From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25477 invoked by alias); 30 Dec 2007 20:28:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 25469 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Dec 2007 20:28:40 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:28:28 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBUKSQeo011658 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:28:26 -0500 Received: from zebedee.littlepinkcloud.COM (vpn-14-13.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.14.13]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBUKSPvd014854; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:28:26 -0500 Received: from littlepinkcloud.COM (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by zebedee.littlepinkcloud.COM (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id lBUKSOsQ010304; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:28:25 GMT Received: (from aph@localhost) by littlepinkcloud.COM (8.13.8/8.13.5/Submit) id lBUKSNqS010301; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:28:23 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18295.65383.35950.159716@zebedee.pink> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:28:00 -0000 From: Andrew Haley To: NightStrike Cc: "Dennis Clarke" , "Hsieh, Pei-Ying (MED US)" , gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Compile gcc from source on a 64 bit OS ? In-Reply-To: References: <7AEC29D79CDD2646955922C34AFF1973124F3D@USMLVV1EXCTV06.ww005.siemens.net> <18292.7258.3290.720130@zebedee.pink> <2403.72.39.216.186.1198792782.squirrel@mail.blastwave.org> <18292.52983.593457.489236@zebedee.pink> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.93.1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2007-12/txt/msg00456.txt.bz2 NightStrike writes: > On 12/28/07, Andrew Haley wrote: > > Dennis Clarke writes: > > > > > > > Hsieh, Pei-Ying (MED US) writes: > > > > > > > > > I need to compile gcc from source on a 64 bit linux OS (Ubuntu and > > > > > OpenSuSE). > > > > > > > > x86_64, I guess. > > > > > > > > > After scanning through the installation procedures and manual, it > > > > > is not clear to me how to do this on a 64 bit OS (default seems to > > > > > be for 32 bit OS, using -m32). It will be highly appreciated if > > > > > you can shed some light on this. Thanks! > > > > > > > > It's usually configure, make, make install. Debian-derived distros > > > > have some patches because they put 64-bit libraries in /lib instead of > > > > /lib64, which is where the standard says they should be. > > > > > > what standard ? An ISO or OpenGroup document somewhere ? > > ` > > Originally the x86_64 ABI, later the Linux FHS. > > gcc doesn't look in lib64 for the x86_64-pc-mingw32 target. Is > this a bug? Is this a serious question? Andrew. -- Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, UK Registered in England and Wales No. 3798903