This is the mail archive of the
gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
PATCH RFA: Build stages 2 and 3 with C++
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:52:46 -0700
- Subject: PATCH RFA: Build stages 2 and 3 with C++
I would like to propose this patch as a step toward building gcc using a
C++ compiler. This patch builds stage1 with the C compiler as usual,
and defaults to building stages 2 and 3 with a C++ compiler built during
stage 1. This means that the gcc installed and used by most people will
be built by a C++ compiler. This will ensure that gcc is fully
buildable with C++, while retaining the ability to bootstrap with only a
C compiler, not a C++ compiler. This will permit us to experiment with
optionally using C++ for some code, using a #ifdef to select the C
implementation or the C++ implementation.
I would suggest that we consider releasing 4.7 this way, as a small
trial for building gcc with C++.
This is a big step, so I am sending the patch to both gcc@ and
gcc-patches@ for comments.
Bootstrapped and ran testsuite on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.
Ian
2011-07-15 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
* configure.ac: Add --enable-build-poststage1-with-cxx. If set,
make C++ a boot_language. Set and substitute
POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS.
* Makefile.tpl (POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): New variable.
(STAGE[+id+]_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Add $(POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS).
* configure, Makefile.in: Rebuild.
Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
--- configure.ac (revision 176348)
+++ configure.ac (working copy)
@@ -1126,6 +1126,13 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(build-with-cxx,
ENABLE_BUILD_WITH_CXX=$enableval,
ENABLE_BUILD_WITH_CXX=no)
+# Build stage1 with C and build stages 2 and 3 with C++.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(build-poststage1-with-cxx,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-build-poststage1-with-cxx],
+ [build stages 2 and 3 with C++, not C])],
+ENABLE_BUILD_POSTSTAGE1_WITH_CXX=$enableval,
+ENABLE_BUILD_POSTSTAGE1_WITH_CXX=yes)
+
# Used for setting $lt_cv_objdir
_LT_CHECK_OBJDIR
@@ -1696,9 +1703,11 @@ if test -d ${srcdir}/gcc; then
exit 1
fi
- if test "$language" = "c++" \
- && test "$ENABLE_BUILD_WITH_CXX" = "yes"; then
- boot_language=yes
+ if test "$language" = "c++"; then
+ if test "$ENABLE_BUILD_WITH_CXX" = "yes" \
+ || test "$ENABLE_BUILD_POSTSTAGE1_WITH_CXX" = "yes"; then
+ boot_language=yes
+ fi
fi
case ,${enable_languages}, in
@@ -2397,10 +2406,10 @@ case "$have_compiler:$host:$target:$enab
;;
esac
-case ",$enable_languages,:$ENABLE_BUILD_WITH_CXX:$enable_bootstrap" in
- *,c++,*:yes:yes) ;;
- *:yes:yes)
- AC_MSG_ERROR([bootstrapping with --enable-build-with-cxx requires c++ in --enable-languages])
+case ",$enable_languages,:,$ENABLE_BUILD_WITH_CXX,$ENABLE_BUILD_POSTSTAGE1_WITH_CXX,:$enable_bootstrap" in
+ *,c++,*:*:*) ;;
+ *:*,yes,*:yes)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([bootstrapping with --enable-build-with-cxx or --enable-build-postage1-with-cxx requires c++ in --enable-languages])
;;
esac
@@ -3188,6 +3197,15 @@ case ${enable_werror} in
esac
AC_SUBST(stage2_werror_flag)
+# If using ENABLE_BUILD_POSTSTAGE1_WITH_CXX, pass
+# --enable-build-with-cxx after stage1.
+if test "$ENABLE_BUILD_POSTSTAGE1_WITH_CXX" = "yes"; then
+ POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--enable-build-with-cxx
+else
+ POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=
+fi
+AC_SUBST(POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)
+
# Specify what files to not compare during bootstrap.
compare_exclusions="gcc/cc*-checksum\$(objext) | gcc/ada/*tools/*"
Index: Makefile.tpl
===================================================================
--- Makefile.tpl (revision 176348)
+++ Makefile.tpl (working copy)
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ TFLAGS =
STAGE_CFLAGS = $(BOOT_CFLAGS)
STAGE_TFLAGS = $(TFLAGS)
STAGE_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=@stage2_werror_flag@
+POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = @POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS@
[+ FOR bootstrap-stage +]
# Defaults for stage [+id+]; some are overridden below.
@@ -426,7 +427,10 @@ STAGE[+id+]_CXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS)
STAGE[+id+]_CXXFLAGS = $(STAGE[+id+]_CFLAGS)
@endif target-libstdc++-v3-bootstrap
STAGE[+id+]_TFLAGS = $(STAGE_TFLAGS)
-STAGE[+id+]_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = $(STAGE_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)
+# STAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS overridden below, so we can use
+# POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS here.
+STAGE[+id+]_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
+ $(STAGE_CONFIGURE_FLAGS) $(POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)
[+ ENDFOR bootstrap-stage +]
# Only build the C compiler for stage1, because that is the only one that
@@ -444,6 +448,9 @@ STAGE1_LANGUAGES = @stage1_languages@
# the last argument when conflicting --enable arguments are passed.
# * Likewise, we force-disable coverage flags, since the installed
# compiler probably has never heard of them.
+# * Don't remove this, because above we added
+# POSTSTAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS to STAGE[+id+]_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, which
+# we don't want for STAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS.
STAGE1_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --disable-intermodule $(STAGE1_CHECKING) \
--disable-coverage --enable-languages="$(STAGE1_LANGUAGES)"
Index: gcc/doc/install.texi
===================================================================
--- gcc/doc/install.texi (revision 176348)
+++ gcc/doc/install.texi (working copy)
@@ -1286,6 +1286,13 @@ will try to guess whether the @code{.ini
Build GCC using a C++ compiler rather than a C compiler. This is an
experimental option which may become the default in a later release.
+@item --enable-build-poststage1-with-cxx
+When bootstrapping, build stages 2 and 3 of GCC using a C++ compiler
+rather than a C compiler. Stage 1 is still built with a C compiler.
+This is an experimental option which may become the default in a later
+release. This is enabled by default and may be disabled using
+@option{--disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx}.
+
@item --enable-maintainer-mode
The build rules that regenerate the Autoconf and Automake output files as
well as the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally