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Date:      Fri, 15 Oct 1999 18:54:49 +0200
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make world issues
Message-ID:  <38075C59.7E2670D1@scc.nl>
References:  <380716A4.20961526@scc.nl>, <19991015082059.C9753@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien wrote:
> 
> > Known issues/problems:
> > P1. the upgrade path is broken.
> > P2. aout to elf seems to be broken too.
> > P3. no cross compilation.
> > P4. buildworld must be performed as root.
> > P5. sys.mk pollution.
> 
> P10. the compiler isn't built properly.  The intergral libgcc needs half
> of it build buy the compiler you are compiling the new compiler with, and
> the second half by the compiler you just built.  It is very hard to get
> proper access to both compilers at the right places.  IFAIK, this would
> also affect cross compliation.

Hmmm... I always thought that gcc was bootstrapping: with the current
compiler, build the bootstrap compiler. Use the bootstrap compiler to
build the actual compiler. I have to dig into this again...

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Marcel Moolenaar                        mailto:marcel@scc.nl
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