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<para>Unpack only the GCC-core tarball, as we won't be needing a C++ compiler
for the moment.</para>
+<note><para>Even though GCC is an important toolchain package, we are not
+going to run the testsuite at this early stage. Firstly, the testsuite
+framework is not yet in place and secondly, the programs from this first pass
+will soon be overwritten by those installed in the second pass.</para></note>
+
<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its
default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options).
Therefore, if you have defined any environment variables that override