Ruben Van Boxem <vanboxem.ruben@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am currently building a complete in-tree build of GCC 4.6 (snapshot) > and latest binutils and GDB 7.2 (without ppl/cloog-ppl because they're > troublesome for me). I have a couple of questions: > > Â- What is the official stance on in-tree builds? Are they > "deprecated", not recommended, obsolete... They ought to work when using current development sources. I don't use them myself, but certainly some people do. However, you have to be careful if you don't use current sources for everything--e.g., you mention gdb 7.2, rather than gdb mainline. There can be incompatible changes in the shared directories. > Â- What other dependencies/"toolchain stuff" can be built in-tree > (libiconv, expat, GNU make, ...)? The reason I ask is because the > configure script apparantly "knows" about some of these: This can be made to work but really requires maintaining an entire tree. I don't recommend it. > If GNU Make is possible in-tree, can I just add the configure options > for it to the gcc configure line (eg > --enable-case-insensitive-filesystem)? Yes. > Also configure make with > "--program-prefix=mingw32-". How can I pass that only to make's > configure? You can't. Ian
