From 333e14b0da82d2a6f002ca385175c63df7d6050a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Loren J. Rittle" Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:56:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] install.texi: Update FreeBSD information. * doc/install.texi: Update FreeBSD information. Generalize and update information for alpha-based platforms using ELF. From-SVN: r42887 --- gcc/ChangeLog | 5 ++++ gcc/doc/install.texi | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 7701fa03e3d..7107c8e5ded 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-06-04 Loren J. Rittle + + * doc/install.texi: Update FreeBSD information. Generalize + and update information for alpha-based platforms using ELF. + 2001-06-04 John David Anglin * c-decl.c (get_parm_info): Use INTEGRAL_TYPE_P. diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index f8b1bfaece2..cfbc0763477 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ @settitle Installing GCC: Binaries @end ifset -@comment $Id: install.texi,v 1.14 2001/06/03 06:40:15 dje Exp $ +@comment $Id: install.texi,v 1.15 2001/06/03 19:06:55 jsm28 Exp $ @c Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c *** Converted to texinfo by Dean Wakerley, dean@wakerley.com @@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ GNU Compiler Collection on your machine. @item @uref{#a29k-*-bsd,,a29k-*-bsd} @item -@uref{#alpha*-dec-linux*,,alpha*-dec-linux*} +@uref{#alpha*-*-*,,alpha*-*-*} @item @uref{#alpha-*-osf1,,alpha-*-osf1} @item @@ -1148,6 +1148,8 @@ GNU Compiler Collection on your machine. @item @uref{#hppa*-hp-hpux11,,hppa*-hp-hpux11} @item +@uref{#*-*-freebsd*,,*-*-freebsd*} +@item @uref{#i370-*-*,,i370-*-*} @item @uref{#*-*-linux-gnu,,*-*-linux-gnu} @@ -1365,11 +1367,34 @@ AMD Am29050 used in a system running a variant of BSD Unix.

@end html -@heading @anchor{alpha*-dec-linux*}alpha*-dec-linux* +@heading @anchor{alpha*-*-*}alpha*-*-* + +This section contains general configuration information for all +alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for +OSF and tru64). In addition to reading this section, please read all +other sections that match your target. + +We require binutils 2.11.1 (as of yet unreleased), binutils with +binutils-2_11-branch tag after May 31, 2001 (as taken below), or newer. +Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF2 +debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of +shared libraries. + +Until binutils 2.11.1 is released, these sample commands may be useful: -We require binutils 2.11 or newer. Previous binutils releases -had a number of problems with DWARF2 debugging information, not -the least of which is incorrect linking of shared libraries. +@smallexample +mkdir binutils-2.11.X; cd binutils-2.11.X +cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@@anoncvs.cygnus.com:/cvs/src \ + co -rbinutils-2_11-branch -P binutils +mkdir obj; cd obj +../src/configure --prefix=@emph{an-absolute-path} +make all check install +@end smallexample + +When configuring gcc, provide explicit @option{--with-gnu-as} +@option{--with-as=}@emph{an-absolute-path/bin/as} and +@option{--with-gnu-ld} @option{--with-ld=}@emph{an-absolute-path/bin/ld} +options to point into the prefix used above. @html

@@ -1709,6 +1734,37 @@ object files. Current (as of late 2000) snapshots and GCC 3.0 do support HP-UX 11. +@html +

+
+@end html +@heading @anchor{*-*-freebsd*}*-*-freebsd* + +The version of binutils installed in /usr/bin is known to work unless +otherwise specified in any per-architecture notes. However, binutils +2.11 is known to improve overall testsuite results. + +For FreeBSD 1, FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All +configuration support and files as shipped with gcc 2.95 are still in +place. FreeBSD 2.2.7 has been known to bootstrap completely; however, +it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it +was the system copy in /usr/bin) and C++ EH failures were noted. + +For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF2 debugging is now the +default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on +FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead +of @option{-g}, if you really want the old debugging format. There are +no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different +debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of gcc should now match more +of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of gcc. In +particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default. +However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system +compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good +results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3 and 5-CURRENT. + +At this time, @option{--enable-threads} is not compatible with +@option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD. + @html

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