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diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index fd752d1..cab2c07 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -284,11 +284,12 @@ variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g., @command{pawd} or @command{amq -w}, during the configuration and build phases. -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. +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. If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files |