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9<h1 align="center">Old installation documentation</h1>
10
11<p>Note most of this information is out of date and superseded by the
12previous chapters of this manual. It is provided for historical
13reference only, because of a lack of volunteers to merge it into the
14main manual.
15
16<p>Here is the procedure for installing GNU CC on a GNU or Unix system.
17See <a href="#VMS%20Install">VMS Install</a>, for VMS systems.
18
19<ol type=1 start=1>
20</p><li>If you have chosen a configuration for GNU CC which requires other GNU
21tools (such as GAS or the GNU linker) instead of the standard system
22tools, install the required tools in the build directory under the names
23<code>as</code>, <code>ld</code> or whatever is appropriate. This will enable the
24compiler to find the proper tools for compilation of the program
25<code>enquire</code>.
26
27<p>Alternatively, you can do subsequent compilation using a value of the
28<code>PATH</code> environment variable such that the necessary GNU tools come
29before the standard system tools.
30
31</p><li>Specify the host, build and target machine configurations. You do this
32when you run the <code>configure</code> script.
33
34<p>The <dfn>build</dfn> machine is the system which you are using, the
35<dfn>host</dfn> machine is the system where you want to run the resulting
36compiler (normally the build machine), and the <dfn>target</dfn> machine is
37the system for which you want the compiler to generate code.
38
39<p>If you are building a compiler to produce code for the machine it runs
40on (a native compiler), you normally do not need to specify any operands
41to <code>configure</code>; it will try to guess the type of machine you are on
42and use that as the build, host and target machines. So you don't need
43to specify a configuration when building a native compiler unless
44<code>configure</code> cannot figure out what your configuration is or guesses
45wrong.
46
47<p>In those cases, specify the build machine's <dfn>configuration name</dfn>
48with the <code>--host</code> option; the host and target will default to be
49the same as the host machine. (If you are building a cross-compiler,
50see <a href="#Cross-Compiler">Cross-Compiler</a>.)
51
52<p>Here is an example:
53
54<pre>./configure --host=sparc-sun-sunos4.1
55</pre>
56
57<p>A configuration name may be canonical or it may be more or less
58abbreviated.
59
60<p>A canonical configuration name has three parts, separated by dashes.
61It looks like this: <code><var>cpu</var>-<var>company</var>-<var>system</var></code>.
62(The three parts may themselves contain dashes; <code>configure</code>
63can figure out which dashes serve which purpose.) For example,
64<code>m68k-sun-sunos4.1</code> specifies a Sun 3.
65
66<p>You can also replace parts of the configuration by nicknames or aliases.
67For example, <code>sun3</code> stands for <code>m68k-sun</code>, so
68<code>sun3-sunos4.1</code> is another way to specify a Sun 3.
69
70<p>You can specify a version number after any of the system types, and some
71of the CPU types. In most cases, the version is irrelevant, and will be
72ignored. So you might as well specify the version if you know it.
73
74<p>See <a href="#Configurations">Configurations</a>, for a list of supported configuration names and
75notes on many of the configurations. You should check the notes in that
76section before proceeding any further with the installation of GNU CC.
77
78</ol>
79
80<h2><a name="Configurations"></a>Configurations Supported by GNU CC</h2>
81
82<p>Here are the possible CPU types:
83
84<blockquote>
851750a, a29k, alpha, arm, avr, c<var>n</var>, clipper, dsp16xx, elxsi, fr30, h8300,
86hppa1.0, hppa1.1, i370, i386, i486, i586, i686, i786, i860, i960, m32r,
87m68000, m68k, m6811, m6812, m88k, mcore, mips, mipsel, mips64, mips64el,
88mn10200, mn10300, ns32k, pdp11, powerpc, powerpcle, romp, rs6000, sh, sparc,
89sparclite, sparc64, v850, vax, we32k.
90</blockquote>
91
92<p>Here are the recognized company names. As you can see, customary
93abbreviations are used rather than the longer official names.
94
95<blockquote>
96acorn, alliant, altos, apollo, apple, att, bull,
97cbm, convergent, convex, crds, dec, dg, dolphin,
98elxsi, encore, harris, hitachi, hp, ibm, intergraph, isi,
99mips, motorola, ncr, next, ns, omron, plexus,
100sequent, sgi, sony, sun, tti, unicom, wrs.
101</blockquote>
102
103<p>The company name is meaningful only to disambiguate when the rest of
104the information supplied is insufficient. You can omit it, writing
105just <code><var>cpu</var>-<var>system</var></code>, if it is not needed. For example,
106<code>vax-ultrix4.2</code> is equivalent to <code>vax-dec-ultrix4.2</code>.
107
108<p>Here is a list of system types:
109
110<blockquote>
111386bsd, aix, acis, amigaos, aos, aout, aux, bosx, bsd, clix, coff, ctix, cxux,
112dgux, dynix, ebmon, ecoff, elf, esix, freebsd, hms, genix, gnu, linux,
113linux-gnu, hiux, hpux, iris, irix, isc, luna, lynxos, mach, minix, msdos, mvs,
114netbsd, newsos, nindy, ns, osf, osfrose, ptx, riscix, riscos, rtu, sco, sim,
115solaris, sunos, sym, sysv, udi, ultrix, unicos, uniplus, unos, vms, vsta,
116vxworks, winnt, xenix.
117</blockquote>
118
119<p>You can omit the system type; then <code>configure</code> guesses the
120operating system from the CPU and company.
121
122<p>You can add a version number to the system type; this may or may not
123make a difference. For example, you can write <code>bsd4.3</code> or
124<code>bsd4.4</code> to distinguish versions of BSD. In practice, the version
125number is most needed for <code>sysv3</code> and <code>sysv4</code>, which are often
126treated differently.
127
128<p><code>linux-gnu</code> is the canonical name for the GNU/Linux target; however
129GNU CC will also accept <code>linux</code>. The version of the kernel in use is
130not relevant on these systems. A suffix such as <code>libc1</code> or <code>aout</code>
131distinguishes major versions of the C library; all of the suffixed versions
132are obsolete.
133
134<p>If you specify an impossible combination such as <code>i860-dg-vms</code>,
135then you may get an error message from <code>configure</code>, or it may
136ignore part of the information and do the best it can with the rest.
137<code>configure</code> always prints the canonical name for the alternative
138that it used. GNU CC does not support all possible alternatives.
139
140<p>Often a particular model of machine has a name. Many machine names are
141recognized as aliases for CPU/company combinations. Thus, the machine
142name <code>sun3</code>, mentioned above, is an alias for <code>m68k-sun</code>.
143Sometimes we accept a company name as a machine name, when the name is
144popularly used for a particular machine. Here is a table of the known
145machine names:
146
147<blockquote>
1483300, 3b1, 3b<var>n</var>, 7300, altos3068, altos,
149apollo68, att-7300, balance,
150convex-c<var>n</var>, crds, decstation-3100,
151decstation, delta, encore,
152fx2800, gmicro, hp7<var>nn</var>, hp8<var>nn</var>,
153hp9k2<var>nn</var>, hp9k3<var>nn</var>, hp9k7<var>nn</var>,
154hp9k8<var>nn</var>, iris4d, iris, isi68,
155m3230, magnum, merlin, miniframe,
156mmax, news-3600, news800, news, next,
157pbd, pc532, pmax, powerpc, powerpcle, ps2, risc-news,
158rtpc, sun2, sun386i, sun386, sun3,
159sun4, symmetry, tower-32, tower.
160</blockquote>
161
162<p>Remember that a machine name specifies both the cpu type and the company
163name.
164If you want to install your own homemade configuration files, you can
165use <code>local</code> as the company name to access them. If you use
166configuration <code><var>cpu</var>-local</code>, the configuration name
167without the cpu prefix
168is used to form the configuration file names.
169
170<p>Thus, if you specify <code>m68k-local</code>, configuration uses
171files <code>m68k.md</code>, <code>local.h</code>, <code>m68k.c</code>,
172<code>xm-local.h</code>, <code>t-local</code>, and <code>x-local</code>, all in the
173directory <code>config/m68k</code>.
174
175<p>Here is a list of configurations that have special treatment or special
176things you must know:
177
178<dl>
179<dt><code>vax-dec-vms</code>
180<dd>See <a href="#VMS%20Install">VMS Install</a>, for details on how to install GNU CC on VMS.
181</dl>
182
183<h2><a name="Cross-Compiler"></a>Building and Installing a Cross-Compiler</h2>
184
185<p>GNU CC can function as a cross-compiler for many machines, but not all.
186
187<ul>
188<li>Cross-compilers for the Mips as target using the Mips assembler
189currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs
190<code>mips-tdump.c</code> and <code>mips-tfile.c</code> can't be compiled on
191anything but a Mips. It does work to cross compile for a Mips
192if you use the GNU assembler and linker.
193
194<li>Cross-compilers between machines with different floating point formats
195have not all been made to work. GNU CC now has a floating point
196emulator with which these can work, but each target machine description
197needs to be updated to take advantage of it.
198
199<li>Cross-compilation between machines of different word sizes is
200somewhat problematic and sometimes does not work.
201</ul>
202
203<p>Since GNU CC generates assembler code, you probably need a
204cross-assembler that GNU CC can run, in order to produce object files.
205If you want to link on other than the target machine, you need a
206cross-linker as well. You also need header files and libraries suitable
207for the target machine that you can install on the host machine.
208
209<h2>Steps of Cross-Compilation</h2>
210
211<p>To compile and run a program using a cross-compiler involves several
212steps:
213
214<ul>
215<li>Run the cross-compiler on the host machine to produce assembler files
216for the target machine. This requires header files for the target
217machine.
218
219<li>Assemble the files produced by the cross-compiler. You can do this
220either with an assembler on the target machine, or with a
221cross-assembler on the host machine.
222
223<li>Link those files to make an executable. You can do this either with a
224linker on the target machine, or with a cross-linker on the host
225machine. Whichever machine you use, you need libraries and certain
226startup files (typically <code>crt<small>...</small>.o</code>) for the target machine.
227</ul>
228
229<p>It is most convenient to do all of these steps on the same host machine,
230since then you can do it all with a single invocation of GNU CC. This
231requires a suitable cross-assembler and cross-linker. For some targets,
232the GNU assembler and linker are available.
233
234<h2>Configuring a Cross-Compiler</h2>
235
236<p>To build GNU CC as a cross-compiler, you start out by running
237<code>configure</code>. Use the <code>--target=<var>target</var></code> to specify the
238target type. If <code>configure</code> was unable to correctly identify the
239system you are running on, also specify the <code>--build=<var>build</var></code>
240option. For example, here is how to configure for a cross-compiler that
241produces code for an HP 68030 system running BSD on a system that
242<code>configure</code> can correctly identify:
243
244<pre>./configure --target=m68k-hp-bsd4.3
245</pre>
246
247<h2>Tools and Libraries for a Cross-Compiler</h2>
248
249<p>If you have a cross-assembler and cross-linker available, you should
250install them now. Put them in the directory
251<code>/usr/local/<var>target</var>/bin</code>. Here is a table of the tools
252you should put in this directory:
253
254<dl>
255<dt><code>as</code>
256<dd>This should be the cross-assembler.
257
258<br><dt><code>ld</code>
259<dd>This should be the cross-linker.
260
261<br><dt><code>ar</code>
262<dd>This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
263archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
264
265<br><dt><code>ranlib</code>
266<dd>This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
267</dl>
268
269<p>The installation of GNU CC will find these programs in that directory,
270and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
271find them when run later.
272
273<p>The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package
274and GAS. Configure them with the same <code>--host</code> and <code>--target</code>
275options that you use for configuring GNU CC, then build and install
276them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
277directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GNU CC
278supports.
279
280<p>If you want to install libraries to use with the cross-compiler, such as
281a standard C library, put them in the directory
282<code>/usr/local/<var>target</var>/lib</code>; installation of GNU CC copies
283all the files in that subdirectory into the proper place for GNU CC to
284find them and link with them. Here's an example of copying some
285libraries from a target machine:
286
287<pre>ftp <var>target-machine</var>
288lcd /usr/local/<var>target</var>/lib
289cd /lib
290get libc.a
291cd /usr/lib
292get libg.a
293get libm.a
294quit
295</pre>
296
297<p>The precise set of libraries you'll need, and their locations on
298the target machine, vary depending on its operating system.
299
300<p>Many targets require "start files" such as <code>crt0.o</code> and
301<code>crtn.o</code> which are linked into each executable; these too should be
302placed in <code>/usr/local/<var>target</var>/lib</code>. There may be several
303alternatives for <code>crt0.o</code>, for use with profiling or other
304compilation options. Check your target's definition of
305<code>STARTFILE_SPEC</code> to find out what start files it uses.
306Here's an example of copying these files from a target machine:
307
308<pre>ftp <var>target-machine</var>
309lcd /usr/local/<var>target</var>/lib
310prompt
311cd /lib
312mget *crt*.o
313cd /usr/lib
314mget *crt*.o
315quit
316</pre>
317
318<h2>Cross-Compilers and Header Files</h2>
319
320<p>If you are cross-compiling a standalone program or a program for an
321embedded system, then you may not need any header files except the few
322that are part of GNU CC (and those of your program). However, if you
323intend to link your program with a standard C library such as
324<code>libc.a</code>, then you probably need to compile with the header files
325that go with the library you use.
326
327<p>The GNU C compiler does not come with these files, because (1) they are
328system-specific, and (2) they belong in a C library, not in a compiler.
329
330<p>If the GNU C library supports your target machine, then you can get the
331header files from there (assuming you actually use the GNU library when
332you link your program).
333
334<p>If your target machine comes with a C compiler, it probably comes with
335suitable header files also. If you make these files accessible from the host
336machine, the cross-compiler can use them also.
337
338<p>Otherwise, you're on your own in finding header files to use when
339cross-compiling.
340
341<p>When you have found suitable header files, you should put them in the
342directory <code>/usr/local/<var>target</var>/include</code>, before building the
343cross compiler. Then installation will run fixincludes properly and
344install the corrected versions of the header files where the compiler
345will use them.
346
347<p>Provide the header files before you build the cross-compiler, because
348the build stage actually runs the cross-compiler to produce parts of
349<code>libgcc.a</code>. (These are the parts that <em>can</em> be compiled with
350GNU CC.) Some of them need suitable header files.
351
352<p>Here's an example showing how to copy the header files from a target
353machine. On the target machine, do this:
354
355<pre>(cd /usr/include; tar cf - .) &gt; tarfile
356</pre>
357
358<p>Then, on the host machine, do this:
359
360<pre>ftp <var>target-machine</var>
361lcd /usr/local/<var>target</var>/include
362get tarfile
363quit
364tar xf tarfile
365</pre>
366
367<h2>Actually Building the Cross-Compiler</h2>
368
369<p>Now you can proceed just as for compiling a single-machine compiler
370through the step of building stage 1.
371
372<p>If your target is exotic, you may need to provide the header file
373<code>float.h</code>.One way to do this is to compile <code>enquire</code> and run
374it on your target machine. The job of <code>enquire</code> is to run on the
375target machine and figure out by experiment the nature of its floating
376point representation. <code>enquire</code> records its findings in the header
377file <code>float.h</code>. If you can't produce this file by running
378<code>enquire</code> on the target machine, then you will need to come up with
379a suitable <code>float.h</code> in some other way (or else, avoid using it in
380your programs).
381
382<p>Do not try to build stage 2 for a cross-compiler. It doesn't work to
383rebuild GNU CC as a cross-compiler using the cross-compiler, because
384that would produce a program that runs on the target machine, not on the
385host. For example, if you compile a 386-to-68030 cross-compiler with
386itself, the result will not be right either for the 386 (because it was
387compiled into 68030 code) or for the 68030 (because it was configured
388for a 386 as the host). If you want to compile GNU CC into 68030 code,
389whether you compile it on a 68030 or with a cross-compiler on a 386, you
390must specify a 68030 as the host when you configure it.
391
392<p>To install the cross-compiler, use <code>make install</code>, as usual.
393
394<h2><a name="VMS%20Install"></a>Installing GNU CC on VMS</h2>
395
396<p>The VMS version of GNU CC is distributed in a backup saveset containing
397both source code and precompiled binaries.
398
399<p>To install the <code>gcc</code> command so you can use the compiler easily, in
400the same manner as you use the VMS C compiler, you must install the VMS CLD
401file for GNU CC as follows:
402
403<ol type=1 start=1>
404</p><li>Define the VMS logical names <code>GNU_CC</code> and <code>GNU_CC_INCLUDE</code>
405to point to the directories where the GNU CC executables
406(<code>gcc-cpp.exe</code>, <code>gcc-cc1.exe</code>, etc.) and the C include files are
407kept respectively. This should be done with the commands:
408
409<pre>$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
410 disk:[gcc.] gnu_cc
411$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
412 disk:[gcc.include.] gnu_cc_include
413</pre>
414
415<p>with the appropriate disk and directory names. These commands can be
416placed in your system startup file so they will be executed whenever
417the machine is rebooted. You may, if you choose, do this via the
418<code>GCC_INSTALL.COM</code> script in the <code>[GCC]</code> directory.
419
420</p><li>Install the <code>GCC</code> command with the command line:
421
422<pre>$ set command /table=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
423 /output=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables gnu_cc:[000000]gcc
424$ install replace sys$common:[syslib]dcltables
425</pre>
426
427<li>To install the help file, do the following:
428
429<pre>$ library/help sys$library:helplib.hlb gcc.hlp
430</pre>
431
432<p>Now you can invoke the compiler with a command like <code>gcc /verbose
433file.c</code>, which is equivalent to the command <code>gcc -v -c file.c</code> in
434Unix.
435</ol>
436
437<p>If you wish to use GNU C++ you must first install GNU CC, and then
438perform the following steps:
439
440<ol type=1 start=1>
441</p><li>Define the VMS logical name <code>GNU_GXX_INCLUDE</code> to point to the
442directory where the preprocessor will search for the C++ header files.
443This can be done with the command:
444
445<pre>$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
446 disk:[gcc.gxx_include.] gnu_gxx_include
447</pre>
448
449<p>with the appropriate disk and directory name. If you are going to be
450using a C++ runtime library, this is where its install procedure will install
451its header files.
452
453</p><li>Obtain the file <code>gcc-cc1plus.exe</code>, and place this in the same
454directory that <code>gcc-cc1.exe</code> is kept.
455
456<p>The GNU C++ compiler can be invoked with a command like <code>gcc /plus
457/verbose file.cc</code>, which is equivalent to the command <code>g++ -v -c
458file.cc</code> in Unix.
459</ol>
460
461<p>We try to put corresponding binaries and sources on the VMS distribution
462tape. But sometimes the binaries will be from an older version than the
463sources, because we don't always have time to update them. (Use the
464<code>/version</code> option to determine the version number of the binaries and
465compare it with the source file <code>version.c</code> to tell whether this is
466so.) In this case, you should use the binaries you get to recompile the
467sources. If you must recompile, here is how:
468
469<ol type=1 start=1>
470</p><li>Execute the command procedure <code>vmsconfig.com</code> to set up the files
471<code>tm.h</code>, <code>config.h</code>, <code>aux-output.c</code>, and <code>md.</code>, and
472to create files <code>tconfig.h</code> and <code>hconfig.h</code>. This procedure
473also creates several linker option files used by <code>make-cc1.com</code> and
474a data file used by <code>make-l2.com</code>.
475
476<pre>$ @vmsconfig.com
477</pre>
478
479<li>Setup the logical names and command tables as defined above. In
480addition, define the VMS logical name <code>GNU_BISON</code> to point at the
481to the directories where the Bison executable is kept. This should be
482done with the command:
483
484<pre>$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
485 disk:[bison.] gnu_bison
486</pre>
487
488<p>You may, if you choose, use the <code>INSTALL_BISON.COM</code> script in the
489<code>[BISON]</code> directory.
490
491</p><li>Install the <code>BISON</code> command with the command line:
492
493<pre>$ set command /table=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
494 /output=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
495 gnu_bison:[000000]bison
496$ install replace sys$common:[syslib]dcltables
497</pre>
498
499<li>Type <code>@make-gcc</code> to recompile everything, or submit the file
500<code>make-gcc.com</code> to a batch queue. If you wish to build the GNU C++
501compiler as well as the GNU CC compiler, you must first edit
502<code>make-gcc.com</code> and follow the instructions that appear in the
503comments.
504
505<li>In order to use GCC, you need a library of functions which GCC compiled code
506will call to perform certain tasks, and these functions are defined in the
507file <code>libgcc2.c</code>. To compile this you should use the command procedure
508<code>make-l2.com</code>, which will generate the library <code>libgcc2.olb</code>.
509<code>libgcc2.olb</code> should be built using the compiler built from
510the same distribution that <code>libgcc2.c</code> came from, and
511<code>make-gcc.com</code> will automatically do all of this for you.
512
513<p>To install the library, use the following commands:
514
515<pre>$ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib/delete=(new,eprintf)
516$ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib/delete=L_*
517$ library libgcc2/extract=*/output=libgcc2.obj
518$ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib libgcc2.obj
519</pre>
520
521<p>The first command simply removes old modules that will be replaced with
522modules from <code>libgcc2</code> under different module names. The modules
523<code>new</code> and <code>eprintf</code> may not actually be present in your
524<code>gcclib.olb</code>--if the VMS librarian complains about those modules
525not being present, simply ignore the message and continue on with the
526next command. The second command removes the modules that came from the
527previous version of the library <code>libgcc2.c</code>.
528
529<p>Whenever you update the compiler on your system, you should also update the
530library with the above procedure.
531
532</p><li>You may wish to build GCC in such a way that no files are written to the
533directory where the source files reside. An example would be the when
534the source files are on a read-only disk. In these cases, execute the
535following DCL commands (substituting your actual path names):
536
537<pre>$ assign dua0:[gcc.build_dir.]/translation=concealed, -
538 dua1:[gcc.source_dir.]/translation=concealed gcc_build
539$ set default gcc_build:[000000]
540</pre>
541
542<p>where the directory <code>dua1:[gcc.source_dir]</code> contains the source
543code, and the directory <code>dua0:[gcc.build_dir]</code> is meant to contain
544all of the generated object files and executables. Once you have done
545this, you can proceed building GCC as described above. (Keep in mind
546that <code>gcc_build</code> is a rooted logical name, and thus the device
547names in each element of the search list must be an actual physical
548device name rather than another rooted logical name).
549
550</p><li><strong>If you are building GNU CC with a previous version of GNU CC,
551you also should check to see that you have the newest version of the
552assembler</strong>. In particular, GNU CC version 2 treats global constant
553variables slightly differently from GNU CC version 1, and GAS version
5541.38.1 does not have the patches required to work with GCC version 2.
555If you use GAS 1.38.1, then <code>extern const</code> variables will not have
556the read-only bit set, and the linker will generate warning messages
557about mismatched psect attributes for these variables. These warning
558messages are merely a nuisance, and can safely be ignored.
559
560<li>If you want to build GNU CC with the VAX C compiler, you will need to
561make minor changes in <code>make-cccp.com</code> and <code>make-cc1.com</code>
562to choose alternate definitions of <code>CC</code>, <code>CFLAGS</code>, and
563<code>LIBS</code>. See comments in those files. However, you must
564also have a working version of the GNU assembler (GNU as, aka GAS) as
565it is used as the back end for GNU CC to produce binary object modules
566and is not included in the GNU CC sources. GAS is also needed to
567compile <code>libgcc2</code> in order to build <code>gcclib</code> (see above);
568<code>make-l2.com</code> expects to be able to find it operational in
569<code>gnu_cc:[000000]gnu-as.exe</code>.
570
571<p>To use GNU CC on VMS, you need the VMS driver programs
572<code>gcc.exe</code>, <code>gcc.com</code>, and <code>gcc.cld</code>. They are
573distributed with the VMS binaries (<code>gcc-vms</code>) rather than the
574GNU CC sources. GAS is also included in <code>gcc-vms</code>, as is Bison.
575
576<p>Once you have successfully built GNU CC with VAX C, you should use the
577resulting compiler to rebuild itself. Before doing this, be sure to
578restore the <code>CC</code>, <code>CFLAGS</code>, and <code>LIBS</code> definitions in
579<code>make-cccp.com</code> and <code>make-cc1.com</code>. The second generation
580compiler will be able to take advantage of many optimizations that must
581be suppressed when building with other compilers.
582</ol>
583
584<p>Under previous versions of GNU CC, the generated code would occasionally
585give strange results when linked with the sharable <code>VAXCRTL</code> library.
586Now this should work.
587
588<p>Even with this version, however, GNU CC itself should not be linked with
589the sharable <code>VAXCRTL</code>. The version of <code>qsort</code> in
590<code>VAXCRTL</code> has a bug (known to be present in VMS versions V4.6
591through V5.5) which causes the compiler to fail.
592
593<p>The executables are generated by <code>make-cc1.com</code> and
594<code>make-cccp.com</code> use the object library version of <code>VAXCRTL</code> in
595order to make use of the <code>qsort</code> routine in <code>gcclib.olb</code>. If
596you wish to link the compiler executables with the shareable image
597version of <code>VAXCRTL</code>, you should edit the file <code>tm.h</code> (created
598by <code>vmsconfig.com</code>) to define the macro <code>QSORT_WORKAROUND</code>.
599
600<p><code>QSORT_WORKAROUND</code> is always defined when GNU CC is compiled with
601VAX C, to avoid a problem in case <code>gcclib.olb</code> is not yet
602available.
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