Oliver Kellogg wrote: > > If you wish to use non-default GCC flags when compiling the stage2 and > > stage3 compilers, set BOOT_CFLAGS on the command line when doing > > `make'. > > Using bash as my shell, I tried like this: > $ export BOOT_CFLAGS="-g" > $ make That's not what the above is telling you to do. There's a difference between setting a variable in the environment and overriding it on the make command line. In particular, settings in the environment do not override variable assignments in the Makefile (unless you use -e), but overrides on the make command invocation do. > What is the correct way to get the installed compiler compiled with -g -O0 > for fullest possible debugging ? I think you want make BOOT_CFLAGS="-g" Brian
