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diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-inst.xml b/chapter06/gcc-inst.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 835df60b6..000000000 --- a/chapter06/gcc-inst.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Installation of GCC</title> - -<note><para>The test suite for GCC in this section is considered -<emphasis>critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any -circumstance.</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 -default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend unsetting -or modifying them when building GCC.</para> - -<para>This time we will build both the C and the C++ compiler, so you'll have -to unpack the GCC-core <emphasis>and</emphasis> the GCC-g++ tarball -- they -will unfold into the same directory. You should likewise extract the -GCC-testsuite package. The full GCC package contains even more -compilers. Instructions for building these can be found at -<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/general/gcc.html"/>.</para> - -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-nofixincludes-patch; -patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-suppress-libiberty-patch;</userinput></screen> - -<para>The second patch here suppresses the installation of libiberty from GCC, -as we will use the one provided by binutils instead. Be careful -<emphasis>not</emphasis> to apply the GCC specs patch from Chapter 5 -here.</para> - -<para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source -directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mkdir ../gcc-build -cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now prepare GCC for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput>../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \ - --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix \ - --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu \ - --enable-languages=c,c++</userinput></screen> - -<para>Compile the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> - -<para>Test the results, but don't stop at errors (you'll remember the few -known ones):</para> - -<screen><userinput>make -k check</userinput></screen> - -<para>The test suite notes from <xref linkend="ch05-gcc-pass2"/> are still very -much appropriate here. Be sure to refer back there should you have any -doubts.</para> - -<para>And install the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> - -<para>Some packages expect the C PreProcessor to be installed in the -<filename>/lib</filename> directory. -To honor those packages, create this symlink:</para> - -<screen><userinput>ln -s ../usr/bin/cpp /lib</userinput></screen> - -<para>Many packages use the name <userinput>cc</userinput> to call the C -compiler. To satisfy those packages, create a symlink:</para> - -<screen><userinput>ln -s gcc /usr/bin/cc</userinput></screen> - -<note><para>At this point it is strongly recommended to repeat the sanity check -we performed earlier in this chapter. Refer back to -<xref linkend="ch06-adjustingtoolchain"/> and repeat the check. If the results -are wrong, then most likely you erroneously applied the GCC Specs patch from -Chapter 5.</para></note> - -</sect2> |