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Re: bootstrap/5187: gcc 3.0.3 fails to bootstrap on Sun Ultra 60with Solaris 8
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- To: "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby at ntlworld dot com>
- Cc: <gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:21:55 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: bootstrap/5187: gcc 3.0.3 fails to bootstrap on Sun Ultra 60with Solaris 8
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> I did not think that autoconf was needed to build gcc - only if you wished to
> edit the configure.in script. It should be possible to build gcc without
> autoconf should it not ???
If you check out or update from CVS, or using patches between snapshots,
you must ensure that timestamps are in the right order by running
contrib/gcc_update --touch. Snapshot and release tarballs should have the
timestamps correct to ensure that autoconf is not run during build.
--
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk