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Re: Configuration problem

From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
To: Bob Edgar <bob at holmesandturner dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:28:35 -0500
Subject: Re: Configuration problem
References: <MHEEKBBMMMJMEIBAEFAOIEPIDBAA.bob@holmesandturner.com>

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:59:06PM -0700, Bob Edgar wrote:
> Hi. I'm fairly new at this sort of thing, so I'm probably missing something
> obvious. I have downloaded and unpacked the 3.2.1 version of gcc. When I try
> to configure it, it tells me that I have no acceptable c compiler in $PATH.
> This is on two systems now, both Red Hat, one is v7.2, one v7.3. Isn't that
> what I'm trying to install?

Chicken-and-egg problem (more formally referred to as /bootstrapping/).

http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html

RH provides pre-compiled binaries.  You can use those as bootstrap compilers.

-- 
I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, viz. "How
not to make a mess of it," has /not/ been met.
                                                 - Edsger Dijkstra, 1930-2002

References:
- Configuration problem
  - From: Bob Edgar

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