Does bootstrap make native compiler faster? Should I always use --disable-boostrap?

Martin Jambor mjambor@suse.cz
Wed Jun 2 09:26:21 GMT 2021


Hi,

On Wed, Jun 02 2021, sotrdg sotrdg via Gcc wrote:
> The document said yes. However, what does bootstrap actually do that can make compiler faster?

Assuming the gcc you are bootstrapping is newer than your system
compiler, it is quite likely to be better able to optimize itself than
the older system compiler.

Martin


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