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Re: Compiling instructions unclear gcc-4.3.0
Thanks to the helpfull people but it seems I haven't explained myself very well:
I have alrleady done the configure
in objdir ../srcdir/configure
but then I cannot run make from the objdir because the only file in
the objdir is a config.log.
2008/6/6 Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay@adobe.com>:
> Hi Nick,
>
>> However, in the insctutions on building it only says to do a make.
>
> The configure is step #3.
>
> The build is step #4.
>
> Before you can do a make, you need to do the configure.
>
> And, as per the instructions, do not make your objdir anywhere within the
> GCC source code directory. (You can make it a peer to the source code, so
> it's "../objdir" relative to the GCC source.)
>
> You'd configure it by:
> ../gcc-4.3.0/configure
>
> Or use a full path:
> /home/nickengland/gcc-4.3.0/configure
>
> HTH,
> --Eljay
>
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