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Re: automatic --disable-multilib
- From: Geoffrey Keating <geoffk at apple dot com>
- To: Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo dot msbb dot uc dot edu>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Ben Elliston <bje at au1 dot ibm dot com>
- Date: 08 Oct 2006 22:24:36 -0700
- Subject: Re: automatic --disable-multilib
- References: <20061008222305.GA21172@bromo.msbb.uc.edu>
Jack Howarth <howarth@bromo.msbb.uc.edu> writes:
> Shouldn't configure in gcc be made to
> automatically test if -m64 is working on
> the build machine in question and automatically
> invoke --disable-multilib if not? Currently
> on Darwin for example we have to explicitly
> invoke --disable-multilib when building on
> G4's or non-EMT64 Macintel machines. It would
> much better if configure would automatically
> handle this.
I believe trying to disable the multilib is fundamentally the wrong
approach. I have posted a patch which I believe is the correct
approach to the automake list, where it is awaiting review.