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FW: Compiling gcc without an existing cc compiler.
- From: "King, Daniel" <Daniel dot King at fiserv dot com>
- To: "gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:33:46 -0500
- Subject: FW: Compiling gcc without an existing cc compiler.
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The chicken or the egg issue: which comes first?
http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/packages/gcc.html
has binaries of gcc for AIX. I've not used this site; some other list members may have something to say about their reliability, security, etc. I'd ask around about Trojans and the like - and use a test system first.
You have to have a compiler to build a compiler. Get a basic binary first, then look up 'make boostrap', GNU make, binutils, bison, and flex - to start with.
This can be a very involved process, and the ucla folks might just have included some of the additional utilities you need as well. If not, you'll probably end up getting binaries for these program sets, too. Make and binutils (linker, assembler, etc.) are pretty much mandatory. Bison and flex make life much easier if you're going to be building a lot of GPL-type software, or if you're writing programs in this genre. There are many other optional packages at http://www.gnu.org.
Good luck. I'm happily on HP-UX these days, so please let me know if my AIX-knowledge has become dated.
A. Daniel King, System Analyst
Fiserv - Atlanta Center
1475 Peachtree Street, NE - Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-873-2851 x2034
-----Original Message-----
From: Loo, Peter
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 3:29 PM
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Subject: Compiling gcc without an existing cc compiler.