Thanks for clarifying. That did the trick. Oliver On Sunday 16 December 2007 00:59, Brian Dessent wrote: > 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
