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author | Loren J. Rittle <ljrittle@acm.org> | 2002-04-15 21:28:46 +0000 |
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committer | Loren J. Rittle <ljrittle@gcc.gnu.org> | 2002-04-15 21:28:46 +0000 |
commit | 0aa911c5b2766b10d86fa1b2f7cc4a57ca67c523 (patch) | |
tree | f53466af1c559b58665687cda765cfe8098313ac /gcc/doc | |
parent | 83248d496dd8156a42a0616e8536fb0d4d1af3d4 (diff) | |
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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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diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 990db06..5df9b0b 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -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 |