X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:08:50 -0400 From: NightStrike To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Difficulty building gcc 4.3.2 under i386-pc-cygwin In-Reply-To: <20080908223255.GA18802@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1220909037.6401.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <20080908214759.GA18503@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <028301c91200$a6a37540$9601a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <20080908223255.GA18802@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:17:16PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >>Christopher Faylor wrote on 08 September 2008 22:48: >> >>> On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 09:43:37PM +0000, Jay wrote: >>>> You can build gcc 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 just fine from the existing Cygwin gcc >>>> 3.x package. >>>> >>>> The error also /appeared/ to have the object directory under the source >>>> directory. Don't do that. >>> >>> Huh? There's no reason not to do this. I do it all of the time. >> >> It is unsupported: >> >>http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html >> >>"... building where objdir is a subdirectory of srcdir is unsupported." > > What's that? An actual reference to a definitive source? Do you think > that will ever catch on? > > I have been building gcc like that (and also in a completely separate > directory) for many years, but if this officially unsanctioned then, > nevermind. Maybe it's time to officially sanction it, perhaps? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/