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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc-4.5.3-r1 fails to compile with "internal compiler error"
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:55:39
Message-Id: 201201312254.33339.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc-4.5.3-r1 fails to compile with "internal compiler error" by walt
1 On Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:37:34 walt wrote:
2
3 > The gcc package actually compiles gcc twice, once with your existing
4 > compiler and again with the new compiler itself (at least it worked that
5 > way in the old days).
6
7 I believe it's three times now: the first time with the old compiler, then
8 with the new one, then again with the second new one. Then the last two are
9 compared; they should be the same.
10
11 I forget where I read that though.
12
13 --
14 Rgds
15 Peter Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23

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