Nick England wrote: > the instructions on http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html > > say: > > To configure GCC: > > % mkdir objdir > % cd objdir > % srcdir/configure [options] [target] > > However, in the insctutions on building it only says to do a make. You can't build without first configuring; there's nothing to build until you've defined a configuration. > If I do a make in objdir I get "make: *** No targets specified and no > makefile found. Stop." > > If I do a make in the srcdir then I am building in the srcdir, which > the instructions advise against. > > What is the correct command to run to build GCC in a non-src dir? % mkdir objdir % cd objdir % srcdir/configure [options] [target] % make % make install Andrew.
