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8 <sect1 id="ch-tools-gcc-pass2" role="wrap">
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12 <productname>gcc-pass2</productname>
13 <productnumber>&gcc-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&gcc-url;</address>
17 <title>GCC-&gcc-version; - Pass 2</title>
19 <indexterm zone="ch-tools-gcc-pass2">
20 <primary sortas="a-GCC">GCC</primary>
21 <secondary>tools, pass 2</secondary>
24 <sect2 role="package">
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33 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
36 <seg>&gcc-ch5p2-sbu;</seg>
37 <seg>&gcc-ch5p2-du;</seg>
43 <sect2 role="installation">
44 <title>Installation of GCC</title>
46 <para>Our first build of GCC has installed a couple of internal system
47 headers. Normally one of them, <filename>limits.h</filename>, will in turn
48 include the corresponding system <filename>limits.h</filename> header, in
49 this case, <filename>/tools/include/limits.h</filename>. However, at the
50 time of the first build of gcc <filename>/tools/include/limits.h</filename>
51 did not exist, so the internal header that GCC installed is a partial,
52 self-contained file and does not include the extended features of the
53 system header. This was adequate for building the temporary libc, but this
54 build of GCC now requires the full internal header. Create a full version
55 of the internal header using a command that is identical to what the GCC
56 build system does in normal circumstances:</para>
58 <screen><userinput remap="pre">cat gcc/limitx.h gcc/glimits.h gcc/limity.h > \
59 `dirname $($LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name)`/include-fixed/limits.h</userinput></screen>
61 <para>For x86 machines, the limited number of registers is a bottleneck
62 for the system. Free one up by not using a frame pointer that is not
65 <screen><userinput remap="pre">case `uname -m` in
66 i?86) sed -i 's/^T_CFLAGS =$/& -fomit-frame-pointer/' gcc/Makefile.in ;;
67 esac</userinput></screen>
69 <para>Once again, change the location of GCC's default dynamic linker to
70 use the one installed in <filename
71 class="directory">/tools</filename>.</para>
73 <screen><userinput remap="pre">for file in gcc/config/{linux,i386/linux{,64}}.h
76 sed -e 's@/lib\(64\)\?\(32\)\?/ld@/tools&@g' \
77 -e 's@/usr@/tools@g' $file.orig > $file
79 #undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
80 #undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2
81 #define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 "/tools/lib/"
82 #define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2 ""' >> $file
84 done</userinput></screen>
86 <para>If building on x86_64, change the default directory name for 64-bit
87 libraries to <quote>lib</quote>:</para>
89 <screen><userinput remap="pre">case $(uname -m) in
91 sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/' \
92 -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64
94 esac</userinput></screen>
96 <para>As in the first build of GCC it requires the GMP, MPFR and MPC
97 packages. Unpack the tarballs and move them into the required directory
100 <screen><userinput remap="pre">tar -xf ../mpfr-&mpfr-version;.tar.xz
101 mv -v mpfr-&mpfr-version; mpfr
102 tar -xf ../gmp-&gmp-version;.tar.xz
103 mv -v gmp-&gmp-version; gmp
104 tar -xf ../mpc-&mpc-version;.tar.gz
105 mv -v mpc-&mpc-version; mpc</userinput></screen>
107 <para>As in the first build of GCC, fix a problem identified upstream:</para>
109 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/if \((code.*))\)/if (\1 \&\& \!DEBUG_INSN_P (insn))/' gcc/sched-deps.c</userinput></screen>
111 <para>Create a separate build directory again:</para>
113 <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v build
114 cd build</userinput></screen>
116 <para>Before starting to build GCC, remember to unset any environment
117 variables that override the default optimization flags.</para>
119 <para>Now prepare GCC for compilation:</para>
121 <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC=$LFS_TGT-gcc \
124 RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib \
127 --with-local-prefix=/tools \
128 --with-native-system-header-dir=/tools/include \
129 --enable-languages=c,c++ \
130 --disable-libstdcxx-pch \
132 --disable-bootstrap \
133 --disable-libgomp</userinput></screen>
136 <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
139 <term><parameter>--enable-languages=c,c++</parameter></term>
141 <para>This option ensures that both the C and C++ compilers are
147 <term><parameter>--disable-libstdcxx-pch</parameter></term>
149 <para>Do not build the pre-compiled header (PCH) for
150 <filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename>. It takes up a
151 lot of space, and we have no use for it.</para>
156 <term><parameter>--disable-bootstrap</parameter></term>
158 <para>For native builds of GCC, the default is to do a "bootstrap"
159 build. This does not just compile GCC, but compiles it several times.
160 It uses the programs compiled in a first round to compile itself a
161 second time, and then again a third time. The second and third
162 iterations are compared to make sure it can reproduce itself
163 flawlessly. This also implies that it was compiled correctly.
164 However, the LFS build method should provide a solid compiler
165 without the need to bootstrap each time.</para>
171 <para>Compile the package:</para>
173 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
175 <para>Install the package:</para>
177 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
179 <para>As a finishing touch, create a symlink. Many programs and scripts
180 run <command>cc</command> instead of <command>gcc</command>, which is
181 used to keep programs generic and therefore usable on all kinds of UNIX
182 systems where the GNU C compiler is not always installed. Running
183 <command>cc</command> leaves the system administrator free to decide
184 which C compiler to install:</para>
186 <screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv gcc /tools/bin/cc</userinput></screen>
189 <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
190 functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
191 expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
193 <screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' > dummy.c
195 readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools'</userinput></screen>
197 <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
198 and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
200 <screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
202 <para>Note that the dynamic linker will be /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2
203 for 32-bit machines.</para>
205 <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
206 then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
207 where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
208 continuing on. First, perform the sanity check again, using
209 <command>gcc</command> instead of <command>cc</command>. If this works,
210 then the <filename class="symlink">/tools/bin/cc</filename> symlink is
211 missing. Install the symlink as per above.
212 Next, ensure that the <envar>PATH</envar> is correct. This
213 can be checked by running <command>echo $PATH</command> and verifying that
214 <filename class="directory">/tools/bin</filename> is at the head of the
215 list. If the <envar>PATH</envar> is wrong it could mean that you are not
216 logged in as user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> or that
217 something went wrong back in <xref linkend="ch-tools-settingenviron"
220 <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
222 <screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
228 <sect2 role="content">
231 <para>Details on this package are located in
232 <xref linkend="contents-gcc" role="."/></para>