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authorLoren J. Rittle <ljrittle@acm.org>2002-04-15 21:28:46 +0000
committerLoren J. Rittle <ljrittle@gcc.gnu.org>2002-04-15 21:28:46 +0000
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install.texi (Installing GCC: Configuration): Clarify the only supported ways to configure gcc.
* doc/install.texi (Installing GCC: Configuration): Clarify the only supported ways to configure gcc. From-SVN: r52335
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@@ -288,12 +288,11 @@ If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
@file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
-First, we @strong{highly} recommend that GCC be built into a
-separate directory than the sources which does @strong{not} reside
-within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building
-where @var{srcdir} == @var{objdir} should still work, but doesn't
-get extensive testing; building where @var{objdir} is a subdirectory
-of @var{srcdir} is unsupported.
+First, in general, GCC @strong{must} be built into a separate directory
+than the sources which does @strong{not} reside within the source tree.
+This is how almost all developers build GCC; building where @var{srcdir}
+== @var{objdir} is completely unsupported; building where @var{objdir}
+is a subdirectory of @var{srcdir} is completely unsupported.
If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files