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Re: Status and rationale for toplevel bootstrap (was Re: Example of debugging GCC with toplevel bootstrap)
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- To: paolo dot bonzini at lu dot unisi dot ch
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 06 11:05:57 EST
- Subject: Re: Status and rationale for toplevel bootstrap (was Re: Example of debugging GCC with toplevel bootstrap)
And note that to me this is not really a bootstrap, because we're not
using jc1 in any way -- it's just built to stress test cc1! So your
stricter definition of a bootstrap is not really what GCC has been
doing for years. (Not that I don't understand your different
definition; but it's just a matter of semantics).
I agree that the compilations of cc1plus and the other front-ends aren't
really part of a bootstrap and that we've done them for mostly historical
reasons. Luckily, they are fairly fast ...