* Library libbackend.a
@ 2008-03-12 23:43 James Allsopp
2008-03-13 0:46 ` Brian Dessent
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From: James Allsopp @ 2008-03-12 23:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-help
Hi,
I'm looking for a library called libbackend.a, produced when gcc is
compiled. I need it to install g95, which I need because a program I need
to install complains about gfortran. I'm using gcc-4.2.3 on an up to date
gentoo install. Any help would be really gratefully received!
Cheers thanks!
Jim
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* Re: Library libbackend.a
2008-03-12 23:43 Library libbackend.a James Allsopp
@ 2008-03-13 0:46 ` Brian Dessent
2008-03-13 1:28 ` James Allsopp
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Brian Dessent @ 2008-03-13 0:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James Allsopp; +Cc: gcc-help
James Allsopp wrote:
> I'm looking for a library called libbackend.a, produced when gcc is
> compiled. I need it to install g95, which I need because a program I need
> to install complains about gfortran. I'm using gcc-4.2.3 on an up to date
> gentoo install. Any help would be really gratefully received!
libbackend.a will be in the build tree after successfully building gcc.
It doesn't get installed out of the tree when you install gcc because
it's not intended to be a an actual library, and you won't find it
anywhere other than by building gcc. It's just a temporary convenience
for linking the individual gcc subcompilers (cc1, cc1plus, et cetera)
and it's superfluous once the gcc build is finished.
Brian
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* Re: Library libbackend.a
2008-03-13 0:46 ` Brian Dessent
@ 2008-03-13 1:28 ` James Allsopp
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: James Allsopp @ 2008-03-13 1:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-help
Ah, I see, thank you very much for taking the time to explain that to
me, much appreciated!
Thanks,
Jim
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Brian Dessent wrote:
> James Allsopp wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a library called libbackend.a, produced when gcc is
>> compiled. I need it to install g95, which I need because a program I need
>> to install complains about gfortran. I'm using gcc-4.2.3 on an up to date
>> gentoo install. Any help would be really gratefully received!
>
> libbackend.a will be in the build tree after successfully building gcc.
> It doesn't get installed out of the tree when you install gcc because
> it's not intended to be a an actual library, and you won't find it
> anywhere other than by building gcc. It's just a temporary convenience
> for linking the individual gcc subcompilers (cc1, cc1plus, et cetera)
> and it's superfluous once the gcc build is finished.
>
> Brian
>
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