Building and Installing gcc-4.7.0 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 7 June 2012 01:00, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 June 2012 00:34, David Given wrote:
>>
>> Sure, but the build documentation still says that it should work. Given
>> that srcdir == objdir is the standard usage pattern for configure
>> scripts, I don't think anyone will be surprised that people will try it.
>>
>> This turns out not to have been the OP's problem anyway, but given the
>> wiki page you pointed them at does state clearly that srcdir == objdir
>> isn't supported, as does the FAQ entry, it would be nice if the actual
>> build documentation said it too...
>
> The wiki pages are not authoritative.
>
> One key advantage of building outside the source directory (i.e. not
> using ./configure) is that when you screw it up (and the people who
> need those docs do screw it up, in ever more innovative ways) you can

By "those docs" here I meant the wiki pages, not the official docs,
sorry that wasn't clear.

> delete the entire objdir and start again, nothing will foul up the
> srcdir if you don't build in there.