Re: Too hard, was: g77 Build Problems

["Henry B. Hotz" <hotz at jpl dot nasa dot gov>]

At 12:10 AM -0400 5/4/01, John David Anglin wrote:
> > Alternatively, isn't there a way to build an as that lives in
> > /usr/local with g77, but doesn't replace the standard one?
>
>Yes, this the environment that I use under hpux.  The compiler and
>other tools can be installed anywhere you want.  When you configure gcc,
>use `--with-as=' to specify the location of the assembler.  If you
>can build binutils with the MacOS X tools, the default prefix will
>install the tools in /usr/local.  You will still need to specify
>`--with-as=/usr/local/bin/as' for the first build and install due
>the way gcc finds the binutils tools.  After the gcc install directories
>are created, you won't have this problem.

I think we're in "violent agreement".  The issue I'm raising is under 
MacOS X where they already have Gnu tools as standard, but I need a 
non'standard patch to as in order for g77 to work.  The posted 
instructions on the darwin-development list have me replacing the 
standard as with one that might not work for other things instead of 
putting it someplace more specific to g77.


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