PING [4.1 regression, patch] build i686-pc-mingw32

[Mark Mitchell]

Ross Ridge wrote:

>>Right.  The real solution is to separate libgcc from the rest of the 
>>compiler; you should be able to (a) use configure to detect features of 
>>your as/ld, (b) build the compiler, (c) install it, and, only then, (d) 
>>start building libraries.
> 
> 
> Sorry, but I don't see the relevence of this either.  Are you and DJ
> Delorie trying to address some other problem then the fact that GCC
> doesn't bootstrap on MinGW builds?

Well, neither of us is addressing that directly.  However, I'm 
addressing the root cause of the problem -- namely, that we try to run 
the compiler out of the build directory, which causes all manner of 
complication.

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