On 25 April 2011 07:36, ali hagigat <hagigatali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 3.14 Options for Directory Search > -Bprefix > As a special kludge, if the path provided by ‘-B’ is ‘[dir/]stageN /’, where N > is a number in the range 0 to 9, then it will be replaced by ‘[dir/]include’. > This is to help with boot-strapping the compiler. > ---------------------------------- > What does it mean, "boot-strapping the compiler"? I do not understand. > http://gcc.gnu.org/install/build.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(compilers)