This raises an interesting question which the install docs have not clarified to my satisfaction. Suppose you already have a working gcc tool chain and you are doing what the original poster is, getting a later release up. Are there make targets more suitable for this? It has always seemed a little odd to me to have to do the bootstrap every time. gerard -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Muthukumar Ratty Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:03 AM To: Virender Kashyap Cc: GCC HELP Subject: Re: gcc3.4.0 install problem You dont need bootstrap, unless you want to work on gcc itself. On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Virender Kashyap wrote: > hi > i am not able to install gcc3.4.0 on my comp. > i already have gcc3.3 installed on my comp > > i do following : > mkdir objdir > cd objdir > ../gcc-source/configure --enable-languages=c,c++ > > then i do > make bootstrap > > but here i see the same things being repeated (some checking messages)and > displayed again and again. how many times doess checking happen ? > > > > THanks and Regards. > Virender > ---------------------------------------------- > Virender Kashyap >
