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Re: configure.{in -> ac} rename (commit 35eafcc71b) broke in-tree binutils building of gcc
- From: Jim Wilson <jim dot wilson at linaro dot org>
- To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at suse dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:03:53 -0700
- Subject: Re: configure.{in -> ac} rename (commit 35eafcc71b) broke in-tree binutils building of gcc
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On 07/14/2015 02:13 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> I was quite surprised for my gcc 4.9.3 build (using binutils 2.25 instead
> of 2.24 as I had in use with 4.9.2) to fail in rather obscure ways.
in-tree/combined-tree builds aren't recommended anymore, and hence
aren't well maintained anymore. That is an anachronism from the old
Cygnus days. I still find it useful to drop newlib into gcc so it can
be built like the other gcc libs, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend
combining anything.
Jim