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Re: How to pass CFLAGS to gcc when building gcc?
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 08:37:33PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > Did you mean why it was there to begin with or why I removed it?
>
> Why did you remove it. But the other question is sure to raise an
> interesting story, too... ;-)
I put it there for several reasons:
1. I didn't know better then.
2. There was not top level directory you can pass CC to gcc during
the build at the time.
3. I had a set up under which I could configure a native Linux/x86 gcc
on a different platform with
# .../configure --target=i386-linux --host=i386-linux --build=....
without setting CC.
But the "gcc -b cpu-os" may not work for everyone. It no longer works
for me today. The proper way to do it is
# CC=cpu-os-gcc .../configure --target=cpu-os --host=cpu-os --build=....
That is why I removed it.
H.J.