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Re: PING [4.1 regression, patch] build i686-pc-mingw32

From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
To: rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:47:58 -0400
Subject: Re: PING [4.1 regression, patch] build i686-pc-mingw32
References: <20050721173214.8EF71A854B@perpugilliam.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

> I don't see how the existance of configure changes the fact the GCC
> compiler driver exists,

At the time you're running configure, the gcc driver does *not* exist,
but you *do* need to run as and ld to test what features they support,
information which is needed in order to *build* gcc.

It's a chicken and egg type problem.

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