This is the mail archive of the
gcc@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
Re: build success: alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu
- To: Edward Welbourne <eddy at zeus dot com>
- Subject: Re: build success: alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 03:05:23 +0200 (CEST)
- cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Edward Welbourne wrote:
>> [binutils]
> Unfortunately, the download and configure pages don't mention that
> one may wish to do this, or how to
Would you mind submitting an update for these web pages?
> Albeit the main page recommends reading to the end before starting
> to do the job, it would be nicer to have been told about this before
> configure; and, in any case, I would recommend introducing the
> binutils during unpacking (download):
Agree, *BUT* we do not want to recommend binutils in general -- on several
platforms GCC works just fine with the system tools (which, sometimes, are
already binutils).
> The download page can afford to devote a paragraph to explaining what
> the binutils are, why one might wish to involve them and that the gcc
> build process will handle them if needed.
Agreed. The download page is the one that needs such an update most
importantly...
Gerald
--
Gerald "Jerry" pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/~pfeifer/