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Re: making non-gcc bootstraps croak earlier. was: C++ compilefailure on mips-sgi-irix6.5
- To: robertlipe at usa dot net
- Subject: Re: making non-gcc bootstraps croak earlier. was: C++ compilefailure on mips-sgi-irix6.5
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:20:49 -0700
- Cc: leei at AI dot SRI dot COM, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <20010503223915.A4041@rjlaptop.sco.com>
>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Lipe <robertlipe@usa.net> writes:
Robert> This is a lovely example of knowledge embedded in the
Robert> wrong place.
Yes. In fact, it's just plain wrong that `make' doesn't do a
bootstrap on a native target. That's what we think is the right way
to build the compiler, so that's what `./configure; make' should do.
But, I don't hope to fix that any time soon. The idea you suggest is
a good one.
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