Re: disappointing build problems with gcc 3.2.2 and 3.3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu :(

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 03:08:03AM +0930, John Sincock wrote:
> Also, I noticed this in http://gcc.gnu.org/install/build.html :
> >Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a nonzero 
> >status) and be ignored by make. These failures, which are often due to files 
> >that were not found, are expected, and can safely be ignored.
> 
> so ... perhaps i should be using make -k bootstrap...

No.  Only use -k with make check.


> i?86-*-linux*
> You will need binutils 2.9.1.0.15 or newer for exception handling to work.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I hope that binutils bit doesnt apply to my system.

You have 2.11.  2.11 is newer than 2.9.  You should be fine there.


>  gcc-3.2.2]$ gcc -v: Reading specs from 
> /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/specs
> Configured with: ./configure 
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.2.2

Reread the install instructions, where we strongly recommend building in
a different directory than the source dir.


> That report contradicts the statement from
> http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html which says glibc 2.2.5 is required 
> for gcc 3.2.1 or greater.

You need it for C++ at the very least.

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