970924 snapshot

[Joe Buck]

> I tried to build the 970924 snapshot and ,of course, got the same ranlib
> error. I then made, as somebody suggested, a link to ranlib from
> /usr/local/alpha-dec-osf2.0/bin  and this time it got to the  stage 3 build
> before the make bootstrap died.  MY GOD! how much disk space is needed
> for a complete bootstrap build?  I thought for sure 168MB would be
> enough, but I was wrong.

It takes less than this on some platforms, but I suspect 64 bits means
bulkier code.

One way you can save is by deleting gcc/stage1 after the stage 2 build is
complete, and deleting gcc/stage2 after the "make compare" passes
(assuming it does, quit otherwise) but before the rest of the distribution
is built.

make bootstrap-save-space, anyone? :-)