From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: n8tm@aol.comnojunk (Tim Prince)
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Building GCC
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:21:00 -0000
Message-id: <19991023022110.10066.00000125@ng-fs1.aol.com>
References: <7usmop$qo7$1@news.vsnl.net.in>
X-SW-Source: 1999-10/msg00433.html

>the main header files (such
>as stdio.h) are not installed by "make install". Should I specify any
>options during compilation or does it come from some other package ?

The usual assumption is that you have installed some running version (not
necessarily up to date) of the gcc development system for your linux
distribution, typically from an RPM, including any kernel-headers packages and
libraries you intend to use with the compilers you build.

>Can GCC be built on a Linux machine that has no compiler ?

not until you take care of the above
Tim Prince
tprince@computer.org

From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: n8tm@aol.comnojunk (Tim Prince)
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Building GCC
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 13:57:00 -0000
Message-ID: <19991023022110.10066.00000125@ng-fs1.aol.com>
References: <7usmop$qo7$1@news.vsnl.net.in>
X-SW-Source: 1999-10n/msg00433.html
Message-ID: <19991031135700.luznjfmPAwrN9_XXW9JmTt-JDzzewOyKeR9Cfhry1EE@z>

>the main header files (such
>as stdio.h) are not installed by "make install". Should I specify any
>options during compilation or does it come from some other package ?

The usual assumption is that you have installed some running version (not
necessarily up to date) of the gcc development system for your linux
distribution, typically from an RPM, including any kernel-headers packages and
libraries you intend to use with the compilers you build.

>Can GCC be built on a Linux machine that has no compiler ?

not until you take care of the above
Tim Prince
tprince@computer.org