From: Earnie B. <ea...@us...> - 2008-01-24 14:59:05
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Quoting Michael Gerdau <mg...@ti...>: > That said, I think you could build c and c++ in one step. The reason > this is done in two steps when building the xcompiler is that you need > a compiler to create you the initial runtime version that you need to > create the compiler - a hen/egg problem. > Even natively I would recommend a two (or three) step process. When I build a newer version of GCC from source I usually build C only, then rebuild binutils with the newly built gcc. Then rebuild C and others with those. This helps me avoid possible ABI changes by rebuilding libraries with the newer ABI. Earnie |