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Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
- From: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>
- To: Dave Korn <dk at artimi dot com>
- Cc: "'Robert Dewar'" <dewar at gnat dot com>, "'E. Weddington'" <ericw at evcohs dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, "'Florian Weimer'" <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:52:53 -0700
- Subject: Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
- References: <NUTMEG0Wu33GOe6hLT2000008a5@NUTMEG.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
On Jul 14, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Dave Korn wrote:
The essence of what I want is that some total newbie, whose
experience is
limited to downloading and unpacking tarballs and doing "configure;
make;
make install" should be able to download the gcc sources and build
them,
assuming that they have any compiler at all.
But why assume that? Surely, sometimes, they don't even know if they
do or not, and just because they happen to not, doesn't mean they want
to change their mind on installing the compiler. Anyway, this is
off-topic for the most part, as packaging technologies are the
undisputed winner here, and in that world, this is trivial. If comes
by default, or you have to select a line that says something like
development environment.
But bear in mind, my comment was asking about a different case, the
case of porting gcc, which a complete newbie only capable of untarring
and typing make isn't going to do, check the thread.