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From: Bob Slawson <bslawson@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About gcc 4.1.1
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:20:05
Message-Id: 44F7199F.6030604@frontiernet.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About gcc 4.1.1 by Dieter Ries
1 Dieter Ries wrote:
2 > OK so there it is, gcc 4.1.1 is stable.
3 >
4 > i just emerged it and switched gcc-config to 4.1.1.
5 > does it make sense to recompile gcc 4.1.1 with gcc 4.1.1?
6 > (do you know what i mean?
7 >
8 No. As part of the gcc build process, the new gcc is used to compile
9 itself. 'Stage 1'
10 uses an existing compiler to compile the new source to 'xgcc'. Then in
11 'stage 2',
12 'xgcc' compiles the new source to 'gcc', the compiler is compiling itself.
13
14 BobS
15
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-amd64] About gcc 4.1.1 Dieter Ries <clip2@×××.de>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: About gcc 4.1.1 Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] About gcc 4.1.1 Ronan Klyne <rklyne@×××××.com>