcle-*-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
+@uref{#powerpcle-x-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
@item
-@uref{#powerpcle-*-winnt,,powerpcle-*-winnt, powerpcle-*-pe}
+@uref{#powerpcle-x-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
@item
-@uref{#romp-*-aos,,romp-*-aos, romp-*-mach}
+@uref{#s390-x-linux,,s390-*-linux*}
@item
-@uref{#s390-*-linux*}
+@uref{#s390x-x-linux,,s390x-*-linux*}
@item
-@uref{#s390x-*-linux*}
+@uref{#s390x-ibm-tpf,,s390x-ibm-tpf*}
@item
-@uref{#*-*-solaris2*,,*-*-solaris2*}
+@uref{#x-x-solaris2,,*-*-solaris2*}
@item
-@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2*,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
+@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
@item
-@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2.7,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
+@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris27,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
@item
-@uref{#sparc-sun-sunos4*,,sparc-sun-sunos4*}
+@uref{#sparc-x-linux,,sparc-*-linux*}
@item
-@uref{#sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1,,sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1}
+@uref{#sparc64-x-solaris2,,sparc64-*-solaris2*}
@item
-@uref{#sparc-*-linux*,,sparc-*-linux*}
+@uref{#sparcv9-x-solaris2,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
@item
-@uref{#sparc64-*-*,,sparc64-*-*}
+@uref{#x-x-vxworks,,*-*-vxworks*}
@item
-@uref{#sparcv9-*-solaris2*,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
+@uref{#x86-64-x-x,,x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*}
@item
-@uref{#*-*-sysv*,,*-*-sysv*}
+@uref{#xtensa-x-elf,,xtensa*-*-elf}
@item
-@uref{#vax-dec-ultrix,,vax-dec-ultrix}
+@uref{#xtensa-x-linux,,xtensa*-*-linux*}
@item
-@uref{#we32k-*-*,,we32k-*-*}
+@uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
@item
-@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,xtensa-*-elf}
+@uref{#x-x-cygwin,,*-*-cygwin}
@item
-@uref{#xtensa-*-linux*,,xtensa-*-linux*}
+@uref{#x-x-interix,,*-*-interix}
@item
-@uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
+@uref{#x-x-mingw,,*-*-mingw}
@item
@uref{#os2,,OS/2}
@item
@itemize
@item
-@uref{#elf_targets,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
+@uref{#elf,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
@end itemize
@end ifhtml
<!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{1750a-*-*}1750a-*-*
-MIL-STD-1750A processors. This target is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-The MIL-STD-1750A cross configuration produces output for
-@code{as1750}, an assembler/linker available under the GNU General Public
-License for the 1750A@. @code{as1750} can be obtained at
-@uref{ftp://ftp.fta-berlin.de/pub/crossgcc/1750gals/}.
-A similarly licensed simulator for
-the 1750A is available from same address.
-
-You should ignore a fatal error during the building of @samp{libgcc}
-(@samp{libgcc} is not yet implemented for the 1750A@.)
-
-The @code{as1750} assembler requires the file @file{ms1750.inc}, which is
-found in the directory @file{gcc/config/1750a}.
-
-GCC produced the same sections as the Fairchild F9450 C Compiler,
-namely:
-
-@table @code
-@item Normal
-The program code section.
-
-@item Static
-The read/write (RAM) data section.
-
-@item Konst
-The read-only (ROM) constants section.
-
-@item Init
-Initialization section (code to copy KREL to SREL)@.
-@end table
-
-The smallest addressable unit is 16 bits (@code{BITS_PER_UNIT} is 16). This
-means that type @code{char} is represented with a 16-bit word per character.
-The 1750A's ``Load/Store Upper/Lower Byte'' instructions are not used by
-GCC@.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{a29k}a29k
-AMD Am29k-family processors. These are normally used in embedded
-applications. This configuration corresponds to AMD's standard calling
-sequence and binary interface and is compatible with other 29k tools.
-
-AMD has abandoned this processor. All existing a29k targets are obsoleted
-in GCC 3.1.
-
-You may need to make a variant of the file @file{a29k.h} for your
-particular configuration.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{a29k-*-bsd}a29k-*-bsd
-AMD Am29050 used in a system running a variant of BSD Unix.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{alpha*-*-*}alpha*-*-*
+@heading @anchor{alpha-x-x}alpha*-*-*
This section contains general configuration information for all
alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{alpha*-dec-osf*}alpha*-dec-osf*
+@heading @anchor{alpha-dec-osf}alpha*-dec-osf*
Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
-Support for versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} is obsoleted in GCC
-3.1. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC OSF/1.)
+As of GCC 3.2, versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer
+supported. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC
+OSF/1.)
In Digital Unix V4.0, virtual memory exhausted bootstrap failures
may be fixed by configuring with @option{--with-gc=simple},
@option{-oldas} option. To bootstrap GCC, you either need to use the
Compaq C Compiler:
-@example
+@smallexample
% CC=cc @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
-@end example
+@end smallexample
or you can use a copy of GCC 2.95.3 or higher built on Tru64 UNIX V4.0:
-@example
+@smallexample
% CC=gcc -Wa,-oldas @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
-@end example
+@end smallexample
As of GNU binutils 2.11.2, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with
@option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
-The @option{--enable-threads} options isn't supported yet. A patch is
-in preparation for a future release.
-
GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
stamp.
-Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
-32-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
-when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
-optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
-target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed. Building
-cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
-a few cases and may not work properly.
-
-@code{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
-@option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
-assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
+@samp{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
+@option{-save-temps} to @code{BOOT_CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name
+of the assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
@code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*
-Cray T3E systems running Unicos/Mk.
-
-This port is incomplete and has many known bugs. We hope to improve the
-support for this target soon. Currently, only the C front end is supported,
-and it is not possible to build parallel applications. Cray modules are not
-supported; in particular, Craylibs are assumed to be in
-@file{/opt/ctl/craylibs/craylibs}.
-
-You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU make on this platform. Also, you
-need to tell GCC where to find the assembler and the linker. The
-simplest way to do so is by providing @option{--with-as} and
-@option{--with-ld} to @file{configure}, e.g.@:
-
-@example
- configure --with-as=/opt/ctl/bin/cam --with-ld=/opt/ctl/bin/cld \
- --enable-languages=c
-@end example
-
-The comparison test during @samp{make bootstrap} fails on Unicos/Mk
-because the assembler inserts timestamps into object files. You should
-be able to work around this by doing @samp{make all} after getting this
-failure.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{arc-*-elf}arc-*-elf
+@heading @anchor{arc-x-elf}arc-*-elf
Argonaut ARC processor.
This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{arm-*-aout}arm-*-aout
-Advanced RISC Machines ARM-family processors. These are often used in
-embedded applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
-This configuration corresponds to the basic instruction sequences and will
-produce @file{a.out} format object modules.
-
-You may need to make a variant of the file @file{arm.h} for your particular
-configuration.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{arm-*-elf}arm-*-elf
-This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
+@heading @anchor{arm-x-elf}arm-*-elf
+ARM-family processors. Subtargets that use the ELF object format
+require GNU binutils 2.13 or newer. Such subtargets include:
+@code{arm-*-freebsd}, @code{arm-*-netbsdelf}, @code{arm-*-*linux}
+and @code{arm-*-rtems}.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{arm*-*-linux-gnu}arm*-*-linux-gnu
-
-We require GNU binutils 2.10 or newer.
+@heading @anchor{arm-x-coff}arm-*-coff
+ARM-family processors. Note that there are two different varieties
+of PE format subtarget supported: @code{arm-wince-pe} and
+@code{arm-pe} as well as a standard COFF target @code{arm-*-coff}.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{arm-*-riscix}arm-*-riscix
-The ARM2 or ARM3 processor running RISC iX, Acorn's port of BSD Unix.
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-If you are running a version of RISC iX prior to 1.2 then you must
-specify the version number during configuration. Note that the
-assembler shipped with RISC iX does not support stabs debugging
-information; a new version of the assembler, with stabs support
-included, is now available from Acorn and via ftp
-@uref{ftp://ftp.acorn.com/pub/riscix/as+xterm.tar.Z}. To enable stabs
-debugging, pass @option{--with-gnu-as} to configure.
-
-You will need to install GNU @command{sed} before you can run configure.
+@heading @anchor{arm-x-aout}arm-*-aout
+ARM-family processors. These targets support the AOUT file format:
+@code{arm-*-aout}, @code{arm-*-netbsd}.
@html
<hr />
ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
@ifnothtml
-@xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
+@xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
Collection (GCC)},
@end ifnothtml
@ifhtml
@itemize @bullet
@item
-@uref{http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc,,http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc}
+@uref{http://www.nongnu.org/avr/,,http://www.nongnu.org/avr/}
@item
-@uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr}
+@uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/}
@end itemize
-We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.11 or newer.
+We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.13 or newer.
The following error:
-@example
+@smallexample
Error: register required
-@end example
+@end smallexample
indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{c4x}c4x
+@heading @anchor{bfin}Blackfin
-Texas Instruments TMS320C3x and TMS320C4x Floating Point Digital Signal
-Processors. These are used in embedded applications. There are no
-standard Unix configurations.
+The Blackfin processor, an Analog Devices DSP.
@ifnothtml
-@xref{TMS320C3x/C4x Options,, TMS320C3x/C4x Options, gcc, Using and
-Porting the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
+@xref{Blackfin Options,, Blackfin Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
+Collection (GCC)},
@end ifnothtml
@ifhtml
-See ``TMS320C3x/C4x Options'' in the main manual
+See ``Blackfin Options'' in the main manual
@end ifhtml
-for the list of supported MCU types.
-
-GCC can be configured as a cross compiler for both the C3x and C4x
-architectures on the same system. Use @samp{configure --target=c4x
---enable-languages="c,c++"} to configure.
-
-Further installation notes and other useful information about C4x tools
-can also be obtained from:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-@uref{http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/,,http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/}
-@end itemize
+More information, and a version of binutils with support for this processor,
+is available at @uref{http://blackfin.uclinux.org}
@html
<hr />
series. These are used in embedded applications.
@ifnothtml
-@xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
+@xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
Collection (GCC)},
@end ifnothtml
@ifhtml
There are a few different CRIS targets:
@table @code
-@item cris-axis-aout
-Old target. Includes a multilib for the @samp{elinux} a.out-based
-target. No multilibs for newer architecture variants.
@item cris-axis-elf
Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
@samp{v10} core used in @samp{ETRAX 100 LX}.
@samp{ETRAX 100 LX} by default.
@end table
-For @code{cris-axis-aout} and @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
+For @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
or newer. For @code{cris-axis-linux-gnu} you need binutils 2.12 or newer.
Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
information about this platform is available at
@uref{http://developer.axis.com/}.
+@html
+<hr />
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{crx}CRX
+
+The CRX CompactRISC architecture is a low-power 32-bit architecture with
+fast context switching and architectural extensibility features.
+
+@ifnothtml
+@xref{CRX Options,, CRX Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
+Collection (GCC)},
+@end ifnothtml
+
+@ifhtml
+See ``CRX Options'' in the main manual for a list of CRX-specific options.
+@end ifhtml
+
+Use @samp{configure --target=crx-elf --enable-languages=c,c++} to configure
+GCC@ for building a CRX cross-compiler. The option @samp{--target=crx-elf}
+is also used to build the @samp{newlib} C library for CRX.
+
+It is also possible to build libstdc++-v3 for the CRX architecture. This
+needs to be done in a separate step with the following configure settings:
+@samp{gcc/libstdc++-v3/configure --host=crx-elf --with-newlib
+--enable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-cxx-flags='-fexceptions -frtti'}
+
@html
<hr />
@end html
@heading @anchor{dos}DOS
-Please have a look at our @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
+Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{dsp16xx}dsp16xx
-A port to the AT&T DSP1610 family of processors.
+@heading @anchor{x-x-freebsd}*-*-freebsd*
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{*-*-freebsd*}*-*-freebsd*
+The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} probably works with
+this release of GCC@. However, on FreeBSD 4, bootstrapping against the
+latest FSF binutils is known to improve overall testsuite results; and,
+on FreeBSD/alpha, using binutils 2.14 or later is required to build libjava.
-The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} is known to work unless
-otherwise specified in any per-architecture notes. However, binutils
-2.12.1 or greater is known to improve overall testsuite results.
+Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2.
-For FreeBSD 1, FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
+Support for FreeBSD 2 will be discontinued after GCC 3.4. The
+following was true for GCC 3.1 but the current status is unknown.
+For FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
place. FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been known to bootstrap completely; however,
it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it
was the system copy in @file{/usr/bin}) and C++ EH failures were noted.
-Support for FreeBSD 1 is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF 2 debugging is now the
default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on
FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead
of @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match more
-of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of GCC. In
+of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of GCC@. In
particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default.
However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system
compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good
-results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@.
+results on FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@. In the past, known to
+bootstrap and check with good results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2,
+4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8-STABLE@.
In principle, @option{--enable-threads} is now compatible with
@option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@. However, it has only been built
-and tested on @samp{i386-*-freebsd4.5} and @samp{alpha-*-freebsd5.0}.
+and tested on @samp{i386-*-freebsd[45]} and @samp{alpha-*-freebsd[45]}.
The static
library may be incorrectly built (symbols are missing at link time).
There is a rare timing-based startup hang (probably involves an
-assupmtion about the thread library). Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
+assumption about the thread library). Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
libjava) exposes severe threaded signal-handling bugs on FreeBSD before
-4.5-RELEASE. The alpha port may not fully bootstrap without some manual
-intervention: @command{gcjh} will crash with a floating-point exception while
-generating @file{java/lang/Double.h} (just copy the version built on
-@samp{i386-*-freebsd*} and rerun the top-level @command{gmake} with no
-arguments and it
-should properly complete the bootstrap). Other CPU architectures
+4.5-RELEASE@. Other CPU architectures
supported by FreeBSD will require additional configuration tuning in, at
the very least, both boehm-gc and libffi.
Shared @file{libgcc_s.so} is now built and installed by default.
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{elxsi-elxsi-bsd}elxsi-elxsi-bsd
-The Elxsi's C compiler has known limitations that prevent it from
-compiling GCC@. Please contact @email{mrs@@wrs.com} for more details.
-
-Support for this processor is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
@html
<hr />
@end html
@heading @anchor{h8300-hms}h8300-hms
-Hitachi H8/300 series of processors.
+Renesas H8/300 series of processors.
-Please have a look at our @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
+Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux*}hppa*-hp-hpux*
+@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux}hppa*-hp-hpux*
+Support for HP-UX version 9 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
-We @emph{highly} recommend using gas/binutils 2.8 or newer on all hppa
-platforms; you may encounter a variety of problems when using the HP
-assembler. The HP assembler does not work with the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*}
-port.
+We require using gas/binutils on all hppa platforms. Version 2.19 or
+later is recommended.
-Specifically, @option{-g} does not work on HP-UX (since that system
-uses a peculiar debugging format which GCC does not know about), unless you
-use GAS and GDB and configure GCC with the
+It may be helpful to configure GCC with the
@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}} and
-@option{--with-as=@dots{}} options.
-
-If you wish to use the pa-risc 2.0 architecture support with a 32-bit
-runtime, you must use either the HP assembler, gas/binutils 2.11 or newer,
-or a recent
-@uref{ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/snapshots,,snapshot of gas}.
+@option{--with-as=@dots{}} options to ensure that GCC can find GAS@.
+
+The HP assembler should not be used with GCC. It is rarely tested and may
+not work. It shouldn't be used with any languages other than C due to its
+many limitations.
+
+Specifically, @option{-g} does not work (HP-UX uses a peculiar debugging
+format which GCC does not know about). It also inserts timestamps
+into each object file it creates, causing the 3-stage comparison test to
+fail during a bootstrap. You should be able to continue by saying
+@samp{make all-host all-target} after getting the failure from @samp{make}.
+
+Various GCC features are not supported. For example, it does not support weak
+symbols or alias definitions. As a result, explicit template instantiations
+are required when using C++. This makes it difficult if not impossible to
+build many C++ applications.
+
+There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
+PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
+architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
+PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
+the target is a @samp{hppa1*} machine.
+
+The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
+it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
+configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
+TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
+default scheduling model is desired.
+
+As of GCC 4.0, GCC uses the UNIX 95 namespace for HP-UX 10.10
+through 11.00, and the UNIX 98 namespace for HP-UX 11.11 and later.
+This namespace change might cause problems when bootstrapping with
+an earlier version of GCC or the HP compiler as essentially the same
+namespace is required for an entire build. This problem can be avoided
+in a number of ways. With HP cc, @env{UNIX_STD} can be set to @samp{95}
+or @samp{98}. Another way is to add an appropriate set of predefines
+to @env{CC}. The description for the @option{munix=} option contains
+a list of the predefines used with each standard.
More specific information to @samp{hppa*-hp-hpux*} targets follows.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux9}hppa*-hp-hpux9
-
-The HP assembler has major problems on this platform. We've tried to work
-around the worst of the problems. However, those workarounds may be causing
-linker crashes in some circumstances; the workarounds also probably prevent
-shared libraries from working. Use the GNU assembler to avoid these problems.
-
-
-The configuration scripts for GCC will also trigger a bug in the hpux9
-shell. To avoid this problem set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} to @file{/bin/ksh}
-and @env{SHELL} to @file{/bin/ksh} in your environment.
-
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
+@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
For hpux10.20, we @emph{highly} recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
@code{PHCO_19798} from HP@. HP has two sites which provide patches free of
@itemize @bullet
@item
@html
-<a href="http://us-support.external.hp.com">US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
+<a href="http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do">US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
Latin-America</a>
@end html
@ifnothtml
-@uref{http://us-support.external.hp.com,,}US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
-Latin-America
+@uref{http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} US, Canada, Asia-Pacific,
+and Latin-America.
@end ifnothtml
@item
-@uref{http://europe-support.external.hp.com,,Europe}
-@end itemize
-
-The HP assembler on these systems is much better than the hpux9 assembler,
-but still has some problems. Most notably the assembler inserts timestamps
-into each object file it creates, causing the 3-stage comparison test to fail
-during a @samp{make bootstrap}. You should be able to continue by
-saying @samp{make all} after getting the failure from @samp{make
-bootstrap}.
-
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
-
-GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. On 64-bit capable systems, there
-are two distinct ports. The @samp{hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11*} port generates
-code for the 32-bit pa-risc runtime architecture. It uses the HP
-linker and is currently the default selected by config.guess. The
-optional @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} port generates 64-bit code for the
-pa-risc 2.0 architecture. It must be explicitly selected using the
-@samp{--host=hppa64-hp-hpux11*} configure option. Different prefixes
-must be used if both ports are to be installed on the same system.
-
-You must use GNU binutils 2.11 or above with the 32-bit port. Thread
-support is not currently implemented, so @option{--enable-threads} does
-not work. See:
-
-@itemize
-@item @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-prs/2002-01/msg00551.html}
-@item @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2002-01/msg00663.html}.
+@uref{http://europe.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} Europe.
@end itemize
-GCC 2.95.x is not supported under HP-UX 11 and cannot be used to
-compile GCC 3.0 and up. Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for
-information about obtaining precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX.
-
-GNU binutils 2.13 or later is recommended with the 64-bit port.
-The HP assembler is not supported. It is @emph{highly} recommended
-that the GNU linker be used as well. Either binutils must be built
-prior to gcc, or a binary distribution of gcc or binutils must be
-obtained for the initial builds. When starting with a HP compiler,
-it is preferable to use the ANSI compiler as the bundled compiler
-only supports traditional C. Bootstrapping with the bundled compiler
-is tested infrequently and problems often arise because of the subtle
-differences in semantics between traditional and ISO C. There also
-have been problems reported with various binary distributions. This
-port still is undergoing significant development.
+The C++ ABI has changed incompatibly in GCC 4.0. COMDAT subspaces are
+used for one-only code and data. This resolves many of the previous
+problems in using C++ on this target. However, the ABI is not compatible
+with the one implemented under HP-UX 11 using secondary definitions.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{i370-*-*}i370-*-*
-This port is very preliminary and has many known bugs. We hope to
-have a higher-quality port for this machine soon.
+@heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
+
+GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. GCC 2.95.x is not supported and cannot
+be used to compile GCC 3.0 and up.
+
+The libffi and libjava libraries haven't been ported to 64-bit HP-UX@
+and don't build.
+
+Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for information about obtaining
+precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX@. Precompiled binaries must be obtained
+to build the Ada language as it can't be bootstrapped using C@. Ada is
+only available for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime.
+
+Starting with GCC 3.4 an ISO C compiler is required to bootstrap. The
+bundled compiler supports only traditional C; you will need either HP's
+unbundled compiler, or a binary distribution of GCC@.
+
+It is possible to build GCC 3.3 starting with the bundled HP compiler,
+but the process requires several steps. GCC 3.3 can then be used to
+build later versions. The fastjar program contains ISO C code and
+can't be built with the HP bundled compiler. This problem can be
+avoided by not building the Java language. For example, use the
+@option{--enable-languages="c,c++,f77,objc"} option in your configure
+command.
+
+There are several possible approaches to building the distribution.
+Binutils can be built first using the HP tools. Then, the GCC
+distribution can be built. The second approach is to build GCC
+first using the HP tools, then build binutils, then rebuild GCC@.
+There have been problems with various binary distributions, so it
+is best not to start from a binary distribution.
+
+On 64-bit capable systems, there are two distinct targets. Different
+installation prefixes must be used if both are to be installed on
+the same system. The @samp{hppa[1-2]*-hp-hpux11*} target generates code
+for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime architecture and uses the HP linker.
+The @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target generates 64-bit code for the
+PA-RISC 2.0 architecture.
+
+The script config.guess now selects the target type based on the compiler
+detected during configuration. You must define @env{PATH} or @env{CC} so
+that configure finds an appropriate compiler for the initial bootstrap.
+When @env{CC} is used, the definition should contain the options that are
+needed whenever @env{CC} is used.
+
+Specifically, options that determine the runtime architecture must be
+in @env{CC} to correctly select the target for the build. It is also
+convenient to place many other compiler options in @env{CC}. For example,
+@env{CC="cc -Ac +DA2.0W -Wp,-H16376 -D_CLASSIC_TYPES -D_HPUX_SOURCE"}
+can be used to bootstrap the GCC 3.3 branch with the HP compiler in
+64-bit K&R/bundled mode. The @option{+DA2.0W} option will result in
+the automatic selection of the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target. The
+macro definition table of cpp needs to be increased for a successful
+build with the HP compiler. _CLASSIC_TYPES and _HPUX_SOURCE need to
+be defined when building with the bundled compiler, or when using the
+@option{-Ac} option. These defines aren't necessary with @option{-Ae}.
+
+It is best to explicitly configure the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target
+with the @option{--with-ld=@dots{}} option. This overrides the standard
+search for ld. The two linkers supported on this target require different
+commands. The default linker is determined during configuration. As a
+result, it's not possible to switch linkers in the middle of a GCC build.
+This has been reported to sometimes occur in unified builds of binutils
+and GCC@.
+
+A recent linker patch must be installed for the correct operation of
+GCC 3.3 and later. @code{PHSS_26559} and @code{PHSS_24304} are the
+oldest linker patches that are known to work. They are for HP-UX
+11.00 and 11.11, respectively. @code{PHSS_24303}, the companion to
+@code{PHSS_24304}, might be usable but it hasn't been tested. These
+patches have been superseded. Consult the HP patch database to obtain
+the currently recommended linker patch for your system.
+
+The patches are necessary for the support of weak symbols on the
+32-bit port, and for the running of initializers and finalizers. Weak
+symbols are implemented using SOM secondary definition symbols. Prior
+to HP-UX 11, there are bugs in the linker support for secondary symbols.
+The patches correct a problem of linker core dumps creating shared
+libraries containing secondary symbols, as well as various other
+linking issues involving secondary symbols.
+
+GCC 3.3 uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capabilities to
+run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The 32-bit port
+uses the linker @option{+init} and @option{+fini} options for the same
+purpose. The patches correct various problems with the +init/+fini
+options, including program core dumps. Binutils 2.14 corrects a
+problem on the 64-bit port resulting from HP's non-standard use of
+the .init and .fini sections for array initializers and finalizers.
+
+Although the HP and GNU linkers are both supported for the
+@samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target, it is strongly recommended that the
+HP linker be used for link editing on this target.
+
+At this time, the GNU linker does not support the creation of long
+branch stubs. As a result, it can't successfully link binaries
+containing branch offsets larger than 8 megabytes. In addition,
+there are problems linking shared libraries, linking executables
+with @option{-static}, and with dwarf2 unwind and exception support.
+It also doesn't provide stubs for internal calls to global functions
+in shared libraries, so these calls can't be overloaded.
+
+The HP dynamic loader does not support GNU symbol versioning, so symbol
+versioning is not supported. It may be necessary to disable symbol
+versioning with @option{--disable-symvers} when using GNU ld.
+
+POSIX threads are the default. The optional DCE thread library is not
+supported, so @option{--enable-threads=dce} does not work.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{*-*-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
+@heading @anchor{x-x-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
-If you use glibc 2.2 (or 2.1.9x), GCC 2.95.2 won't install
-out-of-the-box. You'll get compile errors while building @samp{libstdc++}.
-The patch @uref{glibc-2.2.patch,,glibc-2.2.patch}, that is to be
-applied in the GCC source tree, fixes the compatibility problems.
+Versions of libstdc++-v3 starting with 3.2.1 require bug fixes present
+in glibc 2.2.5 and later. More information is available in the
+libstdc++-v3 documentation.
@html
+<hr />
@end html
+@heading @anchor{ix86-x-linux}i?86-*-linux*
-@html
-<p>
-@end html
+As of GCC 3.3, binutils 2.13.1 or later is required for this platform.
+See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/PR10877,,bug 10877} for more information.
-Currently Glibc 2.2.3 (and older releases) and GCC 3.0 are out of sync
-since the latest exception handling changes for GCC@. Compiling glibc
-with GCC 3.0 will give a binary incompatible glibc and therefore cause
-lots of problems and might make your system completly unusable. This
-will definitly need fixes in glibc but might also need fixes in GCC@. We
-strongly advise to wait for glibc 2.2.4 and to read the release notes of
-glibc 2.2.4 whether patches for GCC 3.0 are needed. You can use glibc
-2.2.3 with GCC 3.0, just do not try to recompile it.
+If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
+possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
+found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*oldld}i?86-*-linux*oldld
-Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
-GNU systems if you do not have gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later
-installed.
+@heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10
+Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. This
+configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only.
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler in
+@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas} but the Sun linker, using the options
+@option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld
+--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld}.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*aout}i?86-*-linux*aout
-Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
-GNU systems. This configuration is being superseded. You must use
-gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*}i?86-*-linux*
+@heading @anchor{ia64-x-linux}ia64-*-linux
+IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
+running GNU/Linux.
-You will need binutils 2.9.1.0.15 or newer for exception handling to work.
+If you are using the installed system libunwind library with
+@option{--with-system-libunwind}, then you must use libunwind 0.98 or
+later.
-If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
-possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
-found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
+None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
+with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
+Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
+3.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
+This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
+GCC 3.1 or later is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
+As of version 3.1 GCC is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no
+more major ABI changes are expected.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco}i?86-*-sco
-Compilation with RCC is recommended. Also, it may be a good idea to
-link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that comes with the system.
+@heading @anchor{ia64-x-hpux}ia64-*-hpux*
+Building GCC on this target requires the GNU Assembler. The bundled HP
+assembler will not work. To prevent GCC from using the wrong assembler,
+the option @option{--with-gnu-as} may be necessary.
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco3.2v4}i?86-*-sco3.2v4
-Use this configuration for SCO release 3.2 version 4.
+The GCC libunwind library has not been ported to HPUX@. This means that for
+GCC versions 3.2.3 and earlier, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions}
+is required to build GCC@. For GCC 3.3 and later, this is the default.
+For gcc 3.4.3 and later, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions} is
+removed and the system libunwind library will always be used.
@html
<hr />
+<!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco3.2v5*}i?86-*-sco3.2v5*
-Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release 5 family of operating systems.
-
-Unlike earlier versions of GCC, the ability to generate COFF with this
-target is no longer provided.
-
-Earlier versions of GCC emitted DWARF 1 when generating ELF to allow
-the system debugger to be used. That support was too burdensome to
-maintain. GCC now emits only DWARF 2 for this target. This means you
-may use either the UDK debugger or GDB to debug programs built by this
-version of GCC@.
-
-Use of the @option{-march=pentiumpro} flag can result in
-unrecognized opcodes when using the native assembler on OS versions before
-5.0.6. (Support for P6 opcodes was added to the native ELF assembler in
-that version.) While it's rather rare to see these emitted by GCC yet,
-errors of the basic form:
+@heading @anchor{x-ibm-aix}*-ibm-aix*
+Support for AIX version 3 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
-@example
- /usr/tmp/ccaNlqBc.s:22:unknown instruction: fcomip
- /usr/tmp/ccaNlqBc.s:50:unknown instruction: fucomip
-@end example
+``out of memory'' bootstrap failures may indicate a problem with
+process resource limits (ulimit). Hard limits are configured in the
+@file{/etc/security/limits} system configuration file.
-are symptoms of this problem. You may work around this by not
-building affected files with that flag, by using the GNU assembler, or
-by using the assembler provided with the current version of the OS@.
-Users of GNU assembler should see the note below for hazards on doing
-so.
+To speed up the configuration phases of bootstrapping and installing GCC,
+one may use GNU Bash instead of AIX @command{/bin/sh}, e.g.,
-The native SCO assembler that is provided with the OS at no
-charge is normally required. If, however, you must be able to use
-the GNU assembler (perhaps you're compiling code with asms that
-require GAS syntax) you may configure this package using the flags
-@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}. You must
-use a recent version of GNU binutils; versions past 2.9.1 seem to work
-well.
-
-In general, the @option{--with-gnu-as} option isn't as well tested
-as the native assembler.
+@smallexample
+ % CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
+ % export CONFIG_SHELL
+@end smallexample
-Look in @file{gcc/config/i386/sco5.h} (search for ``messy'') for
-additional OpenServer-specific flags.
+and then proceed as described in @uref{build.html,,the build
+instructions}, where we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path
+to invoke @var{srcdir}/configure.
-Systems based on OpenServer before 5.0.4 (@samp{uname -X}
-will tell you what you're running) require TLS597 from
-@uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/TLS/,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/TLS/}
-for C++ constructors and destructors to work right.
+Because GCC on AIX is built as a 32-bit executable by default,
+(although it can generate 64-bit programs) the GMP and MPFR libraries
+required by gfortran must be 32-bit libraries. Building GMP and MPFR
+as static archive libraries works better than shared libraries.
-The system linker in (at least) 5.0.4 and 5.0.5 will sometimes
-do the wrong thing for a construct that GCC will emit for PIC
-code. This can be seen as execution testsuite failures when using
-@option{-fPIC} on @file{921215-1.c}, @file{931002-1.c}, @file{nestfunc-1.c}, and @file{gcov-1.c}.
-For 5.0.5, an updated linker that will cure this problem is
-available. You must install both
-@uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/Supplements/rs505a/,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/Supplements/rs505a/}
-and @uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/SLS/,,OSS499A}.
+Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
+to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
+compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
+the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
+(not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
+@command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
+configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
+does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
+If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
+is the version of Make (see above).
-The dynamic linker in OpenServer 5.0.5 (earlier versions may show
-the same problem) aborts on certain G77-compiled programs. It's particularly
-likely to be triggered by building Fortran code with the @option{-fPIC} flag.
-Although it's conceivable that the error could be triggered by other
-code, only G77-compiled code has been observed to cause this abort.
-If you are getting core dumps immediately upon execution of your
-G77 program---and especially if it's compiled with @option{-fPIC}---try applying
-@uref{sco_osr5_g77.patch,,@file{sco_osr5_g77.patch}} to your @samp{libf2c} and
-rebuilding GCC@.
-Affected faults, when analyzed in a debugger, will show a stack
-backtrace with a fault occurring in @code{rtld()} and the program
-running as @file{/usr/lib/ld.so.1}. This problem has been reported to SCO
-engineering and will hopefully be addressed in later releases.
+The native @command{as} and @command{ld} are recommended for bootstrapping
+on AIX 4 and required for bootstrapping on AIX 5L@. The GNU Assembler
+reports that it supports WEAK symbols on AIX 4, which causes GCC to try to
+utilize weak symbol functionality although it is not supported. The GNU
+Assembler and Linker do not support AIX 5L sufficiently to bootstrap GCC@.
+The native AIX tools do interoperate with GCC@.
+Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
+APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1). It also requires a
+fix for another AIX Assembler bug and a co-dependent AIX Archiver fix
+referenced as APAR IY53606 (AIX 5.2) or a APAR IY54774 (AIX 5.1)
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-udk}i?86-*-udk
+@samp{libstdc++} in GCC 3.4 increments the major version number of the
+shared object and GCC installation places the @file{libstdc++.a}
+shared library in a common location which will overwrite the and GCC
+3.3 version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
+re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.3
+versions of the @samp{libstdc++} shared object needs to be available
+to the AIX runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 @samp{libstdc++.so.4}, if
+present, and GCC 3.3 @samp{libstdc++.so.5} shared objects can be
+installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to set
+the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag in the shared object for @emph{each}
+multilib @file{libstdc++.a} installed:
-This target emulates the SCO Universal Development Kit and requires that
-package be installed. (If it is installed, you will have a
-@file{/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc} file present.) It's very much like the
-@samp{i?86-*-unixware7*} target
-but is meant to be used when hosting on a system where UDK isn't the
-default compiler such as OpenServer 5 or Unixware 2. This target will
-generate binaries that will run on OpenServer, Unixware 2, or Unixware 7,
-with the same warnings and caveats as the SCO UDK@.
+Extract the shared objects from the currently installed
+@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
+@smallexample
+ % ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
+@end smallexample
-This target is a little tricky to build because we have to distinguish
-it from the native tools (so it gets headers, startups, and libraries
-from the right place) while making the tools not think we're actually
-building a cross compiler. The easiest way to do this is with a configure
-command like this:
+Enable the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag so that the shared object will be
+available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
+@smallexample
+ % strip -e libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
+@end smallexample
-@example
- CC=/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc @var{/your/path/to}/gcc/configure \
- --host=i686-pc-udk --target=i686-pc-udk --program-prefix=udk-
-@end example
-
-@emph{You should substitute @samp{i686} in the above command with the appropriate
-processor for your host.}
-
-After the usual @samp{make bootstrap} and
-@samp{make install}, you can then access the UDK-targeted GCC
-tools by adding @command{udk-} before the commonly known name. For
-example, to invoke the C compiler, you would use @command{udk-gcc}.
-They will coexist peacefully with any native-target GCC tools you may
-have installed.
-
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-isc}i?86-*-isc
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-It may be a good idea to link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that
-comes with the system.
-
-In ISC version 4.1, @command{sed} core dumps when building
-@file{deduced.h}. Use the version of @command{sed} from version 4.0.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-ibm-aix}i?86-ibm-aix
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-You need to use GAS version 2.1 or later, and LD from
-GNU binutils version 2.2 or later.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-sequent-bsd}i?86-sequent-bsd
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-Go to the Berkeley universe before compiling.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-sequent-ptx1*}i?86-sequent-ptx1*, i?86-sequent-ptx2*, i?86-sequent-sysv3*
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-You must install GNU @command{sed} before running @command{configure}.
-
-The @code{fixproto} shell script may trigger a bug in the system shell.
-If you encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or
-use @command{bash} (the GNU shell) to run @code{fixproto}.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{i860-intel-osf*}i860-intel-osf*
-All support for the i860 processor is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-On the Intel Paragon (an i860 machine), if you are using operating
-system version 1.0, you will get warnings or errors about redefinition
-of @code{va_arg} when you build GCC@.
-
-If this happens, then you need to link most programs with the library
-@file{iclib.a}. You must also modify @file{stdio.h} as follows: before
-the lines
-
-@example
-#if defined(__i860__) && !defined(_VA_LIST)
-#include <va_list.h>
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-insert the line
-
-@example
-#if __PGC__
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-and after the lines
-
-@example
-extern int vprintf(const char *, va_list );
-extern int vsprintf(char *, const char *, va_list );
-#endif
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-insert the line
-
-@example
-#endif /* __PGC__ */
-@end example
-
-These problems don't exist in operating system version 1.1.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ia64-*-linux}ia64-*-linux
-IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
-running GNU/Linux.
-
-The toolchain is not completely finished, so requirements will continue
-to change.
-GCC 3.0.1 and later require glibc 2.2.4.
-GCC 3.0.2 requires binutils from 2001-09-05 or later.
-GCC 3.0.1 requires binutils 2.11.1 or later.
-
-None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
-with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
-Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
-3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
-This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
-Because of these ABI incompatibilities, GCC 3.0.2 is not recommended for
-user programs on GNU/Linux systems built using earlier compiler releases.
-GCC 3.0.2 is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
-GCC 3.0.2 is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no more major
-ABI changes are expected.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{*-lynx-lynxos}*-lynx-lynxos
-LynxOS 2.2 and earlier comes with GCC 1.x already installed as
-@file{/bin/gcc}. You should compile with this instead of @file{/bin/cc}.
-You can tell GCC to use the GNU assembler and linker, by specifying
-@samp{--with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld} when configuring. These will produce
-COFF format object files and executables; otherwise GCC will use the
-installed tools, which produce @file{a.out} format executables.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-<!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{*-ibm-aix*}*-ibm-aix*
-
-AIX Make frequently has problems with GCC makefiles. GNU Make 3.76 or
-newer is recommended to build on this platform.
-
-Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
-to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
-compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
-the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
-(not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
-@command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
-configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
-does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
-If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
-is the version of Make (see above).
-
-The GNU Assembler incorrectly reports that it supports WEAK symbols on
-AIX which causes GCC to try to utilize weak symbol functionality which
-is not really supported on the platform. The native @command{as} and
-@command{ld} still are recommended. The native AIX tools do
-interoperate with GCC@.
-
-Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for a AIX Assembler bug
-APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1).
-
-@samp{libstdc++} in GCC 3.2 increments the major version number of the
-shared object and GCC installation places the @file{libstdc++.a}
-shared library in a common location which will overwrite the GCC 3.1
-version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
-re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 version of the
-@samp{libstdc++} shared object needs to be available to the AIX
-runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 @samp{libstdc++.so.4} shared object can
-be installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to
-set the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag in the shared object for @emph{each}
-multilib @file{libstdc++.a} installed:
-
-Extract the shared object from each the GCC 3.1 @file{libstdc++.a}
-archive:
-@example
- % ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4
-@end example
-
-Enable the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag so that the shared object will be
-available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
-@example
- % strip -e libstdc++.so.4
-@end example
-
-Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.2
-@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
-@example
- % ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4
-@end example
+Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.4
+@file{libstdc++.a} archive:
+@smallexample
+ % ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
+@end smallexample
Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{m32r-*-elf}m32r-*-elf
-Mitsubishi M32R processor.
+@heading @anchor{iq2000-x-elf}iq2000-*-elf
+Vitesse IQ2000 processors. These are used in embedded
+applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
+
+@html
+<hr />
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{m32c-x-elf}m32c-*-elf
+Renesas M32C processor.
This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68000-hp-bsd}m68000-hp-bsd
-HP 9000 series 200 running BSD@. Note that the C compiler that comes
-with this system cannot compile GCC; contact @email{law@@cygnus.com}
-to get binaries of GCC for bootstrapping.
+@heading @anchor{m32r-x-elf}m32r-*-elf
+Renesas M32R processor.
+This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
@html
<hr />
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-altos}m68k-altos
-Altos 3068. This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-You must use the GNU assembler, linker and debugger.
-Also, you must fix a kernel bug.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-apple-aux}m68k-apple-aux
-Apple Macintosh running A/UX@.
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-You may configure GCC to use either the system assembler and
-linker or the GNU assembler and linker. You should use the GNU configuration
-if you can, especially if you also want to use G++. You enable
-that configuration with the @option{--with-gnu-as} and @option{--with-gnu-ld}
-options to @code{configure}.
-
-Note the C compiler that comes
-with this system cannot compile GCC@. You can find binaries of GCC
-for bootstrapping on @code{jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov}.
-You will also a patched version of @file{/bin/ld} there that
-raises some of the arbitrary limits found in the original.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-att-sysv}m68k-att-sysv
-AT&T 3b1, a.k.a.@: 7300 PC@. This version of GCC cannot
-be compiled with the system C compiler, which is too buggy.
-You will need to get a previous version of GCC and use it to
-bootstrap. Binaries are available from the OSU-CIS archive, at
-@uref{ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/att7300/}.
+@heading @anchor{m68k-x-x}m68k-*-*
+By default, @samp{m68k-*-aout}, @samp{m68k-*-coff*},
+@samp{m68k-*-elf*}, @samp{m68k-*-rtems}, @samp{m68k-*-uclinux} and
+@samp{m68k-*-linux}
+build libraries for both M680x0 and ColdFire processors. If you only
+need the M680x0 libraries, you can omit the ColdFire ones by passing
+@option{--with-arch=m68k} to @command{configure}. Alternatively, you
+can omit the M680x0 libraries by passing @option{--with-arch=cf} to
+@command{configure}. These targets default to 5206 or 5475 code as
+appropriate for the target system when
+configured with @option{--with-arch=cf} and 68020 code otherwise.
+
+The @samp{m68k-*-netbsd} and
+@samp{m68k-*-openbsd} targets also support the @option{--with-arch}
+option. They will generate ColdFire CFV4e code when configured with
+@option{--with-arch=cf} and 68020 code otherwise.
+
+You can override the default processors listed above by configuring
+with @option{--with-cpu=@var{target}}. This @var{target} can either
+be a @option{-mcpu} argument or one of the following values:
+@samp{m68000}, @samp{m68010}, @samp{m68020}, @samp{m68030},
+@samp{m68040}, @samp{m68060}, @samp{m68020-40} and @samp{m68020-60}.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-bull-sysv}m68k-bull-sysv
-Bull DPX/2 series 200 and 300 with BOS-2.00.45 up to BOS-2.01.
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-GCC works
-either with native assembler or GNU assembler. You can use
-GNU assembler with native COFF generation by providing @option{--with-gnu-as} to
-the configure script or use GNU assembler with stabs-in-COFF encapsulation
-by providing @samp{--with-gnu-as --stabs}. For any problem with the native
-assembler or for availability of the DPX/2 port of GAS, contact
-@email{F.Pierresteguy@@frcl.bull.fr}.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-crds-unos}m68k-crds-unos
-Use @samp{configure unos} for building on Unos.
-
-The Unos assembler is named @code{casm} instead of @code{as}. For some
-strange reason linking @file{/bin/as} to @file{/bin/casm} changes the
-behavior, and does not work. So, when installing GCC, you should
-install the following script as @file{as} in the subdirectory where
-the passes of GCC are installed:
-
-@example
-#!/bin/sh
-casm $*
-@end example
-
-The default Unos library is named @file{libunos.a} instead of
-@file{libc.a}. To allow GCC to function, either change all
-references to @option{-lc} in @file{gcc.c} to @option{-lunos} or link
-@file{/lib/libc.a} to @file{/lib/libunos.a}.
-
-@cindex @code{alloca}, for Unos
-When compiling GCC with the standard compiler, to overcome bugs in
-the support of @code{alloca}, do not use @option{-O} when making stage 2.
-Then use the stage 2 compiler with @option{-O} to make the stage 3
-compiler. This compiler will have the same characteristics as the usual
-stage 2 compiler on other systems. Use it to make a stage 4 compiler
-and compare that with stage 3 to verify proper compilation.
-
-(Perhaps simply defining @code{ALLOCA} in @file{x-crds} as described in
-the comments there will make the above paragraph superfluous. Please
-inform us of whether this works.)
-
-Unos uses memory segmentation instead of demand paging, so you will need
-a lot of memory. 5 Mb is barely enough if no other tasks are running.
-If linking @file{cc1} fails, try putting the object files into a library
-and linking from that library.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-hp-hpux}m68k-hp-hpux
-HP 9000 series 300 or 400 running HP-UX@. HP-UX version 8.0 has a bug in
-the assembler that prevents compilation of GCC@. This
-bug manifests itself during the first stage of compilation, while
-building @file{libgcc2.a}:
-
-@smallexample
-_floatdisf
-cc1: warning: `-g' option not supported on this version of GCC
-cc1: warning: `-g1' option not supported on this version of GCC
-./xgcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 11
-@end smallexample
-
-A patched version of the assembler is available as the file
-@uref{ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/cph/hpux-8.0-assembler}. If you
-have HP software support, the patch can also be obtained directly from
-HP, as described in the following note:
-
-@quotation
-This is the patched assembler, to patch SR#1653-010439, where the
-assembler aborts on floating point constants.
-
-The bug is not really in the assembler, but in the shared library
-version of the function ``cvtnum(3c)''. The bug on ``cvtnum(3c)'' is
-SR#4701-078451. Anyway, the attached assembler uses the archive
-library version of ``cvtnum(3c)'' and thus does not exhibit the bug.
-@end quotation
-
-This patch is also known as PHCO_4484.
-
-In addition, if you wish to use gas, you must use
-gas version 2.1 or later, and you must use the GNU linker version 2.1 or
-later. Earlier versions of gas relied upon a program which converted the
-gas output into the native HP-UX format, but that program has not been
-kept up to date. gdb does not understand that native HP-UX format, so
-you must use gas if you wish to use gdb.
-
-On HP-UX version 8.05, but not on 8.07 or more recent versions, the
-@code{fixproto} shell script triggers a bug in the system shell. If you
-encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or use BASH (the
-GNU shell) to run @code{fixproto}. This bug will cause the fixproto
-program to report an error of the form:
-
-@example
-./fixproto: sh internal 1K buffer overflow
-@end example
-
-To fix this, you can also change the first line of the fixproto script
-to look like:
-
-@example
-#!/bin/ksh
-@end example
-
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-*-nextstep*}m68k-*-nextstep*
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-Current GCC versions probably do not work on version 2 of the NeXT
-operating system.
-
-On NeXTStep 3.0, the Objective-C compiler does not work, due,
-apparently, to a kernel bug that it happens to trigger. This problem
-does not happen on 3.1.
-
-You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU sed and GNU make on this platform.
-
-
-On NeXTSTEP 3.x where x < 3 the build of GCC will abort during
-stage1 with an error message like this:
-
-@example
- _eh
- /usr/tmp/ccbbsZ0U.s:987:Unknown pseudo-op: .section
- /usr/tmp/ccbbsZ0U.s:987:Rest of line ignored. 1st junk character
- valued 95 (_).
-@end example
-
-The reason for this is the fact that NeXT's assembler for these
-versions of the operating system does not support the @samp{.section}
-pseudo op that's needed for full C++ exception functionality.
-
-As NeXT's assembler is a derived work from GNU as, a free
-replacement that does can be obtained at
-@uref{ftp://ftp.next.peak.org:/next-ftp/next/apps/devtools/as.3.3.NIHS.s.tar.gz,,ftp://ftp.next.peak.org:/next-ftp/next/apps/devtools/as.3.3.NIHS.s.tar.gz}.
-
-If you try to build the integrated C++ & C++ runtime libraries on this system
-you will run into trouble with include files. The way to get around this is
-to use the following sequence. Note you must have write permission to
-the directory @var{prefix} you specified in the configuration process of GCC
-for this sequence to work.
-
-@example
- cd bld-gcc
- make all-texinfo all-bison all-byacc all-binutils all-gas all-ld
- cd gcc
- make bootstrap
- make install-headers-tar
- cd ..
- make bootstrap3
-@end example
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-ncr-*}m68k-ncr-*
-On the Tower models 4@var{n}0 and 6@var{n}0, by default a process is not
-allowed to have more than one megabyte of memory. GCC cannot compile
-itself (or many other programs) with @option{-O} in that much memory.
-
-To solve this problem, reconfigure the kernel adding the following line
-to the configuration file:
-
-@smallexample
-MAXUMEM = 4096
-@end smallexample
-
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-sun}m68k-sun
-Sun 3. We do not provide a configuration file to use the Sun FPA by
-default, because programs that establish signal handlers for floating
-point traps inherently cannot work with the FPA@.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1}m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1
-
-It is reported that you may need the GNU assembler on this platform.
-
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m88k-*-svr3}m88k-*-svr3
-Motorola m88k running the AT&T/Unisoft/Motorola V.3 reference port.
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-These systems tend to use the Green Hills C, revision 1.8.5, as the
-standard C compiler. There are apparently bugs in this compiler that
-result in object files differences between stage 2 and stage 3. If this
-happens, make the stage 4 compiler and compare it to the stage 3
-compiler. If the stage 3 and stage 4 object files are identical, this
-suggests you encountered a problem with the standard C compiler; the
-stage 3 and 4 compilers may be usable.
-
-It is best, however, to use an older version of GCC for bootstrapping
-if you have one.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m88k-*-dgux}m88k-*-dgux
-Motorola m88k running DG/UX@.
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-To build 88open BCS native or cross
-compilers on DG/UX, specify the configuration name as
-@samp{m88k-*-dguxbcs} and build in the 88open BCS software development
-environment. To build ELF native or cross compilers on DG/UX, specify
-@samp{m88k-*-dgux} and build in the DG/UX ELF development environment.
-You set the software development environment by issuing
-@samp{sde-target} command and specifying either @samp{m88kbcs} or
-@samp{m88kdguxelf} as the operand.
-
-If you do not specify a configuration name, @file{configure} guesses the
-configuration based on the current software development environment.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{m88k-tektronix-sysv3}m88k-tektronix-sysv3
-Tektronix XD88 running UTekV 3.2e.
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-Do not turn on
-optimization while building stage1 if you bootstrap with
-the buggy Green Hills compiler. Also, the bundled LAI
-System V NFS is buggy so if you build in an NFS mounted
-directory, start from a fresh reboot, or avoid NFS all together.
-Otherwise you may have trouble getting clean comparisons
-between stages.
+@heading @anchor{m68k-x-uclinux}m68k-*-uclinux
+GCC 4.3 changed the uClinux configuration so that it uses the
+@samp{m68k-linux-gnu} ABI rather than the @samp{m68k-elf} ABI.
+It also added improved support for C++ and flat shared libraries,
+both of which were ABI changes. However, you can still use the
+original ABI by configuring for @samp{m68k-uclinuxoldabi} or
+@samp{m68k-@var{vendor}-uclinuxoldabi}.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{mips-*-*}mips-*-*
-If you use the 1.31 version of the MIPS assembler (such as was shipped
-with Ultrix 3.1), you will need to use the @option{-fno-delayed-branch} switch
-when optimizing floating point code. Otherwise, the assembler will
-complain when the GCC compiler fills a branch delay slot with a
-floating point instruction, such as @code{add.d}.
-
+@heading @anchor{mips-x-x}mips-*-*
If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying ``does not have gp
sections for all it's [sic] sectons [sic]'', don't worry about it. This
happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
-Users have reported some problems with version 2.0 of the MIPS
-compiler tools that were shipped with Ultrix 4.1. Version 2.10
-which came with Ultrix 4.2 seems to work fine.
-
-Users have also reported some problems with version 2.20 of the
-MIPS compiler tools that were shipped with RISC/os 4.x. The earlier
-version 2.11 seems to work fine.
-
-Some versions of the MIPS linker will issue an assertion failure
-when linking code that uses @code{alloca} against shared
-libraries on RISC-OS 5.0, and DEC's OSF/1 systems. This is a bug
-in the linker, that is supposed to be fixed in future revisions.
-To protect against this, GCC passes @option{-non_shared} to the
-linker unless you pass an explicit @option{-shared} or
-@option{-call_shared} switch.
-
-@heading @anchor{mips-mips-bsd}mips-mips-bsd
-MIPS machines running the MIPS operating system in BSD mode.
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-It's possible that some old versions of the system lack the functions
-@code{memcpy}, @code{memmove}, @code{memcmp}, and @code{memset}. If your
-system lacks these, you must remove or undo the definition of
-@code{TARGET_MEM_FUNCTIONS} in @file{mips-bsd.h}.
-
-If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
-to increase its table size for switch statements with the
-@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
-optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
-Both of these options are automatically generated in the
-@file{Makefile} that the shell script @file{configure} builds.
-If you override the @code{CC} make variable and use the MIPS
-compilers, you may need to add @option{-Wf,-XNg1500 -Olimit 3000}.
+The libstdc++ atomic locking routines for MIPS targets requires MIPS II
+and later. A patch went in just after the GCC 3.3 release to
+make @samp{mips*-*-*} use the generic implementation instead. You can also
+configure for @samp{mipsel-elf} as a workaround. The
+@samp{mips*-*-linux*} target continues to use the MIPS II routines. More
+work on this is expected in future releases.
+
+@c If you make --with-llsc the default for another target, please also
+@c update the description of the --with-llsc option.
+
+The built-in @code{__sync_*} functions are available on MIPS II and
+later systems and others that support the @samp{ll}, @samp{sc} and
+@samp{sync} instructions. This can be overridden by passing
+@option{--with-llsc} or @option{--without-llsc} when configuring GCC.
+Since the Linux kernel emulates these instructions if they are
+missing, the default for @samp{mips*-*-linux*} targets is
+@option{--with-llsc}. The @option{--with-llsc} and
+@option{--without-llsc} configure options may be overridden at compile
+time by passing the @option{-mllsc} or @option{-mno-llsc} options to
+the compiler.
+
+MIPS systems check for division by zero (unless
+@option{-mno-check-zero-division} is passed to the compiler) by
+generating either a conditional trap or a break instruction. Using
+trap results in smaller code, but is only supported on MIPS II and
+later. Also, some versions of the Linux kernel have a bug that
+prevents trap from generating the proper signal (@code{SIGFPE}). To enable
+the use of break, use the @option{--with-divide=breaks}
+@command{configure} option when configuring GCC@. The default is to
+use traps on systems that support them.
+
+Cross-compilers for the MIPS as target using the MIPS assembler
+currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs
+@file{mips-tdump.c} and @file{mips-tfile.c} can't be compiled on
+anything but a MIPS@. It does work to cross compile for a MIPS
+if you use the GNU assembler and linker.
+
+The assembler from GNU binutils 2.17 and earlier has a bug in the way
+it sorts relocations for REL targets (o32, o64, EABI). This can cause
+bad code to be generated for simple C++ programs. Also the linker
+from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which causes the
+runtime linker stubs in very large programs, like @file{libgcj.so}, to
+be incorrectly generated. GNU Binutils 2.18 and later (and snapshots
+made after Nov. 9, 2006) should be free from both of these problems.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{mips-dec-*}mips-dec-*
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-MIPS-based DECstations can support three different personalities:
-Ultrix, DEC OSF/1, and OSF/rose. (Alpha-based DECstation products have
-a configuration name beginning with @samp{alpha*-dec}.) To configure GCC
-for these platforms use the following configurations:
-
-@table @samp
-@item mips-dec-ultrix
-Ultrix configuration.
-
-@item mips-dec-osf1
-DEC's version of OSF/1.
+@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
-@item mips-dec-osfrose
-Open Software Foundation reference port of OSF/1 which uses the
-OSF/rose object file format instead of ECOFF@. Normally, you
-would not select this configuration.
-@end table
+In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the @samp{compiler_dev.hdr}
+subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by SGI@.
+It is also available for download from
+@uref{ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/IRIX5.3/iris-development-option-5.3.tardist}.
If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
to increase its table size for switch statements with the
@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
-Both of these options are automatically generated in the
-@file{Makefile} that the shell script @file{configure} builds.
-If you override the @code{CC} make variable and use the MIPS
-compilers, you may need to add @option{-Wf,-XNg1500 -Olimit 3000}.
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{mips-mips-riscos*}mips-mips-riscos*
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU binutils 2.15 or
+later, and use the @option{--with-gnu-ld} @command{configure} option
+when configuring GCC@. You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
+also distributed with GNU binutils.
-If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
-to increase its table size for switch statements with the
-@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
-optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
-Both of these options are automatically generated in the
-@file{Makefile} that the shell script @file{configure} builds.
-If you override the @code{CC} make variable and use the MIPS
-compilers, you may need to add @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500 -Olimit 3000}.
+Some users have reported that @command{/bin/sh} will hang during bootstrap.
+This problem can be avoided by running the commands:
-MIPS computers running RISC-OS can support four different
-personalities: default, BSD 4.3, System V.3, and System V.4
-(older versions of RISC-OS don't support V.4). To configure GCC
-for these platforms use the following configurations:
-
-@table @samp
-@item mips-mips-riscos@var{rev}
-Default configuration for RISC-OS, revision @var{rev}.
-
-@item mips-mips-riscos@var{rev}bsd
-BSD 4.3 configuration for RISC-OS, revision @var{rev}.
-
-@item mips-mips-riscos@var{rev}sysv4
-System V.4 configuration for RISC-OS, revision @var{rev}.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@item mips-mips-riscos@var{rev}sysv
-System V.3 configuration for RISC-OS, revision @var{rev}.
-@end table
-
-The revision @code{rev} mentioned above is the revision of
-RISC-OS to use. You must reconfigure GCC when going from a
-RISC-OS revision 4 to RISC-OS revision 5. This has the effect of
-avoiding a linker bug.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix4}mips-sgi-irix4
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 4, the ``c.hdr.lib''
-option must be installed from the CD-ROM supplied from Silicon Graphics.
-This is found on the 2nd CD in release 4.0.1.
-
-On IRIX version 4.0.5F, and perhaps on some other versions as well,
-there is an assembler bug that reorders instructions incorrectly. To
-work around it, specify the target configuration
-@samp{mips-sgi-irix4loser}. This configuration inhibits assembler
-optimization.
-
-In a compiler configured with target @samp{mips-sgi-irix4}, you can turn
-off assembler optimization by using the @option{-noasmopt} option. This
-compiler option passes the option @option{-O0} to the assembler, to
-inhibit reordering.
-
-The @option{-noasmopt} option can be useful for testing whether a problem
-is due to erroneous assembler reordering. Even if a problem does not go
-away with @option{-noasmopt}, it may still be due to assembler
-reordering---perhaps GCC itself was miscompiled as a result.
-
-You may get the following warning on IRIX 4 platforms, it can be safely
-ignored.
-@example
- warning: foo.o does not have gp tables for all its sections.
-@end example
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
-
-This configuration has considerable problems, which will be fixed in a
-future release.
-
-In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the ``compiler_dev.hdr''
-subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by Silicon
-Graphics. It is also available for download from
-@uref{http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/apis/ido.html,,http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/apis/ido.html}.
-
-@code{make compare} may fail on version 5 of IRIX unless you add
-@option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
-assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
-comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
-@code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
-fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
-randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
-unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you do you
-@option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
-@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
-
-If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
-to increase its table size for switch statements with the
-@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
-optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
-
-To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU @command{as} 2.11.2
-or later,
-and use the @option{--with-gnu-as} configure option when configuring GCC.
-GNU @command{as} is distributed as part of the binutils package.
-When using release 2.11.2, you need to apply a patch
-@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html,,http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html}
-which will be included in the next release of binutils.
+@smallexample
+ % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
+ % export CONFIG_SHELL
+@end smallexample
-When building GCC, the build process loops rebuilding @command{cc1} over
-and over again. This happens on @samp{mips-sgi-irix5.2}, and possibly
-other platforms. It has been reported that this is a known bug in the
-@command{make} shipped with IRIX 5.2. We recommend you use GNU
-@command{make} instead of the vendor supplied @command{make} program;
-however, you may have success with @command{smake} on IRIX 5.2 if you do
-not have GNU @command{make} available.
+before starting the build.
@html
<hr />
@end html
@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
-If you are using IRIX @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
+If you are using SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
ensure that the N32 ABI is in use. To test this, compile a simple C
file with @command{cc} and then run @command{file} on the
resulting object file. The output should look like:
-@example
+@smallexample
test.o: ELF N32 MSB @dots{}
-@end example
+@end smallexample
If you see:
-@example
+@smallexample
test.o: ELF 32-bit MSB @dots{}
-@end example
+@end smallexample
or
-@example
+@smallexample
test.o: ELF 64-bit MSB @dots{}
-@end example
+@end smallexample
then your version of @command{cc} uses the O32 or N64 ABI by default. You
should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc -n32}
before configuring GCC@.
If you want the resulting @command{gcc} to run on old 32-bit systems
-with the MIPS R4400 CPU, you need to ensure that only code for the mips3
+with the MIPS R4400 CPU, you need to ensure that only code for the @samp{mips3}
instruction set architecture (ISA) is generated. While GCC 3.x does
this correctly, both GCC 2.95 and SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} may change
the ISA depending on the machine where GCC is built. Using one of them
-as the bootstrap compiler may result in mips4 code, which won't run at
-all on mips3-only systems. For the test program above, you should see:
+as the bootstrap compiler may result in @samp{mips4} code, which won't run at
+all on @samp{mips3}-only systems. For the test program above, you should see:
-@example
+@smallexample
test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-3 @dots{}
-@end example
+@end smallexample
If you get:
-@example
+@smallexample
test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-4 @dots{}
-@end example
+@end smallexample
instead, you should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc
-n32 -mips3} or @samp{gcc -mips3} respectively before configuring GCC@.
-GCC on IRIX 6 is usually built to support both the N32 and N64 ABIs. If
-you build GCC on a system that doesn't have the N64 libraries installed,
+MIPSpro C 7.4 may cause bootstrap failures, due to a bug when inlining
+@code{memcmp}. Either add @code{-U__INLINE_INTRINSICS} to the @env{CC}
+environment variable as a workaround or upgrade to MIPSpro C 7.4.1m.
+
+GCC on IRIX 6 is usually built to support the N32, O32 and N64 ABIs. If
+you build GCC on a system that doesn't have the N64 libraries installed
+or cannot run 64-bit binaries,
you need to configure with @option{--disable-multilib} so GCC doesn't
-try to use them. Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
+try to use them. This will disable building the O32 libraries, too.
+Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
have the 64-bit libraries installed.
-You must @emph{not} use GNU @command{as} (which isn't built anyway as of
-binutils 2.11.2) on IRIX 6 platforms; doing so will only cause problems.
-
-GCC does not currently support generating O32 ABI binaries in the
-@samp{mips-sgi-irix6} configurations. It is possible to create a GCC
-with O32 ABI only support by configuring it for the @samp{mips-sgi-irix5}
-target and using a patched GNU @command{as} 2.11.2 as documented in the
-@uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,@samp{mips-sgi-irix5}} section above. Using the
-native assembler requires patches to GCC which will be included in a
-future release. It is
-expected that O32 ABI support will be available again in a future release.
+To enable debugging for the O32 ABI, you must use GNU @command{as} from
+GNU binutils 2.15 or later. You may also use GNU @command{ld}, but
+this is not required and currently causes some problems with Ada.
-The @option{--enable-threads} option doesn't currently work, a patch is
-in preparation for a future release. The @option{--enable-libgcj}
+The @option{--enable-libgcj}
option is disabled by default: IRIX 6 uses a very low default limit
-(20480) for the command line length. Although libtool contains a
+(20480) for the command line length. Although @command{libtool} contains a
workaround for this problem, at least the N64 @samp{libgcj} is known not
to build despite this, running into an internal error of the native
@command{ld}. A sure fix is to increase this limit (@samp{ncargs}) to
its maximum of 262144 bytes. If you have root access, you can use the
@command{systune} command to do this.
-GCC does not correctly pass/return structures which are
-smaller than 16 bytes and which are not 8 bytes. The problem is very
-involved and difficult to fix. It affects a number of other targets also,
-but IRIX 6 is affected the most, because it is a 64-bit target, and 4 byte
-structures are common. The exact problem is that structures are being padded
-at the wrong end, e.g.@: a 4 byte structure is loaded into the lower 4 bytes
-of the register when it should be loaded into the upper 4 bytes of the
-register.
-
-GCC is consistent with itself, but not consistent with the SGI C compiler
-(and the SGI supplied runtime libraries), so the only failures that can
-happen are when there are library functions that take/return such
-structures. There are very few such library functions. Currently this
-is known to affect @code{inet_ntoa}, @code{inet_lnaof},
-@code{inet_netof}, @code{inet_makeaddr}, and @code{semctl}. Until the
-bug is fixed, GCC contains workarounds for the known affected functions.
-
-See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
-information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{mips-sony-sysv}mips-sony-sysv
-Sony MIPS NEWS@. This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-This works in NEWSOS 5.0.1, but not in 5.0.2 (which uses ELF instead of
-COFF)@. In particular, the linker does not like the code generated by
-GCC when shared libraries are linked in.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ns32k-encore}ns32k-encore
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-Encore ns32000 system. Encore systems are supported only under BSD@.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ns32k-*-genix}ns32k-*-genix
-National Semiconductor ns32000 system. This configuration is obsoleted
-in GCC 3.1.
-
-Genix has bugs in @code{alloca} and @code{malloc}; you must get the
-compiled versions of these from GNU Emacs.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ns32k-sequent}ns32k-sequent
-This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-Go to the Berkeley universe before compiling.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{ns32k-utek}ns32k-utek
-UTEK ns32000 system (``merlin''). This configuration is obsoleted in
-GCC 3.1.
-
-The C compiler that comes with this system cannot compile GCC; contact
-@samp{tektronix!reed!mason} to get binaries of GCC for bootstrapping.
+@code{wchar_t} support in @samp{libstdc++} is not available for old
+IRIX 6.5.x releases, @math{x < 19}. The problem cannot be autodetected
+and in order to build GCC for such targets you need to configure with
+@option{--disable-wchar_t}.
+See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
+information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc*-*-*}powerpc-*-*
+@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-x}powerpc-*-*
You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
+You will need
+@uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.15}
+or newer for a working GCC@.
+
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-darwin*}powerpc-*-darwin*
+@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-darwin}powerpc-*-darwin*
PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
-GCC 3.0 does not support Darwin, but 3.1 and later releases will work.
-
Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
binaries are available at
-@uref{http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/darwin} (free
+@uref{http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/compiler/} (free
registration required).
-Versions of the assembler prior to ``cctools-364'' cannot handle the
-4-argument form of @code{rlwinm} and related mask-using instructions. Darwin
-1.3 (Mac OS X 10.0) uses cctools-353 for instance. To get cctools-364,
-check out @file{cctools} with tag @samp{Apple-364}, build it, and
-install the assembler as @file{usr/bin/as}. See
-@uref{http://www.opensource.apple.com/tools/cvs/docs.html} for details.
-
-Also, the default stack limit of 512K is too small, and a bootstrap will
-typically fail when self-compiling @file{expr.c}. Set the stack to 800K
-or more, for instance by doing @samp{limit stack 800}. It's also
-convenient to use the GNU preprocessor instead of Apple's during the
-first stage of bootstrapping; this is automatic when doing @samp{make
-bootstrap}, but to do it from the toplevel objdir you will need to say
-@samp{make CC='cc -no-cpp-precomp' bootstrap}.
-
-Note that the version of GCC shipped by Apple typically includes a
-number of extensions not available in a standard GCC release. These
-extensions are generally specific to Mac programming.
+This version of GCC requires at least cctools-590.36. The
+cctools-590.36 package referenced from
+@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-03/msg00507.html} will not work
+on systems older than 10.3.9 (aka darwin7.9.0).
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-elf}powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4
+@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-elf}powerpc-*-elf
PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-linux-gnu*}powerpc-*-linux-gnu*
+@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-linux-gnu}powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*
-You will need
-@uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.13.90.0.10}
-or newer for a working GCC@.
+PowerPC system in big endian mode running Linux.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-netbsd*}powerpc-*-netbsd*
-PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
-documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.1 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
-Texinfo version 3.12).
+@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-netbsd}powerpc-*-netbsd*
+PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabiaix}powerpc-*-eabiaix
-Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode with @option{-mcall-aix} selected as
-the default.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
+@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
PSIM simulator.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
+@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-elf}powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4
+@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-elf}powerpcle-*-elf
PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
+@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
the PSIM simulator.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
+@heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-winnt}powerpcle-*-winnt, powerpcle-*-pe
-PowerPC system in little endian mode running Windows NT@.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{romp-*-aos}romp-*-aos, romp-*-mach
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-We recommend you compile GCC with an earlier version of itself; if you
-compile GCC with @command{hc}, the Metaware compiler, it will work, but
-you will get mismatches between the stage 2 and stage 3 compilers in
-various files. These errors are minor differences in some
-floating-point constants and can be safely ignored; the stage 3 compiler
-is correct.
+@heading @anchor{s390-x-linux}s390-*-linux*
+S/390 system running GNU/Linux for S/390@.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{s390-*-linux*}s390-*-linux*
-S/390 system running Linux for S/390@.
+@heading @anchor{s390x-x-linux}s390x-*-linux*
+zSeries system (64-bit) running GNU/Linux for zSeries@.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{s390x-*-linux*}s390x-*-linux*
-zSeries system (64-bit) running Linux for zSeries@.
+@heading @anchor{s390x-ibm-tpf}s390x-ibm-tpf*
+zSeries system (64-bit) running TPF@. This platform is
+supported as cross-compilation target only.
@html
<hr />
@end html
@c Please use Solaris 2 to refer to all release of Solaris, starting
-@c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, and 8. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
+@c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, 8, etc. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
@c SunOS 4 releases which we don't use to avoid confusion. Solaris
@c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
-@heading @anchor{*-*-solaris2*}*-*-solaris2*
+@heading @anchor{x-x-solaris2}*-*-solaris2*
Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2. To bootstrap and install
-GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see our
+GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see the
@uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
-@file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or
-@file{libjava}. If you encounter this problem, set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} to
-@command{/bin/ksh} in your environment before running @command{configure}.
+@file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or @file{libjava}. We therefore
+recommend using the following initial sequence of commands
+
+@smallexample
+ % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
+ % export CONFIG_SHELL
+@end smallexample
+
+and proceed as described in @uref{configure.html,,the configure instructions}.
+In addition we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke
+@var{srcdir}/configure.
Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
-packages are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
+are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
@code{SUNWbtool}, @code{SUNWesu}, @code{SUNWhea}, @code{SUNWlibm},
@code{SUNWsprot}, and @code{SUNWtoo}. If you did not install all
optional packages when installing Solaris 2, you will need to verify that
For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
@file{/usr/ucb} from your @env{PATH}.
-All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
-platform. We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or the vendor
-tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}).
+The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Sun tools so, if you
+have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
+@file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
+
+We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.14 or later, or the vendor tools
+(Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). Note that your mileage may vary
+if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while the
+combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
+the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
+cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
+
+The stock GNU binutils 2.15 release is broken on this platform because of a
+single bug. It has been fixed on the 2.15 branch in the CVS repository.
+You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_15-branch
+from the CVS repository or applying the patch
+@uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html} to the
+release.
+
+We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.16 or later in conjunction with GCC
+4.x, or the vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). However,
+for Solaris 10 and above, an additional patch is required in order for the
+GNU linker to be able to cope with a new flavor of shared libraries. You
+can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_16-branch from
+the CVS repository or applying the patch
+@uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2005-07/msg00122.html} to the
+release.
Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
-newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume
-that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but
-is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
+newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers
+assume that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for
+C89 but is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
@command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
-@option{-fpermissive}; it
-will assume that any missing type is @code{int} (as defined by C89).
+@option{-fpermissive}; it will assume that any missing type is @code{int}
+(as defined by C89).
-There are patches for Solaris 2.6 (105633-56 or newer for SPARC,
-106248-42 or newer for Intel), Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
+There are patches for Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC,
108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug.
+Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures
+related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn't affect GCC
+itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the @command{expect}
+program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug
+causes the @command{expect} program to miss anticipated output, extra
+testsuite failures appear.
+
+There are patches for Solaris 8 (117350-12 or newer for SPARC,
+117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for
+SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem.
+
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2*}sparc-sun-solaris2*
+@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2}sparc-sun-solaris2*
-When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.11.2 or later the binaries
+When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.14 or later the binaries
produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
information.
-Sun @command{as} 4.x is broken in that it cannot cope with long symbol names.
-A typical error message might look similar to the following:
-
-@smallexample
-/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccMsw135.s", line 11041: error:
- can't compute value of an expression involving an external symbol.
-@end smallexample
-
-This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 for Solaris
-2.6 and has been fixed in later (5.x) versions of the assembler,
-starting with Solaris 7.
-
Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
this; the @option{-m64} option enables 64-bit code generation.
@option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
64-bit target libraries.
+GCC 3.3 and GCC 3.4 trigger code generation bugs in earlier versions of
+the GNU compiler (especially GCC 3.0.x versions), which lead to the
+miscompilation of the stage1 compiler and the subsequent failure of the
+bootstrap process. A workaround is to use GCC 3.2.3 as an intermediary
+stage, i.e.@: to bootstrap that compiler with the base compiler and then
+use it to bootstrap the final compiler.
+
+GCC 3.4 triggers a code generation bug in versions 5.4 (Sun ONE Studio 7)
+and 5.5 (Sun ONE Studio 8) of the Sun compiler, which causes a bootstrap
+failure in form of a miscompilation of the stage1 compiler by the Sun
+compiler. This is Sun bug 4974440. This is fixed with patch 112760-07.
+
+GCC 3.4 changed the default debugging format from STABS to DWARF-2 for
+32-bit code on Solaris 7 and later. If you use the Sun assembler, this
+change apparently runs afoul of Sun bug 4910101 (which is referenced as
+a x86-only problem by Sun, probably because they do not use DWARF-2).
+A symptom of the problem is that you cannot compile C++ programs like
+@command{groff} 1.19.1 without getting messages similar to the following:
+
+@smallexample
+ld: warning: relocation error: R_SPARC_UA32: @dots{}
+ external symbolic relocation against non-allocatable section
+ .debug_info cannot be processed at runtime: relocation ignored.
+@end smallexample
+
+To work around this problem, compile with @option{-gstabs+} instead of
+plain @option{-g}.
+
+When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) or the MPFR
+library on a Solaris 7 or later system, the canonical target triplet
+must be specified as the @command{build} parameter on the configure
+line. This triplet can be obtained by invoking ./config.guess in
+the toplevel source directory of GCC (and not that of GMP or MPFR).
+For example on a Solaris 7 system:
+
+@smallexample
+ % ./configure --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.7 --prefix=xxx
+@end smallexample
+
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
+@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris27}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
Sun patch 107058-01 (1999-01-13) for Solaris 7/SPARC triggers a bug in
the dynamic linker. This problem (Sun bug 4210064) affects GCC 2.8
@item
Copy the original, unpatched Solaris 7
@command{/usr/ccs/bin/as} into
-@command{/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/3.1/as},
+@command{/usr/local/libexec/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/3.4/as},
adjusting the latter name to fit your local conventions and software
version numbers.
the hosts that run GCC itself. Second, Sun says that 106950-03 is
only a partial fix for bug 4210064, but Sun doesn't know whether the
partial fix is adequate for GCC@. Revision -08 or later should fix
-the bug. The current (as of 2001-09-24) revision is -14, and is included in
+the bug. The current (as of 2004-05-23) revision is -24, and is included in
the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
@end itemize
+GCC 3.3 triggers a bug in version 5.0 Alpha 03/27/98 of the Sun assembler,
+which causes a bootstrap failure when linking the 64-bit shared version of
+libgcc. A typical error message is:
-@html
-<p>
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-sunos4*}sparc-sun-sunos4*
-
-A bug in the SunOS 4 linker will cause it to crash when linking
-@option{-fPIC} compiled objects (and will therefore not allow you to build
-shared libraries).
-
-To fix this problem you can either use the most recent version of
-binutils or get the latest SunOS 4 linker patch (patch ID 100170-10)
-from Sun's patch site.
+@smallexample
+ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_32: file libgcc/sparcv9/_muldi3.o:
+ symbol <unknown>: offset 0xffffffff7ec133e7 is non-aligned.
+@end smallexample
-Sometimes on a Sun 4 you may observe a crash in the program
-@command{genflags} or @command{genoutput} while building GCC. This is said to
-be due to a bug in @command{sh}. You can probably get around it by running
-@command{genflags} or @command{genoutput} manually and then retrying the
-@command{make}.
+This bug has been fixed in the final 5.0 version of the assembler.
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1}sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1
+A similar problem was reported for version Sun WorkShop 6 99/08/18 of the
+Sun assembler, which causes a bootstrap failure with GCC 4.0.0:
-It has been reported that you might need
-@uref{ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/private/hjl,,binutils 2.8.1.0.23}
-for this platform, too.
+@smallexample
+ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_DISP32:
+ file .libs/libstdc++.lax/libsupc++convenience.a/vterminate.o:
+ symbol <unknown>: offset 0xfccd33ad is non-aligned
+@end smallexample
+This bug has been fixed in more recent revisions of the assembler.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{sparc-*-linux*}sparc-*-linux*
+@heading @anchor{sparc-x-linux}sparc-*-linux*
GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{sparc64-*-*}sparc64-*-*
+@heading @anchor{sparc64-x-solaris2}sparc64-*-solaris2*
-GCC version 2.95 is not able to compile code correctly for
-@code{sparc64} targets. Users of the Linux kernel, at least,
-can use the @code{sparc32} program to start up a new shell
-invocation with an environment that causes @command{configure} to
-recognize (via @samp{uname -a}) the system as @samp{sparc-*-*} instead.
+When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) or the
+MPFR library, the canonical target triplet must be specified as
+the @command{build} parameter on the configure line. For example
+on a Solaris 7 system:
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{sparcv9-*-solaris2*}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
+@smallexample
+ % ./configure --build=sparc64-sun-solaris2.7 --prefix=xxx
+@end smallexample
The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
-@example
- % CC="cc -xildoff -xarch=v9" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
-@end example
-
-@option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker, and @option{-xarch=v9}
-specifies the v9 architecture to the Sun linker and assembler.
-
-@html
-<hr />
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{#*-*-sysv*}*-*-sysv*
-On System V release 3, you may get this error message
-while linking:
-
@smallexample
-ld fatal: failed to write symbol name @var{something}
- in strings table for file @var{whatever}
+ % CC="cc -xarch=v9 -xildoff" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
@end smallexample
-This probably indicates that the disk is full or your ulimit won't allow
-the file to be as large as it needs to be.
-
-This problem can also result because the kernel parameter @code{MAXUMEM}
-is too small. If so, you must regenerate the kernel and make the value
-much larger. The default value is reported to be 1024; a value of 32768
-is said to work. Smaller values may also work.
-
-On System V, if you get an error like this,
-
-@example
-/usr/local/lib/bison.simple: In function `yyparse':
-/usr/local/lib/bison.simple:625: virtual memory exhausted
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-that too indicates a problem with disk space, ulimit, or @code{MAXUMEM}.
-
-On a System V release 4 system, make sure @file{/usr/bin} precedes
-@file{/usr/ucb} in @code{PATH}. The @code{cc} command in
-@file{/usr/ucb} uses libraries which have bugs.
+@option{-xarch=v9} specifies the SPARC-V9 architecture to the Sun toolchain
+and @option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{vax-dec-ultrix}vax-dec-ultrix
-Don't try compiling with VAX C (@code{vcc}). It produces incorrect code
-in some cases (for example, when @code{alloca} is used).
+@heading @anchor{sparcv9-x-solaris2}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
+
+This is a synonym for sparc64-*-solaris2*.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{we32k-*-*}we32k-*-*
-These computers are also known as the 3b2, 3b5, 3b20 and other similar
-names. (However, the 3b1 is actually a 68000.)
-These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
-
-Don't use @option{-g} when compiling with the system's compiler. The
-system's linker seems to be unable to handle such a large program with
-debugging information.
-
-The system's compiler runs out of capacity when compiling @file{stmt.c}
-in GCC@. You can work around this by building @file{cpp} in GCC
-first, then use that instead of the system's preprocessor with the
-system's C compiler to compile @file{stmt.c}. Here is how:
+@heading @anchor{x-x-vxworks}*-*-vxworks*
+Support for VxWorks is in flux. At present GCC supports @emph{only} the
+very recent VxWorks 5.5 (aka Tornado 2.2) release, and only on PowerPC@.
+We welcome patches for other architectures supported by VxWorks 5.5.
+Support for VxWorks AE would also be welcome; we believe this is merely
+a matter of writing an appropriate ``configlette'' (see below). We are
+not interested in supporting older, a.out or COFF-based, versions of
+VxWorks in GCC 3.
+
+VxWorks comes with an older version of GCC installed in
+@file{@var{$WIND_BASE}/host}; we recommend you do not overwrite it.
+Choose an installation @var{prefix} entirely outside @var{$WIND_BASE}.
+Before running @command{configure}, create the directories @file{@var{prefix}}
+and @file{@var{prefix}/bin}. Link or copy the appropriate assembler,
+linker, etc.@: into @file{@var{prefix}/bin}, and set your @var{PATH} to
+include that directory while running both @command{configure} and
+@command{make}.
-@smallexample
-mv /lib/cpp /lib/cpp.att
-cp cpp /lib/cpp.gnu
-echo '/lib/cpp.gnu -traditional $@{1+"$@@"@}' > /lib/cpp
-chmod +x /lib/cpp
-@end smallexample
+You must give @command{configure} the
+@option{--with-headers=@var{$WIND_BASE}/target/h} switch so that it can
+find the VxWorks system headers. Since VxWorks is a cross compilation
+target only, you must also specify @option{--target=@var{target}}.
+@command{configure} will attempt to create the directory
+@file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} and copy files into it;
+make sure the user running @command{configure} has sufficient privilege
+to do so.
-The system's compiler produces bad code for some of the GCC
-optimization files. So you must build the stage 2 compiler without
-optimization. Then build a stage 3 compiler with optimization.
-That executable should work. Here are the necessary commands:
+GCC's exception handling runtime requires a special ``configlette''
+module, @file{contrib/gthr_supp_vxw_5x.c}. Follow the instructions in
+that file to add the module to your kernel build. (Future versions of
+VxWorks will incorporate this module.)
-@smallexample
-make LANGUAGES=c CC=stage1/xgcc CFLAGS="-Bstage1/ -g"
-make stage2
-make CC=stage2/xgcc CFLAGS="-Bstage2/ -g -O"
-@end smallexample
+@html
+<hr />
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{x86-64-x-x}x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*
-You may need to raise the ULIMIT setting to build a C++ compiler,
-as the file @file{cc1plus} is larger than one megabyte.
+GCC supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64 processor
+(amd64-*-* is an alias for x86_64-*-*) on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD@.
+On GNU/Linux the default is a bi-arch compiler which is able to generate
+both 64-bit x86-64 and 32-bit x86 code (via the @option{-m32} switch).
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{xtensa-*-elf}xtensa-*-elf
+@heading @anchor{xtensa-x-elf}xtensa*-*-elf
This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
@samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
through inline assembly.
The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
-building GCC@. The @file{gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa-config.h} header
+building GCC@. The @file{include/xtensa-config.h} header
file contains the configuration information. If you created your
own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{xtensa-*-linux*}xtensa-*-linux*
+@heading @anchor{xtensa-x-linux}xtensa*-*-linux*
This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
@option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
respects, this target is the same as the
-@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
+@uref{#xtensa*-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa*-*-elf}} target.
@html
<hr />
@end html
-@heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
+@heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows
+
+@subheading Intel 16-bit versions
+The 16-bit versions of Microsoft Windows, such as Windows 3.1, are not
+supported.
+
+However, the 32-bit port has limited support for Microsoft
+Windows 3.11 in the Win32s environment, as a target only. See below.
+
+@subheading Intel 32-bit versions
+
+The 32-bit versions of Windows, including Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows
+XP, and Windows Vista, are supported by several different target
+platforms. These targets differ in which Windows subsystem they target
+and which C libraries are used.
+
+@itemize
+@item Cygwin @uref{#x-x-cygwin,,*-*-cygwin}: Cygwin provides a user-space
+Linux API emulation layer in the Win32 subsystem.
+@item Interix @uref{#x-x-interix,,*-*-interix}: The Interix subsystem
+provides native support for POSIX.
+@item MinGW @uref{#x-x-mingw,,*-*-mingw}: MinGW is a native GCC port for
+the Win32 subsystem that provides a subset of POSIX.
+@item MKS i386-pc-mks: NuTCracker from MKS. See
+@uref{http://www.mkssoftware.com/} for more information.
+@end itemize
+
+@subheading Intel 64-bit versions
+
+GCC contains support for x86-64 using the mingw-w64
+runtime library, available from @uref{http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/}.
+This library should be used with the target triple x86_64-pc-mingw32.
+
+Presently Windows for Itanium is not supported.
+
+@subheading Windows CE
+
+Windows CE is supported as a target only on ARM (arm-wince-pe), Hitachi
+SuperH (sh-wince-pe), and MIPS (mips-wince-pe).
+
+@subheading Other Windows Platforms
+
+GCC no longer supports Windows NT on the Alpha or PowerPC.
+
+GCC no longer supports the Windows POSIX subsystem. However, it does
+support the Interix subsystem. See above.
+
+Old target names including *-*-winnt and *-*-windowsnt are no longer used.
+
+PW32 (i386-pc-pw32) support was never completed, and the project seems to
+be inactive. See @uref{http://pw32.sourceforge.net/} for more information.
-A port of GCC 2.95.x is included with the
+UWIN support has been removed due to a lack of maintenance.
+
+@html
+<hr />
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{x-x-cygwin}*-*-cygwin
+
+Ports of GCC are included with the
@uref{http://www.cygwin.com/,,Cygwin environment}.
-Current (as of early 2001) snapshots of GCC will build under Cygwin
-without modification.
+GCC will build under Cygwin without modification; it does not build
+with Microsoft's C++ compiler and there are no plans to make it do so.
+
+Cygwin can be compiled with i?86-pc-cygwin.
+
+@html
+<hr />
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{x-x-interix}*-*-interix
+
+The Interix target is used by OpenNT, Interix, Services For UNIX (SFU),
+and Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA). Applications compiled
+with this target run in the Interix subsystem, which is separate from
+the Win32 subsystem. This target was last known to work in GCC 3.3.
+
+For more information, see @uref{http://www.interix.com/}.
+
+@html
+<hr />
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{x-x-mingw32}*-*-mingw32
+
+GCC will build with and support only MinGW runtime 3.12 and later.
+Earlier versions of headers are incompatible with the new default semantics
+of @code{extern inline} in @code{-std=c99} and @code{-std=gnu99} modes.
@html
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working on a generic OS/2 port with pgcc. The current code can be found
at @uref{http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/,,http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/}.
-An older copy of GCC 2.8.1 is included with the EMX tools available at
-@uref{ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/,,
-ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/}.
-
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GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
1990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
-several years and may suffer from bitrot. Support from some systems
-has been removed from GCC 3: fx80, ns32-ns-genix, pyramid, tahoe,
-gmicro, spur; most of these targets had not been updated since GCC
-version 1.
+several years and may suffer from bitrot.
-We are planning to remove support for more older systems, starting in
-GCC 3.1. Each release will have a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
+Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
@command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
-option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for
-these systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
-
-Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
-problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
-wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any
-of the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last
-CVS version before they were removed), patches
-@uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements}
-would be likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the
-support for more modern targets.
+option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
+systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC@. In some cases, to
bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
-system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in
-the vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in
-the @file{old-releases} directory on the
-@uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror sites}. Header bugs may generally
-be avoided using @command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in
-libraries and the operating system may still cause problems.
+system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
+vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
+@file{old-releases} directory on the @uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror
+sites}. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
+@command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
+operating system may still cause problems.
+
+Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
+problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
+wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
+the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last
+version before they were removed), patches
+@uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements} would be
+likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
+modern targets.
For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
and are available from @file{pub/binutils/old-releases} on
-@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html,,sources.redhat.com mirror sites}.
+@uref{http://sourceware.org/mirrors.html,,sourceware.org mirror sites}.
Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
such older systems, but much of the information
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-@heading @anchor{elf_targets}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
+@heading @anchor{elf}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
@uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-ld,,GNU linker}; duplicate copies of
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