@ifset binarieshtml
@settitle Installing GCC: Binaries
@end ifset
+@ifset oldhtml
+@settitle Installing GCC: Old documentation
+@end ifset
+@ifset gfdlhtml
+@settitle Installing GCC: GNU Free Documentation License
+@end ifset
-@c Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
+@c 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c *** Converted to texinfo by Dean Wakerley, dean@wakerley.com
@c Include everything if we're not making html
@set testhtml
@set finalinstallhtml
@set binarieshtml
+@set oldhtml
+@set gfdlhtml
@end ifnothtml
@c Part 2 Summary Description and Copyright
+@macro copyrightnotice
+Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
+1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@sp 1
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and
+with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the
+license is included in the section entitled ``@uref{./gfdl.html,,GNU
+Free Documentation License}''.
+
+(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:
+
+ A GNU Manual
+
+(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is:
+
+ You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
+ software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
+ funds for GNU development.
+@end macro
@ifinfo
-
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@copyrightnotice{}
@end ifinfo
@c Part 3 Titlepage and Copyright
@c The following two commands start the copyright page.
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@copyrightnotice{}
@end titlepage
@c Part 4 Top node and Master Menu
* Specific:: Host/target specific installation notes for GCC.
* Binaries:: Where to get pre-compiled binaries.
+* Old:: Old installation documentation.
+
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
* Concept Index:: This index has two entries.
@end menu
@end ifinfo
any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, no
more binaries exist that use them.
+@ifhtml
+There are also some @uref{old.html,,old installation instructions},
+which are mostly obsolete but still contain some information which has
+not yet been merged into the main part of this manual.
+@end ifhtml
+
@html
<hr>
<p>
@end html
@ifhtml
@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
+
+@copyrightnotice{}
@end ifhtml
@end ifset
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
@heading Options specification
Use @var{options} to override several configure time options for
-GCC@. A partial list of supported @var{options}:
+GCC@. A list of supported @var{options} follows; @command{configure
+--help} may list other options, but those not listed below may not
+work and should not normally be used.
@table @code
@item --prefix=@var{dirname}
@end table
+@item --program-prefix=@var{prefix}
+GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
+installing them. This option prepends @var{prefix} to the names of
+programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). For example, specifying
+@option{--program-prefix=foo-} would result in @samp{gcc}
+being installed as @file{/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc}.
+
+@item --program-suffix=@var{suffix}
+Appends @var{suffix} to the names of programs to install in @var{bindir}
+(see above). For example, specifying @option{--program-suffix=-3.1}
+would result in @samp{gcc} being installed as
+@file{/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1}.
+
+@item --program-transform-name=@var{pattern}
+Applies the @samp{sed} script @var{pattern} to be applied to the names
+of programs to install in @var{bindir} (see above). @var{pattern} has to
+consist of one or more basic @samp{sed} editing commands, separated by
+semicolons. For example, if you want the @samp{gcc} program name to be
+transformed to the installed program @file{/usr/local/bin/myowngcc} and
+the @samp{g++} program name to be transformed to
+@file{/usr/local/bin/gspecial++} without changing other program names,
+you could use the pattern
+@option{--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'}
+to achieve this effect.
+
+All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
+complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, @var{prefix} (and
+@var{suffix}) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
+can happen with a special transformation script @var{pattern}.
+
+As currently implemented, this options only take effect for native
+builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a
+transformation is explicitly asked for by one of this options.
+
+For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
+with the target alias in front of their name, as in
+@samp{i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc}. All of the above transformations happen
+before the target alias is prepended to the name - so, specifying
+@option{--program-prefix=foo-} and @option{program-suffix=-3.1}, the
+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 Ada programs are
+transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
+
@item --with-local-prefix=@var{dirname}
Specify the
installation directory for local include files. The default is
@item powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*
aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
-sysv, aix.
+sysv, aix.
@end table
603e, or ultrasparc) you provide, please check the configure script
for a complete list of supported models.
+@item --enable-altivec
+Specify that the target supports AltiVec vector enhancements. This
+option will adjust the ABI for AltiVec enhancements, as well as generate
+AltiVec code when appropriate. This option is only available for
+PowerPC systems.
+
@item --enable-target-optspace
Specify that target
libraries should be optimized for code space instead of code speed.
@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
ignores @code{catgets} and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU
@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
To build a cross compiler, we first recommend building and installing a
native compiler. You can then use the native GCC compiler to build the
-cross compiler.
+cross compiler. The installed native compiler needs to be GCC version
+2.95 or later.
Assuming you have already installed a native copy of GCC and configured
your cross compiler, issue the command @command{make}, which performs the
@section Building the Ada compiler
In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT
-compiler, since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
+compiler (GNAT version 3.13 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later),
+since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some
GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make.
However, you do not need a full installation of GNAT, just the GNAT
detect the driver automatically if it has got a common name such as
@command{gcc} or @command{gnatgcc}. Of course, you still need a working
C compiler (the compiler driver can be different or not).
+@command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works
+and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is
+installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is
+used to disable building the Ada front end.
Additional build tools (such as @command{gnatmake}) or a working GNAT
run-time library installation are usually @emph{not} required. However,
@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:
few failing testcases are possible even on released versions and you
should look here first if you think your results are unreasonable.
+@html
+<hr>
+<p>
+@end html
+@ifhtml
+@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
+@end ifhtml
@end ifset
@c ***Final install***********************************************************
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, send a note to
+If your system is not listed for the version of GCC that you built,
+send a note to
@email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org} indicating
that you successfully built and installed GCC.
+Include the following information:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. Do not send us
+that file itself, just the one-line output from running it.
+
+@item
+The output of @samp{gcc -v} for your newly installed gcc.
+This tells us which version of GCC you built and the options you passed 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
+The distribution name and version (e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3);
+this information should be available from @file{/etc/issue}.
+
+@item
+The version of the Linux kernel, available from @samp{uname --version}
+or @samp{uname -a}.
-Include the output from running @file{@var{srcdir}/config.guess}. (Do
-not send us the @file{config.guess} file itself, just the one-line output from
-running it!) Also specify which version you built.
-If the build was for GNU/Linux, also include the distribution name and version
-(e.g., Red Hat 7.1 or Debian 2.2.3, available from @file{/etc/issue})
-and the version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
+@item
+The version of glibc you used; for RPM-based systems like Red Hat,
Mandrake, and SuSE type @samp{rpm -q glibc} to get the glibc version,
and on systems like Debian and Progeny use @samp{dpkg -l libc6}.
+@end itemize
+For other systems, you can include similar information if you think it is
+relevant.
+
+@item
+Any other information that you think would be useful to people building
+GCC on the same configuration. The new entry in the build status list
+will include a link to the archived copy of your message.
+@end itemize
We'd also like to know if the
@ifnothtml
@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
@end itemize
@item
-@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/free/by-name/gcc-2.95.2/,,The
+@uref{ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/packages/free/by-name/,,The
Written Word} offers binaries for Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 2.7/SPARC, 2.7/Intel,
IRIX 6.2, 6.5, Digital UNIX 4.0D, HP-UX 10.20, and HP-UX 11.00.
@c ***Specific****************************************************************
@ifnothtml
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@node Specific, Concept Index, Binaries, Top
+@node Specific, Old, Binaries, Top
@end ifnothtml
@ifset specifichtml
@html
@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
@item
@uref{#sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1,,sparc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1}
@item
+@uref{#sparc-*-linux*,,sparc-*-linux*}
+@item
@uref{#sparc64-*-*,,sparc64-*-*}
@item
+@uref{#sparcv9-*-solaris2*,,sparcv9-*-solaris2*}
+@item
@uref{#*-*-sysv*,,*-*-sysv*}
@item
@uref{#vax-dec-ultrix,,vax-dec-ultrix}
@item
@uref{#we32k-*-*,,we32k-*-*}
@item
+@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,xtensa-*-elf}
+@item
+@uref{#xtensa-*-linux*,,xtensa-*-linux*}
+@item
@uref{#windows,,Microsoft Windows}
@item
@uref{#os2,,OS/2}
<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. All existing a29k targets are obsoleted
+in GCC 3.1.
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
@item
@uref{http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc,,http://home.overta.ru/users/denisc}
@item
-@uref{http://www.itnet.pl/amelektr/avr,,http://www.itnet.pl/amelektr/avr}
+@uref{http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr,,http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr}
@end itemize
We @emph{strongly} recommend using binutils 2.11 or newer.
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.
+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}.
+GCC 2.95.x is not supported under HP-UX 11 and cannot be used to
+compile GCC 3.0. Refer to @uref{binaries.html,,binaries} for information
+about obtaining precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX.
@html
</p>
@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@.
If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
is the version of Make (see above).
-Binutils 2.10 does not support AIX 4.3. Binutils available from the
-@uref{http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/,,AIX
-Toolbox for Linux: GNU and Open Source tools for AIX};
-website does work. Binutils 2.11 is expected to include AIX 4.3
-support. The GNU Assembler is necessary for @samp{libstdc++} to build. The
-AIX native @command{ld} still is recommended. The native AIX tools do
+The GNU Assembler incorrectly reports that it supports WEAK symbols on
+AIX which causes GCC to try to utilize weak symbol functionality which
+is not really supported on the platform. The native @command{as} and
+@command{ld} still are recommended. The native AIX tools do
interoperate with GCC@.
+Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for a AIX Assembler bug
+APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1).
+
Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
executable.
-GCC's exception handling implementation stores process-specific data in
-the shared library which prevents exception handling from working
-correctly on AIX in a default installation. To work around this, the
-shared objects need to be loaded in the process private segment to
-prevent them from being shared and marked read-only. This is
-accomplished on AIX by installing the shared libraries
-(@file{libgcc_s.a} and @file{libstdc++.a}) with file permissions
-disallowing read-other (@samp{chmod a+x,o-r}). If the shared libraries
-have been used, the shared library segment can be cleaned using the
-@samp{/usr/sbin/slibclean} command.
-
AIX 4.3 utilizes a ``large format'' archive to support both 32-bit and
64-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
<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@.
@html
</p>
that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C89 but
is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
-@command{g++} accepts such (illegal) constructs with the option
+@command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
@option{-fpermissive}; it
will assume that any missing type is @code{int} (as defined by C89).
@end html
@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:
starting with Solaris 7.
Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
-64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.0 doesn't properly support this yet.
-Although some patches or recipes to enable this support have been posted
-to various newsgroups and mailing lists, we recommend against using
-them, since the compiler may either crash or, worse, silently generate
-bad code. If you really need this capability now, you might try a CVS
-version of GCC 3.1, which will fully support this. If all you want is
-code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you should try the
-@option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which should be safe from
-those bugs and produce code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run
-on non-UltraSPARC machines.
+64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later should properly support
+this. GCC 3.0 lacks the infrastructure necessary to support this
+configuration properly. However, if all you want is code tuned for
+the UltraSPARC CPU, you should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc}
+option instead, which should be safe from those bugs and produce code
+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.
@html
</p>
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.
@end itemize
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}.
@html
<p>
</p>
<hr>
@end html
+@heading @anchor{sparc-*-linux*}sparc-*-linux*
+
+GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4
+or newer on this platform. All earlier binutils and glibc
+releases mishandled unaligned relocations on @code{sparc-*-*} targets.
+
+
+@html
+</p>
+<hr>
+@end html
@heading @anchor{sparc64-*-*}sparc64-*-*
GCC version 2.95 is not able to compile code correctly for
invocation with an environment that causes @command{configure} to
recognize (via @samp{uname -a}) the system as @samp{sparc-*-*} instead.
+@html
+</p>
+<hr>
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{sparcv9-*-solaris2*}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
+
+The following compiler flags must be specified in the configure
+step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
+
+@example
+ % CC="cc -xildoff -xarch=v9" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
+@end example
+
+@option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker, and @option{-xarch=v9}
+specifies the v9 architecture to the Sun linker and assembler.
@html
</p>
@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
</p>
<hr>
@end html
+@heading @anchor{xtensa-*-elf}xtensa-*-elf
+
+This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
+@samp{newlib} C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
+objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
+Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
+through inline assembly.
+
+The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
+building GCC@. The @file{gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa-config.h} header
+file contains the configuration information. If you created your
+own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
+downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
+which you can use to replace the default header file.
+
+@html
+</p>
+<hr>
+@end html
+@heading @anchor{xtensa-*-linux*}xtensa-*-linux*
+
+This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
+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
+@uref{#xtensa-*-elf,,@samp{xtensa-*-elf}} target.
+
+@html
+</p>
+<hr>
+@end html
@heading @anchor{windows}Microsoft Windows (32 bit)
A port of GCC 2.95.x is included with the
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
@end ifhtml
@end ifset
+@c ***Old documentation******************************************************
+@ifset oldhtml
+@include install-old.texi
+@html
+</p>
+<hr>
+<p>
+@end html
+@ifhtml
+@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
+@end ifhtml
+@end ifset
+
+@c ***GFDL********************************************************************
+@ifset gfdlhtml
+@include fdl.texi
+@html
+</p>
+<hr>
+<p>
+@end html
+@ifhtml
+@uref{./index.html,,Return to the GCC Installation page}
+@end ifhtml
+@end ifset
+
@c ***************************************************************************
@c Part 6 The End of the Document
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@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@node Concept Index, , Specific, Top
+@node Concept Index, , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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