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18 <title>Configure</title>
21 When configuring libstdc++, you'll have to configure the entire
22 <emphasis>gccsrcdir</emphasis> directory. Consider using the
23 toplevel gcc configuration option
24 <literal>--enable-languages=c++</literal>, which saves time by only
25 building the C++ toolchain.
29 Here are all of the configure options specific to libstdc++. Keep
31 <!-- This SECnn should be the "Choosing Package Options" section. -->
32 <ulink url="http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_14.html">they
33 all have opposite forms as well</ulink> (enable/disable and
34 with/without). The defaults are for the <emphasis>current
35 development sources</emphasis>, which may be different than those
36 for released versions.
38 <para>The canonical way to find out the configure options that are
39 available for a given set of libstdc++ sources is to go to the
40 source directory and then type:<command>./configure --help</command>.
44 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-multilib</code>[default]</term>
45 <listitem><para>This is part of the generic multilib support for building cross
46 compilers. As such, targets like "powerpc-elf" will have
47 libstdc++ built many different ways: "-msoft-float"
48 and not, etc. A different libstdc++ will be built for each of
49 the different multilib versions. This option is on by default.
51 </listitem></varlistentry>
53 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-sjlj-exceptions</code></term>
54 <listitem><para>Forces old, set-jump/long-jump exception handling model. If
55 at all possible, the new, frame unwinding exception handling routines
56 should be used instead, as they significantly reduce both
57 runtime memory usage and executable size. This option can
58 change the library ABI.
60 </listitem></varlistentry>
62 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-version-specific-runtime-libs</code></term>
63 <listitem><para>Specify that run-time libraries should be installed in the
64 compiler-specific subdirectory (i.e.,
65 <code>${libdir}/gcc-lib/${target_alias}/${gcc_version}</code>)
66 instead of <code>${libdir}</code>. This option is useful if you
67 intend to use several versions of gcc in parallel. In addition,
68 libstdc++'s include files will be installed in
69 <code>${libdir}/gcc-lib/${target_alias}/${gcc_version}/include/g++</code>,
70 unless you also specify
71 <literal>--with-gxx-include-dir=<filename class="directory">dirname</filename></literal> during configuration.
73 </listitem></varlistentry>
75 <varlistentry><term><code>--with-gxx-include-dir=<include-files dir></code></term>
76 <listitem><para>Adds support for named libstdc++ include directory. For instance,
77 the following puts all the libstdc++ headers into a directory
78 called "4.4-20090404" instead of the usual
79 "c++/(version)".
82 --with-gxx-include-dir=/foo/H-x86-gcc-3-c-gxx-inc/include/4.4-20090404</programlisting> </listitem></varlistentry>
84 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-cstdio</code></term>
85 <listitem><para>This is an abbreviated form of <code>'--enable-cstdio=stdio'</code>
88 </listitem></varlistentry>
90 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-cstdio=OPTION</code></term>
91 <listitem><para>Select a target-specific I/O package. At the moment, the only
92 choice is to use 'stdio', a generic "C" abstraction.
93 The default is 'stdio'. This option can change the library ABI.
95 </listitem></varlistentry>
97 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-clocale</code></term>
98 <listitem><para>This is an abbreviated form of <code>'--enable-clocale=generic'</code>
101 </listitem></varlistentry>
103 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-clocale=OPTION</code></term>
104 <listitem><para>Select a target-specific underlying locale package. The
105 choices are 'ieee_1003.1-2001' to specify an X/Open, Standard Unix
106 (IEEE Std. 1003.1-2001) model based on langinfo/iconv/catgets,
107 'gnu' to specify a model based on functionality from the GNU C
108 library (langinfo/iconv/gettext) (from <ulink url="http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/">glibc</ulink>, the GNU C
109 library), or 'generic' to use a generic "C"
110 abstraction which consists of "C" locale info.
113 <para>If not explicitly specified, the configure proccess tries
114 to guess the most suitable package from the choices above. The
115 default is 'generic'. On glibc-based systems of sufficient
116 vintage (2.2.5 and newer) and capability (with installed DE and
117 FR locale data), 'gnu' is automatically selected. This option
118 can change the library ABI.
120 </listitem></varlistentry>
122 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-libstdcxx-allocator</code></term>
123 <listitem><para>This is an abbreviated form of
124 <code>'--enable-libstdcxx-allocator=auto'</code> (described
127 </listitem></varlistentry>
129 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-libstdcxx-allocator=OPTION </code></term>
130 <listitem><para>Select a target-specific underlying std::allocator. The
131 choices are 'new' to specify a wrapper for new, 'malloc' to
132 specify a wrapper for malloc, 'mt' for a fixed power of two allocator,
133 'pool' for the SGI pooled allocator or 'bitmap' for a bitmap allocator.
134 See this page for more information on allocator
135 <link linkend="allocator.ext">extensions</link>. This option
136 can change the library ABI.
138 </listitem></varlistentry>
140 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-cheaders=OPTION</code></term>
141 <listitem><para>This allows the user to define the approach taken for C header
142 compatibility with C++. Options are c, c_std, and c_global.
143 These correspond to the source directory's include/c,
144 include/c_std, and include/c_global, and may also include
145 include/c_compatibility. The default is 'c_global'.
147 </listitem></varlistentry>
149 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-threads</code></term>
150 <listitem><para>This is an abbreviated form of <code>'--enable-threads=yes'</code>
153 </listitem></varlistentry>
155 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-threads=OPTION</code></term>
156 <listitem><para>Select a threading library. A full description is
158 general <ulink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html">compiler
159 configuration instructions</ulink>. This option can change the
162 </listitem></varlistentry>
164 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-libstdcxx-debug</code></term>
165 <listitem><para>Build separate debug libraries in addition to what is normally built.
166 By default, the debug libraries are compiled with
167 <code> CXXFLAGS='-g3 -O0 -fno-inline'</code>
168 , are installed in <code>${libdir}/debug</code>, and have the
169 same names and versioning information as the non-debug
170 libraries. This option is off by default.
172 <para>Note this make command, executed in
173 the build directory, will do much the same thing, without the
174 configuration difference and without building everything twice:
175 <code>make CXXFLAGS='-g3 -O0 -fno-inline' all</code>
177 </listitem></varlistentry>
179 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-libstdcxx-debug-flags=FLAGS</code></term>
181 <listitem><para>This option is only valid when <code> --enable-debug </code>
182 is also specified, and applies to the debug builds only. With
183 this option, you can pass a specific string of flags to the
184 compiler to use when building the debug versions of libstdc++.
185 FLAGS is a quoted string of options, like
188 --enable-libstdcxx-debug-flags='-g3 -O1 -fno-inline'</programlisting>
189 </listitem></varlistentry>
191 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-cxx-flags=FLAGS</code></term>
192 <listitem><para>With this option, you can pass a string of -f (functionality)
193 flags to the compiler to use when building libstdc++. This
194 option can change the library ABI. FLAGS is a quoted string of
198 --enable-cxx-flags='-fvtable-gc -fomit-frame-pointer -ansi'</programlisting>
200 Note that the flags don't necessarily have to all be -f flags,
201 as shown, but usually those are the ones that will make sense
202 for experimentation and configure-time overriding.
204 <para>The advantage of --enable-cxx-flags over setting CXXFLAGS in
205 the 'make' environment is that, if files are automatically
206 rebuilt, the same flags will be used when compiling those files
207 as well, so that everything matches.
209 <para>Fun flags to try might include combinations of
215 -fvtable-gc</programlisting>
216 <para>and opposite forms (-fno-) of the same. Tell us (the libstdc++
217 mailing list) if you discover more!
219 </listitem></varlistentry>
221 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-c99</code></term>
222 <listitem><para>The "long long" type was introduced in C99, along
223 with many other functions for wide characters, and math
224 classification macros, etc. If enabled, all C99 functions not
225 specified by the C++ standard will be put into <code>namespace
226 __gnu_cxx</code>, and then all these names will
227 be injected into namespace std, so that C99 functions can be
228 used "as if" they were in the C++ standard (as they
229 will eventually be in some future revision of the standard,
230 without a doubt). By default, C99 support is on, assuming the
231 configure probes find all the necessary functions and bits
232 necessary. This option can change the library ABI.
234 </listitem></varlistentry>
236 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-wchar_t</code>[default]</term>
237 <listitem><para>Template specializations for the "wchar_t" type are
238 required for wide character conversion support. Disabling
239 wide character specializations may be expedient for initial
240 porting efforts, but builds only a subset of what is required by
241 ISO, and is not recommended. By default, this option is on.
242 This option can change the library ABI.
244 </listitem></varlistentry>
246 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-long-long </code></term>
247 <listitem><para>The "long long" type was introduced in C99. It is
248 provided as a GNU extension to C++98 in g++. This flag builds
249 support for "long long" into the library (specialized
250 templates and the like for iostreams). This option is on by default:
251 if enabled, users will have to either use the new-style "C"
252 headers by default (i.e., <cmath> not <math.h>)
253 or add appropriate compile-time flags to all compile lines to
254 allow "C" visibility of this feature (on GNU/Linux,
255 the flag is -D_ISOC99_SOURCE, which is added automatically via
256 CPLUSPLUS_CPP_SPEC's addition of _GNU_SOURCE).
257 This option can change the library ABI.
259 </listitem></varlistentry>
261 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-fully-dynamic-string</code></term>
262 <listitem><para>This option enables a special version of basic_string avoiding
263 the optimization that allocates empty objects in static memory.
264 Mostly useful together with shared memory allocators, see PR
265 libstdc++/16612 for details.
267 </listitem></varlistentry>
269 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-concept-checks</code></term>
270 <listitem><para>This turns on additional compile-time checks for instantiated
271 library templates, in the form of specialized templates,
272 <link linkend="manual.diagnostics.concept_checking">described here</link>. They
273 can help users discover when they break the rules of the STL, before
276 </listitem></varlistentry>
278 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-symvers[=style]</code></term>
280 <listitem><para>In 3.1 and later, tries to turn on symbol versioning in the
281 shared library (if a shared library has been
282 requested). Values for 'style' that are currently supported
283 are 'gnu', 'gnu-versioned-namespace', 'darwin', and
284 'darwin-export'. Both gnu- options require that a recent
285 version of the GNU linker be in use. Both darwin options are
286 equivalent. With no style given, the configure script will try
287 to guess correct defaults for the host system, probe to see if
288 additional requirements are necessary and present for
289 activation, and if so, will turn symbol versioning on. This
290 option can change the library ABI.
293 </listitem></varlistentry>
295 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-visibility</code></term>
296 <listitem><para> In 4.2 and later, enables or disables visibility attributes.
297 If enabled (as by default), and the compiler seems capable of
298 passing the simple sanity checks thrown at it, adjusts items
299 in namespace std, namespace std::tr1, and namespace __gnu_cxx
300 so that -fvisibility options work.
302 </listitem></varlistentry>
304 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-libstdcxx-pch</code></term>
305 <listitem><para>In 3.4 and later, tries to turn on the generation of
306 stdc++.h.gch, a pre-compiled file including all the standard
307 C++ includes. If enabled (as by default), and the compiler
308 seems capable of passing the simple sanity checks thrown at
309 it, try to build stdc++.h.gch as part of the make process.
310 In addition, this generated file is used later on (by appending <code>
311 --include bits/stdc++.h </code> to CXXFLAGS) when running the
314 </listitem></varlistentry>
316 <varlistentry><term><code>--disable-hosted-libstdcxx</code></term>
319 By default, a complete <emphasis>hosted</emphasis> C++ library is
320 built. The C++ Standard also describes a
321 <emphasis>freestanding</emphasis> environment, in which only a
322 minimal set of headers are provided. This option builds such an
325 </listitem></varlistentry>
327 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-clock-gettime</code></term>
328 <listitem><para>This is an abbreviated form of
329 <code>'--enable-clock-gettime=yes'</code>(described next).
331 </listitem></varlistentry>
333 <varlistentry><term><code>--enable-libstdcxx-time=OPTION</code></term>
334 <listitem><para>Enables link-type checks for the availability of the
335 clock_gettime clocks, used in the implementation of [time.clock],
336 and of the nanosleep and sched_yield functions, used in the
337 implementation of [thread.thread.this] of the current C++0x draft.
338 The choice OPTION=yes checks for the availability of the facilities
339 in libc and libposix4. In case of need the latter is also linked
340 to libstdc++ as part of the build process. OPTION=rt also searches
341 (and, in case, links) librt. Note that the latter is not always
342 desirable because, in glibc, for example, in turn it triggers the
343 linking of libpthread too, which activates locking, a large overhead
344 for single-thread programs. OPTION=no skips the tests completely.
345 The default is OPTION=no.
347 </listitem></varlistentry>