Re: GCC 4.1 RC1

[Perry Smith <pedz at easesoftware dot net>]

Thanks

I was mostly trying to give Andreas a way to determine what type of  
system he has (via kdb).


On Feb 24, 2006, at 6:07 PM, David Edelsohn wrote:

> > > > > > Perry Smith writes:
>
> Perry> You can build 64 bit libraries in 32 bit mode.
>
> 	You are answering a different question.  AIX supports building
> 64-bit executables on 32-bit systems.  It does not depend on the
> processor.
>
> 	The question is about bootstrapping GCC.  GCC bootstrap wants to
> run 64-bit executables during its configuration process.  This is
> orthogonal to whether GCC or AIX can compile 64-bit executables on a
> 32-bit system.
>
>        The bootstrap wants to run executables corresponding to each
> multilib, so one currently needs to perform the bootstrap on a system
> capable of running in all modes or restrict some of the multilib  
> modes.
>
> David