Building gcc (newbie)

["chris.danx" <chris dot danx at ntlworld dot com>]

Orignally posted to gnu.gcc.help, reposted to gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org!

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Hi,

I've never built gcc before but there's always a first time and I've 
decided to take the plunge today.  I downloaded gcc-3.2, binutils-2.13, 
glibc-2.2.5, texinfo-4.2, bison-1.35, gperf-2.7.2 but am unsure of what 
the directory tree should look like to build everything.

This is the plan:

1. extract gcc-3.2 sources to /tmp/gccbuild
2. extract binutils-2.13 sources to /tmp/gccbuild/gcc-3.2
3. extract glibc-2.2.5 sources to /tmp/gccbuild/gcc-3.2
4. extract bison-1.35 sources to /tmp/gccbuild/gcc-3.2
5. extract gperf-2.7.2 sources to /tmp/gccbuild/gcc-3.2
6. extract texinfo-4.2 sources to /tmp/gccbuild/gcc-3.2


The directory tree will look like this:

/tmp/gccbuild/gcc-3.2
    /gcc
    /binutils-2.13
    /glibc-2.2.5
    /bison-1.35
    /gperf-2.7.2
    /textinfo-4.2

Is that correct?  or do they need to go in other places?


Thanks,
Chris