I did this a while ago and my info might have been obsoleted :) Anyway just to upgrade the gcc with same binutils and stuff hwat I did is, iirc... 1. configure with necessary option 2. make 3. make install ofcourse you would want this to install in a different location so it wont corrupt the pre existing gcc. On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Bras, Gerard wrote: > 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 > > >
