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Re: hpux specific installation notes for GCC
- To: Markus Werle <markus at lufmech dot rwth-aachen dot de>
- Subject: Re: hpux specific installation notes for GCC
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: 28 Sep 2000 13:52:16 -0300
- Cc: law at cygnus dot com, Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <14238.970065915@upchuck><39D21B17.A73445FA@lufmech.rwth-aachen.de>
On Sep 27, 2000, Markus Werle <markus@lufmech.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>> I do not encourage an explicit path to the assembler. Never have, never
>> will. There are better ways to solve that problem.
> I got rid of a lot of nasty bootstrap errors by using this feature.
> And I am freed of changing my PATH every time I change binutils.
> Which better ways do You propose?
The FAQ covers that: you have to create links to `as' in the `gcc'
directory of the build tree, as well as all `stage' sub-directories,
and the installed tree.
> Is it dangerous to use this option?
It just makes it harder for you to switch to another assembler, in
case you decide to do it.
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