for information on how to obtain GCC@.
The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java,
-and CHILL compilers. The full distribution also includes runtime libraries
-for C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java and CHILL. (GCC 3.0 does not
-include CHILL.) In GCC 3.0 and later versions, GNU compiler testsuites
-are also included in the full distribution.
+and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later) compilers. The full distribution
+also includes runtime libraries for C++, Objective-C, Fortran, and Java.
+In GCC 3.0 and later versions, GNU compiler testsuites are also included
+in the full distribution.
If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
@file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
-First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
-separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside
-within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
-where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't
-get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory
-of @var{srcdir} is unsupported.
+First, in general, GCC @strong{must} be built into a separate directory
+than the sources which does @strong{not} reside within the source tree.
+This is how almost all developers build GCC; building where @var{srcdir}
+== @var{objdir} is completely unsupported; building where @var{objdir}
+is a subdirectory of @var{srcdir} is completely unsupported.
If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
resulting binary would be installed as
@file{/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1}.
-As a last shortcoming, none of the installed CHILL and Ada programs are
+As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
@item --with-local-prefix=@var{dirname}
@item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
-sysv, aix.
+sysv, aix.
@end table
@end example
Currently, you can use any of the following:
@code{ada}, @code{c}, @code{c++}, @code{f77}, @code{java}, @code{objc}.
-@code{CHILL} is not currently maintained, and will almost
-certainly fail to compile. Building the Ada compiler has special
-requirements, see below.@*
+Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.@*
If you do not pass this flag, all languages available in the @file{gcc}
sub-tree will be configured. Re-defining @code{LANGUAGES} when calling
@samp{make bootstrap} @strong{does not} work anymore, as those
@code{gettext} library. The @option{--with-catgets} option causes the
build procedure to use the host's @code{catgets} in this situation.
+@item --with-libiconv-prefix=@var{dir}
+Search for libiconv header files in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
+libiconv library files in @file{@var{dir}/lib}.
+
@item --with-system-zlib
Use installed zlib rather than that included with GCC@. This option
only applies if the Java front end is being built.
+
+@item --enable-obsolete
+Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to
+configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
+obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
+error message.
+
+All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
+is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
+forward to maintain the port.
@end table
Some options which only apply to building cross compilers:
Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and
runtime libraries.
-We @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built using GNU make;
-other versions may work, then again they might not.
-GNU make is required for compiling GNAT, the Ada compiler.
+We @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built using GNU make;
+other versions may work, then again they might not.
+GNU make is required for compiling GNAT (the Ada compiler) and the Java
+runtime library.
(For example, many broken versions of make will fail if you use the
recommended setup where @var{objdir} is different from @var{srcdir}.
not need Bison installed to build them.
When building from CVS or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
-documentation, you need version 4.0 or later of Texinfo installed if you
+documentation, you need version 4.1 or later of Texinfo installed if you
want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
@item
Build target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils (bfd,
binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes)
-if they have been individually linked
+if they have been individually linked
or moved into the top level GCC source tree before configuring.
@item
@end example
At the moment, the GNAT library and several tools for GNAT are not built
-by @samp{make bootstrap}. You have to invoke
+by @samp{make bootstrap}. You have to invoke
@samp{make gnatlib_and_tools} in the @file{@var{objdir}/gcc}
subdirectory before proceeding with the next steps.
@example
cd @var{objdir}
- @var{srcdir}/configure --enable-languages=c,ada
+ @var{srcdir}/configure --enable-languages=c,ada
cd @var{srcdir}/gcc/ada
touch treeprs.ads [es]info.h nmake.ad[bs]
- cd @var{objdir}
+ cd @var{objdir}
make bootstrap
cd gcc
make gnatlib_and_tools
@cindex Installing GCC: Testing
@cindex Testsuite
-Before you install GCC, you might wish to run the testsuite. This
-step is optional and may require you to download additional software.
+Before you install GCC, we encourage you to run the testsuites and to
+compare your results with results from a similar configuration that have
+been submitted to the
+@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/,,gcc-testresults mailing list}.
+This step is optional and may require you to download additional software,
+but it can give you confidence in your new GCC installation or point out
+problems before you install and start using your new GCC.
First, you must have @uref{download.html,,downloaded the testsuites}.
-The full distribution contains testsuites; only if you downloaded the
-``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you do not have the testsuites.
+These are part of the full distribution, but if you downloaded the
+``core'' compiler plus any front ends, you must download the testsuites
+separately.
-Second, you must have a @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,current version of DejaGnu} installed;
+Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
+a @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,current version of DejaGnu};
dejagnu 1.3 is not sufficient.
+It also includes Tcl and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
Now you may need specific preparations:
parts of the compiler in @file{@var{libdir}/gcc-lib}; documentation in
info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/info}).
-If you built a released version of GCC then if you don't mind, please
+If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
quickly review the build status page for
-@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.0/buildstat.html,,3.0} or
+@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.1/buildstat.html,,3.1},
+@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.0/buildstat.html,,3.0}, or
@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.95/buildstat.html,,2.95}.
If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
send a note to
configure.
@item
+Whether you enabled all languages or a subset of them. If you used a
+full distribution then this information is part of the configure
+options in the output of @samp{gcc -v}, but if you downloaded the
+``core'' compiler plus additional front ends then it isn't apparent
+which ones you built unless you tell us about it.
+
+@item
If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include:
@itemize @bullet
@item
@uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
-dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.0)
+dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.1)
and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. You can also
@item
@uref{#ix86-sequent-bsd,,i?86-sequent-bsd}
@item
-@uref{#ix86-sequent-ptx1*,,i?86-sequent-ptx1*, i?86-sequent-ptx2*}
-@item
-@uref{#ix86-*-sysv3*,,i?86-*-sysv3*}
+@uref{#ix86-sequent-ptx1*,,i?86-sequent-ptx1*, i?86-sequent-ptx2*, i?86-sequent-sysv3*}
@item
@uref{#i860-intel-osf*,,i860-intel-osf*}
@item
@item
@uref{#m68k-bull-sysv,,m68k-bull-sysv}
@item
-@uref{#m68k-crds-unox,,m68k-crds-unox}
+@uref{#m68k-crds-unos,,m68k-crds-unos}
@item
@uref{#m68k-hp-hpux,,m68k-hp-hpux}
@item
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{1750a-*-*}1750a-*-*
-MIL-STD-1750A processors.
+MIL-STD-1750A processors. This target is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
The MIL-STD-1750A cross configuration produces output for
@code{as1750}, an assembler/linker available under the GNU General Public
@end html
@heading @anchor{a29k}a29k
AMD Am29k-family processors. These are normally used in embedded
-applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
-This configuration
-corresponds to AMD's standard calling sequence and binary interface
-and is compatible with other 29k tools.
+applications. This configuration corresponds to AMD's standard calling
+sequence and binary interface and is compatible with other 29k tools.
+
+AMD has abandoned this processor, and most variants are obsoleted in GCC
+3.1. We are preserving the a29k-*-udi and a29k-*-coff configurations
+for one more release.
You may need to make a variant of the file @file{a29k.h} for your
particular configuration.
are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
+Support for versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} is obsoleted in GCC
+3.1. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC OSF/1.)
+
In Tru64 UNIX V5.1, Compaq introduced a new assembler that does not
currently (2001-06-13) work with @command{mips-tfile}. As a workaround,
we need to use the old assembler, invoked via the barely documented
@option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
The @option{--enable-threads} options isn't supported yet. A patch is
-in preparation for a future release. The Java runtime library has been
-reported to work on Tru64 UNIX V4.0F, V5.0, and V5.1, so you may try
-@option{--enable-libgcj} and report your results.
+in preparation for a future release.
GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
@end html
@heading @anchor{arm-*-riscix}arm-*-riscix
The ARM2 or ARM3 processor running RISC iX, Acorn's port of BSD Unix.
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
If you are running a version of RISC iX prior to 1.2 then you must
specify the version number during configuration. Note that the
assembler shipped with RISC iX does not support stabs debugging
The version of binutils installed in @file{/usr/bin} is known to work unless
otherwise specified in any per-architecture notes. However, binutils
-2.11 is known to improve overall testsuite results.
+2.11 or greater is known to improve overall testsuite results.
For FreeBSD 1, FreeBSD 2 or any mutant a.out versions of FreeBSD 3: All
configuration support and files as shipped with GCC 2.95 are still in
it is unknown which version of binutils was used (it is assumed that it
was the system copy in @file{/usr/bin}) and C++ EH failures were noted.
+Support for FreeBSD 1 is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
For FreeBSD using the ELF file format: DWARF 2 debugging is now the
default for all CPU architectures. It had been the default on
FreeBSD/alpha since its inception. You may use @option{-gstabs} instead
particular, @option{--enable-threads} is now configured by default.
However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the system
compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with good
-results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3 and 5-CURRENT@.
+results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5-STABLE and 5-CURRENT@.
-At this time, @option{--enable-threads} is not compatible with
-@option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@.
+In principle, @option{--enable-threads} is now compatible with
+@option{--enable-libgcj} on FreeBSD@. However, it has only been built
+and tested on i386-*-freebsd4.5 and alpha-*-freebsd5.0 and important
+test suite failures remain. Multi-threaded boehm-gc (required for
+libjava) exposes severe threaded signal-handling bugs on FreeBSD before
+4.5-RELEASE. The alpha port may not fully bootstrap without some manual
+intervention: gcjh will crash with a floating-point exception while
+generating @file{java/lang/Double.h} (just copy the version built on
+i386-*-freebsd* and rerun the top-level gmake with no arguments and it
+should properly complete the bootstrap). Other CPU architectures
+supported by FreeBSD will require additional configuration tuning in, at
+the very least, both boehm-gc and libffi.
+
+Shared @file{libgcc_s.so} is now built and installed by default.
@html
</p>
The Elxsi's C compiler has known limitations that prevent it from
compiling GCC@. Please contact @email{mrs@@wrs.com} for more details.
+Support for this processor is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
@html
</p>
<hr>
@heading @anchor{hppa*-hp-hpux11}hppa*-hp-hpux11
GCC 3.0 supports HP-UX 11. You must use GNU binutils 2.11 or above on
-this platform. Thread support is not currently implemented for this
+this platform. Thread support is not currently implemented for this
platform, so @option{--enable-threads} does not work.
See @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-prs/2002-01/msg00551.html}
and @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2002-01/msg00663.html}.
@heading @anchor{ix86-*-linux*oldld}i?86-*-linux*oldld
Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
GNU systems if you do not have gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later
-installed. This is an obsolete configuration.
+installed.
+
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
@html
</p>
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{ix86-*-isc}i?86-*-isc
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
It may be a good idea to link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that
comes with the system.
</p>
<hr>
@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-*-esix}i?86-*-esix
-It may be good idea to link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that
-comes with the system.
-
-@html
-</p>
-<hr>
-@end html
@heading @anchor{ix86-ibm-aix}i?86-ibm-aix
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
You need to use GAS version 2.1 or later, and LD from
GNU binutils version 2.2 or later.
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{ix86-sequent-bsd}i?86-sequent-bsd
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
Go to the Berkeley universe before compiling.
@html
</p>
<hr>
@end html
-@heading @anchor{ix86-sequent-ptx1*}i?86-sequent-ptx1*, i?86-sequent-ptx2*
+@heading @anchor{ix86-sequent-ptx1*}i?86-sequent-ptx1*, i?86-sequent-ptx2*, i?86-sequent-sysv3*
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
You must install GNU @command{sed} before running @command{configure}.
-@html
-</p>
-<hr>
-@end html
-@heading @anchor{#ix86-*-sysv3*}i?86-*-sysv3*
The @code{fixproto} shell script may trigger a bug in the system shell.
If you encounter this problem, upgrade your operating system or
use @command{bash} (the GNU shell) to run @code{fixproto}.
-
@html
</p>
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{i860-intel-osf*}i860-intel-osf*
+All support for the i860 processor is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
On the Intel Paragon (an i860 machine), if you are using operating
system version 1.0, you will get warnings or errors about redefinition
of @code{va_arg} when you build GCC@.
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{m68k-altos}m68k-altos
-Altos 3068. You must use the GNU assembler, linker and debugger.
+Altos 3068. This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
+You must use the GNU assembler, linker and debugger.
Also, you must fix a kernel bug.
@html
@end html
@heading @anchor{m68k-apple-aux}m68k-apple-aux
Apple Macintosh running A/UX@.
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
You may configure GCC to use either the system assembler and
linker or the GNU assembler and linker. You should use the GNU configuration
if you can, especially if you also want to use G++. You enable
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{m68k-bull-sysv}m68k-bull-sysv
-Bull DPX/2 series 200 and 300 with BOS-2.00.45 up to BOS-2.01. GCC works
+Bull DPX/2 series 200 and 300 with BOS-2.00.45 up to BOS-2.01.
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
+GCC works
either with native assembler or GNU assembler. You can use
GNU assembler with native COFF generation by providing @option{--with-gnu-as} to
the configure script or use GNU assembler with stabs-in-COFF encapsulation
</p>
<hr>
@end html
-@heading @anchor{m68k-crds-unox}m68k-crds-unox
+@heading @anchor{m68k-crds-unos}m68k-crds-unos
Use @samp{configure unos} for building on Unos.
The Unos assembler is named @code{casm} instead of @code{as}. For some
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{m68k-*-nextstep*}m68k-*-nextstep*
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
Current GCC versions probably do not work on version 2 of the NeXT
operating system.
You absolutely @strong{must} use GNU sed and GNU make on this platform.
-On NeXTSTEP 3.x where x < 3 the build of GCC will abort during
+On NeXTSTEP 3.x where x < 3 the build of GCC will abort during
stage1 with an error message like this:
@example
@end html
@heading @anchor{m88k-*-svr3}m88k-*-svr3
Motorola m88k running the AT&T/Unisoft/Motorola V.3 reference port.
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
These systems tend to use the Green Hills C, revision 1.8.5, as the
standard C compiler. There are apparently bugs in this compiler that
result in object files differences between stage 2 and stage 3. If this
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{m88k-*-dgux}m88k-*-dgux
-Motorola m88k running DG/UX@. To build 88open BCS native or cross
+Motorola m88k running DG/UX@.
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
+To build 88open BCS native or cross
compilers on DG/UX, specify the configuration name as
@samp{m88k-*-dguxbcs} and build in the 88open BCS software development
environment. To build ELF native or cross compilers on DG/UX, specify
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{m88k-tektronix-sysv3}m88k-tektronix-sysv3
-Tektronix XD88 running UTekV 3.2e. Do not turn on
+Tektronix XD88 running UTekV 3.2e.
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
+Do not turn on
optimization while building stage1 if you bootstrap with
the buggy Green Hills compiler. Also, the bundled LAI
System V NFS is buggy so if you build in an NFS mounted
@option{-call_shared} switch.
@heading @anchor{mips-mips-bsd}mips-mips-bsd
-MIPS machines running the MIPS operating system in BSD mode. It's
-possible that some old versions of the system lack the functions
+MIPS machines running the MIPS operating system in BSD mode.
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
+It's possible that some old versions of the system lack the functions
@code{memcpy}, @code{memmove}, @code{memcmp}, and @code{memset}. If your
system lacks these, you must remove or undo the definition of
@code{TARGET_MEM_FUNCTIONS} in @file{mips-bsd.h}.
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{mips-dec-*}mips-dec-*
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
MIPS-based DECstations can support three different personalities:
Ultrix, DEC OSF/1, and OSF/rose. (Alpha-based DECstation products have
a configuration name beginning with @samp{alpha*-dec}.) To configure GCC
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{mips-mips-riscos*}mips-mips-riscos*
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
to increase its table size for switch statements with the
@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix4}mips-sgi-irix4
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 4, the ``c.hdr.lib''
option must be installed from the CD-ROM supplied from Silicon Graphics.
optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU @command{as} 2.11.2
-or later,
+or later,
and use the @option{--with-gnu-as} configure option when configuring GCC.
GNU @command{as} is distributed as part of the binutils package.
-When using release 2.11.2, you need to apply a patch
+When using release 2.11.2, you need to apply a patch
@uref{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html,,http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-07/msg00352.html}
which will be included in the next release of binutils.
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{mips-sony-sysv}mips-sony-sysv
-Sony MIPS NEWS@. This works in NEWSOS 5.0.1, but not in 5.0.2 (which
-uses ELF instead of COFF)@. Support for 5.0.2 will probably be provided
-soon by volunteers. In particular, the linker does not like the
-code generated by GCC when shared libraries are linked in.
+Sony MIPS NEWS@. This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+This works in NEWSOS 5.0.1, but not in 5.0.2 (which uses ELF instead of
+COFF)@. In particular, the linker does not like the code generated by
+GCC when shared libraries are linked in.
@html
</p>
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{ns32k-encore}ns32k-encore
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
Encore ns32000 system. Encore systems are supported only under BSD@.
@html
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{ns32k-*-genix}ns32k-*-genix
-National Semiconductor ns32000 system. Genix has bugs in @code{alloca}
-and @code{malloc}; you must get the compiled versions of these from GNU
-Emacs.
+National Semiconductor ns32000 system. This configuration is obsoleted
+in GCC 3.1.
+
+Genix has bugs in @code{alloca} and @code{malloc}; you must get the
+compiled versions of these from GNU Emacs.
@html
</p>
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{ns32k-sequent}ns32k-sequent
+This configuration is obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
Go to the Berkeley universe before compiling.
@html
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{ns32k-utek}ns32k-utek
-UTEK ns32000 system (``merlin''). The C compiler that comes with this
-system cannot compile GCC; contact @samp{tektronix!reed!mason} to get
-binaries of GCC for bootstrapping.
+UTEK ns32000 system (``merlin''). This configuration is obsoleted in
+GCC 3.1.
+
+The C compiler that comes with this system cannot compile GCC; contact
+@samp{tektronix!reed!mason} to get binaries of GCC for bootstrapping.
@html
@end html
@heading @anchor{powerpc-*-netbsd*}powerpc-*-netbsd*
PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
-documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.0 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
+documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.1 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
Texinfo version 3.12).
@html
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{romp-*-aos}romp-*-aos, romp-*-mach
-The only operating systems supported for the IBM RT PC are AOS and
-MACH@. GCC does not support AIX running on the RT@. We recommend you
-compile GCC with an earlier version of itself; if you compile GCC
-with @command{hc}, the Metaware compiler, it will work, but you will get
-mismatches between the stage 2 and stage 3 compilers in various files.
-These errors are minor differences in some floating-point constants and
-can be safely ignored; the stage 3 compiler is correct.
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
+
+We recommend you compile GCC with an earlier version of itself; if you
+compile GCC with @command{hc}, the Metaware compiler, it will work, but
+you will get mismatches between the stage 2 and stage 3 compilers in
+various files. These errors are minor differences in some
+floating-point constants and can be safely ignored; the stage 3 compiler
+is correct.
@html
</p>
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{s390-*-linux*}s390-*-linux*
-S/390 system running Linux for S/390@.
+S/390 system running Linux for S/390@.
@html
</p>
<hr>
@end html
@heading @anchor{s390x-*-linux*}s390x-*-linux*
-zSeries system (64 Bit) running Linux for zSeries@.
+zSeries system (64 Bit) running Linux for zSeries@.
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@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2*}sparc-sun-solaris2*
+When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.11.2 or later the binaries
+produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
+this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
+information.
+
Sun @command{as} 4.x is broken in that it cannot cope with long symbol names.
A typical error message might look similar to the following:
that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
machines.
+When configuring on a Solaris 7 or 8 system that is running a kernel
+that supports only 32-bit binaries, one must configure with
+@option{--disable-multilib}, since we will not be able to build the
+64-bit target libraries.
+
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only a partial fix for bug 4210064, but Sun doesn't know whether the
partial fix is adequate for GCC@. Revision -08 or later should fix
the bug. The current (as of 2001-09-24) revision is -14, and is included in
-the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
+the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
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The Solaris 8 linker fails to link some @samp{libjava} programs if
previously-installed GCC java libraries already exist in the configured
-prefix. For this reason, @samp{libgcj} is disabled by default on Solaris 8.
-If you use GNU @command{ld}, or if you don't have a previously-installed @samp{libgcj} in
-the same prefix, use @option{--enable-libgcj} to build and install the
-Java libraries.
+prefix. For this reason, @command{configure} will report an error on
+Solaris 8 if an existing @samp{libgcj} is found in the appropriate
+install directory and the system linker is in use. In this case, you
+can configure with a different prefix, or delete or rename the existing
+@samp{libgcj} library files before configuring, or configure using
+@option{--disable-libgcj}.
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@heading @anchor{we32k-*-*}we32k-*-*
These computers are also known as the 3b2, 3b5, 3b20 and other similar
names. (However, the 3b1 is actually a 68000.)
+These configurations are obsoleted in GCC 3.1.
Don't use @option{-g} when compiling with the system's compiler. The
system's linker seems to be unable to handle such a large program with
shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
@option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} options are used. In other
-respects, this target is the same as the
+respects, this target is the same as the
@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
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gmicro, spur; most of these targets had not been updated since GCC
version 1.
+We are planning to remove support for more older systems, starting in
+GCC 3.1. Each release will have a list of ``obsoleted'' systems.
+Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
+@command{configure} will fail unless the @option{--enable-obsolete}
+option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for
+these systems will be removed from the next release of GCC@.
+
Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any