From db9881ecd7e7278af3e6bb252a0b3015e275d7bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Myers Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:48:47 +0000 Subject: Document use of CC and CFLAGS in more detail (bug 20980, bug 21234). There are some bug reports from people setting CFLAGS not including a -O option and then being confused when the build fails. This patch addresses this by documenting the proper use of CC and CFLAGS in more detail - saying what options should go where and specifying the requirement to compile with optimization. The previous text incorrectly used @var markup with CC and CFLAGS. The correct markup for environment variables is @env, but it's also the case that passing such variables explicitly on the configure command line is preferred to passing them in the environment, so this patch changes the documentation to describe passing them on the command line (and uses @code). In many cases putting options in the wrong place may in fact work, but I believe what I've specified is the correct rule for which options to put where. [BZ #20980] [BZ #21234] * manual/install.texi (Configuring and compiling): Describe passing CC and CFLAGS on configure command line, not as environment variables. Use @code markup on those variables. Specify what options go in CC and what go in CFLAGS. Note the requirement to compile with optimization. * INSTALL: Regenerated. --- manual/install.texi | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'manual/install.texi') diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 43dd8d6..4bbbfcf 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -59,10 +59,21 @@ but the normal setting to install as the standard system library is @samp{--prefix=/usr} for @gnulinuxsystems{} and @samp{--prefix=} (an empty prefix) for @gnuhurdsystems{}. -It may also be useful to set the @var{CC} and @var{CFLAGS} variables in -the environment when running @code{configure}. @var{CC} selects the C -compiler that will be used, and @var{CFLAGS} sets optimization options -for the compiler. +It may also be useful to pass @samp{CC=@var{compiler}} and +@code{CFLAGS=@var{flags}} arguments to @code{configure}. @code{CC} +selects the C compiler that will be used, and @code{CFLAGS} sets +optimization options for the compiler. Any compiler options required +for all compilations, such as options selecting an ABI or a processor +for which to generate code, should be included in @code{CC}. Options +that may be overridden by the @glibcadj{} build system for particular +files, such as for optimization and debugging, should go in +@code{CFLAGS}. The default value of @code{CFLAGS} is @samp{-g -O2}, +and @theglibc{} cannot be compiled without optimization, so if +@code{CFLAGS} is specified it must enable optimization. For example: + +@smallexample +$ ../glibc-@var{version}/configure CC="gcc -m32" CFLAGS="-O3" +@end smallexample The following list describes all of the available options for @code{configure}: @@ -241,7 +252,7 @@ if @code{configure} guesses your machine as @code{i686-pc-linux-gnu} but you want to compile a library for 586es, give @samp{--host=i586-pc-linux-gnu} or just @samp{--host=i586-linux} and add the appropriate compiler flags (@samp{-mcpu=i586} will do the trick) to -@var{CFLAGS}. +@code{CC}. If you specify just @samp{--build}, @code{configure} will get confused. @@ -339,8 +350,8 @@ It is easy to configure @theglibc{} for cross-compilation by setting a few variables in @file{configparms}. Set @code{CC} to the cross-compiler for the target you configured the library for; it is important to use this same @code{CC} value when running -@code{configure}, like this: @samp{CC=@var{target}-gcc configure -@var{target}}. Set @code{BUILD_CC} to the compiler to use for programs +@code{configure}, like this: @samp{configure @var{target} +CC=@var{target}-gcc}. Set @code{BUILD_CC} to the compiler to use for programs run on the build system as part of compiling the library. You may need to set @code{AR} to cross-compiling versions of @code{ar} if the native tools are not configured to work with -- cgit v1.1