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99 @c Part 4 Top node and Master Menu
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104 @menu
105 * Installing GCC:: This document describes the generic installation
106 procedure for GCC as well as detailing some target
107 specific installation instructions.
108
109 * Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
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119 @c Part 5 The Body of the Document
120 @c ***Installing GCC**********************************************************
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127 @chapter Installing GCC
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129
130 The latest version of this document is always available at
131 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/install/,,http://gcc.gnu.org/install/}.
132
133 This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as well
134 as detailing some target specific installation instructions.
135
136 GCC includes several components that previously were separate distributions
137 with their own installation instructions. This document supersedes all
138 package specific installation instructions.
139
140 @emph{Before} starting the build/install procedure please check the
141 @ifnothtml
142 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
143 @end ifnothtml
144 @ifhtml
145 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
146 @end ifhtml
147 We recommend you browse the entire generic installation instructions before
148 you proceed.
149
150 Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are
151 available at our web pages for
152 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.1/buildstat.html,,3.1},
153 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.0/buildstat.html,,3.0}
154 and
155 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.95/buildstat.html,,2.95}.
156 These lists are updated as new information becomes available.
157
158 The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
159
160 @ifinfo
161 @menu
162 * Downloading the source::
163 * Configuration::
164 * Building::
165 * Testing:: (optional)
166 * Final install::
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183
184 Please note that GCC does not support @samp{make uninstall} and probably
185 won't do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms. Instead,
186 we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and simply
187 remove that directory when you do not need that specific version of GCC
188 any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, no
189 more binaries exist that use them.
190
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208 @c ***Downloading the source**************************************************
209 @ifnothtml
210 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
211 @node Downloading the source, Configuration, , Installing GCC
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213 @ifset downloadhtml
214 @ifnothtml
215 @chapter Downloading GCC
216 @end ifnothtml
217 @cindex Downloading GCC
218 @cindex Downloading the Source
219
220 GCC is distributed via @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html,,CVS} and FTP
221 tarballs compressed with @command{gzip} or
222 @command{bzip2}. It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
223 components.
224
225 Please refer to our @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html,,releases web page}
226 for information on how to obtain GCC@.
227
228 The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java,
229 and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later) compilers. The full distribution
230 also includes runtime libraries for C++, Objective-C, Fortran, and Java.
231 In GCC 3.0 and later versions, GNU compiler testsuites are also included
232 in the full distribution.
233
234 If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
235 GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
236 use. The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the
237 shared components. Each language has a tarball which includes the language
238 front end as well as the language runtime (when appropriate).
239
240 Unpack the core distribution as well as any language specific
241 distributions in the same directory.
242
243 If you also intend to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing
244 installation or for use in place of the corresponding tools of your
245 OS), unpack the binutils distribution either in the same directory or
246 a separate one. In the latter case, add symbolic links to any
247 components of the binutils you intend to build alongside the compiler
248 (@file{bfd}, @file{binutils}, @file{gas}, @file{gprof}, @file{ld},
249 @file{opcodes}, @dots{}) to the directory containing the GCC sources.
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260 @c ***Configuration***********************************************************
261 @ifnothtml
262 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
263 @node Configuration, Building, Downloading the source, Installing GCC
264 @end ifnothtml
265 @ifset configurehtml
266 @ifnothtml
267 @chapter Installing GCC: Configuration
268 @end ifnothtml
269 @cindex Configuration
270 @cindex Installing GCC: Configuration
271
272 Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
273 This document describes the recommended configuration procedure
274 for both native and cross targets.
275
276 We use @var{srcdir} to refer to the toplevel source directory for
277 GCC; we use @var{objdir} to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
278
279 If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
280 @file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
281 and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
282
283 If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
284 file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
285 temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
286 problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
287 variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
288 @command{pawd} or @command{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
289 phases.
290
291 First, in general, GCC @strong{must} be built into a separate directory
292 than the sources which does @strong{not} reside within the source tree.
293 This is how almost all developers build GCC; building where @var{srcdir}
294 == @var{objdir} is completely unsupported; building where @var{objdir}
295 is a subdirectory of @var{srcdir} is completely unsupported.
296
297 If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
298 different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
299 that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is
300 @file{Makefile}; if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile}
301 does not exist, it probably means that the directory is already suitably
302 clean. However, with the recommended method of building in a separate
303 @var{objdir}, you should simply use a different @var{objdir} for each
304 target.
305
306 Second, when configuring a native system, either @command{cc} or
307 @command{gcc} must be in your path or you must set @env{CC} in
308 your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration
309 scripts may fail.
310
311 Note that the bootstrap compiler and the resulting GCC must be link
312 compatible, else the bootstrap will fail with linker errors about
313 incompatible object file formats. Several multilibed targets are
314 affected by this requirement, see
315 @ifnothtml
316 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}.
317 @end ifnothtml
318 @ifhtml
319 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}.
320 @end ifhtml
321
322 To configure GCC:
323
324 @example
325 % mkdir @var{objdir}
326 % cd @var{objdir}
327 % @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
328 @end example
329
330
331 @heading Target specification
332 @itemize @bullet
333 @item
334 GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for @var{target}
335 for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you not
336 provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
337
338 @item
339 @var{target} must be specified as @option{--target=@var{target}}
340 when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
341 i960-rtems, m68k-coff, sh-elf, etc.
342
343 @item
344 Specifying just @var{target} instead of @option{--target=@var{target}}
345 implies that the host defaults to @var{target}.
346 @end itemize
347
348
349 @heading Options specification
350
351 Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
352 GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @command{configure
353 --help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
354 work and should not normally be used.
355
356 @table @code
357 @item --prefix=@var{dirname}
358 Specify the toplevel installation
359 directory. This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
360 other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to
361 @file{/usr/local}.
362
363 We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
364 subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa.
365
366 These additional options control where certain parts of the distribution
367 are installed. Normally you should not need to use these options.
368 @table @code
369
370 @item --exec-prefix=@var{dirname}
371 Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
372 files. The default is @file{@var{prefix}}.
373
374 @item --bindir=@var{dirname}
375 Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
376 (such as @command{gcc} and @command{g++}). The default is
377 @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}.
378
379 @item --libdir=@var{dirname}
380 Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
381 internal parts of GCC@. The default is @file{@var{exec-prefix}/lib}.
382
383 @item --with-slibdir=@var{dirname}
384 Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The
385 default is @file{@var{libdir}}.
386
387 @item --infodir=@var{dirname}
388 Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
389 The default is @file{@var{prefix}/info}.
390
391 @item --mandir=@var{dirname}
392 Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is
393 @file{@var{prefix}/man}. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts from
394 the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The
395 @command{g77} manpage is unmaintained and may be out of date; the others
396 are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full
397 manual.)
398
399 @item --with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}
400 Specify
401 the installation directory for G++ header files. The default is
402 @file{@var{prefix}/include/g++-v3}.
403
404 @end table
405
406 @item --program-prefix=@var{prefix}
407 GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
408 installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
409 programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
410 @option{--program-prefix=foo-} would result in @samp{gcc}
411 being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
412
413 @item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
414 Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
415 (see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
416 would result in @samp{gcc} being installed as
417 @file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
418
419 @item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
420 Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
421 of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
422 consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
423 semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
424 transformed to the installed program @file{/usr/local/bin/myowngcc} and
425 the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
426 @file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
427 you could use the pattern
428 @option{--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'}
429 to achieve this effect.
430
431 All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
432 complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
433 @var{suffix}) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
434 can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
435
436 As currently implemented, this options only take effect for native
437 builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
438 transformation is explicitly asked for by one of this options.
439
440 For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
441 with the target alias in front of their name, as in
442 @samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
443 before the target alias is prepended to the name - so, specifying
444 @option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
445 resulting binary would be installed as
446 @file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
447
448 As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
449 transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
450
451 @item --with-local-prefix=@var{dirname}
452 Specify the
453 installation directory for local include files. The default is
454 @file{/usr/local}. Specify this option if you want the compiler to
455 search directory @file{@var{dirname}/include} for locally installed
456 header files @emph{instead} of @file{/usr/local/include}.
457
458 You should specify @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{only} if your
459 site has a different convention (not @file{/usr/local}) for where to put
460 site-specific files.
461
462 The default value for @option{--with-local-prefix} is @file{/usr/local}
463 regardless of the value of @option{--prefix}. Specifying
464 @option{--prefix} has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
465 local header files. This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
466 logical.
467
468 The purpose of @option{--prefix} is to specify where to @emph{install
469 GCC}. The local header files in @file{/usr/local/include}---if you put
470 any in that directory---are not part of GCC@. They are part of other
471 programs---perhaps many others. (GCC installs its own header files in
472 another directory which is based on the @option{--prefix} value.)
473
474 @strong{Do not} specify @file{/usr} as the @option{--with-local-prefix}!
475 The directory you use for @option{--with-local-prefix} @strong{must not}
476 contain any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain
477 them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
478 certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
479 file corrections made by the @code{fixincludes} script.
480
481 Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
482 ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified where to
483 install part of GCC@. Perhaps they make this assumption because
484 installing GCC creates the directory.
485
486 @item --enable-shared[=@var{package}[,@dots{}]]
487 Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
488 the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
489 are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries,
490 except for @samp{libobjc} which is built as a static library only by
491 default.
492
493 If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
494 only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries
495 will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
496 @samp{libgcc} (also known as @samp{gcc}), @samp{libstdc++} (not
497 @samp{libstdc++-v3}), @samp{libffi}, @samp{zlib}, @samp{boehm-gc} and
498 @samp{libjava}. Note that @samp{libobjc} does not recognize itself by
499 any name, so, if you list package names in @option{--enable-shared},
500 you will only get static Objective-C libraries. @samp{libf2c} and
501 @samp{libiberty} do not support shared libraries at all.
502
503 Use @option{--disable-shared} to build only static libraries. Note that
504 @option{--disable-shared} does not accept a list of package names as
505 argument, only @option{--enable-shared} does.
506
507 @item @anchor{with-gnu-as}--with-gnu-as
508 Specify that the compiler should assume that the
509 assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify
510 the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if found
511 assembler is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion will also
512 result if the compiler finds the GNU assembler but has not been
513 configured with @option{--with-gnu-as}.) If you have more than one
514 assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
515 connection with @option{--with-as=@var{pathname}}.
516
517 The systems where it makes a difference whether you use the GNU assembler are
518 @samp{hppa1.0-@var{any}-@var{any}}, @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}},
519 @samp{i386-@var{any}-sysv}, @samp{i386-@var{any}-isc},
520 @samp{i860-@var{any}-bsd}, @samp{m68k-bull-sysv},
521 @samp{m68k-hp-hpux}, @samp{m68k-sony-bsd},
522 @samp{m68k-altos-sysv}, @samp{m68000-hp-hpux},
523 @samp{m68000-att-sysv}, @samp{@var{any}-lynx-lynxos},
524 and @samp{mips-@var{any}}.
525 On any other system, @option{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
526
527 On the systems listed above (except for the HP-PA, for ISC on the
528 386, and for @samp{mips-sgi-irix5.*}), if you use the GNU assembler,
529 you should also use the GNU linker (and specify @option{--with-gnu-ld}).
530
531 @item --with-as=@var{pathname}
532 Specify that the
533 compiler should use the assembler pointed to by @var{pathname}, rather
534 than the one found by the standard rules to find an assembler, which
535 are:
536 @itemize @bullet
537 @item
538 Check the
539 @file{@var{exec_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/@var{target}/@var{version}}
540 directory, where @var{exec_prefix} defaults to @var{prefix} which
541 defaults to @file{/usr/local} unless overridden by the
542 @option{--prefix=@var{pathname}} switch described above. @var{target} is the
543 target system triple, such as @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}, and
544 @var{version} denotes the GCC version, such as 3.0.
545 @item
546 Check operating system specific directories (e.g.@: @file{/usr/ccs/bin} on
547 Sun Solaris 2).
548 @end itemize
549 Note that these rules do not check for the value of @env{PATH}. You may
550 want to use @option{--with-as} if no assembler is installed in the
551 directories listed above, or if you have multiple assemblers installed
552 and want to choose one that is not found by the above rules.
553
554 @item @anchor{with-gnu-ld}--with-gnu-ld
555 Same as @uref{#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}
556 but for linker.
557
558
559 @item --with-ld=@var{pathname}
560 Same as
561 @option{--with-as}, but for the linker.
562
563 @item --with-stabs
564 Specify that stabs debugging
565 information should be used instead of whatever format the host normally
566 uses. Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
567
568 On MIPS based systems and on Alphas, you must specify whether you want
569 GCC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style
570 stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug
571 format cannot fully handle languages other than C@. BSD stabs format can
572 handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB@.
573
574 Normally, GCC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you
575 prefer BSD stabs, specify @option{--with-stabs} when you configure GCC@.
576
577 No matter which default you choose when you configure GCC, the user
578 can use the @option{-gcoff} and @option{-gstabs+} options to specify explicitly
579 the debug format for a particular compilation.
580
581 @option{--with-stabs} is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if
582 @option{--with-gas} is used. It selects use of stabs debugging
583 information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information
584 supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not.
585
586 @option{--with-stabs} is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It
587 selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The
588 C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging
589 information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a
590 workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4
591 tools can not generate or interpret stabs.
592
593 @item --disable-multilib
594 Specify that multiple target
595 libraries to support different target variants, calling
596 conventions, etc should not be built. The default is to build a
597 predefined set of them.
598
599 Some targets provide finer-grained control over which multilibs are built
600 (e.g., @option{--disable-softfloat}):
601 @table @code
602
603 @item arc-*-elf*
604 biendian.
605
606 @item arm-*-*
607 fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
608
609 @item m68*-*-*
610 softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
611
612 @item mips*-*-*
613 single-float, biendian, softfloat.
614
615 @item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
616 aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
617 sysv, aix.
618
619 @end table
620
621 @item --enable-threads
622 Specify that the target
623 supports threads. This affects the Objective-C compiler and runtime
624 library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java.
625 On some systems, this is the default.
626
627 In general, the best (and, in many cases, the only known) threading
628 model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some
629 systems, gcc has not been taught what threading models are generally
630 available for the system. In this case, @option{--enable-threads} is an
631 alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
632
633 @item --disable-threads
634 Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
635 This is an alias for @option{--enable-threads=single}.
636
637 @item --enable-threads=@var{lib}
638 Specify that
639 @var{lib} is the thread support library. This affects the Objective-C
640 compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
641 like C++ and Java. The possibilities for @var{lib} are:
642
643 @table @code
644 @item aix
645 AIX thread support.
646 @item dce
647 DCE thread support.
648 @item mach
649 Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NeXTSTEP@. (Please note
650 that the file needed to support this configuration, @file{gthr-mach.h}, is
651 missing and thus this setting will cause a known bootstrap failure.)
652 @item no
653 This is an alias for @samp{single}.
654 @item posix
655 Generic POSIX thread support.
656 @item pthreads
657 Same as @samp{posix} on arm*-*-linux*, *-*-chorusos* and *-*-freebsd*
658 only. A future release of gcc might remove this alias or extend it
659 to all platforms.
660 @item rtems
661 RTEMS thread support.
662 @item single
663 Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
664 @item solaris
665 Sun Solaris 2 thread support.
666 @item vxworks
667 VxWorks thread support.
668 @item win32
669 Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
670 @end table
671
672 @item --with-cpu=@var{cpu}
673 Specify which cpu variant the
674 compiler should generate code for by default. This is currently
675 only supported on the some ports, specifically arm, powerpc, and
676 SPARC@. If configure does not recognize the model name (e.g.@: arm700,
677 603e, or ultrasparc) you provide, please check the configure script
678 for a complete list of supported models.
679
680 @item --enable-altivec
681 Specify that the target supports AltiVec vector enhancements. This
682 option will adjust the ABI for AltiVec enhancements, as well as generate
683 AltiVec code when appropriate. This option is only available for
684 PowerPC systems.
685
686 @item --enable-target-optspace
687 Specify that target
688 libraries should be optimized for code space instead of code speed.
689 This is the default for the m32r platform.
690
691 @item --disable-cpp
692 Specify that a user visible @command{cpp} program should not be installed.
693
694 @item --with-cpp-install-dir=@var{dirname}
695 Specify that the user visible @command{cpp} program should be installed
696 in @file{@var{prefix}/@var{dirname}/cpp}, in addition to @var{bindir}.
697
698 @item --enable-maintainer-mode
699 The build rules that
700 regenerate the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
701 disabled. This is because it can only be rebuilt if the complete source
702 tree is present. If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
703 catalog, configuring with @option{--enable-maintainer-mode} will enable
704 this. Note that you need a recent version of the @code{gettext} tools
705 to do so.
706
707 @item --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
708 Specify
709 that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific
710 subdirectory (@file{@var{libsubdir}}) rather than the usual places. In
711 addition, @samp{libstdc++}'s include files will be installed in
712 @file{@var{libsubdir}/include/g++} unless you overruled it by using
713 @option{--with-gxx-include-dir=@var{dirname}}. Using this option is
714 particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
715 parallel. This is currently supported by @samp{libf2c} and
716 @samp{libstdc++}, and is the default for @samp{libobjc} which cannot be
717 changed in this case.
718
719 @item --enable-languages=@var{lang1},@var{lang2},@dots{}
720 Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
721 their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for
722 @var{langN} you can issue the following command in the
723 @file{gcc} directory of your GCC source tree:@*
724 @example
725 grep language= */config-lang.in
726 @end example
727 Currently, you can use any of the following:
728 @code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{f77}, @code{java}, @code{objc}.
729 Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.@*
730 If you do not pass this flag, all languages available in the @file{gcc}
731 sub-tree will be configured. Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling
732 @samp{make bootstrap} @strong{does not} work anymore, as those
733 language sub-directories might not have been configured!
734
735 @item --disable-libgcj
736 Specify that the run-time libraries
737 used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend
738 to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it
739 separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular
740 machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ
741 libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on
742 the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but @samp{libgcj} isn't built, you
743 may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level
744 @file{configure.in} so that @samp{libgcj} is enabled by default on this platform,
745 you may use @option{--enable-libgcj} to override the default.
746
747 @item --with-dwarf2
748 Specify that the compiler should
749 use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
750
751 @item --enable-win32-registry
752 @itemx --enable-win32-registry=@var{key}
753 @itemx --disable-win32-registry
754 The @option{--enable-win32-registry} option enables Windows-hosted GCC
755 to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
756
757 @smallexample
758 @code{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\@var{key}}
759 @end smallexample
760
761 @var{key} defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
762 @option{--enable-win32-registry=@var{key}} option. Vendors and distributors
763 who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
764 perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
765 avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled
766 by default, and can be disabled by @option{--disable-win32-registry}
767 option. This option has no effect on the other hosts.
768
769 @item --nfp
770 Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This
771 option only applies to @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}} and
772 @samp{m68k-isi-bsd}. On any other system, @option{--nfp} has no effect.
773
774 @item --enable-checking
775 @itemx --enable-checking=@var{list}
776 When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform checking
777 of tree node types when referencing fields of that node, and some other
778 internal consistency checks. This does not change the generated code,
779 but adds error checking within the compiler. This will slow down the
780 compiler and may only work properly if you are building the compiler
781 with GCC@. This is on by default when building from CVS or snapshots,
782 but off for releases. More control over the checks may be had by
783 specifying @var{list}; the categories of checks available are
784 @samp{misc}, @samp{tree}, @samp{gc}, @samp{rtl}, @samp{rtlflag} and
785 @samp{gcac}. The
786 default when @var{list} is not specified is @samp{misc,tree,gc,rtlflag}; the
787 checks @samp{rtl} and @samp{gcac} are very expensive.
788
789 @item --enable-nls
790 @itemx --disable-nls
791 The @option{--enable-nls} option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
792 which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
793 English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
794 canadian cross build. The @option{--disable-nls} option disables NLS@.
795
796 @item --with-included-gettext
797 If NLS is enabled, the @option{--with-included-gettext} option causes the build
798 procedure to prefer its copy of GNU @command{gettext}.
799
800 @item --with-catgets
801 If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks @code{gettext} but has the
802 inferior @code{catgets} interface, the GCC build procedure normally
803 ignores @code{catgets} and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU
804 @code{gettext} library. The @option{--with-catgets} option causes the
805 build procedure to use the host's @code{catgets} in this situation.
806
807 @item --with-libiconv-prefix=@var{dir}
808 Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
809 libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
810
811 @item --with-system-zlib
812 Use installed zlib rather than that included with GCC@. This option
813 only applies if the Java front end is being built.
814
815 @item --enable-obsolete
816 Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
817 configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
818 obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
819 error message.
820
821 All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
822 is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
823 forward to maintain the port.
824 @end table
825
826 Some options which only apply to building cross compilers:
827 @table @code
828 @item --with-headers=@var{dir}
829 Specifies a directory
830 which has target include files.
831 @emph{This options is required} when building a cross
832 compiler, if @file{@var{prefix}/@var{target}/sys-include} doesn't pre-exist.
833 These include files will be copied into the @file{gcc} install directory.
834 Fixincludes will be run on these files to make them compatible with
835 GCC.
836 @item --with-libs=``@var{dir1} @var{dir2} @dots{} @var{dirN}''
837 Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
838 libraries. These libraries will be copied into the @file{gcc} install
839 directory.
840 @item --with-newlib
841 Specifies that @samp{newlib} is
842 being used as the target C library. This causes @code{__eprintf} to be
843 omitted from @file{libgcc.a} on the assumption that it will be provided by
844 @samp{newlib}.
845 @end table
846
847 Note that each @option{--enable} option has a corresponding
848 @option{--disable} option and that each @option{--with} option has a
849 corresponding @option{--without} option.
850
851 @html
852 <hr>
853 <p>
854 @end html
855 @ifhtml
856 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
857 @end ifhtml
858 @end ifset
859
860 @c ***Building****************************************************************
861 @ifnothtml
862 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
863 @node Building, Testing, Configuration, Installing GCC
864 @end ifnothtml
865 @ifset buildhtml
866 @ifnothtml
867 @chapter Building
868 @end ifnothtml
869 @cindex Installing GCC: Building
870
871 Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
872 runtime libraries.
873
874 We @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built using GNU make;
875 other versions may work, then again they might not.
876 GNU make is required for compiling GNAT (the Ada compiler) and the Java
877 runtime library.
878
879 (For example, many broken versions of make will fail if you use the
880 recommended setup where @var{objdir} is different from @var{srcdir}.
881 Other broken versions may recompile parts of the compiler when
882 installing the compiler.)
883
884 Some commands executed when making the compiler may fail (return a
885 nonzero status) and be ignored by @code{make}. These failures, which
886 are often due to files that were not found, are expected, and can safely
887 be ignored.
888
889 It is normal to have compiler warnings when compiling certain files.
890 Unless you are a GCC developer, you can generally ignore these warnings
891 unless they cause compilation to fail.
892
893 On certain old systems, defining certain environment variables such as
894 @env{CC} can interfere with the functioning of @command{make}.
895
896 If you encounter seemingly strange errors when trying to build the
897 compiler in a directory other than the source directory, it could be
898 because you have previously configured the compiler in the source
899 directory. Make sure you have done all the necessary preparations.
900
901 If you build GCC on a BSD system using a directory stored in an old System
902 V file system, problems may occur in running @code{fixincludes} if the
903 System V file system doesn't support symbolic links. These problems
904 result in a failure to fix the declaration of @code{size_t} in
905 @file{sys/types.h}. If you find that @code{size_t} is a signed type and
906 that type mismatches occur, this could be the cause.
907
908 The solution is not to use such a directory for building GCC@.
909
910 When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify parser sources,
911 you need the Bison parser generator installed. Any version 1.25 or
912 later should work; older versions may also work. If you do not modify
913 parser sources, releases contain the Bison-generated files and you do
914 not need Bison installed to build them.
915
916 When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
917 documentation, you need version 4.1 or later of Texinfo installed if you
918 want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
919 documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
920
921 @section Building a native compiler
922
923 For a native build issue the command @samp{make bootstrap}. This
924 will build the entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
925
926 @itemize @bullet
927 @item
928 Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
929 gperf.
930
931 @item
932 Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
933 binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
934 if they have been individually linked
935 or moved into the top level GCC source tree before configuring.
936
937 @item
938 Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler.
939
940 @item
941 Perform a comparison test of the stage2 and stage3 compilers.
942
943 @item
944 Build runtime libraries using the stage3 compiler from the previous step.
945
946 @end itemize
947
948 If you are short on disk space you might consider @samp{make
949 bootstrap-lean} instead. This is identical to @samp{make
950 bootstrap} except that object files from the stage1 and
951 stage2 of the 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler are deleted as
952 soon as they are no longer needed.
953
954
955 If you want to save additional space during the bootstrap and in
956 the final installation as well, you can build the compiler binaries
957 without debugging information with @samp{make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g
958 -O2' LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap}. This will save
959 roughly 40% of disk space both for the bootstrap and the final installation.
960 (Libraries will still contain debugging information.)
961
962 If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2 and
963 stage3 compilers, set @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} on the command line when doing
964 @samp{make bootstrap}. Non-default optimization flags are less well
965 tested here than the default of @samp{-g -O2}, but should still work.
966 In a few cases, you may find that you need to specify special flags such
967 as @option{-msoft-float} here to complete the bootstrap; or, if the
968 native compiler miscompiles the stage1 compiler, you may need to work
969 around this, by choosing @code{BOOT_CFLAGS} to avoid the parts of the
970 stage1 compiler that were miscompiled, or by using @samp{make
971 bootstrap4} to increase the number of stages of bootstrap.
972
973 If you used the flag @option{--enable-languages=@dots{}} to restrict
974 the compilers to be built, only those you've actually enabled will be
975 built. This will of course only build those runtime libraries, for
976 which the particular compiler has been built. Please note,
977 that re-defining @env{LANGUAGES} when calling @samp{make bootstrap}
978 @strong{does not} work anymore!
979
980 If the comparison of stage2 and stage3 fails, this normally indicates
981 that the stage2 compiler has compiled GCC incorrectly, and is therefore
982 a potentially serious bug which you should investigate and report. (On
983 a few systems, meaningful comparison of object files is impossible; they
984 always appear ``different''. If you encounter this problem, you will
985 need to disable comparison in the @file{Makefile}.)
986
987 @section Building a cross compiler
988
989 We recommend reading the
990 @uref{http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/,,crossgcc FAQ}
991 for information about building cross compilers.
992
993 When building a cross compiler, it is not generally possible to do a
994 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This makes for an interesting problem
995 as parts of GCC can only be built with GCC@.
996
997 To build a cross compiler, we first recommend building and installing a
998 native compiler. You can then use the native GCC compiler to build the
999 cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
1000 2.95 or later.
1001
1002 Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
1003 your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
1004 following steps:
1005
1006 @itemize @bullet
1007 @item
1008 Build host tools necessary to build the compiler such as texinfo, bison,
1009 gperf.
1010
1011 @item
1012 Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
1013 binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
1014 if they have been individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source
1015 tree before configuring.
1016
1017 @item
1018 Build the compiler (single stage only).
1019
1020 @item
1021 Build runtime libraries using the compiler from the previous step.
1022 @end itemize
1023
1024 Note that if an error occurs in any step the make process will exit.
1025
1026 @section Building in parallel
1027
1028 If you have a multiprocessor system you can use @samp{make bootstrap
1029 MAKE="make -j 2" -j 2} or just @samp{make -j 2 bootstrap}
1030 for GNU Make 3.79 and above instead of just @samp{make bootstrap}
1031 when building GCC@. You can use a bigger number instead of two if
1032 you like. In most cases, it won't help to use a number bigger than
1033 the number of processors in your machine.
1034
1035 @section Building the Ada compiler
1036
1037 In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
1038 compiler (GNAT version 3.13 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later),
1039 since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
1040 GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make.
1041
1042 However, you do not need a full installation of GNAT, just the GNAT
1043 binary @file{gnat1}, a copy of @file{gnatbind}, and a compiler driver
1044 which can deal with Ada input (by invoking the @file{gnat1} binary).
1045 You can specify this compiler driver by setting the @env{ADAC}
1046 environment variable at the configure step. @command{configure} can
1047 detect the driver automatically if it has got a common name such as
1048 @command{gcc} or @command{gnatgcc}. Of course, you still need a working
1049 C compiler (the compiler driver can be different or not).
1050 @command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
1051 and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
1052 installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
1053 used to disable building the Ada front end.
1054
1055 Additional build tools (such as @command{gnatmake}) or a working GNAT
1056 run-time library installation are usually @emph{not} required. However,
1057 if you want to boostrap the compiler using a minimal version of GNAT,
1058 you have to issue the following commands before invoking @samp{make
1059 boostrap} (this assumes that you start with an unmodified and consistent
1060 source distribution):
1061
1062 @example
1063 cd @var{srcdir}/gcc/ada
1064 touch treeprs.ads [es]info.h nmake.ad[bs]
1065 @end example
1066
1067 At the moment, the GNAT library and several tools for GNAT are not built
1068 by @samp{make bootstrap}. You have to invoke
1069 @samp{make gnatlib_and_tools} in the @file{@var{objdir}/gcc}
1070 subdirectory before proceeding with the next steps.
1071
1072 For example, you can build a native Ada compiler by issuing the
1073 following commands (assuming @command{make} is GNU make):
1074
1075 @example
1076 cd @var{objdir}
1077 @var{srcdir}/configure --enable-languages=c,ada
1078 cd @var{srcdir}/gcc/ada
1079 touch treeprs.ads [es]info.h nmake.ad[bs]
1080 cd @var{objdir}
1081 make bootstrap
1082 cd gcc
1083 make gnatlib_and_tools
1084 cd ..
1085 @end example
1086
1087 Currently, when compiling the Ada front end, you cannot use the parallel
1088 build feature described in the previous section.
1089
1090 @html
1091 <hr>
1092 <p>
1093 @end html
1094 @ifhtml
1095 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1096 @end ifhtml
1097 @end ifset
1098
1099 @c ***Testing*****************************************************************
1100 @ifnothtml
1101 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
1102 @node Testing, Final install, Building, Installing GCC
1103 @end ifnothtml
1104 @ifset testhtml
1105 @ifnothtml
1106 @chapter Installing GCC: Testing
1107 @end ifnothtml
1108 @cindex Testing
1109 @cindex Installing GCC: Testing
1110 @cindex Testsuite
1111
1112 Before you install GCC, we encourage you to run the testsuites and to
1113 compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
1114 been submitted to the
1115 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
1116 This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
1117 but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
1118 problems before you install and start using your new GCC.
1119
1120 First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
1121 These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
1122 ``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you must download the testsuites
1123 separately.
1124
1125 Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
1126 a @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,current version of DejaGnu};
1127 dejagnu 1.3 is not sufficient.
1128 It also includes Tcl and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
1129
1130 Now you may need specific preparations:
1131
1132 @itemize @bullet
1133
1134 @item
1135 The following environment variables may need to be set appropriately, as in
1136 the following example (which assumes that DejaGnu has been installed
1137 under @file{/usr/local}):
1138
1139 @example
1140 TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
1141 DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
1142 @end example
1143
1144 On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
1145 paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
1146 portability in the DejaGnu code.
1147
1148 If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
1149 installed are in the @env{PATH}, it should not be necessary to set these
1150 environment variables.
1151
1152 @end itemize
1153
1154 Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
1155 @example
1156 cd @var{objdir}; make -k check
1157 @end example
1158
1159 The testing process will try to test as many components in the GCC
1160 distribution as possible, including the C, C++, Objective-C and Fortran
1161 compilers as well as the C++ and Java runtime libraries.
1162
1163 While running the testsuite, DejaGnu might emit messages resembling
1164 @samp{WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.} or
1165 @samp{WARNING: Couldn't find tool init file}.
1166 These messages are harmless and do not affect the validity of the tests.
1167
1168 @section How can I run the test suite on selected tests?
1169
1170 As a first possibility to cut down the number of tests that are run it is
1171 possible to use @samp{make check-gcc} or @samp{make check-g++}
1172 in the @file{gcc} subdirectory of the object directory. To further cut down the
1173 tests the following is possible:
1174
1175 @example
1176 make check-gcc RUNTESTFLAGS="execute.exp @var{other-options}"
1177 @end example
1178
1179 This will run all @command{gcc} execute tests in the testsuite.
1180
1181 @example
1182 make check-g++ RUNTESTFLAGS="old-deja.exp=9805* @var{other-options}"
1183 @end example
1184
1185 This will run the @command{g++} ``old-deja'' tests in the testsuite where the filename
1186 matches @samp{9805*}.
1187
1188 The @file{*.exp} files are located in the testsuite directories of the GCC
1189 source, the most important ones being @file{compile.exp},
1190 @file{execute.exp}, @file{dg.exp} and @file{old-deja.exp}.
1191 To get a list of the possible @file{*.exp} files, pipe the
1192 output of @samp{make check} into a file and look at the
1193 @samp{Running @dots{} .exp} lines.
1194
1195 @section How to interpret test results
1196
1197 After the testsuite has run you'll find various @file{*.sum} and @file{*.log}
1198 files in the testsuite subdirectories. The @file{*.log} files contain a
1199 detailed log of the compiler invocations and the corresponding
1200 results, the @file{*.sum} files summarize the results. These summaries list
1201 all the tests that have been run with a corresponding status code:
1202
1203 @itemize @bullet
1204 @item
1205 PASS: the test passed as expected
1206 @item
1207 XPASS: the test unexpectedly passed
1208 @item
1209 FAIL: the test unexpectedly failed
1210 @item
1211 XFAIL: the test failed as expected
1212 @item
1213 UNSUPPORTED: the test is not supported on this platform
1214 @item
1215 ERROR: the testsuite detected an error
1216 @item
1217 WARNING: the testsuite detected a possible problem
1218 @end itemize
1219
1220 It is normal for some tests to report unexpected failures. At the
1221 current time our testing harness does not allow fine grained control
1222 over whether or not a test is expected to fail. We expect to fix this
1223 problem in future releases.
1224
1225
1226 @section Submitting test results
1227
1228 If you want to report the results to the GCC project, use the
1229 @file{contrib/test_summary} shell script. Start it in the @var{objdir} with
1230
1231 @example
1232 @var{srcdir}/contrib/test_summary -p your_commentary.txt \
1233 -m gcc-testresults@@gcc.gnu.org |sh
1234 @end example
1235
1236 This script uses the @command{Mail} program to send the results, so
1237 make sure it is in your @env{PATH}. The file @file{your_commentary.txt} is
1238 prepended to the testsuite summary and should contain any special
1239 remarks you have on your results or your build environment. Please
1240 do not edit the testsuite result block or the subject line, as these
1241 messages are automatically parsed and presented at the
1242 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/testresults/,,GCC testresults} web
1243 page. Here you can also gather information on how specific tests
1244 behave on different platforms and compare them with your results. A
1245 few failing testcases are possible even on released versions and you
1246 should look here first if you think your results are unreasonable.
1247
1248 @html
1249 <hr>
1250 <p>
1251 @end html
1252 @ifhtml
1253 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1254 @end ifhtml
1255 @end ifset
1256
1257 @c ***Final install***********************************************************
1258 @ifnothtml
1259 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
1260 @node Final install, , Testing, Installing GCC
1261 @end ifnothtml
1262 @ifset finalinstallhtml
1263 @ifnothtml
1264 @chapter Installing GCC: Final installation
1265 @end ifnothtml
1266
1267 Now that GCC has been built (and optionally tested), you can install it with
1268 @example
1269 cd @var{objdir}; make install
1270 @end example
1271
1272 We strongly recommend to install into a target directory where there is
1273 no previous version of GCC present.
1274
1275 That step completes the installation of GCC; user level binaries can
1276 be found in @file{@var{prefix}/bin} where @var{prefix} is the value you
1277 specified with the @option{--prefix} to configure (or @file{/usr/local}
1278 by default). (If you specified @option{--bindir}, that directory will
1279 be used instead; otherwise, if you specified @option{--exec-prefix},
1280 @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin} will be used.) Headers for the C++ and
1281 Java libraries are installed in @file{@var{prefix}/include}; libraries
1282 in @file{@var{libdir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal
1283 parts of the compiler in @file{@var{libdir}/gcc-lib}; documentation in
1284 info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/info}).
1285
1286 If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
1287 quickly review the build status page for
1288 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.1/buildstat.html,,3.1},
1289 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.0/buildstat.html,,3.0}, or
1290 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.95/buildstat.html,,2.95}.
1291 If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
1292 send a note to
1293 @email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
1294 that you successfully built and installed GCC.
1295 Include the following information:
1296
1297 @itemize @bullet
1298 @item
1299 Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send us
1300 that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
1301
1302 @item
1303 The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed gcc.
1304 This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed to
1305 configure.
1306
1307 @item
1308 Whether you enabled all languages or a subset of them. If you used a
1309 full distribution then this information is part of the configure
1310 options in the output of @samp{gcc -v}, but if you downloaded the
1311 ``core'' compiler plus additional front ends then it isn't apparent
1312 which ones you built unless you tell us about it.
1313
1314 @item
1315 If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include:
1316 @itemize @bullet
1317 @item
1318 The distribution name and version (e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3);
1319 this information should be available from @file{/etc/issue}.
1320
1321 @item
1322 The version of the Linux kernel, available from @samp{uname --version}
1323 or @samp{uname -a}.
1324
1325 @item
1326 The version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
1327 Mandrake, and SuSE type @samp{rpm -q glibc} to get the glibc version,
1328 and on systems like Debian and Progeny use @samp{dpkg -l libc6}.
1329 @end itemize
1330 For other systems, you can include similar information if you think it is
1331 relevant.
1332
1333 @item
1334 Any other information that you think would be useful to people building
1335 GCC on the same configuration. The new entry in the build status list
1336 will include a link to the archived copy of your message.
1337 @end itemize
1338
1339 We'd also like to know if the
1340 @ifnothtml
1341 @ref{Specific, host/target specific installation notes}
1342 @end ifnothtml
1343 @ifhtml
1344 @uref{specific.html,,host/target specific installation notes}
1345 @end ifhtml
1346 didn't include your host/target information or if that information is
1347 incomplete or out of date. Send a note to
1348 @email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} telling us how the information should be changed.
1349
1350 If you find a bug, please report it following our
1351 @uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
1352
1353 If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
1354 dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.1)
1355 and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
1356 subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
1357 printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. You can also
1358 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html,,buy printed manuals from the
1359 Free Software Foundation}, though such manuals may not be for the most
1360 recent version of GCC@.
1361
1362 @html
1363 <hr>
1364 <p>
1365 @end html
1366 @ifhtml
1367 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1368 @end ifhtml
1369 @end ifset
1370
1371 @c ***Binaries****************************************************************
1372 @ifnothtml
1373 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
1374 @node Binaries, Specific, Installing GCC, Top
1375 @end ifnothtml
1376 @ifset binarieshtml
1377 @ifnothtml
1378 @chapter Installing GCC: Binaries
1379 @end ifnothtml
1380 @cindex Binaries
1381 @cindex Installing GCC: Binaries
1382
1383 We are often asked about pre-compiled versions of GCC@. While we cannot
1384 provide these for all platforms, below you'll find links to binaries for
1385 various platforms where creating them by yourself is not easy due to various
1386 reasons.
1387
1388 Please note that we did not create these binaries, nor do we
1389 support them. If you have any problems installing them, please
1390 contact their makers.
1391
1392 @itemize
1393 @item
1394 AIX:
1395 @itemize
1396 @item
1397 @uref{http://freeware.bull.net,,Bull's Freeware and Shareware Archive for AIX};
1398
1399 @item
1400 @uref{http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu,,UCLA Software Library for AIX}.
1401 @end itemize
1402
1403 @item
1404 DOS---@uref{http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/,,DJGPP}.
1405
1406 @item
1407 Hitachi H8/300[HS]---@uref{http://h8300-hms.sourceforge.net/,,GNU
1408 Development Tools for the Hitachi H8/300[HS] Series}.
1409
1410 @item
1411 HP-UX:
1412 @itemize
1413 @item
1414 @uref{http://hpux.cae.wisc.edu/,,HP-UX Porting Center};
1415
1416 @item
1417 @uref{ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/gcc_hpux/,,Binaries for HP-UX 11.00 at Aachen University of Technology}.
1418 @end itemize
1419
1420 @item
1421 @uref{http://www.sco.com/skunkware/devtools/index.html#gcc,,SCO
1422 OpenServer/Unixware}.
1423
1424 @item
1425 Sinix/Reliant Unix---@uref{ftp://ftp.siemens.de/sni/mr/pd/gnu/gcc,,Siemens}.
1426
1427 @item
1428 Solaris 2 (SPARC, Intel)---@uref{http://www.sunfreeware.com/,,Sunfreeware}.
1429
1430 @item
1431 SGI---@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,SGI Freeware}.
1432
1433 @item
1434 Windows 95, 98, and NT:
1435 @itemize
1436 @item
1437 The @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/,,Cygwin} project;
1438 @item
1439 The @uref{http://www.mingw.org/,,MinGW} project.
1440 @end itemize
1441
1442 @item
1443 @uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/free/by-name/,,The
1444 Written Word} offers binaries for Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 2.7/SPARC, 2.7/Intel,
1445 IRIX 6.2, 6.5, Digital UNIX 4.0D, HP-UX 10.20, and HP-UX 11.00.
1446
1447 @end itemize
1448
1449 In addition to those specific offerings, you can get a binary
1450 distribution CD-ROM from the
1451 @uref{http://www.fsf.org/order/order.html,,Free Software Foundation}.
1452 It contains binaries for a number of platforms, and
1453 includes not only GCC, but other stuff as well. The current CD does
1454 not contain the latest version of GCC, but it should allow
1455 bootstrapping the compiler. An updated version of that disk is in the
1456 works.
1457
1458 @html
1459 <hr>
1460 <p>
1461 @end html
1462 @ifhtml
1463 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
1464 @end ifhtml
1465 @end ifset
1466
1467 @c ***Specific****************************************************************
1468 @ifnothtml
1469 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
1470 @node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
1471 @end ifnothtml
1472 @ifset specifichtml
1473 @ifnothtml
1474 @chapter Host/target specific installation notes for GCC
1475 @end ifnothtml
1476 @cindex Specific
1477 @cindex Specific installation notes
1478 @cindex Target specific installation
1479 @cindex Host specific installation
1480 @cindex Target specific installation notes
1481
1482 Please read this document carefully @emph{before} installing the
1483 GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
1484
1485 @ifhtml
1486 @itemize
1487 @item
1488 @uref{#alpha*-*-*,,alpha*-*-*}
1489 @item
1490 @uref{#alpha*-dec-osf*,,alpha*-dec-osf*}
1491 @item
1492 @uref{#alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*,,alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}
1493 @item
1494 @uref{#arc-*-elf,,arc-*-elf}
1495 @item
1496 @uref{#arm-*-aout,,arm-*-aout}
1497 @item
1498 @uref{#arm-*-elf,,arm-*-elf}
1499 @item
1500 @uref{#arm*-*-linux-gnu,,arm*-*-linux-gnu}
1501 @item
1502 @uref{#avr,,avr}
1503 @item
1504 @uref{#c4x,,c4x}
1505 @item
1506 @uref{#dos,,DOS}
1507 @item
1508 @uref{#dsp16xx,,dsp16xx}
1509 @item
1510 @uref{#*-*-freebsd*,,*-*-freebsd*}
1511 @item
1512 @uref{#h8300-hms,,h8300-hms}
1513 @item
1514 @uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux*,,hppa*-hp-hpux*}
1515 @item
1516 @uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux9,,hppa*-hp-hpux9}
1517 @item
1518 @uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux10,,hppa*-hp-hpux10}
1519 @item
1520 @uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11}
1521 @item
1522 @uref{#i370-*-*,,i370-*-*}
1523 @item
1524 @uref{#*-*-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu}
1525 @item
1526 @uref{#ix86-*-linux*aout,,i?86-*-linux*aout}
1527 @item
1528 @uref{#ix86-*-linux*,,i?86-*-linux*}
1529 @item
1530 @uref{#ix86-*-sco,,i?86-*-sco}
1531 @item
1532 @uref{#ix86-*-sco3.2v4,,i?86-*-sco3.2v4}
1533 @item
1534 @uref{#ix86-*-sco3.2v5*,,i?86-*-sco3.2v5*}
1535 @item
1536 @uref{#ix86-*-udk,,i?86-*-udk}
1537 @item
1538 @uref{#ix86-*-esix,,i?86-*-esix}
1539 @item
1540 @uref{#ia64-*-linux,,ia64-*-linux}
1541 @item
1542 @uref{#*-lynx-lynxos,,*-lynx-lynxos}
1543 @item
1544 @uref{#*-ibm-aix*,,*-ibm-aix*}
1545 @item
1546 @uref{#m32r-*-elf,,m32r-*-elf}
1547 @item
1548 @uref{#m68000-hp-bsd,,m68000-hp-bsd}
1549 @item
1550 @uref{#m6811-elf,,m6811-elf}
1551 @item
1552 @uref{#m6812-elf,,m6812-elf}
1553 @item
1554 @uref{#m68k-att-sysv,,m68k-att-sysv}
1555 @item
1556 @uref{#m68k-crds-unos,,m68k-crds-unos}
1557 @item
1558 @uref{#m68k-hp-hpux,,m68k-hp-hpux}
1559 @item
1560 @uref{#m68k-ncr-*,,m68k-ncr-*}
1561 @item
1562 @uref{#m68k-sun,,m68k-sun}
1563 @item
1564 @uref{#m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1,,m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1}
1565 @item
1566 @uref{#mips-*-*,,mips-*-*}
1567 @item
1568 @uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,mips-sgi-irix5}
1569 @item
1570 @uref{#mips-sgi-irix6,,mips-sgi-irix6}
1571 @item
1572 @uref{#powerpc*-*-*,,powerpc*-*-*, powerpc-*-sysv4}
1573 @item
1574 @uref{#powerpc-*-darwin*,,powerpc-*-darwin*}
1575 @item
1576 @uref{#powerpc-*-elf,,powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4}
1577 @item
1578 @uref{#powerpc-*-linux-gnu*,,powerpc-*-linux-gnu*}
1579 @item
1580 @uref{#powerpc-*-netbsd*,,powerpc-*-netbsd*}
1581 @item
1582 @uref{#powerpc-*-eabiaix,,powerpc-*-eabiaix}
1583 @item
1584 @uref{#powerpc-*-eabisim,,powerpc-*-eabisim}
1585 @item
1586 @uref{#powerpc-*-eabi,,powerpc-*-eabi}
1587 @item
1588 @uref{#powerpcle-*-elf,,powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4}
1589 @item
1590 @uref{#powerpcle-*-eabisim,,powerpcle-*-eabisim}
1591 @item
1592 @uref{#powerpcle-*-eabi,,powerpcle-*-eabi}
1593 @item
1594 @uref{#powerpcle-*-winnt,,powerpcle-*-winnt, powerpcle-*-pe}
1595 @item
1596 @uref{#s390-*-linux*}
1597 @item
1598 @uref{#s390x-*-linux*}
1599 @item
1600 @uref{#*-*-solaris2*,,*-*-solaris2*}
1601 @item
1602 @uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2*,,sparc-sun-solaris2*}
1603 @item
1604 @uref{#sparc-sun-solaris2.7,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
1605 @item
1606 @uref{#sparc-sun-sunos4*,,sparc-sun-sunos4*}
1607 @item
1608 @uref{#sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1,,sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1}
1609 @item
1610 @uref{#sparc-*-linux*,,sparc-*-linux*}
1611 @item
1612 @uref{#sparc64-*-*,,sparc64-*-*}
1613 @item
1614 @uref{#sparcv9-*-solaris2*,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
1615 @item
1616 @uref{#*-*-sysv*,,*-*-sysv*}
1617 @item
1618 @uref{#vax-dec-ultrix,,vax-dec-ultrix}
1619 @item
1620 @uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,xtensa-*-elf}
1621 @item
1622 @uref{#xtensa-*-linux*,,xtensa-*-linux*}
1623 @item
1624 @uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
1625 @item
1626 @uref{#os2,,OS/2}
1627 @item
1628 @uref{#older,,Older systems}
1629 @end itemize
1630
1631 @itemize
1632 @item
1633 @uref{#elf_targets,,all ELF targets} (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
1634 @end itemize
1635 @end ifhtml
1636
1637
1638 @html
1639 <!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
1640 <hr>
1641 @end html
1642 @heading @anchor{alpha*-*-*}alpha*-*-*
1643
1644 This section contains general configuration information for all
1645 alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
1646 DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX and Tru64 UNIX)@. In addition to reading this
1647 section, please read all other sections that match your target.
1648
1649 We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer.
1650 Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2
1651 debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of
1652 shared libraries.
1653
1654 @html
1655 </p>
1656 <hr>
1657 @end html
1658 @heading @anchor{alpha*-dec-osf*}alpha*-dec-osf*
1659 Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
1660 are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
1661 Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
1662
1663 As of GCC 3.2, versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer
1664 supported. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC
1665 OSF/1.)
1666
1667 In Tru64 UNIX V5.1, Compaq introduced a new assembler that does not
1668 currently (2001-06-13) work with @command{mips-tfile}. As a workaround,
1669 we need to use the old assembler, invoked via the barely documented
1670 @option{-oldas} option. To bootstrap GCC, you either need to use the
1671 Compaq C Compiler:
1672
1673 @example
1674 % CC=cc @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
1675 @end example
1676
1677 or you can use a copy of GCC 2.95.3 or higher built on Tru64 UNIX V4.0:
1678
1679 @example
1680 % CC=gcc -Wa,-oldas @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
1681 @end example
1682
1683 As of GNU binutils 2.11.2, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
1684 are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with
1685 @option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
1686
1687 The @option{--enable-threads} options isn't supported yet. A patch is
1688 in preparation for a future release.
1689
1690 GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
1691 unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
1692 the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
1693 new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
1694 stamp.
1695
1696 Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
1697 32-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
1698 when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
1699 optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
1700 target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed. Building
1701 cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
1702 a few cases and may not work properly.
1703
1704 @code{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
1705 @option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
1706 assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
1707 comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
1708 @code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
1709 fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
1710 randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
1711 unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you add
1712 @option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
1713 @samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
1714
1715 GCC now supports both the native (ECOFF) debugging format used by DBX
1716 and GDB and an encapsulated STABS format for use only with GDB@. See the
1717 discussion of the @option{--with-stabs} option of @file{configure} above
1718 for more information on these formats and how to select them.
1719
1720 There is a bug in DEC's assembler that produces incorrect line numbers
1721 for ECOFF format when the @samp{.align} directive is used. To work
1722 around this problem, GCC will not emit such alignment directives
1723 while writing ECOFF format debugging information even if optimization is
1724 being performed. Unfortunately, this has the very undesirable
1725 side-effect that code addresses when @option{-O} is specified are
1726 different depending on whether or not @option{-g} is also specified.
1727
1728 To avoid this behavior, specify @option{-gstabs+} and use GDB instead of
1729 DBX@. DEC is now aware of this problem with the assembler and hopes to
1730 provide a fix shortly.
1731
1732 @html
1733 </p>
1734 <hr>
1735 @end html
1736 @heading @anchor{alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*}alphaev5-cray-unicosmk*
1737 Cray T3E systems running Unicos/Mk.
1738
1739 This port is incomplete and has many known bugs. We hope to improve the
1740 support for this target soon. Currently, only the C front end is supported,
1741 and it is not possible to build parallel applications. Cray modules are not
1742 supported; in particular, Craylibs are assumed to be in
1743 @file{/opt/ctl/craylibs/craylibs}.
1744
1745 You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU make on this platform. Also, you
1746 need to tell GCC where to find the assembler and the linker. The
1747 simplest way to do so is by providing @option{--with-as} and
1748 @option{--with-ld} to @file{configure}, e.g.@:
1749
1750 @samp{configure --with-as=/opt/ctl/bin/cam --with-ld=/opt/ctl/bin/cld
1751 --enable-languages=c}
1752
1753 The comparison test during @samp{make bootstrap} fails on Unicos/Mk
1754 because the assembler inserts timestamps into object files. You should
1755 be able to work around this by doing @samp{make all} after getting this
1756 failure.
1757
1758 @html
1759 </p>
1760 <hr>
1761 @end html
1762 @heading @anchor{arc-*-elf}arc-*-elf
1763 Argonaut ARC processor.
1764 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
1765
1766 @html
1767 </p>
1768 <hr>
1769 @end html
1770 @heading @anchor{arm-*-aout}arm-*-aout
1771 Advanced RISC Machines ARM-family processors. These are often used in
1772 embedded applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
1773 This configuration corresponds to the basic instruction sequences and will
1774 produce @file{a.out} format object modules.
1775
1776 You may need to make a variant of the file @file{arm.h} for your particular
1777 configuration.
1778
1779 @html
1780 </p>
1781 <hr>
1782 @end html
1783 @heading @anchor{arm-*-elf}arm-*-elf
1784 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
1785
1786 @html
1787 </p>
1788 <hr>
1789 @end html
1790 @heading @anchor{arm*-*-linux-gnu}arm*-*-linux-gnu
1791
1792 We require GNU binutils 2.10 or newer.
1793
1794 @html
1795 </p>
1796 <hr>
1797 @end html
1798 @heading @anchor{avr}avr
1799
1800 ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
1801 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
1802 @ifnothtml
1803 @xref{AVR Options,, AVR Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
1804 Collection (GCC)},
1805 @end ifnothtml
1806 @ifhtml
1807 See ``AVR Options'' in the main manual
1808 @end ifhtml
1809 for the list of supported MCU types.
1810
1811 Use @samp{configure --target=avr --enable-languages="c"} to configure GCC@.
1812
1813 Further installation notes and other useful information about AVR tools
1814 can also be obtained from:
1815
1816 @itemize @bullet
1817 @item
1818 @uref{http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc,,http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc}
1819 @item
1820 @uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr}
1821 @end itemize
1822
1823 We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.11 or newer.
1824
1825 The following error:
1826 @example
1827 Error: register required
1828 @end example
1829
1830 indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
1831
1832 @html
1833 </p>
1834 <hr>
1835 @end html
1836 @heading @anchor{c4x}c4x
1837
1838 Texas Instruments TMS320C3x and TMS320C4x Floating Point Digital Signal
1839 Processors. These are used in embedded applications. There are no
1840 standard Unix configurations.
1841 @ifnothtml
1842 @xref{TMS320C3x/C4x Options,, TMS320C3x/C4x Options, gcc, Using and
1843 Porting the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
1844 @end ifnothtml
1845 @ifhtml
1846 See ``TMS320C3x/C4x Options'' in the main manual
1847 @end ifhtml
1848 for the list of supported MCU types.
1849
1850 GCC can be configured as a cross compiler for both the C3x and C4x
1851 architectures on the same system. Use @samp{configure --target=c4x
1852 --enable-languages="c,c++"} to configure.
1853
1854
1855 Further installation notes and other useful information about C4x tools
1856 can also be obtained from:
1857
1858 @itemize @bullet
1859 @item
1860 @uref{http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/,,http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/c4x/}
1861 @end itemize
1862
1863 @html
1864 </p>
1865 <hr>
1866 @end html
1867 @heading @anchor{cris}CRIS
1868
1869 CRIS is the CPU architecture in Axis Communications ETRAX system-on-a-chip
1870 series. These are used in embedded applications.
1871
1872 @ifnothtml
1873 @xref{CRIS Options,, CRIS Options, gcc, Using and Porting the GNU Compiler
1874 Collection (GCC)},
1875 @end ifnothtml
1876 @ifhtml
1877 See ``CRIS Options'' in the main manual
1878 @end ifhtml
1879 for a list of CRIS-specific options.
1880
1881 There are a few different CRIS targets:
1882 @table @code
1883 @item cris-axis-aout
1884 Old target. Includes a multilib for the @samp{elinux} a.out-based
1885 target. No multilibs for newer architecture variants.
1886 @item cris-axis-elf
1887 Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
1888 @samp{v10} core used in @samp{ETRAX 100 LX}.
1889 @item cris-axis-linux-gnu
1890 A GNU/Linux port for the CRIS architecture, currently targeting
1891 @samp{ETRAX 100 LX} by default.
1892 @end table
1893
1894 For @code{cris-axis-aout} and @code{cris-axis-elf} you need binutils 2.11
1895 or newer. For @code{cris-axis-linux-gnu} you need binutils 2.12 or newer.
1896
1897 Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
1898 @uref{ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/}. More
1899 information about this platform is available at
1900 @uref{http://developer.axis.com/}.
1901
1902 @html
1903 </p>
1904 <hr>
1905 @end html
1906 @heading @anchor{dos}DOS
1907
1908 Please have a look at our @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
1909
1910 You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
1911 any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
1912 compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
1913 and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
1914
1915 @html
1916 </p>
1917 <hr>
1918 @end html
1919 @heading @anchor{dsp16xx}dsp16xx
1920 A port to the AT&T DSP1610 family of processors.
1921
1922 @html
1923 </p>
1924 <hr>
1925 @end html
1926 @heading @anchor{*-*-freebsd*}*-*-freebsd*
1927
1928 The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} is known to work unless
1929 otherwise specified in any per-architecture notes. However, binutils
1930 2.12.1 or greater is known to improve overall testsuite results.
1931
1932 FreeBSD 1 is no longer supported in GCC 3.2.
1933
1934 For FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
1935 configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
1936 place. FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been known to bootstrap completely; however,
1937 it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it
1938 was the system copy in @file{/usr/bin}) and C++ EH failures were noted.
1939
1940 For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF 2 debugging is now the
1941 default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on
1942 FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead
1943 of @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
1944 no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
1945 debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match more
1946 of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of GCC. In
1947 particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default.
1948 However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system
1949 compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good
1950 results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@.
1951
1952 In principle, @option{--enable-threads} is now compatible with
1953 @option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@. However, it has only been built
1954 and tested on i386-*-freebsd4.5 and alpha-*-freebsd5.0. The static
1955 library may be incorrectly built (symbols are missing at link time).
1956 There is a rare timing-based startup hang (probably involves an
1957 assupmtion about the thread library). Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
1958 libjava) exposes severe threaded signal-handling bugs on FreeBSD before
1959 4.5-RELEASE. The alpha port may not fully bootstrap without some manual
1960 intervention: gcjh will crash with a floating-point exception while
1961 generating @file{java/lang/Double.h} (just copy the version built on
1962 i386-*-freebsd* and rerun the top-level gmake with no arguments and it
1963 should properly complete the bootstrap). Other CPU architectures
1964 supported by FreeBSD will require additional configuration tuning in, at
1965 the very least, both boehm-gc and libffi.
1966
1967 Shared @file{libgcc_s.so} is now built and installed by default.
1968
1969 @html
1970 </p>
1971 <hr>
1972 @end html
1973 @heading @anchor{h8300-hms}h8300-hms
1974 Hitachi H8/300 series of processors.
1975
1976 Please have a look at our @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page}.
1977
1978 The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
1979 All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
1980 first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
1981 longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
1982
1983 @html
1984 </p>
1985 <hr>
1986 @end html
1987 @heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux*}hppa*-hp-hpux*
1988
1989 We @emph{highly} recommend using gas/binutils 2.8 or newer on all hppa
1990 platforms; you may encounter a variety of problems when using the HP
1991 assembler.
1992
1993 Specifically, @option{-g} does not work on HP-UX (since that system
1994 uses a peculiar debugging format which GCC does not know about), unless you
1995 use GAS and GDB and configure GCC with the
1996 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}} and
1997 @option{--with-as=@dots{}} options.
1998
1999 If you wish to use pa-risc 2.0 architecture support, you must use either
2000 the HP assembler, gas/binutils 2.11 or a recent
2001 @uref{ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/snapshots,,snapshot of gas}.
2002
2003 There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
2004 PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
2005 architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
2006 PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
2007 the target is a @samp{hppa1*} machine.
2008
2009 The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
2010 it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
2011 configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
2012 TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
2013 default scheduling model is desired.
2014
2015 More specific information to @samp{hppa*-hp-hpux*} targets follows.
2016
2017 @html
2018 </p>
2019 <hr>
2020 @end html
2021 @heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux9}hppa*-hp-hpux9
2022
2023 The HP assembler has major problems on this platform. We've tried to work
2024 around the worst of the problems. However, those workarounds may be causing
2025 linker crashes in some circumstances; the workarounds also probably prevent
2026 shared libraries from working. Use the GNU assembler to avoid these problems.
2027
2028
2029 The configuration scripts for GCC will also trigger a bug in the hpux9
2030 shell. To avoid this problem set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} to @file{/bin/ksh}
2031 and @env{SHELL} to @file{/bin/ksh} in your environment.
2032
2033
2034 @html
2035 </p>
2036 <hr>
2037 @end html
2038 @heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux10}hppa*-hp-hpux10
2039
2040 For hpux10.20, we @emph{highly} recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
2041 @code{PHCO_19798} from HP@. HP has two sites which provide patches free of
2042 charge:
2043
2044 @itemize @bullet
2045 @item
2046 @html
2047 <a href="http://us-support.external.hp.com">US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
2048 Latin-America</a>
2049 @end html
2050 @ifnothtml
2051 @uref{http://us-support.external.hp.com,,}US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and
2052 Latin-America
2053 @end ifnothtml
2054 @item
2055 @uref{http://europe-support.external.hp.com,,Europe}
2056 @end itemize
2057
2058 The HP assembler on these systems is much better than the hpux9 assembler,
2059 but still has some problems. Most notably the assembler inserts timestamps
2060 into each object file it creates, causing the 3-stage comparison test to fail
2061 during a @samp{make bootstrap}. You should be able to continue by
2062 saying @samp{make all} after getting the failure from @samp{make
2063 bootstrap}.
2064
2065
2066 @html
2067 </p>
2068 <hr>
2069 @end html
2070 @heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
2071
2072 GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. You must use GNU binutils 2.11 or above on
2073 this platform. Thread support is not currently implemented for this
2074 platform, so @option{--enable-threads} does not work.
2075 See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-prs/2002-01/msg00551.html}
2076 and @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2002-01/msg00663.html}.
2077 GCC 2.95.x is not supported under HP-UX 11 and cannot be used to
2078 compile GCC 3.0 and up. Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for
2079 information about obtaining precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX.
2080
2081 @html
2082 </p>
2083 <hr>
2084 @end html
2085 @heading @anchor{i370-*-*}i370-*-*
2086 This port is very preliminary and has many known bugs. We hope to
2087 have a higher-quality port for this machine soon.
2088
2089 @html
2090 </p>
2091 <hr>
2092 @end html
2093 @heading @anchor{*-*-linux-gnu}*-*-linux-gnu
2094
2095 If you use glibc 2.2 (or 2.1.9x), GCC 2.95.2 won't install
2096 out-of-the-box. You'll get compile errors while building @samp{libstdc++}.
2097 The patch @uref{glibc-2.2.patch,,glibc-2.2.patch}, that is to be
2098 applied in the GCC source tree, fixes the compatibility problems.
2099
2100 @html
2101 </p>
2102 @end html
2103
2104 @html
2105 <p>
2106 @end html
2107
2108 Currently Glibc 2.2.3 (and older releases) and GCC 3.0 are out of sync
2109 since the latest exception handling changes for GCC@. Compiling glibc
2110 with GCC 3.0 will give a binary incompatible glibc and therefore cause
2111 lots of problems and might make your system completly unusable. This
2112 will definitly need fixes in glibc but might also need fixes in GCC@. We
2113 strongly advise to wait for glibc 2.2.4 and to read the release notes of
2114 glibc 2.2.4 whether patches for GCC 3.0 are needed. You can use glibc
2115 2.2.3 with GCC 3.0, just do not try to recompile it.
2116
2117 @html
2118 </p>
2119 <hr>
2120 @end html
2121 @heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*aout}i?86-*-linux*aout
2122 Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
2123 GNU systems. This configuration is being superseded. You must use
2124 gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later.
2125
2126 @html
2127 </p>
2128 <hr>
2129 @end html
2130 @heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*}i?86-*-linux*
2131
2132 You will need binutils 2.9.1.0.15 or newer for exception handling to work.
2133
2134 If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
2135 possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
2136 found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
2137
2138 @html
2139 </p>
2140 <hr>
2141 @end html
2142 @heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco}i?86-*-sco
2143 Compilation with RCC is recommended. Also, it may be a good idea to
2144 link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that comes with the system.
2145
2146 @html
2147 </p>
2148 <hr>
2149 @end html
2150 @heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco3.2v4}i?86-*-sco3.2v4
2151 Use this configuration for SCO release 3.2 version 4.
2152
2153 @html
2154 </p>
2155 <hr>
2156 @end html
2157 @heading @anchor{ix86-*-sco3.2v5*}i?86-*-sco3.2v5*
2158 Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release 5 family of operating systems.
2159
2160 Unlike earlier versions of GCC, the ability to generate COFF with this
2161 target is no longer provided.
2162
2163 Earlier versions of GCC emitted DWARF 1 when generating ELF to allow
2164 the system debugger to be used. That support was too burdensome to
2165 maintain. GCC now emits only DWARF 2 for this target. This means you
2166 may use either the UDK debugger or GDB to debug programs built by this
2167 version of GCC@.
2168
2169 Use of the @option{-march=pentiumpro} flag can result in
2170 unrecognized opcodes when using the native assembler on OS versions before
2171 5.0.6. (Support for P6 opcodes was added to the native ELF assembler in
2172 that version.) While it's rather rare to see these emitted by GCC yet,
2173 errors of the basic form:
2174
2175 @example
2176 /usr/tmp/ccaNlqBc.s:22:unknown instruction: fcomip
2177 /usr/tmp/ccaNlqBc.s:50:unknown instruction: fucomip
2178 @end example
2179
2180 are symptoms of this problem. You may work around this by not
2181 building affected files with that flag, by using the GNU assembler, or
2182 by using the assembler provided with the current version of the OS@.
2183 Users of GNU assembler should see the note below for hazards on doing
2184 so.
2185
2186 The native SCO assembler that is provided with the OS at no
2187 charge is normally required. If, however, you must be able to use
2188 the GNU assembler (perhaps you're compiling code with asms that
2189 require GAS syntax) you may configure this package using the flags
2190 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-as,,@option{--with-gnu-as}}. You must
2191 use a recent version of GNU binutils; versions past 2.9.1 seem to work
2192 well.
2193
2194 In general, the @option{--with-gnu-as} option isn't as well tested
2195 as the native assembler.
2196
2197 Look in @file{gcc/config/i386/sco5.h} (search for ``messy'') for
2198 additional OpenServer-specific flags.
2199
2200 Systems based on OpenServer before 5.0.4 (@samp{uname -X}
2201 will tell you what you're running) require TLS597 from
2202 @uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/TLS/,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/TLS/}
2203 for C++ constructors and destructors to work right.
2204
2205 The system linker in (at least) 5.0.4 and 5.0.5 will sometimes
2206 do the wrong thing for a construct that GCC will emit for PIC
2207 code. This can be seen as execution testsuite failures when using
2208 @option{-fPIC} on @file{921215-1.c}, @file{931002-1.c}, @file{nestfunc-1.c}, and @file{gcov-1.c}.
2209 For 5.0.5, an updated linker that will cure this problem is
2210 available. You must install both
2211 @uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/Supplements/rs505a/,,ftp://ftp.sco.com/Supplements/rs505a/}
2212 and @uref{ftp://ftp.sco.com/SLS/,,OSS499A}.
2213
2214 The dynamic linker in OpenServer 5.0.5 (earlier versions may show
2215 the same problem) aborts on certain G77-compiled programs. It's particularly
2216 likely to be triggered by building Fortran code with the @option{-fPIC} flag.
2217 Although it's conceivable that the error could be triggered by other
2218 code, only G77-compiled code has been observed to cause this abort.
2219 If you are getting core dumps immediately upon execution of your
2220 G77 program---and especially if it's compiled with @option{-fPIC}---try applying
2221 @uref{sco_osr5_g77.patch,,@file{sco_osr5_g77.patch}} to your @samp{libf2c} and
2222 rebuilding GCC@.
2223 Affected faults, when analyzed in a debugger, will show a stack
2224 backtrace with a fault occurring in @code{rtld()} and the program
2225 running as @file{/usr/lib/ld.so.1}. This problem has been reported to SCO
2226 engineering and will hopefully be addressed in later releases.
2227
2228
2229 @html
2230 </p>
2231 <hr>
2232 @end html
2233 @heading @anchor{ix86-*-udk}i?86-*-udk
2234
2235 This target emulates the SCO Universal Development Kit and requires that
2236 package be installed. (If it is installed, you will have a
2237 @file{/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc} file present.) It's very much like the
2238 @samp{i?86-*-unixware7*} target
2239 but is meant to be used when hosting on a system where UDK isn't the
2240 default compiler such as OpenServer 5 or Unixware 2. This target will
2241 generate binaries that will run on OpenServer, Unixware 2, or Unixware 7,
2242 with the same warnings and caveats as the SCO UDK@.
2243
2244 This target is a little tricky to build because we have to distinguish
2245 it from the native tools (so it gets headers, startups, and libraries
2246 from the right place) while making the tools not think we're actually
2247 building a cross compiler. The easiest way to do this is with a configure
2248 command like this:
2249
2250 @samp{CC=/udk/usr/ccs/bin/cc @var{/your/path/to}/gcc/configure
2251 --host=i686-pc-udk --target=i686-pc-udk --program-prefix=udk-}
2252
2253 @emph{You should substitute @samp{i686} in the above command with the appropriate
2254 processor for your host.}
2255
2256 After the usual @samp{make bootstrap} and
2257 @samp{make install}, you can then access the UDK-targeted GCC
2258 tools by adding @command{udk-} before the commonly known name. For
2259 example, to invoke the C compiler, you would use @command{udk-gcc}.
2260 They will coexist peacefully with any native-target GCC tools you may
2261 have installed.
2262
2263
2264 @html
2265 </p>
2266 <hr>
2267 @end html
2268 @heading @anchor{ia64-*-linux}ia64-*-linux
2269 IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
2270 running GNU/Linux.
2271
2272 The toolchain is not completely finished, so requirements will continue
2273 to change.
2274 GCC 3.0.1 and later require glibc 2.2.4.
2275 GCC 3.0.2 requires binutils from 2001-09-05 or later.
2276 GCC 3.0.1 requires binutils 2.11.1 or later.
2277
2278 None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
2279 with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
2280 Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
2281 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
2282 This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
2283 Because of these ABI incompatibilities, GCC 3.0.2 is not recommended for
2284 user programs on GNU/Linux systems built using earlier compiler releases.
2285 GCC 3.0.2 is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
2286 GCC 3.0.2 is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no more major
2287 ABI changes are expected.
2288
2289 @html
2290 </p>
2291 <hr>
2292 @end html
2293 @heading @anchor{*-lynx-lynxos}*-lynx-lynxos
2294 LynxOS 2.2 and earlier comes with GCC 1.x already installed as
2295 @file{/bin/gcc}. You should compile with this instead of @file{/bin/cc}.
2296 You can tell GCC to use the GNU assembler and linker, by specifying
2297 @samp{--with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld} when configuring. These will produce
2298 COFF format object files and executables; otherwise GCC will use the
2299 installed tools, which produce @file{a.out} format executables.
2300
2301 @html
2302 </p>
2303 <hr>
2304 <!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* -->
2305 @end html
2306 @heading @anchor{*-ibm-aix*}*-ibm-aix*
2307
2308 AIX Make frequently has problems with GCC makefiles. GNU Make 3.76 or
2309 newer is recommended to build on this platform.
2310
2311 Errors involving @code{alloca} when building GCC generally are due
2312 to an incorrect definition of @code{CC} in the Makefile or mixing files
2313 compiled with the native C compiler and GCC@. During the stage1 phase of
2314 the build, the native AIX compiler @strong{must} be invoked as @command{cc}
2315 (not @command{xlc}). Once @command{configure} has been informed of
2316 @command{xlc}, one needs to use @samp{make distclean} to remove the
2317 configure cache files and ensure that @env{CC} environment variable
2318 does not provide a definition that will confuse @command{configure}.
2319 If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
2320 is the version of Make (see above).
2321
2322 The GNU Assembler incorrectly reports that it supports WEAK symbols on
2323 AIX which causes GCC to try to utilize weak symbol functionality which
2324 is not really supported on the platform. The native @command{as} and
2325 @command{ld} still are recommended. The native AIX tools do
2326 interoperate with GCC@.
2327
2328 Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
2329 APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1).
2330
2331 Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
2332 duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
2333 have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
2334 and function declarations in the original program. The warnings should
2335 not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
2336 executable.
2337
2338 AIX 4.3 utilizes a ``large format'' archive to support both 32-bit and
2339 64-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
2340 to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
2341 These routines are used by GCC and result in error messages during
2342 linking such as ``not a COFF file''. The version of the routines shipped
2343 with AIX 4.3.1 should work for a 32-bit environment. The @option{-g}
2344 option of the archive command may be used to create archives of 32-bit
2345 objects using the original ``small format''. A correct version of the
2346 routines is shipped with AIX 4.3.2 and above.
2347
2348 Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
2349 overflow severe error when the @option{-bbigtoc} option is used to link
2350 GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC@. A fix
2351 for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
2352 available from IBM Customer Support and from its
2353 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
2354 website as PTF U455193.
2355
2356 The AIX 4.3.2.1 linker (bos.rte.bind_cmds Level 4.3.2.1) will dump core
2357 with a segmentation fault when invoked by any version of GCC@. A fix for
2358 APAR IX87327 is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
2359 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
2360 website as PTF U461879. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.3 and above.
2361
2362 The initial assembler shipped with AIX 4.3.0 generates incorrect object
2363 files. A fix for APAR IX74254 (64BIT DISASSEMBLED OUTPUT FROM COMPILER FAILS
2364 TO ASSEMBLE/BIND) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
2365 @uref{http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/,,techsupport.services.ibm.com}
2366 website as PTF U453956. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.1 and above.
2367
2368 AIX provides National Language Support (NLS)@. Compilers and assemblers
2369 use NLS to support locale-specific representations of various data
2370 formats including floating-point numbers (e.g., @samp{.} vs @samp{,} for
2371 separating decimal fractions). There have been problems reported where
2372 GCC does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
2373 expects. If one encounters this problem, set the @env{LANG}
2374 environment variable to @samp{C} or @samp{En_US}.
2375
2376 By default, GCC for AIX 4.1 and above produces code that can be used on
2377 both Power or PowerPC processors.
2378
2379 A default can be specified with the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
2380 switch and using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
2381
2382 @html
2383 </p>
2384 <hr>
2385 @end html
2386 @heading @anchor{m32r-*-elf}m32r-*-elf
2387 Mitsubishi M32R processor.
2388 This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
2389
2390 @html
2391 </p>
2392 <hr>
2393 @end html
2394 @heading @anchor{m68000-hp-bsd}m68000-hp-bsd
2395 HP 9000 series 200 running BSD@. Note that the C compiler that comes
2396 with this system cannot compile GCC; contact @email{law@@cygnus.com}
2397 to get binaries of GCC for bootstrapping.
2398
2399 @html
2400 </p>
2401 <hr>
2402 @end html
2403 @heading @anchor{m6811-elf}m6811-elf
2404 Motorola 68HC11 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
2405 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
2406
2407 @html
2408 </p>
2409 <hr>
2410 @end html
2411 @heading @anchor{m6812-elf}m6812-elf
2412 Motorola 68HC12 family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
2413 applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
2414
2415 @html
2416 </p>
2417 <hr>
2418 @end html
2419 @heading @anchor{m68k-att-sysv}m68k-att-sysv
2420 AT&T 3b1, a.k.a.@: 7300 PC@. This version of GCC cannot
2421 be compiled with the system C compiler, which is too buggy.
2422 You will need to get a previous version of GCC and use it to
2423 bootstrap. Binaries are available from the OSU-CIS archive, at
2424 @uref{ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/att7300/}.
2425
2426 @html
2427 </p>
2428 <hr>
2429 @end html
2430 @heading @anchor{m68k-crds-unos}m68k-crds-unos
2431 Use @samp{configure unos} for building on Unos.
2432
2433 The Unos assembler is named @code{casm} instead of @code{as}. For some
2434 strange reason linking @file{/bin/as} to @file{/bin/casm} changes the
2435 behavior, and does not work. So, when installing GCC, you should
2436 install the following script as @file{as} in the subdirectory where
2437 the passes of GCC are installed:
2438
2439 @example
2440 #!/bin/sh
2441 casm $*
2442 @end example
2443
2444 The default Unos library is named @file{libunos.a} instead of
2445 @file{libc.a}. To allow GCC to function, either change all
2446 references to @option{-lc} in @file{gcc.c} to @option{-lunos} or link
2447 @file{/lib/libc.a} to @file{/lib/libunos.a}.
2448
2449 @cindex @code{alloca}, for Unos
2450 When compiling GCC with the standard compiler, to overcome bugs in
2451 the support of @code{alloca}, do not use @option{-O} when making stage 2.
2452 Then use the stage 2 compiler with @option{-O} to make the stage 3
2453 compiler. This compiler will have the same characteristics as the usual
2454 stage 2 compiler on other systems. Use it to make a stage 4 compiler
2455 and compare that with stage 3 to verify proper compilation.
2456
2457 (Perhaps simply defining @code{ALLOCA} in @file{x-crds} as described in
2458 the comments there will make the above paragraph superfluous. Please
2459 inform us of whether this works.)
2460
2461 Unos uses memory segmentation instead of demand paging, so you will need
2462 a lot of memory. 5 Mb is barely enough if no other tasks are running.
2463 If linking @file{cc1} fails, try putting the object files into a library
2464 and linking from that library.
2465
2466 @html
2467 </p>
2468 <hr>
2469 @end html
2470 @heading @anchor{m68k-hp-hpux}m68k-hp-hpux
2471 HP 9000 series 300 or 400 running HP-UX@. HP-UX version 8.0 has a bug in
2472 the assembler that prevents compilation of GCC@. This
2473 bug manifests itself during the first stage of compilation, while
2474 building @file{libgcc2.a}:
2475
2476 @smallexample
2477 _floatdisf
2478 cc1: warning: `-g' option not supported on this version of GCC
2479 cc1: warning: `-g1' option not supported on this version of GCC
2480 ./xgcc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 11
2481 @end smallexample
2482
2483 A patched version of the assembler is available as the file
2484 @uref{ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/cph/hpux-8.0-assembler}. If you
2485 have HP software support, the patch can also be obtained directly from
2486 HP, as described in the following note:
2487
2488 @quotation
2489 This is the patched assembler, to patch SR#1653-010439, where the
2490 assembler aborts on floating point constants.
2491
2492 The bug is not really in the assembler, but in the shared library
2493 version of the function ``cvtnum(3c)''. The bug on ``cvtnum(3c)'' is
2494 SR#4701-078451. Anyway, the attached assembler uses the archive
2495 library version of ``cvtnum(3c)'' and thus does not exhibit the bug.
2496 @end quotation
2497
2498 This patch is also known as PHCO_4484.
2499
2500 In addition, if you wish to use gas, you must use
2501 gas version 2.1 or later, and you must use the GNU linker version 2.1 or
2502 later. Earlier versions of gas relied upon a program which converted the
2503 gas output into the native HP-UX format, but that program has not been
2504 kept up to date. gdb does not understand that native HP-UX format, so
2505 you must use gas if you wish to use gdb.
2506
2507 On HP-UX version 8.05, but not on 8.07 or more recent versions, the
2508 @code{fixproto} shell script triggers a bug in the system shell. If you
2509 encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or use BASH (the
2510 GNU shell) to run @code{fixproto}. This bug will cause the fixproto
2511 program to report an error of the form:
2512
2513 @example
2514 ./fixproto: sh internal 1K buffer overflow
2515 @end example
2516
2517 To fix this, you can also change the first line of the fixproto script
2518 to look like:
2519
2520 @example
2521 #!/bin/ksh
2522 @end example
2523
2524
2525 @html
2526 </p>
2527 <hr>
2528 @end html
2529 @heading @anchor{m68k-ncr-*}m68k-ncr-*
2530 On the Tower models 4@var{n}0 and 6@var{n}0, by default a process is not
2531 allowed to have more than one megabyte of memory. GCC cannot compile
2532 itself (or many other programs) with @option{-O} in that much memory.
2533
2534 To solve this problem, reconfigure the kernel adding the following line
2535 to the configuration file:
2536
2537 @smallexample
2538 MAXUMEM = 4096
2539 @end smallexample
2540
2541
2542 @html
2543 </p>
2544 <hr>
2545 @end html
2546 @heading @anchor{m68k-sun}m68k-sun
2547 Sun 3. We do not provide a configuration file to use the Sun FPA by
2548 default, because programs that establish signal handlers for floating
2549 point traps inherently cannot work with the FPA@.
2550
2551 @html
2552 </p>
2553 <hr>
2554 @end html
2555 @heading @anchor{m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1}m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1
2556
2557 It is reported that you may need the GNU assembler on this platform.
2558
2559
2560 @html
2561 </p>
2562 <hr>
2563 @end html
2564 @heading @anchor{mips-*-*}mips-*-*
2565 If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying ``does not have gp
2566 sections for all it's [sic] sectons [sic]'', don't worry about it. This
2567 happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
2568 really anything wrong, and it is okay to use the output file. You can
2569 stop such warnings by installing the GNU linker.
2570
2571 It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
2572 optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
2573
2574 @heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
2575
2576 This configuration has considerable problems, which will be fixed in a
2577 future release.
2578
2579 In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the ``compiler_dev.hdr''
2580 subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by Silicon
2581 Graphics. It is also available for download from
2582 @uref{http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/apis/ido.html,,http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/apis/ido.html}.
2583
2584 @code{make compare} may fail on version 5 of IRIX unless you add
2585 @option{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
2586 assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
2587 comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
2588 @code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
2589 fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
2590 randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
2591 unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you do you
2592 @option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
2593 @samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
2594
2595 If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
2596 to increase its table size for switch statements with the
2597 @option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
2598 optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
2599
2600 To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU @command{as} 2.11.2
2601 or later,
2602 and use the @option{--with-gnu-as} configure option when configuring GCC.
2603 GNU @command{as} is distributed as part of the binutils package.
2604 When using release 2.11.2, you need to apply a patch
2605 @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html,,http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html}
2606 which will be included in the next release of binutils.
2607
2608 When building GCC, the build process loops rebuilding @command{cc1} over
2609 and over again. This happens on @samp{mips-sgi-irix5.2}, and possibly
2610 other platforms. It has been reported that this is a known bug in the
2611 @command{make} shipped with IRIX 5.2. We recommend you use GNU
2612 @command{make} instead of the vendor supplied @command{make} program;
2613 however, you may have success with @command{smake} on IRIX 5.2 if you do
2614 not have GNU @command{make} available.
2615
2616 @html
2617 </p>
2618 <hr>
2619 @end html
2620 @heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
2621
2622 If you are using IRIX @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
2623 ensure that the N32 ABI is in use. To test this, compile a simple C
2624 file with @command{cc} and then run @command{file} on the
2625 resulting object file. The output should look like:
2626
2627 @example
2628 test.o: ELF N32 MSB @dots{}
2629 @end example
2630
2631 If you see:
2632
2633 @example
2634 test.o: ELF 32-bit MSB @dots{}
2635 @end example
2636
2637 or
2638
2639 @example
2640 test.o: ELF 64-bit MSB @dots{}
2641 @end example
2642
2643 then your version of @command{cc} uses the O32 or N64 ABI by default. You
2644 should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc -n32}
2645 before configuring GCC@.
2646
2647 If you want the resulting @command{gcc} to run on old 32-bit systems
2648 with the MIPS R4400 CPU, you need to ensure that only code for the mips3
2649 instruction set architecture (ISA) is generated. While GCC 3.x does
2650 this correctly, both GCC 2.95 and SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} may change
2651 the ISA depending on the machine where GCC is built. Using one of them
2652 as the bootstrap compiler may result in mips4 code, which won't run at
2653 all on mips3-only systems. For the test program above, you should see:
2654
2655 @example
2656 test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-3 @dots{}
2657 @end example
2658
2659 If you get:
2660
2661 @example
2662 test.o: ELF N32 MSB mips-4 @dots{}
2663 @end example
2664
2665 instead, you should set the environment variable @env{CC} to @samp{cc
2666 -n32 -mips3} or @samp{gcc -mips3} respectively before configuring GCC@.
2667
2668 GCC on IRIX 6 is usually built to support both the N32 and N64 ABIs. If
2669 you build GCC on a system that doesn't have the N64 libraries installed,
2670 you need to configure with @option{--disable-multilib} so GCC doesn't
2671 try to use them. Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
2672 have the 64-bit libraries installed.
2673
2674 You must @emph{not} use GNU @command{as} (which isn't built anyway as of
2675 binutils 2.11.2) on IRIX 6 platforms; doing so will only cause problems.
2676
2677 GCC does not currently support generating O32 ABI binaries in the
2678 @samp{mips-sgi-irix6} configurations. It is possible to create a GCC
2679 with O32 ABI only support by configuring it for the @samp{mips-sgi-irix5}
2680 target and using a patched GNU @command{as} 2.11.2 as documented in the
2681 @uref{#mips-sgi-irix5,,@samp{mips-sgi-irix5}} section above. Using the
2682 native assembler requires patches to GCC which will be included in a
2683 future release. It is
2684 expected that O32 ABI support will be available again in a future release.
2685
2686 The @option{--enable-threads} option doesn't currently work, a patch is
2687 in preparation for a future release. The @option{--enable-libgcj}
2688 option is disabled by default: IRIX 6 uses a very low default limit
2689 (20480) for the command line length. Although libtool contains a
2690 workaround for this problem, at least the N64 @samp{libgcj} is known not
2691 to build despite this, running into an internal error of the native
2692 @command{ld}. A sure fix is to increase this limit (@samp{ncargs}) to
2693 its maximum of 262144 bytes. If you have root access, you can use the
2694 @command{systune} command to do this.
2695
2696 GCC does not correctly pass/return structures which are
2697 smaller than 16 bytes and which are not 8 bytes. The problem is very
2698 involved and difficult to fix. It affects a number of other targets also,
2699 but IRIX 6 is affected the most, because it is a 64-bit target, and 4 byte
2700 structures are common. The exact problem is that structures are being padded
2701 at the wrong end, e.g.@: a 4 byte structure is loaded into the lower 4 bytes
2702 of the register when it should be loaded into the upper 4 bytes of the
2703 register.
2704
2705 GCC is consistent with itself, but not consistent with the SGI C compiler
2706 (and the SGI supplied runtime libraries), so the only failures that can
2707 happen are when there are library functions that take/return such
2708 structures. There are very few such library functions. Currently this
2709 is known to affect @code{inet_ntoa}, @code{inet_lnaof},
2710 @code{inet_netof}, @code{inet_makeaddr}, and @code{semctl}. Until the
2711 bug is fixed, GCC contains workarounds for the known affected functions.
2712
2713 See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/,,http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
2714 information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
2715
2716 @html
2717 </p>
2718 <hr>
2719 @end html
2720 @heading @anchor{powerpc*-*-*}powerpc-*-*
2721
2722 You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}}
2723 switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}.
2724
2725 @html
2726 </p>
2727 <hr>
2728 @end html
2729 @heading @anchor{powerpc-*-darwin*}powerpc-*-darwin*
2730 PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
2731
2732 GCC 3.0 does not support Darwin, but 3.1 and later releases will work.
2733
2734 Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
2735 meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
2736 binaries are available at
2737 @uref{http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/darwin} (free
2738 registration required).
2739
2740 Versions of the assembler prior to ``cctools-364'' cannot handle the
2741 4-argument form of rlwinm and related mask-using instructions. Darwin
2742 1.3 (Mac OS X 10.0) uses cctools-353 for instance. To get cctools-364,
2743 check out @file{cctools} with tag @samp{Apple-364}, build it, and
2744 install the assembler as @file{usr/bin/as}. See
2745 @uref{http://www.opensource.apple.com/tools/cvs/docs.html} for details.
2746
2747 Also, the default stack limit of 512K is too small, and a bootstrap will
2748 typically fail when self-compiling @file{expr.c}. Set the stack to 800K
2749 or more, for instance by doing @samp{limit stack 800}. It's also
2750 convenient to use the GNU preprocessor instead of Apple's during the
2751 first stage of bootstrapping; this is automatic when doing @samp{make
2752 bootstrap}, but to do it from the toplevel objdir you will need to say
2753 @samp{make CC='cc -no-cpp-precomp' bootstrap}.
2754
2755 Note that the version of GCC shipped by Apple typically includes a
2756 number of extensions not available in a standard GCC release. These
2757 extensions are generally specific to Mac programming.
2758
2759 @html
2760 </p>
2761 <hr>
2762 @end html
2763 @heading @anchor{powerpc-*-elf}powerpc-*-elf, powerpc-*-sysv4
2764 PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
2765
2766 @html
2767 </p>
2768 <hr>
2769 @end html
2770 @heading @anchor{powerpc-*-linux-gnu*}powerpc-*-linux-gnu*
2771
2772 You will need
2773 @uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.12.90.0.7}
2774 or newer for a working GCC@.
2775
2776 @html
2777 </p>
2778 <hr>
2779 @end html
2780 @heading @anchor{powerpc-*-netbsd*}powerpc-*-netbsd*
2781 PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
2782 documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.1 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
2783 Texinfo version 3.12).
2784
2785 @html
2786 </p>
2787 <hr>
2788 @end html
2789 @heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabiaix}powerpc-*-eabiaix
2790 Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode with @option{-mcall-aix} selected as
2791 the default.
2792
2793 @html
2794 </p>
2795 <hr>
2796 @end html
2797 @heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabisim}powerpc-*-eabisim
2798 Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
2799 PSIM simulator.
2800
2801 @html
2802 </p>
2803 <hr>
2804 @end html
2805 @heading @anchor{powerpc-*-eabi}powerpc-*-eabi
2806 Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
2807
2808 @html
2809 </p>
2810 <hr>
2811 @end html
2812 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-elf}powerpcle-*-elf, powerpcle-*-sysv4
2813 PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
2814
2815 @html
2816 </p>
2817 <hr>
2818 @end html
2819 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-eabisim}powerpcle-*-eabisim
2820 Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
2821 the PSIM simulator.
2822
2823 @html
2824 </p>
2825 <hr>
2826 @end html
2827 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-eabi}powerpcle-*-eabi
2828 Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
2829
2830 @html
2831 </p>
2832 <hr>
2833 @end html
2834 @heading @anchor{powerpcle-*-winnt}powerpcle-*-winnt, powerpcle-*-pe
2835 PowerPC system in little endian mode running Windows NT@.
2836
2837 @html
2838 </p>
2839 <hr>
2840 @end html
2841 @heading @anchor{s390-*-linux*}s390-*-linux*
2842 S/390 system running Linux for S/390@.
2843
2844 @html
2845 </p>
2846 <hr>
2847 @end html
2848 @heading @anchor{s390x-*-linux*}s390x-*-linux*
2849 zSeries system (64-bit) running Linux for zSeries@.
2850
2851 @html
2852 </p>
2853 <hr>
2854 @end html
2855 @c Please use Solaris 2 to refer to all release of Solaris, starting
2856 @c with 2.0 until 2.6, 7, and 8. Solaris 1 was a marketing name for
2857 @c SunOS 4 releases which we don't use to avoid confusion. Solaris
2858 @c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
2859 @heading @anchor{*-*-solaris2*}*-*-solaris2*
2860
2861 Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2. To bootstrap and install
2862 GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see our
2863 @uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
2864
2865 The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
2866 @file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or
2867 @file{libjava}. If you encounter this problem, set @env{CONFIG_SHELL} to
2868 @command{/bin/ksh} in your environment before running @command{configure}.
2869
2870 Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
2871 packages are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
2872 @code{SUNWbtool}, @code{SUNWesu}, @code{SUNWhea}, @code{SUNWlibm},
2873 @code{SUNWsprot}, and @code{SUNWtoo}. If you did not install all
2874 optional packages when installing Solaris 2, you will need to verify that
2875 the packages that GCC needs are installed.
2876
2877 To check whether an optional package is installed, use
2878 the @command{pkginfo} command. To add an optional package, use the
2879 @command{pkgadd} command. For further details, see the Solaris 2
2880 documentation.
2881
2882 Trying to use the linker and other tools in
2883 @file{/usr/ucb} to install GCC has been observed to cause trouble.
2884 For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
2885 @file{/usr/ucb} from your @env{PATH}.
2886
2887 All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.2 have known bugs on this
2888 platform. We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.2 or the vendor
2889 tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}).
2890
2891 Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
2892 newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume
2893 that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but
2894 is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
2895
2896 @command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
2897 @option{-fpermissive}; it
2898 will assume that any missing type is @code{int} (as defined by C89).
2899
2900 There are patches for Solaris 2.6 (105633-56 or newer for SPARC,
2901 106248-42 or newer for Intel), Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
2902 108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC,
2903 108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug.
2904
2905 @html
2906 </p>
2907 <hr>
2908 @end html
2909 @heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2*}sparc-sun-solaris2*
2910
2911 When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.11.2 or later the binaries
2912 produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
2913 this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
2914 information.
2915
2916 Sun @command{as} 4.x is broken in that it cannot cope with long symbol names.
2917 A typical error message might look similar to the following:
2918
2919 @samp{/usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccMsw135.s", line 11041:
2920 error: can't compute value of an expression involving an external symbol.}
2921
2922 This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 for Solaris
2923 2.6 and has been fixed in later (5.x) versions of the assembler,
2924 starting with Solaris 7.
2925
2926 Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
2927 64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
2928 this; the @option{-m64} option enables 64-bit code generation.
2929 However, if all you want is code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you
2930 should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which produces
2931 code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
2932 machines.
2933
2934 When configuring on a Solaris 7 or later system that is running a kernel
2935 that supports only 32-bit binaries, one must configure with
2936 @option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
2937 64-bit target libraries.
2938
2939 @html
2940 </p>
2941 <hr>
2942 @end html
2943 @heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2.7}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
2944
2945 Sun patch 107058-01 (1999-01-13) for Solaris 7/SPARC triggers a bug in
2946 the dynamic linker. This problem (Sun bug 4210064) affects GCC 2.8
2947 and later, including all EGCS releases. Sun formerly recommended
2948 107058-01 for all Solaris 7 users, but around 1999-09-01 it started to
2949 recommend it only for people who use Sun's compilers.
2950
2951 Here are some workarounds to this problem:
2952 @itemize @bullet
2953 @item
2954 Do not install Sun patch 107058-01 until after Sun releases a
2955 complete patch for bug 4210064. This is the simplest course to take,
2956 unless you must also use Sun's C compiler. Unfortunately 107058-01
2957 is preinstalled on some new Solaris 7-based hosts, so you may have to
2958 back it out.
2959
2960 @item
2961 Copy the original, unpatched Solaris 7
2962 @command{/usr/ccs/bin/as} into
2963 @command{/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/3.1/as},
2964 adjusting the latter name to fit your local conventions and software
2965 version numbers.
2966
2967 @item
2968 Install Sun patch 106950-03 (1999-05-25) or later. Nobody with
2969 both 107058-01 and 106950-03 installed has reported the bug with GCC
2970 and Sun's dynamic linker. This last course of action is riskiest,
2971 for two reasons. First, you must install 106950 on all hosts that
2972 run code generated by GCC; it doesn't suffice to install it only on
2973 the hosts that run GCC itself. Second, Sun says that 106950-03 is
2974 only a partial fix for bug 4210064, but Sun doesn't know whether the
2975 partial fix is adequate for GCC@. Revision -08 or later should fix
2976 the bug. The current (as of 2001-09-24) revision is -14, and is included in
2977 the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
2978 @end itemize
2979
2980
2981 @html
2982 <p>
2983 <hr>
2984 @end html
2985 @heading @anchor{sparc-sun-sunos4*}sparc-sun-sunos4*
2986
2987 A bug in the SunOS 4 linker will cause it to crash when linking
2988 @option{-fPIC} compiled objects (and will therefore not allow you to build
2989 shared libraries).
2990
2991 To fix this problem you can either use the most recent version of
2992 binutils or get the latest SunOS 4 linker patch (patch ID 100170-10)
2993 from Sun's patch site.
2994
2995 Sometimes on a Sun 4 you may observe a crash in the program
2996 @command{genflags} or @command{genoutput} while building GCC. This is said to
2997 be due to a bug in @command{sh}. You can probably get around it by running
2998 @command{genflags} or @command{genoutput} manually and then retrying the
2999 @command{make}.
3000
3001 @html
3002 </p>
3003 <hr>
3004 @end html
3005 @heading @anchor{sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1}sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1
3006
3007 It has been reported that you might need
3008 @uref{ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/private/hjl,,binutils 2.8.1.0.23}
3009 for this platform, too.
3010
3011
3012 @html
3013 </p>
3014 <hr>
3015 @end html
3016 @heading @anchor{sparc-*-linux*}sparc-*-linux*
3017
3018 GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
3019 or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
3020 releases mishandled unaligned relocations on @code{sparc-*-*} targets.
3021
3022
3023 @html
3024 </p>
3025 <hr>
3026 @end html
3027 @heading @anchor{sparc64-*-*}sparc64-*-*
3028
3029 GCC version 2.95 is not able to compile code correctly for
3030 @code{sparc64} targets. Users of the Linux kernel, at least,
3031 can use the @code{sparc32} program to start up a new shell
3032 invocation with an environment that causes @command{configure} to
3033 recognize (via @samp{uname -a}) the system as @samp{sparc-*-*} instead.
3034
3035 @html
3036 </p>
3037 <hr>
3038 @end html
3039 @heading @anchor{sparcv9-*-solaris2*}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
3040
3041 The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
3042 step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
3043
3044 @example
3045 % CC="cc -xildoff -xarch=v9" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
3046 @end example
3047
3048 @option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker, and @option{-xarch=v9}
3049 specifies the v9 architecture to the Sun linker and assembler.
3050
3051 @html
3052 </p>
3053 <hr>
3054 @end html
3055 @heading @anchor{#*-*-sysv*}*-*-sysv*
3056 On System V release 3, you may get this error message
3057 while linking:
3058
3059 @smallexample
3060 ld fatal: failed to write symbol name @var{something}
3061 in strings table for file @var{whatever}
3062 @end smallexample
3063
3064 This probably indicates that the disk is full or your ulimit won't allow
3065 the file to be as large as it needs to be.
3066
3067 This problem can also result because the kernel parameter @code{MAXUMEM}
3068 is too small. If so, you must regenerate the kernel and make the value
3069 much larger. The default value is reported to be 1024; a value of 32768
3070 is said to work. Smaller values may also work.
3071
3072 On System V, if you get an error like this,
3073
3074 @example
3075 /usr/local/lib/bison.simple: In function `yyparse':
3076 /usr/local/lib/bison.simple:625: virtual memory exhausted
3077 @end example
3078
3079 @noindent
3080 that too indicates a problem with disk space, ulimit, or @code{MAXUMEM}.
3081
3082 On a System V release 4 system, make sure @file{/usr/bin} precedes
3083 @file{/usr/ucb} in @code{PATH}. The @code{cc} command in
3084 @file{/usr/ucb} uses libraries which have bugs.
3085
3086 @html
3087 </p>
3088 <hr>
3089 @end html
3090 @heading @anchor{vax-dec-ultrix}vax-dec-ultrix
3091 Don't try compiling with VAX C (@code{vcc}). It produces incorrect code
3092 in some cases (for example, when @code{alloca} is used).
3093
3094 @html
3095 </p>
3096 <hr>
3097 @end html
3098 @heading @anchor{xtensa-*-elf}xtensa-*-elf
3099
3100 This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
3101 @samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
3102 objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
3103 Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
3104 through inline assembly.
3105
3106 The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
3107 building GCC@. The @file{gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa-config.h} header
3108 file contains the configuration information. If you created your
3109 own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
3110 downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
3111 which you can use to replace the default header file.
3112
3113 @html
3114 </p>
3115 <hr>
3116 @end html
3117 @heading @anchor{xtensa-*-linux*}xtensa-*-linux*
3118
3119 This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
3120 shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
3121 position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
3122 @option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
3123 respects, this target is the same as the
3124 @uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
3125
3126 @html
3127 </p>
3128 <hr>
3129 @end html
3130 @heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
3131
3132 A port of GCC 2.95.x is included with the
3133 @uref{http://www.cygwin.com/,,Cygwin environment}.
3134
3135 Current (as of early 2001) snapshots of GCC will build under Cygwin
3136 without modification.
3137
3138 @html
3139 </p>
3140 <hr>
3141 @end html
3142 @heading @anchor{os2}OS/2
3143
3144 GCC does not currently support OS/2. However, Andrew Zabolotny has been
3145 working on a generic OS/2 port with pgcc. The current code can be found
3146 at @uref{http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/,,http://www.goof.com/pcg/os2/}.
3147
3148 An older copy of GCC 2.8.1 is included with the EMX tools available at
3149 @uref{ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/,,
3150 ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/}.
3151
3152 @html
3153 </p>
3154 <hr>
3155 @end html
3156 @heading @anchor{older}Older systems
3157
3158 GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
3159 1990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
3160 has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
3161 several years and may suffer from bitrot.
3162
3163 Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
3164 Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
3165 @command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
3166 option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
3167 systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
3168
3169 Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
3170 workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
3171 cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC@. In some cases, to
3172 bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
3173 require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
3174 system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
3175 vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
3176 @file{old-releases} directory on the @uref{../mirrors.html,,GCC mirror
3177 sites}. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
3178 @command{fixincludes}, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
3179 operating system may still cause problems.
3180
3181 Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
3182 problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
3183 wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
3184 the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last CVS
3185 version before they were removed), patches
3186 @uref{../contribute.html,,following the usual requirements} would be
3187 likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
3188 modern targets.
3189
3190 For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
3191 and are available from @file{pub/binutils/old-releases} on
3192 @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html,,sources.redhat.com mirror sites}.
3193
3194 Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
3195 such older systems, but much of the information
3196 about GCC on such systems (which may no longer be applicable to
3197 current GCC) is to be found in the GCC texinfo manual.
3198
3199 @html
3200 </p>
3201 <hr>
3202 @end html
3203 @heading @anchor{elf_targets}all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
3204
3205 C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
3206 @uref{./configure.html#with-gnu-ld,,GNU linker}; duplicate copies of
3207 inlines, vtables and template instantiations will be discarded
3208 automatically.
3209
3210
3211 @html
3212 </p>
3213 <hr>
3214 <p>
3215 @end html
3216 @ifhtml
3217 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3218 @end ifhtml
3219 @end ifset
3220
3221 @c ***Old documentation******************************************************
3222 @ifset oldhtml
3223 @include install-old.texi
3224 @html
3225 </p>
3226 <hr>
3227 <p>
3228 @end html
3229 @ifhtml
3230 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3231 @end ifhtml
3232 @end ifset
3233
3234 @c ***GFDL********************************************************************
3235 @ifset gfdlhtml
3236 @include fdl.texi
3237 @html
3238 </p>
3239 <hr>
3240 <p>
3241 @end html
3242 @ifhtml
3243 @uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
3244 @end ifhtml
3245 @end ifset
3246
3247 @c ***************************************************************************
3248 @c Part 6 The End of the Document
3249 @ifinfo
3250 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3251 @node Concept Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
3252 @end ifinfo
3253
3254 @ifinfo
3255 @unnumbered Concept Index
3256
3257 @printindex cp
3258
3259 @contents
3260 @end ifinfo
3261 @bye