From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 69537 invoked by alias); 12 May 2017 14:05:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 69510 invoked by uid 89); 12 May 2017 14:05:33 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=installing, Hx-languages-length:804, H*f:sk:9e432fa, H*i:sk:9e432fa X-HELO: mail-pg0-f43.google.com Received: from mail-pg0-f43.google.com (HELO mail-pg0-f43.google.com) (74.125.83.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 12 May 2017 14:05:32 +0000 Received: by mail-pg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id u28so30850424pgn.1 for ; Fri, 12 May 2017 07:05:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=WdcjuBtgM/Vc47/eYXQHihzwo3F4NaTmV1mpnvxhpiU=; b=H/qv0C1OkD0rN78glJL0uMv/dnAbQ3+OCLKpyZkE4EvnhF/0BtocEn0zlS6DNqAicL HZguxY3JMI1GAiCRsNFZRr17trKn6oOlQ+rSrun6CO1eYMZO9bXzS9S1EEtthIENNz6p HMLB+XYY7+2mzqt9pU+hJDfG2RPeep+Dz8oOdTQv0lH+LS5e9hsC+/FYUQHNv2NfUjuO RXdmw+c1a3SocY4oobObnSoOH5cd2zM/2M+Ibapec5XYtLIkTZevQPgHM3+HP24jk/WO kKsoY87XXYUib92EIJwqlIo0TCTirI/pW6zydkVGdf/9EFZH6bZLw27k4s/BMMUsCxXF HBSw== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcD4EjYyAz1jzL6Km7NIaI4OEjf6LGlHW94P8V64MU8c+Bu9JnDy 8YbkrlqLcaxV9G/1Ugg6I3b5EV+8RA== X-Received: by 10.98.166.197 with SMTP id r66mr4737740pfl.47.1494597933626; Fri, 12 May 2017 07:05:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.131.16 with HTTP; Fri, 12 May 2017 07:05:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9e432fa2-e7db-a218-c689-97c143d9a4c6@gmail.com> References: <9e432fa2-e7db-a218-c689-97c143d9a4c6@gmail.com> From: Jonathan Wakely Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 14:05:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Install GCC guide To: joris Cc: "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-05/txt/msg00115.txt.bz2 On 12 May 2017 at 14:03, joris wrote: > Hi, > > The installing GCC guide contains a paragraph that says 'If you also intend > to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing installation or for use in > place of the corresponding tools of your OS), unpack the binutils > distribution either in the same directory or a separate one.' > > Bu according to bug https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80719, > unpacking a binutils source release within a GCC source release may not be a > good idea. > > Problem with building GCC is that if you do not, you end up with a missing > libiberty. I can't parse this sentence. If you do not what? Build binutils at the same time? It's certainly not true that you get a missing libiberty if you don't build binutils at the same time.