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Re: Difficulty building gcc 4.3.2 under i386-pc-cygwin
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Christopher Faylor
<cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:17:16PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>>Christopher Faylor wrote on 08 September 2008 22:48:
>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 09:43:37PM +0000, Jay wrote:
>>>> You can build gcc 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 just fine from the existing Cygwin gcc
>>>> 3.x package.
>>>>
>>>> The error also /appeared/ to have the object directory under the source
>>>> directory. Don't do that.
>>>
>>> Huh? There's no reason not to do this. I do it all of the time.
>>
>> It is unsupported:
>>
>>http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html
>>
>>"... building where objdir is a subdirectory of srcdir is unsupported."
>
> What's that? An actual reference to a definitive source? Do you think
> that will ever catch on?
>
> I have been building gcc like that (and also in a completely separate
> directory) for many years, but if this officially unsanctioned then,
> nevermind.
Maybe it's time to officially sanction it, perhaps?
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