Re: 64 bit linux build problem for gcc 4.4.0

[Aharon Robbins <arnold at skeeve dot com>]

Jerry,

Thanks for the reply.

Do you have the stuff necessary for doing 32-bit builds installed also? I do,
and it feels like that might be the issue.

I can send you logs if you really want to see the gory details.

Thanks,

Arnold

> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 17:05:29 -0700
> From: Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle@verizon.net>
> To: Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
> Cc: bug-gcc@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: 64 bit linux build problem for gcc 4.4.0
>
> Aharon Robbins wrote:
> > Hi. After several tries and a modicum of googling, I found that
> > 
> > 	CFLAGS=-m64 ../gcc-4.4.0/configure --disable-multilib
> > 
> > was the magic incantation to get gcc to get into the second stage of
> > the boostrap.  This is on a Fedora Core 10 system.
> > 
> > This seems to be an old issue; google turns things up dating back to
> > 2003.  I suspect that x86_64 systems are only going to be more popular
> > with time; the build process on those systems needs to be as easy as
> > for 32 bit systems.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Arnold Robbins
> > (the gawk guy :-)
> > 
> Aharon,
>
> I have been building gcc for several years now with no issues on x86-64 and on 
> Fedora Core 10 ever since it was released.  What exactly has been your problem?
>
> Its been as easy as 123.  I have never had to set CCFLAGS or disable-multilib.
>
> Jerry