Fwd: Re: Installing GCC:Configuration (GCC-4.3.2)

[Franklyn Simon]

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>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:03:11 -0800
>From: "James Dennett" <james.dennett@gmail.com>
>To: "Franklyn Simon" <franklynsimon@bellsouth.net>
>Subject: Re: Installing GCC:Configuration (GCC-4.3.2)
>
>On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Franklyn Simon
><franklynsimon@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Hi
> > Please help
> >
> > I download gcc-g++4.3.2 and uncompressed it along with the 
> prerequisites tar
> > files in directory (/opt).  I am confused as to the srcdir and objdir
> > mentioned in Install GCC: Configuration.
> >
> > Is the toplevel source directory the same directory (/opt) where the files
> > are uncompressed?
> >
> > Also, can you please expand on the below
> >
> > To configure GCC:
> > %  mkdir objdir
> > %  cd objdir
> > %s  srcdir/configure [options] [target]
> >
> >
> > Thanks for all you help
>
>gcc-help would be a better mailing list for your question.
>gcc@gcc.gnu.org is for development of gcc, not for users.
>
>-- James