From: Loren J. Rittle Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:28:46 +0000 (+0000) Subject: install.texi (Installing GCC: Configuration): Clarify the only supported ways to... X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0aa911c5b2766b10d86fa1b2f7cc4a57ca67c523;p=gcc.git install.texi (Installing GCC: Configuration): Clarify the only supported ways to configure gcc. * doc/install.texi (Installing GCC: Configuration): Clarify the only supported ways to configure gcc. From-SVN: r52335 --- diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 826d2d61440..bb849b8af60 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-04-15 Loren J. Rittle + + * doc/install.texi (Installing GCC: Configuration): Clarify + the only supported ways to configure gcc. + 2002-04-15 Roland McGrath * config.gcc (alpha*-*-gnu*): New target configuration. diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 990db06af8c..5df9b0b77bd 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -288,12 +288,11 @@ If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top @file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found, and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail. -First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a -separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside -within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building -where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't -get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory -of @var{srcdir} is unsupported. +First, in general, GCC @strong{must} be built into a separate directory +than the sources which does @strong{not} reside within the source tree. +This is how almost all developers build GCC; building where @var{srcdir} +== @var{objdir} is completely unsupported; building where @var{objdir} +is a subdirectory of @var{srcdir} is completely unsupported. If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files