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Re: --with-cpu and --with-arch for m68k
Anders Montonen <ammonton@cc.helsinki.fi> writes:
> 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?
That does seem rather strange. Would you mind filing a bug report at
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ ? Thanks.
Ian