Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 6 June 2012 06:48, Anup Ghatage wrote: [...] >> Untar'ed it. >> ./configure > > You didn't read the docs then, see http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC If you're referring to the need to set objdir, the documentation that actually ships with gcc says: > First, we highly recommend that GCC be built into a separate directory > from the sources which does not reside within the source tree. This is > how we generally build GCC; building where srcdir == objdir should still > work, but doesn't get extensive testing; building where objdir is a > subdirectory of srcdir is unsupported. In others, it says firmly that srcdir == objdir should actually work. Given that it doesn't, is there any chance of getting this document changed? As it stands it's highly misleading. -- ┌─── ｄｇ＠ｃｏｗｌａｒｋ．ｃｏｍ ───── http://www.cowlark.com ───── │ "Parents let children ride bicycles on the street. But parents do not │ allow children to hear vulgar words. Therefore we can deduce that │ cursing is more dangerous than being hit by a car." --- Scott Adams
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