Re: Cannot compile libstdc++ in gcc-3_0-branch

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 02:46:31PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > More specifically, the part of http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html
> > which mentions that GCC should be configured in a different directory than
> > the source directory.  Building in-source trees is supposed to work but
> > is very fragile and gets very little testing, and is not recommended.
> 
> Sorry for that.  Being an Autoconf developer, I assumed that it's not _so_
> fragile.  I wish I had time to fix it though.

Oh, the autoconf-related parts work fine.  It's the bizarre stuff done
outside of autoconf, during the build of gcc proper, that tend to go wacky.
That and multilibs are what always break for me when I try in-source builds.

Phil

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