Re: --with-cpu and --with-arch for m68k

[Anders Montonen <ammonton at cc dot helsinki dot fi>]

On Jul 26, 2007, at 21:05, Nathan Sidwell wrote:

> Anders Montonen wrote:
> > Hello, <http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html> says that the -- 
> > with-cpu configuration option is "...only supported on some  
> > targets, including ARM, i386, M68k, PowerPC, and SPARC". <http:// 
> > gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#m68k-x-x> in turn says that "If  
> > you only need the M680x0 libraries, you can omit the ColdFire ones  
> > by passing --with-arch=m68k to configure." However, if I try  
> > passing either option to GCC 4.2.1 I get an error message about  
> > the options not being supported when trying to build GCC ("This  
> > target does not support --with-cpu.", "This target does not  
> > support --with-arch.")
> The --with-arch support for m68k was added to mainline, not 4.2.   
> I'm not sure what version of gcc that web page you cite was derived  
> from.

I see, thanks. Is there any special reason why the installation  
instructions are not kept per-release like the GCC manual is, and why  
in particular they are for an unreleased version of the software?

Regards,
Anders Montonen