On 1/1/08, Tim Prince <tprince@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > NightStrike wrote: > > On 12/28/07, Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Dennis Clarke writes: > >> > > >> > > Hsieh, Pei-Ying (MED US) writes: > >> > > > >> > > > I need to compile gcc from source on a 64 bit linux OS (Ubuntu and > >> > > > OpenSuSE). > >> > > > >> > > x86_64, I guess. > >> > > > >> > > > After scanning through the installation procedures and manual, it > >> > > > is not clear to me how to do this on a 64 bit OS (default seems to > >> > > > be for 32 bit OS, using -m32). It will be highly appreciated if > >> > > > you can shed some light on this. Thanks! > >> > > > >> > > It's usually configure, make, make install. Debian-derived distros > >> > > have some patches because they put 64-bit libraries in /lib instead of > >> > > /lib64, which is where the standard says they should be. > >> > > >> > what standard ? An ISO or OpenGroup document somewhere ? > >> ` > >> Originally the x86_64 ABI, later the Linux FHS. > >> > > > > gcc doesn't look in lib64 for the x86_64-pc-mingw32 target. Is this a bug? > > > > > This was discussed on fortran@xxxxxxxxxxxx My recollection was an > agreement to switch to the lib64 standard. As I recall, there was no final decision on what to do, nor any patch applied to anything. I was hoping to casually raise the issue in the hopes that someone who knows how to will supply an appropriate patch.
