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12 @settitle Installing GCC
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18 @settitle Prerequisites for GCC
21 @settitle Downloading GCC
24 @settitle Installing GCC: Configuration
27 @settitle Installing GCC: Building
30 @settitle Installing GCC: Testing
32 @ifset finalinstallhtml
33 @settitle Installing GCC: Final installation
36 @settitle Installing GCC: Binaries
39 @settitle Installing GCC: Old documentation
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95 @c Part 3 Titlepage and Copyright
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107 @c Part 4 Top node and Master Menu
110 @comment node-name, next, Previous, up
113 * Installing GCC:: This document describes the generic installation
114 procedure for GCC as well as detailing some target
115 specific installation instructions.
117 * Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
118 * Binaries:: Where to get pre-compiled binaries.
120 * Old:: Old installation documentation.
122 * GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
123 * Concept Index:: This index has two entries.
127 @c Part 5 The Body of the Document
128 @c ***Installing GCC**********************************************************
130 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
131 @node Installing GCC, Binaries, , Top
135 @chapter Installing GCC
138 The latest version of this document is always available at
139 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/install/,,http://gcc.gnu.org/install/}.
141 This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as well
142 as detailing some target specific installation instructions.
144 GCC includes several components that previously were separate distributions
145 with their own installation instructions. This document supersedes all
146 package specific installation instructions.
148 @emph{Before} starting the build/install procedure please check the
150 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
153 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
155 We recommend you browse the entire generic installation instructions before
158 Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are
159 available at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
160 These lists are updated as new information becomes available.
162 The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
167 * Downloading the source::
170 * Testing:: (optional)
177 @uref{prerequisites.html,,Prerequisites}
179 @uref{download.html,,Downloading the source}
181 @uref{configure.html,,Configuration}
183 @uref{build.html,,Building}
185 @uref{test.html,,Testing} (optional)
187 @uref{finalinstall.html,,Final install}
191 Please note that GCC does not support @samp{make uninstall} and probably
192 won't do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms. Instead,
193 we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and simply
194 remove that directory when you do not need that specific version of GCC
195 any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, no
196 more binaries exist that use them.
199 There are also some @uref{old.html,,old installation instructions},
200 which are mostly obsolete but still contain some information which has
201 not yet been merged into the main part of this manual.
209 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
215 @c ***Prerequisites**************************************************
217 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
218 @node Prerequisites, Downloading the source, , Installing GCC
220 @ifset prerequisiteshtml
222 @chapter Prerequisites
224 @cindex Prerequisites
226 GCC requires that various tools and packages be available for use in the
227 build procedure. Modifying GCC sources requires additional tools
230 @heading Tools/packages necessary for building GCC
232 @item ISO C90 compiler
233 Necessary to bootstrap GCC, although versions of GCC prior
234 to 3.4 also allow bootstrapping with a traditional (K&R) C compiler.
236 To build all languages in a cross-compiler or other configuration where
237 3-stage bootstrap is not performed, you need to start with an existing
238 GCC binary (version 2.95 or later) because source code for language
239 frontends other than C might use GCC extensions.
243 In order to build the Ada compiler (GNAT) you must already have GNAT
244 installed because portions of the Ada frontend are written in Ada (with
245 GNAT extensions.) Refer to the Ada installation instructions for more
246 specific information.
248 @item A ``working'' POSIX compatible shell, or GNU bash
250 Necessary when running @command{configure} because some
251 @command{/bin/sh} shells have bugs and may crash when configuring the
252 target libraries. In other cases, @command{/bin/sh} or @command{ksh}
253 have disastrous corner-case performance problems. This
254 can cause target @command{configure} runs to literally take days to
255 complete in some cases.
257 So on some platforms @command{/bin/ksh} is sufficient, on others it
258 isn't. See the host/target specific instructions for your platform, or
259 use @command{bash} to be sure. Then set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} in your
260 environment to your ``good'' shell prior to running
261 @command{configure}/@command{make}.
263 @command{zsh} is not a fully compliant POSIX shell and will not
264 work when configuring GCC@.
268 Necessary in some circumstances, optional in others. See the
269 host/target specific instructions for your platform for the exact
272 @item gzip version 1.2.4 (or later) or
273 @itemx bzip2 version 1.0.2 (or later)
275 Necessary to uncompress GCC @command{tar} files when source code is
276 obtained via FTP mirror sites.
278 @item GNU make version 3.79.1 (or later)
280 You must have GNU make installed to build GCC@.
282 @item GNU tar version 1.14 (or later)
284 Necessary (only on some platforms) to untar the source code. Many
285 systems' @command{tar} programs will also work, only try GNU
286 @command{tar} if you have problems.
288 @item GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) version 4.0 (or later)
290 Necessary to build the Fortran frontend. If you don't have it
291 installed in your library search path, you will have to configure with
292 the @option{--with-gmp} or @option{--with-gmp-dir} configure option.
296 Necessary to build the Fortran frontend. It can be downloaded from
297 @uref{http://www.mpfr.org/}. It is also included in the current GMP
298 release (4.1.3) when configured with @option{--enable-mpfr}.
300 The @option{--with-mpfr} or @option{--with-mpfr-dir} configure option should
301 be used if your MPFR Library is not installed in your library search path.
306 @heading Tools/packages necessary for modifying GCC
308 @item autoconf versions 2.13 and 2.59
309 @itemx GNU m4 version 1.4 (or later)
311 Necessary when modifying @file{configure.ac}, @file{aclocal.m4}, etc.@:
312 to regenerate @file{configure} and @file{config.in} files. Most
313 directories require autoconf 2.59 (exactly), but the toplevel
314 still requires autoconf 2.13 (exactly).
316 @item automake versions 1.9.3
318 Necessary when modifying a @file{Makefile.am} file to regenerate its
319 associated @file{Makefile.in}.
321 Much of GCC does not use automake, so directly edit the @file{Makefile.in}
322 file. Specifically this applies to the @file{gcc}, @file{intl},
323 @file{libcpp}, @file{libiberty}, @file{libobjc} directories as well
324 as any of their subdirectories.
326 For directories that use automake, GCC requires the latest release in
327 the 1.9.x series, which is currently 1.9.3. When regenerating a directory
328 to a newer version, please update all the directories using an older 1.9.x
329 to the latest released version.
331 @item gettext version 0.14.5 (or later)
333 Needed to regenerate @file{gcc.pot}.
335 @item gperf version 2.7.2 (or later)
337 Necessary when modifying @command{gperf} input files, e.g.@:
338 @file{gcc/cp/cfns.gperf} to regenerate its associated header file, e.g.@:
339 @file{gcc/cp/cfns.h}.
345 Necessary to run the GCC testsuite; see the section on testing for details.
347 @item autogen version 5.5.4 (or later) and
348 @itemx guile version 1.4.1 (or later)
350 Necessary to regenerate @file{fixinc/fixincl.x} from
351 @file{fixinc/inclhack.def} and @file{fixinc/*.tpl}.
353 Necessary to run @samp{make check} for @file{fixinc}.
355 Necessary to regenerate the top level @file{Makefile.in} file from
356 @file{Makefile.tpl} and @file{Makefile.def}.
358 @item GNU Bison version 1.28 (or later)
359 Berkeley @command{yacc} (@command{byacc}) is also reported to work other
362 Necessary when modifying @file{*.y} files.
364 Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
365 files are not included in the SVN repository. They are included in
368 @item Flex version 2.5.4 (or later)
370 Necessary when modifying @file{*.l} files.
372 Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output
373 files are not included in the SVN repository. They are included in
376 @item Texinfo version 4.2 (or later)
378 Necessary for running @command{makeinfo} when modifying @file{*.texi}
379 files to test your changes.
381 Necessary to build GCC documentation during development because the
382 generated output files are not included in the SVN repository. They are
383 included in releases.
385 @item @TeX{} (any working version)
387 Necessary for running @command{texi2dvi}, used when running
388 @command{make dvi} to create DVI files.
390 @item SVN (any version)
391 @itemx SSH (any version)
393 Necessary to access the SVN repository. Public releases and weekly
394 snapshots of the development sources are also available via FTP@.
396 @item Perl version 5.6.1 (or later)
398 Necessary when regenerating @file{Makefile} dependencies in libiberty.
399 Necessary when regenerating @file{libiberty/functions.texi}.
400 Necessary when generating manpages from Texinfo manuals.
401 Necessary when targetting Darwin, building libstdc++,
402 and not using @option{--disable-symvers}.
403 Used by various scripts to generate some files included in SVN (mainly
404 Unicode-related and rarely changing) from source tables.
406 @item GNU diffutils version 2.7 (or later)
408 Useful when submitting patches for the GCC source code.
410 @item patch version 2.5.4 (or later)
412 Necessary when applying patches, created with @command{diff}, to one's
422 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
426 @c ***Downloading the source**************************************************
428 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
429 @node Downloading the source, Configuration, Prerequisites, Installing GCC
433 @chapter Downloading GCC
435 @cindex Downloading GCC
436 @cindex Downloading the Source
438 GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/svn.html,,SVN} and FTP
439 tarballs compressed with @command{gzip} or
440 @command{bzip2}. It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
443 Please refer to the @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
444 for information on how to obtain GCC@.
446 The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran 77, Fortran
447 (in case of GCC 4.0 and later), Java, and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later)
448 compilers. The full distribution also includes runtime libraries for C++,
449 Objective-C, Fortran 77, Fortran, and Java. In GCC 3.0 and later versions,
450 GNU compiler testsuites are also included in the full distribution.
452 If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
453 GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
454 use. The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the
455 shared components. Each language has a tarball which includes the language
456 front end as well as the language runtime (when appropriate).
458 Unpack the core distribution as well as any language specific
459 distributions in the same directory.
461 If you also intend to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing
462 installation or for use in place of the corresponding tools of your
463 OS), unpack the binutils distribution either in the same directory or
464 a separate one. In the latter case, add symbolic links to any
465 components of the binutils you intend to build alongside the compiler
466 (@file{bfd}, @file{binutils}, @file{gas}, @file{gprof}, @file{ld},
467 @file{opcodes}, @dots{}) to the directory containing the GCC sources.
474 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
478 @c ***Configuration***********************************************************
480 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
481 @node Configuration, Building, Downloading the source, Installing GCC
485 @chapter Installing GCC: Configuration
487 @cindex Configuration
488 @cindex Installing GCC: Configuration
490 Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
491 This document describes the recommended configuration procedure
492 for both native and cross targets.
494 We use @var{srcdir} to refer to the toplevel source directory for
495 GCC; we use @var{objdir} to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
497 If you obtained the sources via SVN, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
498 @file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
499 and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
501 If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
502 file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
503 temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
504 problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
505 variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
506 @command{pawd} or @samp{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
509 First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
510 separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside
511 within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
512 where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't
513 get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory
514 of @var{srcdir} is unsupported.
516 If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
517 different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
518 that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is @file{Makefile};
519 if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile} does not exist
520 or issues a message like ``don't know how to make distclean'' it probably
521 means that the directory is already suitably clean. However, with the
522 recommended method of building in a separate @var{objdir}, you should
523 simply use a different @var{objdir} for each target.
525 Second, when configuring a native system, either @command{cc} or
526 @command{gcc} must be in your path or you must set @env{CC} in
527 your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration
530 Note that the bootstrap compiler and the resulting GCC must be link
531 compatible, else the bootstrap will fail with linker errors about
532 incompatible object file formats. Several multilibed targets are
533 affected by this requirement, see
535 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
538 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
546 % @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
550 @heading Target specification
553 GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for @var{target}
554 for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you not
555 provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
558 @var{target} must be specified as @option{--target=@var{target}}
559 when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
560 m68k-coff, sh-elf, etc.
563 Specifying just @var{target} instead of @option{--target=@var{target}}
564 implies that the host defaults to @var{target}.
568 @heading Options specification
570 Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
571 GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @samp{configure
572 --help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
573 work and should not normally be used.
575 Note that each @option{--enable} option has a corresponding
576 @option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
577 corresponding @option{--without} option.
580 @item --prefix=@var{dirname}
581 Specify the toplevel installation
582 directory. This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
583 other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to
586 We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
587 subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. If specifying a directory
588 beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand
589 @var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use
592 The following standard @command{autoconf} options are supported. Normally you
593 should not need to use these options.
595 @item --exec-prefix=@var{dirname}
596 Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
597 files. The default is @file{@var{prefix}}.
599 @item --bindir=@var{dirname}
600 Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
601 (such as @command{gcc} and @command{g++}). The default is
602 @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}.
604 @item --libdir=@var{dirname}
605 Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
606 internal data files of GCC@. The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/lib}.
608 @item --libexecdir=@var{dirname}
609 Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC@.
610 The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec}.
612 @item --with-slibdir=@var{dirname}
613 Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The
614 default is @file{@var{libdir}}.
616 @item --infodir=@var{dirname}
617 Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
618 The default is @file{@var{prefix}/info}.
620 @item --datadir=@var{dirname}
621 Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
622 data files referenced by GCC@. The default is @file{@var{prefix}/share}.
624 @item --mandir=@var{dirname}
625 Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is
626 @file{@var{prefix}/man}. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts from
627 the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The manpages
628 are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full
631 @item --with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}
633 the installation directory for G++ header files. The default is
634 @file{@var{prefix}/include/c++/@var{version}}.
638 @item --program-prefix=@var{prefix}
639 GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
640 installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
641 programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
642 @option{--program-prefix=foo-} would result in @samp{gcc}
643 being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
645 @item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
646 Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
647 (see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
648 would result in @samp{gcc} being installed as
649 @file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
651 @item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
652 Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
653 of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
654 consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
655 semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
656 transformed to the installed program @file{/usr/local/bin/myowngcc} and
657 the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
658 @file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
659 you could use the pattern
660 @option{--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'}
661 to achieve this effect.
663 All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
664 complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
665 @var{suffix}) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
666 can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
668 As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
669 builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
670 transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
672 For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
673 with the target alias in front of their name, as in
674 @samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
675 before the target alias is prepended to the name---so, specifying
676 @option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
677 resulting binary would be installed as
678 @file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
680 As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
681 transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
683 @item --with-local-prefix=@var{dirname}
685 installation directory for local include files. The default is
686 @file{/usr/local}. Specify this option if you want the compiler to
687 search directory @file{@var{dirname}/include} for locally installed
688 header files @emph{instead} of @file{/usr/local/include}.
690 You should specify @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{only} if your
691 site has a different convention (not @file{/usr/local}) for where to put
694 The default value for @option{--with-local-prefix} is @file{/usr/local}
695 regardless of the value of @option{--prefix}. Specifying
696 @option{--prefix} has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
697 local header files. This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
700 The purpose of @option{--prefix} is to specify where to @emph{install
701 GCC}. The local header files in @file{/usr/local/include}---if you put
702 any in that directory---are not part of GCC@. They are part of other
703 programs---perhaps many others. (GCC installs its own header files in
704 another directory which is based on the @option{--prefix} value.)
706 Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
707 directory are part of GCC's ``system include'' directories. Although these
708 two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
709 order for the correct processing of the include_next directive. The
710 local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
711 include directory. Another characteristic of system include directories
712 is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories.
714 Some autoconf macros add @option{-I @var{directory}} options to the
715 compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed
716 packages' headers are searched. When @var{directory} is one of GCC's
717 system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system
718 directories continue to be processed in the correct order. This
719 may result in a search order different from what was specified but the
720 directory will still be searched.
722 GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using
723 @env{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX}. Thus, when the same installation prefix is
724 used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for
725 both headers and libraries. This provides a configuration that is
726 easy to use. GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is
727 installed as a system compiler in @file{/usr}.
729 Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to
730 use the above simple configuration. It is possible to use the
731 @option{--program-prefix}, @option{--program-suffix} and
732 @option{--program-transform-name} options to install multiple versions
733 into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes
734 and the @option{--with-local-prefix} option to specify the location of the
735 site-specific files for each version. It will then be necessary for
736 users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries
737 (e.g., with @env{LIBRARY_PATH}).
739 The same value can be used for both @option{--with-local-prefix} and
740 @option{--prefix} provided it is not @file{/usr}. This can be used
741 to avoid the default search of @file{/usr/local/include}.
743 @strong{Do not} specify @file{/usr} as the @option{--with-local-prefix}!
744 The directory you use for @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{must not}
745 contain any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain
746 them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
747 certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
748 file corrections made by the @command{fixincludes} script.
750 Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
751 ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified where to
752 install part of GCC@. Perhaps they make this assumption because
753 installing GCC creates the directory.
755 @item --enable-shared[=@var{package}[,@dots{}]]
756 Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
757 the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
758 are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries.
760 If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
761 only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries
762 will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
763 @samp{libgcc} (also known as @samp{gcc}), @samp{libstdc++} (not
764 @samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc},
765 @samp{ada}, @samp{libada}, @samp{libjava} and @samp{libobjc}.
766 Note @samp{libiberty} does not support shared libraries at all.
768 Use @option{--disable-shared} to build only static libraries. Note that
769 @option{--disable-shared} does not accept a list of package names as
770 argument, only @option{--enable-shared} does.
772 @item @anchor{with-gnu-as}--with-gnu-as
773 Specify that the compiler should assume that the
774 assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify
775 the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the
776 assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion may also
777 result if the compiler finds the GNU assembler but has not been
778 configured with @option{--with-gnu-as}.) If you have more than one
779 assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
780 connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}}.
782 The following systems are the only ones where it makes a difference
783 whether you use the GNU assembler. On any other system,
784 @option{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
787 @item @samp{hppa1.0-@var{any}-@var{any}}
788 @item @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}}
789 @item @samp{i386-@var{any}-sysv}
790 @item @samp{m68k-bull-sysv}
791 @item @samp{m68k-hp-hpux}
792 @item @samp{m68000-hp-hpux}
793 @item @samp{m68000-att-sysv}
794 @item @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.@var{any}}
795 @item @samp{sparc64-@var{any}-solaris2.@var{any}}
798 On the systems listed above (except for the HP-PA, the SPARC, for ISC on
799 the 386, if you use the GNU assembler, you should also use the GNU linker
800 (and specify @option{--with-gnu-ld}).
802 @item @anchor{with-as}--with-as=@var{pathname}
804 compiler should use the assembler pointed to by @var{pathname}, rather
805 than the one found by the standard rules to find an assembler, which
809 Check the @file{@var{libexec}/gcc/@var{target}/@var{version}}
810 directory, where @var{libexec} defaults to
811 @file{@var{exec-prefix}/libexec} and @var{exec-prefix} defaults to
812 @var{prefix} which defaults to @file{/usr/local} unless overridden by
813 the @option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described
814 above. @var{target} is the target system triple, such as
815 @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}, and @var{version} denotes the GCC
816 version, such as 3.0.
818 Check operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
821 Note that these rules do not check for the value of @env{PATH}. You may
822 want to use @option{--with-as} if no assembler is installed in the
823 directories listed above, or if you have multiple assemblers installed
824 and want to choose one that is not found by the above rules.
826 @item @anchor{with-gnu-ld}--with-gnu-ld
827 Same as @uref{#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}
830 @item --with-ld=@var{pathname}
831 Same as @uref{#with-as,,@option{--with-as}}
835 Specify that stabs debugging
836 information should be used instead of whatever format the host normally
837 uses. Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
839 On MIPS based systems and on Alphas, you must specify whether you want
840 GCC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style
841 stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug
842 format cannot fully handle languages other than C@. BSD stabs format can
843 handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB@.
845 Normally, GCC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you
846 prefer BSD stabs, specify @option{--with-stabs} when you configure GCC@.
848 No matter which default you choose when you configure GCC, the user
849 can use the @option{-gcoff} and @option{-gstabs+} options to specify explicitly
850 the debug format for a particular compilation.
852 @option{--with-stabs} is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if
853 @option{--with-gas} is used. It selects use of stabs debugging
854 information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information
855 supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not.
857 @option{--with-stabs} is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It
858 selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The
859 C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging
860 information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a
861 workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4
862 tools can not generate or interpret stabs.
864 @item --disable-multilib
865 Specify that multiple target
866 libraries to support different target variants, calling
867 conventions, etc.@: should not be built. The default is to build a
868 predefined set of them.
870 Some targets provide finer-grained control over which multilibs are built
871 (e.g., @option{--disable-softfloat}):
877 fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
880 softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
883 single-float, biendian, softfloat.
885 @item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
886 aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
891 @item --enable-threads
892 Specify that the target
893 supports threads. This affects the Objective-C compiler and runtime
894 library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java.
895 On some systems, this is the default.
897 In general, the best (and, in many cases, the only known) threading
898 model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some
899 systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally
900 available for the system. In this case, @option{--enable-threads} is an
901 alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
903 @item --disable-threads
904 Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
905 This is an alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
907 @item --enable-threads=@var{lib}
909 @var{lib} is the thread support library. This affects the Objective-C
910 compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
911 like C++ and Java. The possibilities for @var{lib} are:
919 Ada tasking support. For non-Ada programs, this setting is equivalent
920 to @samp{single}. When used in conjunction with the Ada run time, it
921 causes GCC to use the same thread primitives as Ada uses. This option
922 is necessary when using both Ada and the back end exception handling,
923 which is the default for most Ada targets.
925 Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NeXTSTEP@. (Please note
926 that the file needed to support this configuration, @file{gthr-mach.h}, is
927 missing and thus this setting will cause a known bootstrap failure.)
929 This is an alias for @samp{single}.
931 Generic POSIX/Unix98 thread support.
933 Generic POSIX/Unix95 thread support.
935 RTEMS thread support.
937 Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
939 Sun Solaris 2 thread support.
941 VxWorks thread support.
943 Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
945 Novell Kernel Services thread support.
949 Specify that the target supports TLS (Thread Local Storage). Usually
950 configure can correctly determine if TLS is supported. In cases where
951 it guesses incorrectly, TLS can be explicitly enabled or disabled with
952 @option{--enable-tls} or @option{--disable-tls}. This can happen if
953 the assembler supports TLS but the C library does not, or if the
954 assumptions made by the configure test are incorrect.
957 Specify that the target does not support TLS.
958 This is an alias for @option{--enable-tls=no}.
960 @item --with-cpu=@var{cpu}
961 Specify which cpu variant the compiler should generate code for by default.
962 @var{cpu} will be used as the default value of the @option{-mcpu=} switch.
963 This option is only supported on some targets, including ARM, i386, PowerPC,
966 @item --with-schedule=@var{cpu}
967 @itemx --with-arch=@var{cpu}
968 @itemx --with-tune=@var{cpu}
969 @itemx --with-abi=@var{abi}
970 @itemx --with-fpu=@var{type}
971 @itemx --with-float=@var{type}
972 These configure options provide default values for the @option{-mschedule=},
973 @option{-march=}, @option{-mtune=}, @option{-mabi=}, and @option{-mfpu=}
974 options and for @option{-mhard-float} or @option{-msoft-float}. As with
975 @option{--with-cpu}, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values
976 of the arguments depend on the target.
978 @item --with-divide=@var{type}
979 Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
980 division by zero. This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
981 The possibilities for @var{type} are:
984 Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on
985 systems that support conditional traps).
987 Division by zero checks use the break instruction.
990 @item --enable-__cxa_atexit
991 Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
992 register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
993 This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
994 destructors, but requires __cxa_atexit in libc. This option is currently
995 only available on systems with GNU libc. When enabled, this will cause
996 @option{-fuse-cxa-exit} to be passed by default.
998 @item --enable-target-optspace
1000 libraries should be optimized for code space instead of code speed.
1001 This is the default for the m32r platform.
1004 Specify that a user visible @command{cpp} program should not be installed.
1006 @item --with-cpp-install-dir=@var{dirname}
1007 Specify that the user visible @command{cpp} program should be installed
1008 in @file{@var{prefix}/@var{dirname}/cpp}, in addition to @var{bindir}.
1010 @item --enable-initfini-array
1011 Force the use of sections @code{.init_array} and @code{.fini_array}
1012 (instead of @code{.init} and @code{.fini}) for constructors and
1013 destructors. Option @option{--disable-initfini-array} has the
1014 opposite effect. If neither option is specified, the configure script
1015 will try to guess whether the @code{.init_array} and
1016 @code{.fini_array} sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
1018 @item --enable-maintainer-mode
1019 The build rules that
1020 regenerate the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
1021 disabled. This is because it can only be rebuilt if the complete source
1022 tree is present. If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
1023 catalog, configuring with @option{--enable-maintainer-mode} will enable
1024 this. Note that you need a recent version of the @code{gettext} tools
1027 @item --enable-generated-files-in-srcdir
1028 Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from Bison and flex nor the
1029 info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present
1030 in the SVN development tree. When building GCC from that development tree,
1031 or from one of our snapshots, those generated files are placed in your
1032 build directory, which allows for the source to be in a readonly
1035 If you configure with @option{--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir} then those
1036 generated files will go into the source directory. This is mainly intended
1037 for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it
1038 is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, Bison,
1041 @item --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
1043 that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific
1044 subdirectory (@file{@var{libdir}/gcc}) rather than the usual places. In
1045 addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed into
1046 @file{@var{libdir}} unless you overruled it by using
1047 @option{--with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}}. Using this option is
1048 particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
1049 parallel. This is currently supported by @samp{libgfortran},
1050 @samp{libjava}, @samp{libmudflap}, @samp{libstdc++}, and @samp{libobjc}.
1052 @item --with-java-home=@var{dirname}
1053 This @samp{libjava} option overrides the default value of the
1054 @samp{java.home} system property. It is also used to set
1055 @samp{sun.boot.class.path} to @file{@var{dirname}/lib/rt.jar}. By
1056 default @samp{java.home} is set to @file{@var{prefix}} and
1057 @samp{sun.boot.class.path} to
1058 @file{@var{datadir}/java/libgcj-@var{version}.jar}.
1060 @item --enable-languages=@var{lang1},@var{lang2},@dots{}
1061 Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
1062 their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for
1063 @var{langN} you can issue the following command in the
1064 @file{gcc} directory of your GCC source tree:@*
1066 grep language= */config-lang.in
1068 Currently, you can use any of the following:
1069 @code{all}, @code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{fortran}, @code{java},
1070 @code{objc}, @code{obj-c++}, @code{treelang}.
1071 Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.
1072 If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option @code{all}, then all
1073 default languages available in the @file{gcc} sub-tree will be configured.
1074 Ada, Objective-C++, and treelang are not default languages; the rest are.
1075 Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
1076 @strong{does not} work anymore, as those language sub-directories might
1077 not have been configured!
1079 @item --disable-libada
1080 Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not
1081 be built. This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with
1082 previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly
1083 do a @samp{make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools}.
1085 @item --disable-libssp
1086 Specify that the run-time libraries for stack smashing protection
1087 should not be built.
1090 Specify that the compiler should
1091 use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
1093 @item --enable-targets=all
1094 @itemx --enable-targets=@var{target_list}
1095 Some GCC targets, e.g.@: powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers.
1096 These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit
1097 code. Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g.@:
1098 powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code. This
1099 option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is
1100 useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and
1101 you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree.
1102 Currently, this option only affects powerpc-linux.
1104 @item --enable-secureplt
1105 This option enables @option{-msecure-plt} by default for powerpc-linux.
1107 @xref{RS/6000 and PowerPC Options,, RS/6000 and PowerPC Options, gcc,
1108 Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
1111 See ``RS/6000 and PowerPC Options'' in the main manual
1114 @item --enable-win32-registry
1115 @itemx --enable-win32-registry=@var{key}
1116 @itemx --disable-win32-registry
1117 The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC
1118 to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
1121 @code{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\@var{key}}
1124 @var{key} defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
1125 @option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
1126 who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
1127 perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
1128 avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled
1129 by default, and can be disabled by @option{--disable-win32-registry}
1130 option. This option has no effect on the other hosts.
1133 Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This
1134 option only applies to @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}}. On any other
1135 system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
1137 @item --enable-werror
1138 @itemx --disable-werror
1139 @itemx --enable-werror=yes
1140 @itemx --enable-werror=no
1141 When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
1142 compiler are built with @option{-Werror} in bootstrap stage2 and later.
1143 If you don't specify it, @option{-Werror} is turned on for the main
1144 development trunk. However it defaults to off for release branches and
1145 final releases. The specific files which get @option{-Werror} are
1146 controlled by the Makefiles.
1148 @item --enable-checking
1149 @itemx --enable-checking=@var{list}
1150 When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform internal
1151 consistency checks of the requested complexity. This does not change the
1152 generated code, but adds error checking within the compiler. This will
1153 slow down the compiler and may only work properly if you are building
1154 the compiler with GCC@. This is @samp{yes} by default when building
1155 from SVN or snapshots, but @samp{release} for releases. More control
1156 over the checks may be had by specifying @var{list}. The categories of
1157 checks available are @samp{yes} (most common checks
1158 @samp{assert,misc,tree,gc,rtlflag,runtime}), @samp{no} (no checks at
1159 all), @samp{all} (all but @samp{valgrind}), @samp{release} (cheapest
1160 checks @samp{assert,runtime}) or @samp{none} (same as @samp{no}).
1161 Individual checks can be enabled with these flags @samp{assert},
1162 @samp{fold}, @samp{gc}, @samp{gcac} @samp{misc}, @samp{rtl},
1163 @samp{rtlflag}, @samp{runtime}, @samp{tree}, and @samp{valgrind}.
1165 The @samp{valgrind} check requires the external @command{valgrind}
1166 simulator, available from @uref{http://valgrind.org/}. The
1167 @samp{rtl}, @samp{gcac} and @samp{valgrind} checks are very expensive.
1168 To disable all checking, @samp{--disable-checking} or
1169 @samp{--enable-checking=none} must be explicitly requested. Disabling
1170 assertions will make the compiler and runtime slightly faster but
1171 increase the risk of undetected internal errors causing wrong code to be
1174 @item --enable-coverage
1175 @itemx --enable-coverage=@var{level}
1176 With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
1177 information, every time it is run. This is for internal development
1178 purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc. The
1179 @var{level} argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
1180 not, values are @samp{opt} and @samp{noopt}. For coverage analysis you
1181 want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
1182 enable optimization. When coverage is enabled, the default level is
1183 without optimization.
1185 @item --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats
1186 When this option is specified more detailed information on memory
1187 allocation is gathered. This information is printed when using
1188 @option{-fmem-report}.
1191 @itemx --with-gc=@var{choice}
1192 With this option you can specify the garbage collector implementation
1193 used during the compilation process. @var{choice} can be one of
1194 @samp{page} and @samp{zone}, where @samp{page} is the default.
1197 @itemx --disable-nls
1198 The @option{--enable-nls} option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
1199 which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
1200 English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
1201 canadian cross build. The @option{--disable-nls} option disables NLS@.
1203 @item --with-included-gettext
1204 If NLS is enabled, the @option{--with-included-gettext} option causes the build
1205 procedure to prefer its copy of GNU @command{gettext}.
1207 @item --with-catgets
1208 If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks @code{gettext} but has the
1209 inferior @code{catgets} interface, the GCC build procedure normally
1210 ignores @code{catgets} and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU
1211 @code{gettext} library. The @option{--with-catgets} option causes the
1212 build procedure to use the host's @code{catgets} in this situation.
1214 @item --with-libiconv-prefix=@var{dir}
1215 Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
1216 libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
1218 @item --enable-obsolete
1219 Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
1220 configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
1221 obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
1224 All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
1225 is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
1226 forward to maintain the port.
1229 @subheading Cross-Compiler-Specific Options
1230 The following options only apply to building cross compilers.
1232 @item --with-sysroot
1233 @itemx --with-sysroot=@var{dir}
1234 Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the root of a tree that contains a
1235 (subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
1236 Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
1237 searched in there. The specified directory is not copied into the
1238 install tree, unlike the options @option{--with-headers} and
1239 @option{--with-libs} that this option obsoletes. The default value,
1240 in case @option{--with-sysroot} is not given an argument, is
1241 @option{$@{gcc_tooldir@}/sys-root}. If the specified directory is a
1242 subdirectory of @option{$@{exec_prefix@}}, then it will be found relative to
1243 the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
1245 @item --with-build-sysroot
1246 @itemx --with-build-sysroot=@var{dir}
1247 Tells GCC to consider @var{dir} as the system root (see
1248 @option{--with-sysroot}) while building target libraries, instead of
1249 the directory specified with @option{--with-sysroot}. This option is
1250 only useful when you are already using @option{--with-sysroot}. You
1251 can use @option{--with-build-sysroot} when you are configuring with
1252 @option{--prefix} set to a directory that is different from the one in
1253 which you are installing GCC and your target libraries.
1255 This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
1256 target libraries (which runs on the build system); it does not affect
1257 the compiler which is used to build GCC itself.
1259 @item --with-headers
1260 @itemx --with-headers=@var{dir}
1261 Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
1262 Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler.
1263 The @var{dir} argument specifies a directory which has the target include
1264 files. These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
1265 directory. @emph{This option with the @var{dir} argument is required} when
1266 building a cross compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include}
1267 doesn't pre-exist. If @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} does
1268 pre-exist, the @var{dir} argument may be omitted. @command{fixincludes}
1269 will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC@.
1271 @item --without-headers
1272 Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross
1273 compiler. When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC
1274 can build the exception handling for libgcc.
1277 @itemx --with-libs=``@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}''
1278 Deprecated in favor of @option{--with-sysroot}.
1279 Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
1280 libraries. These libraries will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
1281 directory. If the directory list is omitted, this option has no
1284 Specifies that @samp{newlib} is
1285 being used as the target C library. This causes @code{__eprintf} to be
1286 omitted from @file{libgcc.a} on the assumption that it will be provided by
1290 @subheading Fortran-specific Option
1292 The following options apply to the build of the Fortran front end.
1296 @item --with-gmp=@var{pathname}
1297 @itemx --with-mpfr=@var{pathname}
1298 @itemx --with-gmp-dir=@var{pathname}
1299 @itemx --with-mpfr-dir=@var{pathname}
1300 If you don't have GMP (the GNU Multiple Precision library) and the MPFR
1301 Libraries installed in a standard location and you want to build the Fortran
1302 front-end, you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
1303 (@samp{--with-gmp=gmpinstalldir}, @samp{--with-mpfr=mpfrinstalldir}) or where
1304 you built them without installing (@samp{--with-gmp-dir=gmpbuilddir},
1305 @samp{--with-mpfr-dir=gmpbuilddir}).
1309 @subheading Java-Specific Options
1311 The following option applies to the build of the Java front end.
1314 @item --disable-libgcj
1315 Specify that the run-time libraries
1316 used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend
1317 to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
1318 separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
1319 machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
1320 libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
1321 the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
1322 may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
1323 @file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
1324 you may use @option{--enable-libgcj} to override the default.
1328 The following options apply to building @samp{libgcj}.
1330 @subsubheading General Options
1333 @item --disable-getenv-properties
1334 Don't set system properties from @env{GCJ_PROPERTIES}.
1336 @item --enable-hash-synchronization
1337 Use a global hash table for monitor locks. Ordinarily,
1338 @samp{libgcj}'s @samp{configure} script automatically makes
1339 the correct choice for this option for your platform. Only use
1340 this if you know you need the library to be configured differently.
1342 @item --enable-interpreter
1343 Enable the Java interpreter. The interpreter is automatically
1344 enabled by default on all platforms that support it. This option
1345 is really only useful if you want to disable the interpreter
1346 (using @option{--disable-interpreter}).
1348 @item --disable-java-net
1349 Disable java.net. This disables the native part of java.net only,
1350 using non-functional stubs for native method implementations.
1352 @item --disable-jvmpi
1353 Disable JVMPI support.
1356 Enable runtime eCos target support.
1358 @item --without-libffi
1359 Don't use @samp{libffi}. This will disable the interpreter and JNI
1360 support as well, as these require @samp{libffi} to work.
1362 @item --enable-libgcj-debug
1363 Enable runtime debugging code.
1365 @item --enable-libgcj-multifile
1366 If specified, causes all @file{.java} source files to be
1367 compiled into @file{.class} files in one invocation of
1368 @samp{gcj}. This can speed up build time, but is more
1369 resource-intensive. If this option is unspecified or
1370 disabled, @samp{gcj} is invoked once for each @file{.java}
1371 file to compile into a @file{.class} file.
1373 @item --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR
1374 Search for libiconv in @file{DIR/include} and @file{DIR/lib}.
1376 @item --enable-sjlj-exceptions
1377 Force use of @code{builtin_setjmp} for exceptions. @samp{configure}
1378 ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform. Only use
1379 this option if you are sure you need a different setting.
1381 @item --with-system-zlib
1382 Use installed @samp{zlib} rather than that included with GCC@.
1384 @item --with-win32-nlsapi=ansi, unicows or unicode
1385 Indicates how MinGW @samp{libgcj} translates between UNICODE
1386 characters and the Win32 API@.
1389 Use the single-byte @code{char} and the Win32 A functions natively,
1390 translating to and from UNICODE when using these functions. If
1391 unspecified, this is the default.
1394 Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Adds
1395 @code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec} to link with @samp{libunicows}.
1396 @file{unicows.dll} needs to be deployed on Microsoft Windows 9X machines
1397 running built executables. @file{libunicows.a}, an open-source
1398 import library around Microsoft's @code{unicows.dll}, is obtained from
1399 @uref{http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/}, which also gives details
1400 on getting @file{unicows.dll} from Microsoft.
1403 Use the @code{WCHAR} and Win32 W functions natively. Does @emph{not}
1404 add @code{-lunicows} to @file{libgcj.spec}. The built executables will
1405 only run on Microsoft Windows NT and above.
1409 @subsubheading AWT-Specific Options
1413 Use the X Window System.
1415 @item --enable-java-awt=PEER(S)
1416 Specifies the AWT peer library or libraries to build alongside
1417 @samp{libgcj}. If this option is unspecified or disabled, AWT
1418 will be non-functional. Current valid values are @option{gtk} and
1419 @option{xlib}. Multiple libraries should be separated by a
1420 comma (i.e.@: @option{--enable-java-awt=gtk,xlib}).
1422 @item --enable-gtk-cairo
1423 Build the cairo Graphics2D implementation on GTK@.
1425 @item --enable-java-gc=TYPE
1426 Choose garbage collector. Defaults to @option{boehm} if unspecified.
1428 @item --disable-gtktest
1429 Do not try to compile and run a test GTK+ program.
1431 @item --disable-glibtest
1432 Do not try to compile and run a test GLIB program.
1434 @item --with-libart-prefix=PFX
1435 Prefix where libart is installed (optional).
1437 @item --with-libart-exec-prefix=PFX
1438 Exec prefix where libart is installed (optional).
1440 @item --disable-libarttest
1441 Do not try to compile and run a test libart program.
1450 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1454 @c ***Building****************************************************************
1456 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
1457 @node Building, Testing, Configuration, Installing GCC
1463 @cindex Installing GCC: Building
1465 Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
1468 Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a
1469 nonzero status) and be ignored by @command{make}. These failures, which
1470 are often due to files that were not found, are expected, and can safely
1473 It is normal to have compiler warnings when compiling certain files.
1474 Unless you are a GCC developer, you can generally ignore these warnings
1475 unless they cause compilation to fail. Developers should attempt to fix
1476 any warnings encountered, however they can temporarily continue past
1477 warnings-as-errors by specifying the configure flag
1478 @option{--disable-werror}.
1480 On certain old systems, defining certain environment variables such as
1481 @env{CC} can interfere with the functioning of @command{make}.
1483 If you encounter seemingly strange errors when trying to build the
1484 compiler in a directory other than the source directory, it could be
1485 because you have previously configured the compiler in the source
1486 directory. Make sure you have done all the necessary preparations.
1488 If you build GCC on a BSD system using a directory stored in an old System
1489 V file system, problems may occur in running @command{fixincludes} if the
1490 System V file system doesn't support symbolic links. These problems
1491 result in a failure to fix the declaration of @code{size_t} in
1492 @file{sys/types.h}. If you find that @code{size_t} is a signed type and
1493 that type mismatches occur, this could be the cause.
1495 The solution is not to use such a directory for building GCC@.
1497 When building from SVN or snapshots, or if you modify parser sources,
1498 you need the Bison parser generator installed. If you do not modify
1499 parser sources, releases contain the Bison-generated files and you do
1500 not need Bison installed to build them.
1502 When building from SVN or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
1503 documentation, you need version 4.2 or later of Texinfo installed if you
1504 want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
1505 documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
1507 @section Building a native compiler
1509 For a native build issue the command @samp{make bootstrap}. This
1510 will build the entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
1514 Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1518 Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
1519 binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
1520 if they have been individually linked
1521 or moved into the top level GCC source tree before configuring.
1524 Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler.
1527 Perform a comparison test of the stage2 and stage3 compilers.
1530 Build runtime libraries using the stage3 compiler from the previous step.
1534 If you are short on disk space you might consider @samp{make
1535 bootstrap-lean} instead. This is identical to @samp{make
1536 bootstrap} except that object files from the stage1 and
1537 stage2 of the 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler are deleted as
1538 soon as they are no longer needed.
1540 If you want to save additional space during the bootstrap and in
1541 the final installation as well, you can build the compiler binaries
1542 without debugging information as in the following example. This will save
1543 roughly 40% of disk space both for the bootstrap and the final installation.
1544 (Libraries will still contain debugging information.)
1547 make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' \
1548 LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap
1551 If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2 and
1552 stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when doing
1553 @samp{make bootstrap}. Non-default optimization flags are less well
1554 tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should still work.
1555 In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special flags such
1556 as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or, if the
1557 native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need to work
1558 around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts of the
1559 stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
1560 bootstrap4} to increase the number of stages of bootstrap.
1562 Note that using non-standard @code{CFLAGS} can cause bootstrap to fail in
1563 @file{libiberty}, if these trigger a warning with the new compiler. For
1564 example using @samp{-O2 -g -mcpu=i686} on @code{i686-pc-linux-gnu} will
1565 cause bootstrap failure as @option{-mcpu=} is deprecated in 3.4.0 and above.
1568 If you used the flag @option{--enable-languages=@dots{}} to restrict
1569 the compilers to be built, only those you've actually enabled will be
1570 built. This will of course only build those runtime libraries, for
1571 which the particular compiler has been built. Please note,
1572 that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
1573 @strong{does not} work anymore!
1575 If the comparison of stage2 and stage3 fails, this normally indicates
1576 that the stage2 compiler has compiled GCC incorrectly, and is therefore
1577 a potentially serious bug which you should investigate and report. (On
1578 a few systems, meaningful comparison of object files is impossible; they
1579 always appear ``different''. If you encounter this problem, you will
1580 need to disable comparison in the @file{Makefile}.)
1582 @section Building a cross compiler
1584 When building a cross compiler, it is not generally possible to do a
1585 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This makes for an interesting problem
1586 as parts of GCC can only be built with GCC@.
1588 To build a cross compiler, we first recommend building and installing a
1589 native compiler. You can then use the native GCC compiler to build the
1590 cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
1593 Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
1594 your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
1599 Build host tools necessary to build the compiler.
1602 Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
1603 binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
1604 if they have been individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source
1605 tree before configuring.
1608 Build the compiler (single stage only).
1611 Build runtime libraries using the compiler from the previous step.
1614 Note that if an error occurs in any step the make process will exit.
1616 If you are not building GNU binutils in the same source tree as GCC,
1617 you will need a cross-assembler and cross-linker installed before
1618 configuring GCC@. Put them in the directory
1619 @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/bin}. Here is a table of the tools
1620 you should put in this directory:
1624 This should be the cross-assembler.
1627 This should be the cross-linker.
1630 This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
1631 archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
1634 This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
1637 The installation of GCC will find these programs in that directory,
1638 and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
1639 find them when run later.
1641 The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package.
1642 Configure it with the same @option{--host} and @option{--target}
1643 options that you use for configuring GCC, then build and install
1644 them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
1645 directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GCC
1648 If you are not building a C library in the same source tree as GCC,
1649 you should also provide the target libraries and headers before
1650 configuring GCC, specifying the directories with
1651 @option{--with-sysroot} or @option{--with-headers} and
1652 @option{--with-libs}. Many targets also require ``start files'' such
1653 as @file{crt0.o} and
1654 @file{crtn.o} which are linked into each executable. There may be several
1655 alternatives for @file{crt0.o}, for use with profiling or other
1656 compilation options. Check your target's definition of
1657 @code{STARTFILE_SPEC} to find out what start files it uses.
1659 @section Building in parallel
1661 You can use @samp{make bootstrap MAKE="make -j 2" -j 2}, or just
1662 @samp{make -j 2 bootstrap} for GNU Make 3.79 and above, instead of
1663 @samp{make bootstrap} to build GCC in parallel.
1664 You can also specify a bigger number, and in most cases using a value
1665 greater than the number of processors in your machine will result in
1666 fewer and shorter I/O latency hits, thus improving overall throughput;
1667 this is especially true for slow drives and network filesystems.
1669 @section Building the Ada compiler
1671 In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
1672 compiler (GNAT version 3.14 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later),
1673 including GNAT tools such as @command{gnatmake} and @command{gnatlink},
1674 since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
1675 GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make.
1677 @command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
1678 and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
1679 installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
1680 used to disable building the Ada front end.
1682 @section Building with profile feedback
1684 It is possible to use profile feedback to optimize the compiler itself. This
1685 should result in a faster compiler binary. Experiments done on x86 using gcc
1686 3.3 showed approximately 7 percent speedup on compiling C programs. To
1687 bootstrap compiler with profile feedback, use @code{make profiledbootstrap}.
1689 When @samp{make profiledbootstrap} is run, it will first build a @code{stage1}
1690 compiler. This compiler is used to build a @code{stageprofile} compiler
1691 instrumented to collect execution counts of instruction and branch
1692 probabilities. Then runtime libraries are compiled with profile collected.
1693 Finally a @code{stagefeedback} compiler is built using the information collected.
1695 Unlike @samp{make bootstrap} several additional restrictions apply. The
1696 compiler used to build @code{stage1} needs to support a 64-bit integral type.
1697 It is recommended to only use GCC for this. Also parallel make is currently
1698 not supported since collisions in profile collecting may occur.
1705 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1709 @c ***Testing*****************************************************************
1711 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
1712 @node Testing, Final install, Building, Installing GCC
1716 @chapter Installing GCC: Testing
1719 @cindex Installing GCC: Testing
1722 Before you install GCC, we encourage you to run the testsuites and to
1723 compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
1724 been submitted to the
1725 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
1726 Some of these archived results are linked from the build status lists
1727 at @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}, although not everyone who
1728 reports a successful build runs the testsuites and submits the results.
1729 This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
1730 but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
1731 problems before you install and start using your new GCC@.
1733 First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
1734 These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
1735 ``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you must download the testsuites
1738 Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
1739 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,DejaGnu}, Tcl, and Expect;
1740 the DejaGnu site has links to these.
1742 If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
1743 installed are not in the @env{PATH}, you may need to set the following
1744 environment variables appropriately, as in the following example (which
1745 assumes that DejaGnu has been installed under @file{/usr/local}):
1748 TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
1749 DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
1752 (On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
1753 paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
1754 portability in the DejaGnu code.)
1757 Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
1759 cd @var{objdir}; make -k check
1762 This will test various components of GCC, such as compiler
1763 front ends and runtime libraries. While running the testsuite, DejaGnu
1764 might emit some harmless messages resembling
1765 @samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
1766 @samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file} that can be ignored.
1768 @section How can you run the testsuite on selected tests?
1770 In order to run sets of tests selectively, there are targets
1771 @samp{make check-gcc} and @samp{make check-g++}
1772 in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. You can also
1773 just run @samp{make check} in a subdirectory of the object directory.
1776 A more selective way to just run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the
1780 make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
1783 Likewise, in order to run only the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in
1784 the testsuite with filenames matching @samp{9805*}, you would use
1787 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
1790 The @file{*.exp} files are located in the testsuite directories of the GCC
1791 source, the most important ones being @file{compile.exp},
1792 @file{execute.exp}, @file{dg.exp} and @file{old-deja.exp}.
1793 To get a list of the possible @file{*.exp} files, pipe the
1794 output of @samp{make check} into a file and look at the
1795 @samp{Running @dots{} .exp} lines.
1797 @section Passing options and running multiple testsuites
1799 You can pass multiple options to the testsuite using the
1800 @samp{--target_board} option of DejaGNU, either passed as part of
1801 @samp{RUNTESTFLAGS}, or directly to @command{runtest} if you prefer to
1802 work outside the makefiles. For example,
1805 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=unix/-O3/-fno-strength-reduce"
1808 will run the standard @command{g++} testsuites (``unix'' is the target name
1809 for a standard native testsuite situation), passing
1810 @samp{-O3 -fno-strength-reduce} to the compiler on every test, i.e.,
1811 slashes separate options.
1813 You can run the testsuites multiple times using combinations of options
1814 with a syntax similar to the brace expansion of popular shells:
1817 @dots{}"--target_board=arm-sim/@{-mhard-float,-msoft-float@}@{-O1,-O2,-O3,@}"
1820 (Note the empty option caused by the trailing comma in the final group.)
1821 The following will run each testsuite eight times using the @samp{arm-sim}
1822 target, as if you had specified all possible combinations yourself:
1825 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O1
1826 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O2
1827 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float/-O3
1828 --target_board=arm-sim/-mhard-float
1829 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O1
1830 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O2
1831 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float/-O3
1832 --target_board=arm-sim/-msoft-float
1835 They can be combined as many times as you wish, in arbitrary ways. This
1839 @dots{}"--target_board=unix/-Wextra@{-O3,-fno-strength-reduce@}@{-fomit-frame-pointer,@}"
1842 will generate four combinations, all involving @samp{-Wextra}.
1844 The disadvantage to this method is that the testsuites are run in serial,
1845 which is a waste on multiprocessor systems. For users with GNU Make and
1846 a shell which performs brace expansion, you can run the testsuites in
1847 parallel by having the shell perform the combinations and @command{make}
1848 do the parallel runs. Instead of using @samp{--target_board}, use a
1849 special makefile target:
1852 make -j@var{N} check-@var{testsuite}//@var{test-target}/@var{option1}/@var{option2}/@dots{}
1858 make -j3 check-gcc//sh-hms-sim/@{-m1,-m2,-m3,-m3e,-m4@}/@{,-nofpu@}
1861 will run three concurrent ``make-gcc'' testsuites, eventually testing all
1862 ten combinations as described above. Note that this is currently only
1863 supported in the @file{gcc} subdirectory. (To see how this works, try
1864 typing @command{echo} before the example given here.)
1867 @section Additional testing for Java Class Libraries
1869 The Java runtime tests can be executed via @samp{make check}
1870 in the @file{@var{target}/libjava/testsuite} directory in
1873 The @uref{http://sourceware.org/mauve/,,Mauve Project} provides
1874 a suite of tests for the Java Class Libraries. This suite can be run
1875 as part of libgcj testing by placing the Mauve tree within the libjava
1876 testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.mauve/mauve}, or by
1877 specifying the location of that tree when invoking @samp{make}, as in
1878 @samp{make MAUVEDIR=~/mauve check}.
1880 @uref{http://sourceware.org/mauve/jacks.html,,Jacks}
1881 is a free testsuite that tests Java compiler front ends. This suite
1882 can be run as part of libgcj testing by placing the Jacks tree within
1883 the libjava testsuite at @file{libjava/testsuite/libjava.jacks/jacks}.
1885 @section How to interpret test results
1887 The result of running the testsuite are various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
1888 files in the testsuite subdirectories. The @file{*.log} files contain a
1889 detailed log of the compiler invocations and the corresponding
1890 results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries
1891 contain status codes for all tests:
1895 PASS: the test passed as expected
1897 XPASS: the test unexpectedly passed
1899 FAIL: the test unexpectedly failed
1901 XFAIL: the test failed as expected
1903 UNSUPPORTED: the test is not supported on this platform
1905 ERROR: the testsuite detected an error
1907 WARNING: the testsuite detected a possible problem
1910 It is normal for some tests to report unexpected failures. At the
1911 current time the testing harness does not allow fine grained control
1912 over whether or not a test is expected to fail. This problem should
1913 be fixed in future releases.
1916 @section Submitting test results
1918 If you want to report the results to the GCC project, use the
1919 @file{contrib/test_summary} shell script. Start it in the @var{objdir} with
1922 @var{srcdir}/contrib/test_summary -p your_commentary.txt \
1923 -m gcc-testresults@@gcc.gnu.org |sh
1926 This script uses the @command{Mail} program to send the results, so
1927 make sure it is in your @env{PATH}. The file @file{your_commentary.txt} is
1928 prepended to the testsuite summary and should contain any special
1929 remarks you have on your results or your build environment. Please
1930 do not edit the testsuite result block or the subject line, as these
1931 messages may be automatically processed.
1938 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1942 @c ***Final install***********************************************************
1944 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
1945 @node Final install, , Testing, Installing GCC
1947 @ifset finalinstallhtml
1949 @chapter Installing GCC: Final installation
1952 Now that GCC has been built (and optionally tested), you can install it with
1954 cd @var{objdir}; make install
1957 We strongly recommend to install into a target directory where there is
1958 no previous version of GCC present. Also, the GNAT runtime should not
1959 be stripped, as this would break certain features of the debugger that
1960 depend on this debugging information (catching Ada exceptions for
1963 That step completes the installation of GCC; user level binaries can
1964 be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value
1965 you specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or
1966 @file{/usr/local} by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir},
1967 that directory will be used instead; otherwise, if you specified
1968 @option{--exec-prefix}, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.)
1969 Headers for the C++ and Java libraries are installed in
1970 @file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries in @file{@var{libdir}}
1971 (normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal parts of the compiler in
1972 @file{@var{libdir}/gcc} and @file{@var{libexecdir}/gcc}; documentation
1973 in info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally
1974 @file{@var{prefix}/info}).
1976 When installing cross-compilers, GCC's executables
1977 are not only installed into @file{@var{bindir}}, that
1978 is, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}, but additionally into
1979 @file{@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin}, if that directory
1980 exists. Typically, such @dfn{tooldirs} hold target-specific
1981 binutils, including assembler and linker.
1983 Installation into a temporary staging area or into a @command{chroot}
1984 jail can be achieved with the command
1987 make DESTDIR=@var{path-to-rootdir} install
1990 @noindent where @var{path-to-rootdir} is the absolute path of
1991 a directory relative to which all installation paths will be
1992 interpreted. Note that the directory specified by @code{DESTDIR}
1993 need not exist yet; it will be created if necessary.
1995 There is a subtle point with tooldirs and @code{DESTDIR}:
1996 If you relocate a cross-compiler installation with
1997 e.g.@: @samp{DESTDIR=@var{rootdir}}, then the directory
1998 @file{@var{rootdir}/@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin} will
1999 be filled with duplicated GCC executables only if it already exists,
2000 it will not be created otherwise. This is regarded as a feature,
2001 not as a bug, because it gives slightly more control to the packagers
2002 using the @code{DESTDIR} feature.
2004 If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
2005 quickly review the build status page for your release, available from
2006 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.
2007 If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
2009 @email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
2010 that you successfully built and installed GCC@.
2011 Include the following information:
2015 Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send
2016 that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
2019 The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed @command{gcc}.
2020 This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed to
2024 Whether you enabled all languages or a subset of them. If you used a
2025 full distribution then this information is part of the configure
2026 options in the output of @samp{gcc -v}, but if you downloaded the
2027 ``core'' compiler plus additional front ends then it isn't apparent
2028 which ones you built unless you tell us about it.
2031 If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include:
2034 The distribution name and version (e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3);
2035 this information should be available from @file{/etc/issue}.
2038 The version of the Linux kernel, available from @samp{uname --version}
2042 The version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
2043 Mandrake, and SuSE type @samp{rpm -q glibc} to get the glibc version,
2044 and on systems like Debian and Progeny use @samp{dpkg -l libc6}.
2046 For other systems, you can include similar information if you think it is
2050 Any other information that you think would be useful to people building
2051 GCC on the same configuration. The new entry in the build status list
2052 will include a link to the archived copy of your message.
2055 We'd also like to know if the
2057 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}
2060 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}
2062 didn't include your host/target information or if that information is
2063 incomplete or out of date. Send a note to
2064 @email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} detailing how the information should be changed.
2066 If you find a bug, please report it following the
2067 @uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
2069 If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
2070 dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.2)
2071 and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
2072 subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
2073 printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. You can also
2074 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,buy printed manuals from the
2075 Free Software Foundation}, though such manuals may not be for the most
2076 recent version of GCC@.
2078 If you would like to generate online HTML documentation, do @samp{cd
2079 @var{objdir}; make html} and HTML will be generated for the gcc manuals in
2080 @file{@var{objdir}/gcc/HTML}.
2087 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2091 @c ***Binaries****************************************************************
2093 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
2094 @node Binaries, Specific, Installing GCC, Top
2098 @chapter Installing GCC: Binaries
2101 @cindex Installing GCC: Binaries
2103 We are often asked about pre-compiled versions of GCC@. While we cannot
2104 provide these for all platforms, below you'll find links to binaries for
2105 various platforms where creating them by yourself is not easy due to various
2108 Please note that we did not create these binaries, nor do we
2109 support them. If you have any problems installing them, please
2110 contact their makers.
2117 @uref{http://www.bullfreeware.com,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
2120 @uref{http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu,,UCLA Software Library for AIX}.
2124 DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
2127 Renesas H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
2128 Development Tools for the Renesas H8/300[HS] Series}.
2134 @uref{http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
2137 @uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
2141 Motorola 68HC11/68HC12---@uref{http://www.gnu-m68hc11.org,,GNU
2142 Development Tools for the Motorola 68HC11/68HC12}.
2145 @uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
2146 OpenServer/Unixware}.
2149 Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel)---@uref{http://www.sunfreeware.com/,,Sunfreeware}.
2152 SGI---@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,SGI Freeware}.
2158 The @uref{http://sourceware.org/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
2160 The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
2164 @uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/by-name/,,The
2165 Written Word} offers binaries for
2168 Digital UNIX 4.0D and 5.1,
2170 HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.11, and
2171 Solaris/SPARC 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, and 9.
2174 @uref{http://www.openpkg.org/,,OpenPKG} offers binaries for quite a
2175 number of platforms.
2178 The @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries,,GFortran Wiki} has
2179 links to gfortran binaries for several platforms.
2182 In addition to those specific offerings, you can get a binary
2183 distribution CD-ROM from the
2184 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,Free Software Foundation}.
2185 It contains binaries for a number of platforms, and
2186 includes not only GCC, but other stuff as well. The current CD does
2187 not contain the latest version of GCC, but it should allow
2188 bootstrapping the compiler. An updated version of that disk is in the
2196 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
2200 @c ***Specific****************************************************************
2202 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
2203 @node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
2207 @chapter Host/target specific installation notes for GCC
2210 @cindex Specific installation notes
2211 @cindex Target specific installation
2212 @cindex Host specific installation
2213 @cindex Target specific installation notes
2215 Please read this document carefully @emph{before} installing the
2216 GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
2221 @uref{#alpha-x-x,,alpha*-*-*}
2223 @uref{#alpha-dec-osf,,alpha*-dec-osf*}
2225 @uref{#alphaev5-cray-unicosmk,,alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}
2227 @uref{#arc-x-elf,,arc-*-elf}
2229 @uref{#arm-x-elf,,arm-*-elf}
2230 @uref{#arm-x-coff,,arm-*-coff}
2231 @uref{#arm-x-aout,,arm-*-aout}
2233 @uref{#xscale-x-x,,xscale-*-*}
2237 @uref{#bfin,,Blackfin}
2243 @uref{#x-x-freebsd,,*-*-freebsd*}
2245 @uref{#h8300-hms,,h8300-hms}
2247 @uref{#hppa-hp-hpux,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
2249 @uref{#hppa-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
2251 @uref{#hppa-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
2253 @uref{#x-x-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
2255 @uref{#ix86-x-linuxaout,,i?86-*-linux*aout}
2257 @uref{#ix86-x-linux,,i?86-*-linux*}
2259 @uref{#ix86-x-sco32v5,,i?86-*-sco3.2v5*}
2261 @uref{#ix86-x-solaris210,,i?86-*-solaris2.10}
2263 @uref{#ix86-x-udk,,i?86-*-udk}
2265 @uref{#ia64-x-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
2267 @uref{#ia64-x-hpux,,ia64-*-hpux*}
2269 @uref{#x-ibm-aix,,*-ibm-aix*}
2271 @uref{#iq2000-x-elf,,iq2000-*-elf}
2273 @uref{#m32c-x-elf,,m32c-*-elf}
2275 @uref{#m32r-x-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
2277 @uref{#m6811-elf,,m6811-elf}
2279 @uref{#m6812-elf,,m6812-elf}
2281 @uref{#m68k-hp-hpux,,m68k-hp-hpux}
2283 @uref{#mips-x-x,,mips-*-*}
2285 @uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,mips-sgi-irix5}
2287 @uref{#mips-sgi-irix6,,mips-sgi-irix6}
2289 @uref{#powerpc-x-x,,powerpc*-*-*, powerpc-*-sysv4}
2291 @uref{#powerpc-x-darwin,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
2293 @uref{#powerpc-x-elf,,powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4}
2295 @uref{#powerpc-x-linux-gnu,,powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*}
2297 @uref{#powerpc-x-netbsd,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
2299 @uref{#powerpc-x-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
2301 @uref{#powerpc-x-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
2303 @uref{#powerpcle-x-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4}
2305 @uref{#powerpcle-x-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
2307 @uref{#powerpcle-x-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
2309 @uref{#s390-x-linux,,s390-*-linux*}
2311 @uref{#s390x-x-linux,,s390x-*-linux*}
2313 @uref{#s390x-ibm-tpf,,s390x-ibm-tpf*}
2315 @uref{#x-x-solaris2,,*-*-solaris2*}
2317 @uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
2319 @uref{#sparc-sun-solaris27,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
2321 @uref{#sparc-x-linux,,sparc-*-linux*}
2323 @uref{#sparc64-x-solaris2,,sparc64-*-solaris2*}
2325 @uref{#sparcv9-x-solaris2,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
2327 @uref{#x-x-sysv,,*-*-sysv*}
2329 @uref{#vax-dec-ultrix,,vax-dec-ultrix}
2331 @uref{#x-x-vxworks,,*-*-vxworks*}
2333 @uref{#x86-64-x-x,,x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*}
2335 @uref{#xtensa-x-elf,,xtensa-*-elf}
2337 @uref{#xtensa-x-linux,,xtensa-*-linux*}
2339 @uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
2343 @uref{#older,,Older systems}
2348 @uref{#elf,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
2354 <!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
2357 @heading @anchor{alpha-x-x}alpha*-*-*
2359 This section contains general configuration information for all
2360 alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
2361 DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX and Tru64 UNIX)@. In addition to reading this
2362 section, please read all other sections that match your target.
2364 We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer.
2365 Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2
2366 debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of
2372 @heading @anchor{alpha-dec-osf}alpha*-dec-osf*
2373 Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
2374 are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
2375 Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
2377 As of GCC 3.2, versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer
2378 supported. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC
2381 In Digital Unix V4.0, virtual memory exhausted bootstrap failures
2382 may be fixed by configuring with @option{--with-gc=simple},
2383 reconfiguring Kernel Virtual Memory and Swap parameters
2384 per the @command{/usr/sbin/sys_check} Tuning Suggestions,
2385 or applying the patch in
2386 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg00822.html}.
2388 In Tru64 UNIX V5.1, Compaq introduced a new assembler that does not
2389 currently (2001-06-13) work with @command{mips-tfile}. As a workaround,
2390 we need to use the old assembler, invoked via the barely documented
2391 @option{-oldas} option. To bootstrap GCC, you either need to use the
2395 % CC=cc @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
2398 or you can use a copy of GCC 2.95.3 or higher built on Tru64 UNIX V4.0:
2401 % CC=gcc -Wa,-oldas @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
2404 As of GNU binutils 2.11.2, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
2405 are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with
2406 @option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
2408 GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
2409 unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
2410 the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
2411 new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
2414 Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
2415 32-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
2416 when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
2417 optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
2418 target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed. Building
2419 cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
2420 a few cases and may not work properly.
2422 @samp{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
2423 @option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
2424 assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
2425 comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
2426 @code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
2427 fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
2428 randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
2429 unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you add
2430 @option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
2431 @samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
2433 GCC now supports both the native (ECOFF) debugging format used by DBX
2434 and GDB and an encapsulated STABS format for use only with GDB@. See the
2435 discussion of the @option{--with-stabs} option of @file{configure} above
2436 for more information on these formats and how to select them.
2438 There is a bug in DEC's assembler that produces incorrect line numbers
2439 for ECOFF format when the @samp{.align} directive is used. To work
2440 around this problem, GCC will not emit such alignment directives
2441 while writing ECOFF format debugging information even if optimization is
2442 being performed. Unfortunately, this has the very undesirable
2443 side-effect that code addresses when @option{-O} is specified are
2444 different depending on whether or not @option{-g} is also specified.
2446 To avoid this behavior, specify @option{-gstabs+} and use GDB instead of
2447 DBX@. DEC is now aware of this problem with the assembler and hopes to
2448 provide a fix shortly.
2453 @heading @anchor{alphaev5-cray-unicosmk}alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*
2454 Cray T3E systems running Unicos/Mk.
2456 This port is incomplete and has many known bugs. We hope to improve the
2457 support for this target soon. Currently, only the C front end is supported,
2458 and it is not possible to build parallel applications. Cray modules are not
2459 supported; in particular, Craylibs are assumed to be in
2460 @file{/opt/ctl/craylibs/craylibs}.
2462 You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU make on this platform. Also, you
2463 need to tell GCC where to find the assembler and the linker. The
2464 simplest way to do so is by providing @option{--with-as} and
2465 @option{--with-ld} to @file{configure}, e.g.@:
2468 configure --with-as=/opt/ctl/bin/cam --with-ld=/opt/ctl/bin/cld \
2469 --enable-languages=c
2472 The comparison test during @samp{make bootstrap} fails on Unicos/Mk
2473 because the assembler inserts timestamps into object files. You should
2474 be able to work around this by doing @samp{make all} after getting this
2480 @heading @anchor{arc-x-elf}arc-*-elf
2481 Argonaut ARC processor.
2482 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
2487 @heading @anchor{arm-x-elf}arm-*-elf
2488 @heading @anchor{xscale-x-x}xscale-*-*
2489 ARM-family processors. Subtargets that use the ELF object format
2490 require GNU binutils 2.13 or newer. Such subtargets include:
2491 @code{arm-*-freebsd}, @code{arm-*-netbsdelf}, @code{arm-*-*linux},
2492 @code{arm-*-rtems} and @code{arm-*-kaos}.
2497 @heading @anchor{arm-x-coff}arm-*-coff
2498 ARM-family processors. Note that there are two different varieties
2499 of PE format subtarget supported: @code{arm-wince-pe} and
2500 @code{arm-pe} as well as a standard COFF target @code{arm-*-coff}.
2505 @heading @anchor{arm-x-aout}arm-*-aout
2506 ARM-family processors. These targets support the AOUT file format:
2507 @code{arm-*-aout}, @code{arm-*-netbsd}.
2512 @heading @anchor{avr}avr
2514 ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
2515 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
2517 @xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
2521 See ``AVR Options'' in the main manual
2523 for the list of supported MCU types.
2525 Use @samp{configure --target=avr --enable-languages="c"} to configure GCC@.
2527 Further installation notes and other useful information about AVR tools
2528 can also be obtained from:
2532 @uref{http://www.nongnu.org/avr/,,http://www.nongnu.org/avr/}
2534 @uref{http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/,,http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc/}
2536 @uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/}
2539 We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.13 or newer.
2541 The following error:
2543 Error: register required
2546 indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
2551 @heading @anchor{bfin}Blackfin
2553 The Blackfin processor, an Analog Devices DSP.
2555 @xref{Blackfin Options,, Blackfin Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
2559 See ``Blackfin Options'' in the main manual
2562 More information, and a version of binutils with support for this processor,
2563 is available at @uref{http://blackfin.uclinux.org}
2568 @heading @anchor{c4x}c4x
2570 Texas Instruments TMS320C3x and TMS320C4x Floating Point Digital Signal
2571 Processors. These are used in embedded applications. There are no
2572 standard Unix configurations.
2574 @xref{TMS320C3x/C4x Options,, TMS320C3x/C4x Options, gcc, Using the
2575 GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
2578 See ``TMS320C3x/C4x Options'' in the main manual
2580 for the list of supported MCU types.
2582 GCC can be configured as a cross compiler for both the C3x and C4x
2583 architectures on the same system. Use @samp{configure --target=c4x
2584 --enable-languages="c,c++"} to configure.
2587 Further installation notes and other useful information about C4x tools
2588 can also be obtained from:
2592 @uref{http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/,,http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/}
2598 @heading @anchor{cris}CRIS
2600 CRIS is the CPU architecture in Axis Communications ETRAX system-on-a-chip
2601 series. These are used in embedded applications.
2604 @xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using the GNU Compiler
2608 See ``CRIS Options'' in the main manual
2610 for a list of CRIS-specific options.
2612 There are a few different CRIS targets:
2614 @item cris-axis-aout
2615 Old target. Includes a multilib for the @samp{elinux} a.out-based
2616 target. No multilibs for newer architecture variants.
2618 Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
2619 @samp{v10} core used in @samp{ETRAX 100 LX}.
2620 @item cris-axis-linux-gnu
2621 A GNU/Linux port for the CRIS architecture, currently targeting
2622 @samp{ETRAX 100 LX} by default.
2625 For @code{cris-axis-aout} and @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
2626 or newer. For @code{cris-axis-linux-gnu} you need binutils 2.12 or newer.
2628 Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
2629 @uref{ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/}. More
2630 information about this platform is available at
2631 @uref{http://developer.axis.com/}.
2636 @heading @anchor{crx}CRX
2638 The CRX CompactRISC architecture is a low-power 32-bit architecture with
2639 fast context switching and architectural extensibility features.
2642 @xref{CRX Options,, CRX Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
2647 See ``CRX Options'' in the main manual for a list of CRX-specific options.
2650 Use @samp{configure --target=crx-elf --enable-languages=c,c++} to configure
2651 GCC@ for building a CRX cross-compiler. The option @samp{--target=crx-elf}
2652 is also used to build the @samp{newlib} C library for CRX.
2654 It is also possible to build libstdc++-v3 for the CRX architecture. This
2655 needs to be done in a separate step with the following configure settings:
2656 @samp{gcc/libstdc++-v3/configure --host=crx-elf --with-newlib
2657 --enable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-cxx-flags='-fexceptions -frtti'}
2662 @heading @anchor{dos}DOS
2664 Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
2666 You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
2667 any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
2668 compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
2669 and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
2674 @heading @anchor{x-x-freebsd}*-*-freebsd*
2676 The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} probably works with
2677 this release of GCC@. However, on FreeBSD 4, bootstrapping against the
2678 latest FSF binutils is known to improve overall testsuite results; and,
2679 on FreeBSD/alpha, using binutils 2.14 or later is required to build libjava.
2681 Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2.
2683 Support for FreeBSD 2 will be discontinued after GCC 3.4. The
2684 following was true for GCC 3.1 but the current status is unknown.
2685 For FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
2686 configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
2687 place. FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been known to bootstrap completely; however,
2688 it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it
2689 was the system copy in @file{/usr/bin}) and C++ EH failures were noted.
2691 For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF 2 debugging is now the
2692 default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on
2693 FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead
2694 of @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
2695 no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
2696 debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match more
2697 of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of GCC@. In
2698 particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default.
2699 However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system
2700 compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good
2701 results on FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@. In the past, known to
2702 bootstrap and check with good results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2,
2703 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8-STABLE@.
2705 In principle, @option{--enable-threads} is now compatible with
2706 @option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@. However, it has only been built
2707 and tested on @samp{i386-*-freebsd[45]} and @samp{alpha-*-freebsd[45]}.
2709 library may be incorrectly built (symbols are missing at link time).
2710 There is a rare timing-based startup hang (probably involves an
2711 assumption about the thread library). Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
2712 libjava) exposes severe threaded signal-handling bugs on FreeBSD before
2713 4.5-RELEASE@. Other CPU architectures
2714 supported by FreeBSD will require additional configuration tuning in, at
2715 the very least, both boehm-gc and libffi.
2717 Shared @file{libgcc_s.so} is now built and installed by default.
2722 @heading @anchor{h8300-hms}h8300-hms
2723 Renesas H8/300 series of processors.
2725 Please have a look at the @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
2727 The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
2728 All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
2729 first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
2730 longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
2735 @heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux}hppa*-hp-hpux*
2736 Support for HP-UX version 9 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
2738 We require using gas/binutils on all hppa platforms;
2739 you may encounter a variety of problems if you try to use the HP assembler.
2741 Specifically, @option{-g} does not work on HP-UX (since that system
2742 uses a peculiar debugging format which GCC does not know about), unless
2743 you use GAS and GDB@. It may be helpful to configure GCC with the
2744 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}} and
2745 @option{--with-as=@dots{}} options to ensure that GCC can find GAS@.
2747 If you wish to use the pa-risc 2.0 architecture support with a 32-bit
2748 runtime, you must use gas/binutils 2.11 or newer.
2750 There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
2751 PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
2752 architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
2753 PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
2754 the target is a @samp{hppa1*} machine.
2756 The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
2757 it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
2758 configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
2759 TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
2760 default scheduling model is desired.
2762 As of GCC 4.0, GCC uses the UNIX 95 namespace for HP-UX 10.10
2763 through 11.00, and the UNIX 98 namespace for HP-UX 11.11 and later.
2764 This namespace change might cause problems when bootstrapping with
2765 an earlier version of GCC or the HP compiler as essentially the same
2766 namespace is required for an entire build. This problem can be avoided
2767 in a number of ways. With HP cc, @env{UNIX_STD} can be set to @samp{95}
2768 or @samp{98}. Another way is to add an appropriate set of predefines
2769 to @env{CC}. The description for the @option{munix=} option contains
2770 a list of the predefines used with each standard.
2772 As of GCC 4.1, @env{DWARF2} exception handling is available on HP-UX.
2773 It is now the default. This exposed a bug in the handling of data
2774 relocations in the GAS assembler. The handling of 64-bit data relocations
2775 was seriously broken, affecting debugging and exception support on all
2776 @samp{hppa64-*-*} targets. Under some circumstances, 32-bit data relocations
2777 could also be handled incorrectly. This problem is fixed in GAS version
2780 GCC versions prior to 4.1 incorrectly passed and returned complex
2781 values. They are now passed in the same manner as aggregates.
2783 More specific information to @samp{hppa*-hp-hpux*} targets follows.
2788 @heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
2790 For hpux10.20, we @emph{highly} recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
2791 @code{PHCO_19798} from HP@. HP has two sites which provide patches free of
2797 <a href="http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do">US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
2801 @uref{http://us.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} US, Canada, Asia-Pacific,
2805 @uref{http://europe.itrc.hp.com/service/home/home.do,,} Europe.
2808 The HP assembler on these systems has some problems. Most notably the
2809 assembler inserts timestamps into each object file it creates, causing
2810 the 3-stage comparison test to fail during a @samp{make bootstrap}.
2811 You should be able to continue by saying @samp{make all} after getting
2812 the failure from @samp{make bootstrap}.
2814 GCC 4.0 requires CVS binutils as of April 28, 2004 or later. Earlier
2815 versions require binutils 2.8 or later.
2817 The C++ ABI has changed incompatibly in GCC 4.0. COMDAT subspaces are
2818 used for one-only code and data. This resolves many of the previous
2819 problems in using C++ on this target. However, the ABI is not compatible
2820 with the one implemented under HP-UX 11 using secondary definitions.
2825 @heading @anchor{hppa-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
2827 GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. GCC 2.95.x is not supported and cannot
2828 be used to compile GCC 3.0 and up.
2830 Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for information about obtaining
2831 precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX@. Precompiled binaries must be obtained
2832 to build the Ada language as it can't be bootstrapped using C@. Ada is
2833 only available for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime. The libffi and libjava
2834 haven't been ported to HP-UX and don't build.
2836 It is possible to build GCC 3.3 starting with the bundled HP compiler,
2837 but the process requires several steps. GCC 3.3 can then be used to
2838 build later versions. The fastjar program contains ISO C code and
2839 can't be built with the HP bundled compiler. This problem can be
2840 avoided by not building the Java language. For example, use the
2841 @option{--enable-languages="c,c++,f77,objc"} option in your configure
2844 Starting with GCC 3.4 an ISO C compiler is required to bootstrap. The
2845 bundled compiler supports only traditional C; you will need either HP's
2846 unbundled compiler, or a binary distribution of GCC@.
2848 There are several possible approaches to building the distribution.
2849 Binutils can be built first using the HP tools. Then, the GCC
2850 distribution can be built. The second approach is to build GCC
2851 first using the HP tools, then build binutils, then rebuild GCC@.
2852 There have been problems with various binary distributions, so it
2853 is best not to start from a binary distribution.
2855 On 64-bit capable systems, there are two distinct targets. Different
2856 installation prefixes must be used if both are to be installed on
2857 the same system. The @samp{hppa[1-2]*-hp-hpux11*} target generates code
2858 for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime architecture and uses the HP linker.
2859 The @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target generates 64-bit code for the
2860 PA-RISC 2.0 architecture. The HP and GNU linkers are both supported
2863 The script config.guess now selects the target type based on the compiler
2864 detected during configuration. You must define @env{PATH} or @env{CC} so
2865 that configure finds an appropriate compiler for the initial bootstrap.
2866 When @env{CC} is used, the definition should contain the options that are
2867 needed whenever @env{CC} is used.
2869 Specifically, options that determine the runtime architecture must be
2870 in @env{CC} to correctly select the target for the build. It is also
2871 convenient to place many other compiler options in @env{CC}. For example,
2872 @env{CC="cc -Ac +DA2.0W -Wp,-H16376 -D_CLASSIC_TYPES -D_HPUX_SOURCE"}
2873 can be used to bootstrap the GCC 3.3 branch with the HP compiler in
2874 64-bit K&R/bundled mode. The @option{+DA2.0W} option will result in
2875 the automatic selection of the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target. The
2876 macro definition table of cpp needs to be increased for a successful
2877 build with the HP compiler. _CLASSIC_TYPES and _HPUX_SOURCE need to
2878 be defined when building with the bundled compiler, or when using the
2879 @option{-Ac} option. These defines aren't necessary with @option{-Ae}.
2881 It is best to explicitly configure the @samp{hppa64-hp-hpux11*} target
2882 with the @option{--with-ld=@dots{}} option. This overrides the standard
2883 search for ld. The two linkers supported on this target require different
2884 commands. The default linker is determined during configuration. As a
2885 result, it's not possible to switch linkers in the middle of a GCC build.
2886 This has been been reported to sometimes occur in unified builds of
2889 GCC 3.0 through 3.2 require binutils 2.11 or above. GCC 3.3 through
2890 GCC 4.0 require binutils 2.14 or later.
2892 Although the HP assembler can be used for an initial build, it shouldn't
2893 be used with any languages other than C and perhaps Fortran due to its
2894 many limitations. For example, it does not support weak symbols or alias
2895 definitions. As a result, explicit template instantiations are required
2896 when using C++. This makes it difficult if not impossible to build many
2897 C++ applications. You can't generate debugging information when using
2898 the HP assembler. Finally, @samp{make bootstrap} fails in the final
2899 comparison of object modules due to the time stamps that it inserts into
2900 the modules. The bootstrap can be continued from this point with
2903 A recent linker patch must be installed for the correct operation of
2904 GCC 3.3 and later. @code{PHSS_26559} and @code{PHSS_24304} are the
2905 oldest linker patches that are known to work. They are for HP-UX
2906 11.00 and 11.11, respectively. @code{PHSS_24303}, the companion to
2907 @code{PHSS_24304}, might be usable but it hasn't been tested. These
2908 patches have been superseded. Consult the HP patch database to obtain
2909 the currently recommended linker patch for your system.
2911 The patches are necessary for the support of weak symbols on the
2912 32-bit port, and for the running of initializers and finalizers. Weak
2913 symbols are implemented using SOM secondary definition symbols. Prior
2914 to HP-UX 11, there are bugs in the linker support for secondary symbols.
2915 The patches correct a problem of linker core dumps creating shared
2916 libraries containing secondary symbols, as well as various other
2917 linking issues involving secondary symbols.
2919 GCC 3.3 uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capabilities to
2920 run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The 32-bit port
2921 uses the linker @option{+init} and @option{+fini} options for the same
2922 purpose. The patches correct various problems with the +init/+fini
2923 options, including program core dumps. Binutils 2.14 corrects a
2924 problem on the 64-bit port resulting from HP's non-standard use of
2925 the .init and .fini sections for array initializers and finalizers.
2927 There are a number of issues to consider in selecting which linker to
2928 use with the 64-bit port. The GNU 64-bit linker can only create dynamic
2929 binaries. The @option{-static} option causes linking with archive
2930 libraries but doesn't produce a truly static binary. Dynamic binaries
2931 still require final binding by the dynamic loader to resolve a set of
2932 dynamic-loader-defined symbols. The default behavior of the HP linker
2933 is the same as the GNU linker. However, it can generate true 64-bit
2934 static binaries using the @option{+compat} option.
2936 The HP 64-bit linker doesn't support linkonce semantics. As a
2937 result, C++ programs have many more sections than they should.
2939 The GNU 64-bit linker has some issues with shared library support
2940 and exceptions. As a result, we only support libgcc in archive
2941 format. For similar reasons, dwarf2 unwind and exception support
2942 are disabled. The GNU linker also has problems creating binaries
2943 with @option{-static}. It doesn't provide stubs for internal
2944 calls to global functions in shared libraries, so these calls
2945 can't be overloaded.
2947 Thread support is not implemented in GCC 3.0 through 3.2, so the
2948 @option{--enable-threads} configure option does not work. In 3.3
2949 and later, POSIX threads are supported. The optional DCE thread
2950 library is not supported.
2952 This port still is undergoing significant development.
2957 @heading @anchor{x-x-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
2959 Versions of libstdc++-v3 starting with 3.2.1 require bugfixes present
2960 in glibc 2.2.5 and later. More information is available in the
2961 libstdc++-v3 documentation.
2966 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-linuxaout}i?86-*-linux*aout
2967 Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
2968 GNU systems. This configuration is being superseded.
2973 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-linux}i?86-*-linux*
2975 As of GCC 3.3, binutils 2.13.1 or later is required for this platform.
2976 See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/PR10877,,bug 10877} for more information.
2978 If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
2979 possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
2980 found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
2985 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-sco32v5}i?86-*-sco3.2v5*
2986 Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release 5 family of operating systems.
2988 Unlike earlier versions of GCC, the ability to generate COFF with this
2989 target is no longer provided.
2991 Earlier versions of GCC emitted DWARF 1 when generating ELF to allow
2992 the system debugger to be used. That support was too burdensome to
2993 maintain. GCC now emits only DWARF 2 for this target. This means you
2994 may use either the UDK debugger or GDB to debug programs built by this
2997 GCC is now only supported on releases 5.0.4 and later, and requires that
2998 you install Support Level Supplement OSS646B or later, and Support Level
2999 Supplement OSS631C or later. If you are using release 5.0.7 of
3000 OpenServer, you must have at least the first maintenance pack installed
3001 (this includes the relevant portions of OSS646). OSS646, also known as
3002 the ``Execution Environment Update'', provides updated link editors and
3003 assemblers, as well as updated standard C and math libraries. The C
3004 startup modules are also updated to support the System V gABI draft, and
3005 GCC relies on that behavior. OSS631 provides a collection of commonly
3006 used open source libraries, some of which GCC depends on (such as GNU
3007 gettext and zlib). SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 has all of this built
3008 in by default, but OSS631C and later also apply to that release. Please
3010 @uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5}
3011 for the latest versions of these (and other potentially useful)
3014 Although there is support for using the native assembler, it is
3015 recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler. You do
3016 this by using the flags
3017 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}. You should
3018 use a modern version of GNU binutils. Version 2.13.2.1 was used for all
3019 testing. In general, only the @option{--with-gnu-as} option is tested.
3020 A modern bintuils (as well as a plethora of other development related
3021 GNU utilities) can be found in Support Level Supplement OSS658A, the
3022 ``GNU Development Tools'' package. See the SCO web and ftp sites for details.
3023 That package also contains the currently ``officially supported'' version of
3024 GCC, version 2.95.3. It is useful for bootstrapping this version.
3029 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10
3030 Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. This
3031 configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only.
3033 It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler in
3034 @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas} but the Sun linker, using the options
3035 @option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld
3036 --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld}.
3041 @heading @anchor{ix86-x-udk}i?86-*-udk
3043 This target emulates the SCO Universal Development Kit and requires that
3044 package be installed. (If it is installed, you will have a
3045 @file{/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc} file present.) It's very much like the
3046 @samp{i?86-*-unixware7*} target
3047 but is meant to be used when hosting on a system where UDK isn't the
3048 default compiler such as OpenServer 5 or Unixware 2. This target will
3049 generate binaries that will run on OpenServer, Unixware 2, or Unixware 7,
3050 with the same warnings and caveats as the SCO UDK@.
3052 This target is a little tricky to build because we have to distinguish
3053 it from the native tools (so it gets headers, startups, and libraries
3054 from the right place) while making the tools not think we're actually
3055 building a cross compiler. The easiest way to do this is with a configure
3059 CC=/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc @var{/your/path/to}/gcc/configure \
3060 --host=i686-pc-udk --target=i686-pc-udk --program-prefix=udk-
3063 @emph{You should substitute @samp{i686} in the above command with the appropriate
3064 processor for your host.}
3066 After the usual @samp{make bootstrap} and
3067 @samp{make install}, you can then access the UDK-targeted GCC
3068 tools by adding @command{udk-} before the commonly known name. For
3069 example, to invoke the C compiler, you would use @command{udk-gcc}.
3070 They will coexist peacefully with any native-target GCC tools you may
3077 @heading @anchor{ia64-x-linux}ia64-*-linux
3078 IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
3081 If you are using the installed system libunwind library with
3082 @option{--with-system-libunwind}, then you must use libunwind 0.98 or
3085 None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
3086 with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
3087 Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
3088 3.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
3089 This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
3090 GCC 3.1 or later is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
3091 As of version 3.1 GCC is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no
3092 more major ABI changes are expected.
3097 @heading @anchor{ia64-x-hpux}ia64-*-hpux*
3098 Building GCC on this target requires the GNU Assembler. The bundled HP
3099 assembler will not work. To prevent GCC from using the wrong assembler,
3100 the option @option{--with-gnu-as} may be necessary.
3102 The GCC libunwind library has not been ported to HPUX@. This means that for
3103 GCC versions 3.2.3 and earlier, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions}
3104 is required to build GCC@. For GCC 3.3 and later, this is the default.
3105 For gcc 3.4.3 and later, @option{--enable-libunwind-exceptions} is
3106 removed and the system libunwind library will always be used.
3110 <!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
3112 @heading @anchor{x-ibm-aix}*-ibm-aix*
3113 Support for AIX version 3 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
3115 AIX Make frequently has problems with GCC makefiles. GNU Make 3.79.1 or
3116 newer is recommended to build on this platform.
3118 ``out of memory'' bootstrap failures may indicate a problem with
3119 process resource limits (ulimit). Hard limits are configured in the
3120 @file{/etc/security/limits} system configuration file.
3122 To speed up the configuration phases of bootstrapping and installing GCC,
3123 one may use GNU Bash instead of AIX @command{/bin/sh}, e.g.,
3126 % CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
3127 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3130 and then proceed as described in @uref{build.html,,the build instructions},
3131 where we strongly recommend using GNU make and specifying an absolute path
3132 to invoke @var{srcdir}/configure.
3134 Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
3135 to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
3136 compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
3137 the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
3138 (not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
3139 @command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
3140 configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
3141 does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
3142 If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
3143 is the version of Make (see above).
3145 The native @command{as} and @command{ld} are recommended for bootstrapping
3146 on AIX 4 and required for bootstrapping on AIX 5L@. The GNU Assembler
3147 reports that it supports WEAK symbols on AIX 4, which causes GCC to try to
3148 utilize weak symbol functionality although it is not supported. The GNU
3149 Assembler and Linker do not support AIX 5L sufficiently to bootstrap GCC@.
3150 The native AIX tools do interoperate with GCC@.
3152 Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
3153 APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1). It also requires a
3154 fix for another AIX Assembler bug and a co-dependent AIX Archiver fix
3155 referenced as APAR IY53606 (AIX 5.2) or a APAR IY54774 (AIX 5.1)
3157 @samp{libstdc++} in GCC 3.4 increments the major version number of the
3158 shared object and GCC installation places the @file{libstdc++.a}
3159 shared library in a common location which will overwrite the and GCC
3160 3.3 version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
3161 re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.3
3162 versions of the @samp{libstdc++} shared object needs to be available
3163 to the AIX runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 @samp{libstdc++.so.4}, if
3164 present, and GCC 3.3 @samp{libstdc++.so.5} shared objects can be
3165 installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to set
3166 the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag in the shared object for @emph{each}
3167 multilib @file{libstdc++.a} installed:
3169 Extract the shared objects from the currently installed
3170 @file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3172 % ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3175 Enable the @samp{F_LOADONLY} flag so that the shared object will be
3176 available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
3178 % strip -e libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3181 Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.4
3182 @file{libstdc++.a} archive:
3184 % ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
3187 Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
3188 duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
3189 have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
3190 and function declarations in the original program. The warnings should
3191 not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
3194 AIX 4.3 utilizes a ``large format'' archive to support both 32-bit and
3195 64-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
3196 to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
3197 These routines are used by GCC and result in error messages during
3198 linking such as ``not a COFF file''. The version of the routines shipped
3199 with AIX 4.3.1 should work for a 32-bit environment. The @option{-g}
3200 option of the archive command may be used to create archives of 32-bit
3201 objects using the original ``small format''. A correct version of the
3202 routines is shipped with AIX 4.3.2 and above.
3204 Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
3205 overflow severe error when the @option{-bbigtoc} option is used to link
3206 GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC@. A fix
3207 for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
3208 available from IBM Customer Support and from its
3209 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
3210 website as PTF U455193.
3212 The AIX 4.3.2.1 linker (bos.rte.bind_cmds Level 4.3.2.1) will dump core
3213 with a segmentation fault when invoked by any version of GCC@. A fix for
3214 APAR IX87327 is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
3215 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
3216 website as PTF U461879. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.3 and above.
3218 The initial assembler shipped with AIX 4.3.0 generates incorrect object
3219 files. A fix for APAR IX74254 (64BIT DISASSEMBLED OUTPUT FROM COMPILER FAILS
3220 TO ASSEMBLE/BIND) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
3221 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
3222 website as PTF U453956. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.1 and above.
3224 AIX provides National Language Support (NLS)@. Compilers and assemblers
3225 use NLS to support locale-specific representations of various data
3226 formats including floating-point numbers (e.g., @samp{.} vs @samp{,} for
3227 separating decimal fractions). There have been problems reported where
3228 GCC does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
3229 expects. If one encounters this problem, set the @env{LANG}
3230 environment variable to @samp{C} or @samp{En_US}.
3232 By default, GCC for AIX 4.1 and above produces code that can be used on
3233 both Power or PowerPC processors.
3235 A default can be specified with the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3236 switch and using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
3241 @heading @anchor{iq2000-x-elf}iq2000-*-elf
3242 Vitesse IQ2000 processors. These are used in embedded
3243 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3248 @heading @anchor{m32c-x-elf}m32c-*-elf
3249 Renesas M32C processor.
3250 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3255 @heading @anchor{m32r-x-elf}m32r-*-elf
3256 Renesas M32R processor.
3257 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
3262 @heading @anchor{m6811-elf}m6811-elf
3263 Motorola 68HC11 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
3264 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3269 @heading @anchor{m6812-elf}m6812-elf
3270 Motorola 68HC12 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
3271 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
3276 @heading @anchor{m68k-hp-hpux}m68k-hp-hpux
3277 HP 9000 series 300 or 400 running HP-UX@. HP-UX version 8.0 has a bug in
3278 the assembler that prevents compilation of GCC@. This
3279 bug manifests itself during the first stage of compilation, while
3280 building @file{libgcc2.a}:
3284 cc1: warning: `-g' option not supported on this version of GCC
3285 cc1: warning: `-g1' option not supported on this version of GCC
3286 ./xgcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 11
3289 A patched version of the assembler is available as the file
3290 @uref{ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/cph/hpux-8.0-assembler}. If you
3291 have HP software support, the patch can also be obtained directly from
3292 HP, as described in the following note:
3295 This is the patched assembler, to patch SR#1653-010439, where the
3296 assembler aborts on floating point constants.
3298 The bug is not really in the assembler, but in the shared library
3299 version of the function ``cvtnum(3c)''. The bug on ``cvtnum(3c)'' is
3300 SR#4701-078451. Anyway, the attached assembler uses the archive
3301 library version of ``cvtnum(3c)'' and thus does not exhibit the bug.
3304 This patch is also known as PHCO_4484.
3306 In addition gdb does not understand that native HP-UX format, so
3307 you must use gas if you wish to use gdb.
3309 On HP-UX version 8.05, but not on 8.07 or more recent versions, the
3310 @command{fixproto} shell script triggers a bug in the system shell. If you
3311 encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or use BASH (the
3312 GNU shell) to run @command{fixproto}. This bug will cause the fixproto
3313 program to report an error of the form:
3316 ./fixproto: sh internal 1K buffer overflow
3319 To fix this, you can also change the first line of the fixproto script
3329 @heading @anchor{mips-x-x}mips-*-*
3330 If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying ``does not have gp
3331 sections for all it's [sic] sectons [sic]'', don't worry about it. This
3332 happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
3333 really anything wrong, and it is okay to use the output file. You can
3334 stop such warnings by installing the GNU linker.
3336 It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
3337 optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
3339 The libstdc++ atomic locking routines for MIPS targets requires MIPS II
3340 and later. A patch went in just after the GCC 3.3 release to
3341 make @samp{mips*-*-*} use the generic implementation instead. You can also
3342 configure for @samp{mipsel-elf} as a workaround. The
3343 @samp{mips*-*-linux*} target continues to use the MIPS II routines. More
3344 work on this is expected in future releases.
3346 MIPS systems check for division by zero (unless
3347 @option{-mno-check-zero-division} is passed to the compiler) by
3348 generating either a conditional trap or a break instruction. Using
3349 trap results in smaller code, but is only supported on MIPS II and
3350 later. Also, some versions of the Linux kernel have a bug that
3351 prevents trap from generating the proper signal (@code{SIGFPE}). To enable
3352 the use of break, use the @option{--with-divide=breaks}
3353 @command{configure} option when configuring GCC@. The default is to
3354 use traps on systems that support them.
3356 Cross-compilers for the MIPS as target using the MIPS assembler
3357 currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs
3358 @file{mips-tdump.c} and @file{mips-tfile.c} can't be compiled on
3359 anything but a MIPS. It does work to cross compile for a MIPS
3360 if you use the GNU assembler and linker.
3365 @heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
3367 In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the @samp{compiler_dev.hdr}
3368 subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by SGI@.
3369 It is also available for download from
3370 @uref{ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/IRIX5.3/iris-development-option-5.3.tardist}.
3372 If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
3373 to increase its table size for switch statements with the
3374 @option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
3375 optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
3377 To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU binutils 2.15 or
3378 later, and use the @option{--with-gnu-ld} @command{configure} option
3379 when configuring GCC@. You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
3380 also distributed with GNU binutils.
3382 Some users have reported that @command{/bin/sh} will hang during bootstrap.
3383 This problem can be avoided by running the commands:
3386 % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
3387 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3390 before starting the build.
3395 @heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
3397 If you are using SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
3398 ensure that the N32 ABI is in use. To test this, compile a simple C
3399 file with @command{cc} and then run @command{file} on the
3400 resulting object file. The output should look like:
3403 test.o: ELF N32 MSB @dots{}
3409 test.o: ELF 32-bit MSB @dots{}
3415 test.o: ELF 64-bit MSB @dots{}
3418 then your version of @command{cc} uses the O32 or N64 ABI by default. You
3419 should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc -n32}
3420 before configuring GCC@.
3422 If you want the resulting @command{gcc} to run on old 32-bit systems
3423 with the MIPS R4400 CPU, you need to ensure that only code for the @samp{mips3}
3424 instruction set architecture (ISA) is generated. While GCC 3.x does
3425 this correctly, both GCC 2.95 and SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} may change
3426 the ISA depending on the machine where GCC is built. Using one of them
3427 as the bootstrap compiler may result in @samp{mips4} code, which won't run at
3428 all on @samp{mips3}-only systems. For the test program above, you should see:
3431 test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-3 @dots{}
3437 test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-4 @dots{}
3440 instead, you should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc
3441 -n32 -mips3} or @samp{gcc -mips3} respectively before configuring GCC@.
3443 MIPSpro C 7.4 may cause bootstrap failures, due to a bug when inlining
3444 @code{memcmp}. Either add @code{-U__INLINE_INTRINSICS} to the @env{CC}
3445 environment variable as a workaround or upgrade to MIPSpro C 7.4.1m.
3447 GCC on IRIX 6 is usually built to support the N32, O32 and N64 ABIs. If
3448 you build GCC on a system that doesn't have the N64 libraries installed
3449 or cannot run 64-bit binaries,
3450 you need to configure with @option{--disable-multilib} so GCC doesn't
3451 try to use them. This will disable building the O32 libraries, too.
3452 Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
3453 have the 64-bit libraries installed.
3455 To enable debugging for the O32 ABI, you must use GNU @command{as} from
3456 GNU binutils 2.15 or later. You may also use GNU @command{ld}, but
3457 this is not required and currently causes some problems with Ada.
3459 The @option{--enable-threads} option doesn't currently work, a patch is
3460 in preparation for a future release. The @option{--enable-libgcj}
3461 option is disabled by default: IRIX 6 uses a very low default limit
3462 (20480) for the command line length. Although @command{libtool} contains a
3463 workaround for this problem, at least the N64 @samp{libgcj} is known not
3464 to build despite this, running into an internal error of the native
3465 @command{ld}. A sure fix is to increase this limit (@samp{ncargs}) to
3466 its maximum of 262144 bytes. If you have root access, you can use the
3467 @command{systune} command to do this.
3469 @code{wchar_t} support in @samp{libstdc++} is not available for old
3470 IRIX 6.5.x releases, @math{x < 19}. The problem cannot be autodetected
3471 and in order to build GCC for such targets you need to configure with
3472 @option{--disable-wchar_t}.
3474 See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
3475 information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
3480 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-x}powerpc-*-*
3482 You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
3483 switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
3488 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-darwin}powerpc-*-darwin*
3489 PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
3491 Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
3492 meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
3493 binaries are available at
3494 @uref{http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/compiler/} (free
3495 registration required).
3497 This version of GCC requires at least cctools-590.7.
3499 The version of GCC shipped by Apple typically includes a number of
3500 extensions not available in a standard GCC release. These extensions
3501 are generally for backwards compatibility and best avoided.
3506 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-elf}powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4
3507 PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
3512 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-linux-gnu}powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*
3515 @uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.15}
3516 or newer for a working GCC@.
3521 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-netbsd}powerpc-*-netbsd*
3522 PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
3523 documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.2 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
3524 Texinfo version 3.12).
3529 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
3530 Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
3536 @heading @anchor{powerpc-x-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
3537 Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
3542 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-elf}powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4
3543 PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
3548 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
3549 Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
3555 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-x-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
3556 Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
3561 @heading @anchor{s390-x-linux}s390-*-linux*
3562 S/390 system running GNU/Linux for S/390@.
3567 @heading @anchor{s390x-x-linux}s390x-*-linux*
3568 zSeries system (64-bit) running GNU/Linux for zSeries@.
3573 @heading @anchor{s390x-ibm-tpf}s390x-ibm-tpf*
3574 zSeries system (64-bit) running TPF@. This platform is
3575 supported as cross-compilation target only.
3580 @c Please use Solaris 2 to refer to all release of Solaris, starting
3581 @c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, 8, etc. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
3582 @c SunOS 4 releases which we don't use to avoid confusion. Solaris
3583 @c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
3584 @heading @anchor{x-x-solaris2}*-*-solaris2*
3586 Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2. To bootstrap and install
3587 GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see the
3588 @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
3590 The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
3591 @file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or @file{libjava}. We therefore
3592 recommend using the following initial sequence of commands
3595 % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
3596 % export CONFIG_SHELL
3599 and proceed as described in @uref{configure.html,,the configure instructions}.
3600 In addition we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke
3601 @var{srcdir}/configure.
3603 Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
3604 are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
3605 @code{SUNWbtool}, @code{SUNWesu}, @code{SUNWhea}, @code{SUNWlibm},
3606 @code{SUNWsprot}, and @code{SUNWtoo}. If you did not install all
3607 optional packages when installing Solaris 2, you will need to verify that
3608 the packages that GCC needs are installed.
3610 To check whether an optional package is installed, use
3611 the @command{pkginfo} command. To add an optional package, use the
3612 @command{pkgadd} command. For further details, see the Solaris 2
3615 Trying to use the linker and other tools in
3616 @file{/usr/ucb} to install GCC has been observed to cause trouble.
3617 For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
3618 @file{/usr/ucb} from your @env{PATH}.
3620 The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Sun tools so, if you
3621 have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
3622 @file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
3624 All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
3625 platform. We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or later, or the
3626 vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). Note that your mileage
3627 may vary if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while
3628 the combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
3629 the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
3630 cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
3632 The stock GNU binutils 2.15 release is broken on this platform because of a
3633 single bug. It has been fixed on the 2.15 branch in the CVS repository.
3634 You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_15-branch
3635 from the CVS repository or applying the patch
3636 @uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html} to the
3639 We recommend using GNU binutils 2.16 or later in conjunction with GCC 4.x,
3640 or the vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). However, for
3641 Solaris 10 and above, an additional patch is required in order for the GNU
3642 linker to be able to cope with a new flavor of shared libraries. You
3643 can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_16-branch from
3644 the CVS repository or applying the patch
3645 @uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2005-07/msg00122.html} to the
3648 Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
3649 newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume
3650 that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but
3651 is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
3653 @command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
3654 @option{-fpermissive}; it
3655 will assume that any missing type is @code{int} (as defined by C89).
3657 There are patches for Solaris 2.6 (105633-56 or newer for SPARC,
3658 106248-42 or newer for Intel), Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
3659 108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC,
3660 108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug.
3662 Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures
3663 related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn't affect GCC
3664 itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the @command{expect}
3665 program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug
3666 causes the @command{expect} program to miss anticipated output, extra
3667 testsuite failures appear.
3669 There are patches for Solaris 8 (117350-12 or newer for SPARC,
3670 117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for
3671 SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem.
3676 @heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2}sparc-sun-solaris2*
3678 When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.11.2 or later the binaries
3679 produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
3680 this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
3683 Sun @command{as} 4.x is broken in that it cannot cope with long symbol names.
3684 A typical error message might look similar to the following:
3687 /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccMsw135.s", line 11041: error:
3688 can't compute value of an expression involving an external symbol.
3691 This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 for Solaris
3692 2.6 and has been fixed in later (5.x) versions of the assembler,
3693 starting with Solaris 7.
3695 Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
3696 64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
3697 this; the @option{-m64} option enables 64-bit code generation.
3698 However, if all you want is code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you
3699 should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which produces
3700 code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
3703 When configuring on a Solaris 7 or later system that is running a kernel
3704 that supports only 32-bit binaries, one must configure with
3705 @option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
3706 64-bit target libraries.
3708 GCC 3.3 and GCC 3.4 trigger code generation bugs in earlier versions of
3709 the GNU compiler (especially GCC 3.0.x versions), which lead to the
3710 miscompilation of the stage1 compiler and the subsequent failure of the
3711 bootstrap process. A workaround is to use GCC 3.2.3 as an intermediary
3712 stage, i.e.@: to bootstrap that compiler with the base compiler and then
3713 use it to bootstrap the final compiler.
3715 GCC 3.4 triggers a code generation bug in versions 5.4 (Sun ONE Studio 7)
3716 and 5.5 (Sun ONE Studio 8) of the Sun compiler, which causes a bootstrap
3717 failure in form of a miscompilation of the stage1 compiler by the Sun
3718 compiler. This is Sun bug 4974440. This is fixed with patch 112760-07.
3720 GCC 3.4 changed the default debugging format from STABS to DWARF-2 for
3721 32-bit code on Solaris 7 and later. If you use the Sun assembler, this
3722 change apparently runs afoul of Sun bug 4910101 (which is referenced as
3723 a x86-only problem by Sun, probably because they do not use DWARF-2).
3724 A symptom of the problem is that you cannot compile C++ programs like
3725 @command{groff} 1.19.1 without getting messages similar to the following:
3728 ld: warning: relocation error: R_SPARC_UA32: @dots{}
3729 external symbolic relocation against non-allocatable section
3730 .debug_info cannot be processed at runtime: relocation ignored.
3733 To work around this problem, compile with @option{-gstabs+} instead of
3736 When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) or the MPFR
3737 library on a Solaris 7 or later system, the canonical target triplet
3738 must be specified as the @command{build} parameter on the configure
3739 line. This triplet can be obtained by invoking ./config.guess in
3740 the toplevel source directory of GCC (and not that of GMP or MPFR).
3741 For example on a Solaris 7 system:
3744 % ./configure --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.7 --prefix=xxx
3750 @heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris27}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
3752 Sun patch 107058-01 (1999-01-13) for Solaris 7/SPARC triggers a bug in
3753 the dynamic linker. This problem (Sun bug 4210064) affects GCC 2.8
3754 and later, including all EGCS releases. Sun formerly recommended
3755 107058-01 for all Solaris 7 users, but around 1999-09-01 it started to
3756 recommend it only for people who use Sun's compilers.
3758 Here are some workarounds to this problem:
3761 Do not install Sun patch 107058-01 until after Sun releases a
3762 complete patch for bug 4210064. This is the simplest course to take,
3763 unless you must also use Sun's C compiler. Unfortunately 107058-01
3764 is preinstalled on some new Solaris 7-based hosts, so you may have to
3768 Copy the original, unpatched Solaris 7
3769 @command{/usr/ccs/bin/as} into
3770 @command{/usr/local/libexec/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/3.4/as},
3771 adjusting the latter name to fit your local conventions and software
3775 Install Sun patch 106950-03 (1999-05-25) or later. Nobody with
3776 both 107058-01 and 106950-03 installed has reported the bug with GCC
3777 and Sun's dynamic linker. This last course of action is riskiest,
3778 for two reasons. First, you must install 106950 on all hosts that
3779 run code generated by GCC; it doesn't suffice to install it only on
3780 the hosts that run GCC itself. Second, Sun says that 106950-03 is
3781 only a partial fix for bug 4210064, but Sun doesn't know whether the
3782 partial fix is adequate for GCC@. Revision -08 or later should fix
3783 the bug. The current (as of 2004-05-23) revision is -24, and is included in
3784 the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
3787 GCC 3.3 triggers a bug in version 5.0 Alpha 03/27/98 of the Sun assembler,
3788 which causes a bootstrap failure when linking the 64-bit shared version of
3789 libgcc. A typical error message is:
3792 ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_32: file libgcc/sparcv9/_muldi3.o:
3793 symbol <unknown>: offset 0xffffffff7ec133e7 is non-aligned.
3796 This bug has been fixed in the final 5.0 version of the assembler.
3798 A similar problem was reported for version Sun WorkShop 6 99/08/18 of the
3799 Sun assembler, which causes a bootstrap failure with GCC 4.0.0:
3802 ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_DISP32:
3803 file .libs/libstdc++.lax/libsupc++convenience.a/vterminate.o:
3804 symbol <unknown>: offset 0xfccd33ad is non-aligned
3807 This bug has been fixed in more recent revisions of the assembler.
3812 @heading @anchor{sparc-x-linux}sparc-*-linux*
3814 GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
3815 or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
3816 releases mishandled unaligned relocations on @code{sparc-*-*} targets.
3822 @heading @anchor{sparc64-x-solaris2}sparc64-*-solaris2*
3824 When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) or the
3825 MPFR library, the canonical target triplet must be specified as
3826 the @command{build} parameter on the configure line. For example
3827 on a Solaris 7 system:
3830 % ./configure --build=sparc64-sun-solaris2.7 --prefix=xxx
3833 The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
3834 step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
3837 % CC="cc -xarch=v9 -xildoff" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3840 @option{-xarch=v9} specifies the SPARC-V9 architecture to the Sun toolchain
3841 and @option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker.
3846 @heading @anchor{sparcv9-x-solaris2}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
3848 This is a synonym for sparc64-*-solaris2*.
3853 @heading @anchor{x-x-sysv}*-*-sysv*
3854 On System V release 3, you may get this error message
3858 ld fatal: failed to write symbol name @var{something}
3859 in strings table for file @var{whatever}
3862 This probably indicates that the disk is full or your ulimit won't allow
3863 the file to be as large as it needs to be.
3865 This problem can also result because the kernel parameter @code{MAXUMEM}
3866 is too small. If so, you must regenerate the kernel and make the value
3867 much larger. The default value is reported to be 1024; a value of 32768
3868 is said to work. Smaller values may also work.
3870 On System V, if you get an error like this,
3873 /usr/local/lib/bison.simple: In function `yyparse':
3874 /usr/local/lib/bison.simple:625: virtual memory exhausted
3878 that too indicates a problem with disk space, ulimit, or @code{MAXUMEM}.
3880 On a System V release 4 system, make sure @file{/usr/bin} precedes
3881 @file{/usr/ucb} in @code{PATH}. The @command{cc} command in
3882 @file{/usr/ucb} uses libraries which have bugs.
3887 @heading @anchor{vax-dec-ultrix}vax-dec-ultrix
3888 Don't try compiling with VAX C (@command{vcc}). It produces incorrect code
3889 in some cases (for example, when @code{alloca} is used).
3894 @heading @anchor{x-x-vxworks}*-*-vxworks*
3895 Support for VxWorks is in flux. At present GCC supports @emph{only} the
3896 very recent VxWorks 5.5 (aka Tornado 2.2) release, and only on PowerPC@.
3897 We welcome patches for other architectures supported by VxWorks 5.5.
3898 Support for VxWorks AE would also be welcome; we believe this is merely
3899 a matter of writing an appropriate ``configlette'' (see below). We are
3900 not interested in supporting older, a.out or COFF-based, versions of
3903 VxWorks comes with an older version of GCC installed in
3904 @file{@var{$WIND_BASE}/host}; we recommend you do not overwrite it.
3905 Choose an installation @var{prefix} entirely outside @var{$WIND_BASE}.
3906 Before running @command{configure}, create the directories @file{@var{prefix}}
3907 and @file{@var{prefix}/bin}. Link or copy the appropriate assembler,
3908 linker, etc.@: into @file{@var{prefix}/bin}, and set your @var{PATH} to
3909 include that directory while running both @command{configure} and
3912 You must give @command{configure} the
3913 @option{--with-headers=@var{$WIND_BASE}/target/h} switch so that it can
3914 find the VxWorks system headers. Since VxWorks is a cross compilation
3915 target only, you must also specify @option{--target=@var{target}}.
3916 @command{configure} will attempt to create the directory
3917 @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} and copy files into it;
3918 make sure the user running @command{configure} has sufficient privilege
3921 GCC's exception handling runtime requires a special ``configlette''
3922 module, @file{contrib/gthr_supp_vxw_5x.c}. Follow the instructions in
3923 that file to add the module to your kernel build. (Future versions of
3924 VxWorks will incorporate this module.)
3929 @heading @anchor{x86-64-x-x}x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*
3931 GCC supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64 processor
3932 (amd64-*-* is an alias for x86_64-*-*) on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD@.
3933 On GNU/Linux the default is a bi-arch compiler which is able to generate
3934 both 64-bit x86-64 and 32-bit x86 code (via the @option{-m32} switch).
3939 @heading @anchor{xtensa-x-elf}xtensa-*-elf
3941 This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
3942 @samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
3943 objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
3944 Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
3945 through inline assembly.
3947 The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
3948 building GCC@. The @file{include/xtensa-config.h} header
3949 file contains the configuration information. If you created your
3950 own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
3951 downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
3952 which you can use to replace the default header file.
3957 @heading @anchor{xtensa-x-linux}xtensa-*-linux*
3959 This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
3960 shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
3961 position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
3962 @option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
3963 respects, this target is the same as the
3964 @uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
3969 @heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
3971 Ports of GCC are included with the
3972 @uref{http://www.cygwin.com/,,Cygwin environment}.
3974 GCC will build under Cygwin without modification; it does not build
3975 with Microsoft's C++ compiler and there are no plans to make it do so.
3980 @heading @anchor{os2}OS/2
3982 GCC does not currently support OS/2. However, Andrew Zabolotny has been
3983 working on a generic OS/2 port with pgcc. The current code can be found
3984 at @uref{http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/,,http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/}.
3989 @heading @anchor{older}Older systems
3991 GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
3992 1990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
3993 has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
3994 several years and may suffer from bitrot.
3996 Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
3997 Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
3998 @command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
3999 option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
4000 systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
4002 Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
4003 workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
4004 cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC@. In some cases, to
4005 bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
4006 require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
4007 system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
4008 vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
4009 @file{old-releases} directory on the @uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror
4010 sites}. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
4011 @command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
4012 operating system may still cause problems.
4014 Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
4015 problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
4016 wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
4017 the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last
4018 version before they were removed), patches
4019 @uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements} would be
4020 likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
4023 For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
4024 and are available from @file{pub/binutils/old-releases} on
4025 @uref{http://sourceware.org/mirrors.html,,sourceware.org mirror sites}.
4027 Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
4028 such older systems, but much of the information
4029 about GCC on such systems (which may no longer be applicable to
4030 current GCC) is to be found in the GCC texinfo manual.
4035 @heading @anchor{elf}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
4037 C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
4038 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-ld,,GNU linker}; duplicate copies of
4039 inlines, vtables and template instantiations will be discarded
4048 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4052 @c ***Old documentation******************************************************
4054 @include install-old.texi
4060 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4064 @c ***GFDL********************************************************************
4072 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
4076 @c ***************************************************************************
4077 @c Part 6 The End of the Document
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4080 @node Concept Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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