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diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-2953-inst.xml b/chapter06/gcc-2953-inst.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 782f708bc..000000000 --- a/chapter06/gcc-2953-inst.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Installation of GCC</title> - -<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 -default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend unsetting -or modifying them when building GCC.</para> - -<para>This is an older release of GCC which we are going to install for the -purpose of compiling the Linux kernel in <xref linkend="chapter08"/>. This -version is recommended -by the kernel developers when you need absolute stability. Later versions of -GCC have not received as much testing for Linux kernel compilation. Using a -later version is likely to work, however, we recommend adhering to the kernel -developer's advice and using the version here to compile your kernel.</para> - -<note><para>We don't install the C++ compiler or libraries here. However, there -may be reasons why you would want to install them. More information can be found -at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/general/gcc2.html"/>.</para></note> - -<para>We'll install this older release of GCC into the non-standard prefix of -<filename class="directory">/opt</filename> so as to avoid interfering with -the system GCC already installed in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> - .</para> - -<para>Apply the patches and make a small adjustment:</para> - -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-2953-patch; -patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-2953-no-fixinc-patch; -patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-2953-returntype-fix-patch; -echo timestamp > gcc/cstamp-h.in</userinput></screen> - -<para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source -directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mkdir ../gcc-2-build -cd ../gcc-2-build</userinput></screen> - -<para>Compile and install gcc:</para> - -<screen><userinput>../gcc-2.95.3/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-2.95.3 \ - --enable-shared --enable-languages=c \ - --enable-threads=posix -make bootstrap -make install</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - |