On 3/29/08, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "George Neill" <georgen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Is it possible to configure/build gcc with no prefix? I'd like to > > build a version which I can tarball up and drop anywhere on the > > filesystem. > > You should always configure it with a prefix. But if you wrap up the > whole directory structure under that prefix and put it somewhere else, > gcc will still be able to run and to find its supporting programs. The documentation should be updated in the --with-[build-]sysroot section. It claims that there's only a specific way to have a relocatable tree. I have found as you say that the installation prefix is very easily relocatable, contrary to the documentation.
