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38<h1 class="settitle">Installing GCC: Old documentation</h1>
39<h1 align="center">Old installation documentation</h1>
40
41 <p>Note most of this information is out of date and superseded by the
42previous chapters of this manual. It is provided for historical
43reference only, because of a lack of volunteers to merge it into the
44main manual.
45
46 <p>Here is the procedure for installing GNU CC on a GNU or Unix system.
47See <a href="#VMS%20Install">VMS Install</a>, for VMS systems.
48
49 <ol type=1 start=1>
50<li>If you have chosen a configuration for GNU CC which requires other GNU
51tools (such as GAS or the GNU linker) instead of the standard system
52tools, install the required tools in the build directory under the names
53<code>as</code>, <code>ld</code> or whatever is appropriate.
54
55 <p>Alternatively, you can do subsequent compilation using a value of the
56<code>PATH</code> environment variable such that the necessary GNU tools come
57before the standard system tools.
58
59 </p><li>Specify the host, build and target machine configurations. You do this
60when you run the <code>configure</code> script.
61
62 <p>The <dfn>build</dfn> machine is the system which you are using, the
63<dfn>host</dfn> machine is the system where you want to run the resulting
64compiler (normally the build machine), and the <dfn>target</dfn> machine is
65the system for which you want the compiler to generate code.
66
67 <p>If you are building a compiler to produce code for the machine it runs
68on (a native compiler), you normally do not need to specify any operands
69to <code>configure</code>; it will try to guess the type of machine you are on
70and use that as the build, host and target machines. So you don't need
71to specify a configuration when building a native compiler unless
72<code>configure</code> cannot figure out what your configuration is or guesses
73wrong.
74
75 <p>In those cases, specify the build machine's <dfn>configuration name</dfn>
76with the <code>--host</code> option; the host and target will default to be
77the same as the host machine. (If you are building a cross-compiler,
78see <a href="#Cross-Compiler">Cross-Compiler</a>.)
79
80 <p>Here is an example:
81
82 <pre class="smallexample"> ./configure --host=sparc-sun-sunos4.1
83 </pre>
84
85 <p>A configuration name may be canonical or it may be more or less
86abbreviated.
87
88 <p>A canonical configuration name has three parts, separated by dashes.
89It looks like this: <code></code><var>cpu</var><code>-</code><var>company</var><code>-</code><var>system</var><code></code>.
90(The three parts may themselves contain dashes; <code>configure</code>
91can figure out which dashes serve which purpose.) For example,
92<code>m68k-sun-sunos4.1</code> specifies a Sun 3.
93
94 <p>You can also replace parts of the configuration by nicknames or aliases.
95For example, <code>sun3</code> stands for <code>m68k-sun</code>, so
96<code>sun3-sunos4.1</code> is another way to specify a Sun 3.
97
98 <p>You can specify a version number after any of the system types, and some
99of the CPU types. In most cases, the version is irrelevant, and will be
100ignored. So you might as well specify the version if you know it.
101
102 <p>See <a href="#Configurations">Configurations</a>, for a list of supported configuration names and
103notes on many of the configurations. You should check the notes in that
104section before proceeding any further with the installation of GNU CC.
105
106 </ol>
107
108 <h2><a name="Configurations"></a>Configurations Supported by GNU CC</h2>
109
110 <p>Here are the possible CPU types:
111
112 <blockquote>
1131750a, a29k, alpha, arm, avr, c<var>n</var>, clipper, dsp16xx, elxsi, fr30, h8300,
114hppa1.0, hppa1.1, i370, i386, i486, i586, i686, i786, i860, i960, ip2k, m32r,
115m68000, m68k, m6811, m6812, m88k, mcore, mips, mipsel, mips64, mips64el,
116mn10200, mn10300, ns32k, pdp11, powerpc, powerpcle, romp, rs6000, sh, sparc,
117sparclite, sparc64, v850, vax, we32k.
118</blockquote>
119
120 <p>Here are the recognized company names. As you can see, customary
121abbreviations are used rather than the longer official names.
122
123 <blockquote>
124acorn, alliant, altos, apollo, apple, att, bull,
125cbm, convergent, convex, crds, dec, dg, dolphin,
126elxsi, encore, harris, hitachi, hp, ibm, intergraph, isi,
127mips, motorola, ncr, next, ns, omron, plexus,
128sequent, sgi, sony, sun, tti, unicom, wrs.
129</blockquote>
130
131 <p>The company name is meaningful only to disambiguate when the rest of
132the information supplied is insufficient. You can omit it, writing
133just <code></code><var>cpu</var><code>-</code><var>system</var><code></code>, if it is not needed. For example,
134<code>vax-ultrix4.2</code> is equivalent to <code>vax-dec-ultrix4.2</code>.
135
136 <p>Here is a list of system types:
137
138 <blockquote>
139386bsd, aix, acis, amigaos, aos, aout, aux, bosx, bsd, clix, coff, ctix, cxux,
140dgux, dynix, ebmon, ecoff, elf, esix, freebsd, hms, genix, gnu, linux,
141linux-gnu, hiux, hpux, iris, irix, isc, luna, lynxos, mach, minix, msdos, mvs,
142netbsd, newsos, nindy, ns, osf, osfrose, ptx, riscix, riscos, rtu, sco, sim,
143solaris, sunos, sym, sysv, udi, ultrix, unicos, uniplus, unos, vms, vsta,
144vxworks, winnt, xenix.
145</blockquote>
146
147<p>You can omit the system type; then <code>configure</code> guesses the
148operating system from the CPU and company.
149
150 <p>You can add a version number to the system type; this may or may not
151make a difference. For example, you can write <code>bsd4.3</code> or
152<code>bsd4.4</code> to distinguish versions of BSD. In practice, the version
153number is most needed for <code>sysv3</code> and <code>sysv4</code>, which are often
154treated differently.
155
156 <p><code>linux-gnu</code> is the canonical name for the GNU/Linux target; however
157GNU CC will also accept <code>linux</code>. The version of the kernel in use is
158not relevant on these systems. A suffix such as <code>libc1</code> or <code>aout</code>
159distinguishes major versions of the C library; all of the suffixed versions
160are obsolete.
161
162 <p>If you specify an impossible combination such as <code>i860-dg-vms</code>,
163then you may get an error message from <code>configure</code>, or it may
164ignore part of the information and do the best it can with the rest.
165<code>configure</code> always prints the canonical name for the alternative
166that it used. GNU CC does not support all possible alternatives.
167
168 <p>Often a particular model of machine has a name. Many machine names are
169recognized as aliases for CPU/company combinations. Thus, the machine
170name <code>sun3</code>, mentioned above, is an alias for <code>m68k-sun</code>.
171Sometimes we accept a company name as a machine name, when the name is
172popularly used for a particular machine. Here is a table of the known
173machine names:
174
175 <blockquote>
1763300, 3b1, 3b<var>n</var>, 7300, altos3068, altos,
177apollo68, att-7300, balance,
178convex-c<var>n</var>, crds, decstation-3100,
179decstation, delta, encore,
180fx2800, gmicro, hp7<var>nn</var>, hp8<var>nn</var>,
181hp9k2<var>nn</var>, hp9k3<var>nn</var>, hp9k7<var>nn</var>,
182hp9k8<var>nn</var>, iris4d, iris, isi68,
183m3230, magnum, merlin, miniframe,
184mmax, news-3600, news800, news, next,
185pbd, pc532, pmax, powerpc, powerpcle, ps2, risc-news,
186rtpc, sun2, sun386i, sun386, sun3,
187sun4, symmetry, tower-32, tower.
188</blockquote>
189
190<p>Remember that a machine name specifies both the cpu type and the company
191name.
192If you want to install your own homemade configuration files, you can
193use <code>local</code> as the company name to access them. If you use
194configuration <code></code><var>cpu</var><code>-local</code>, the configuration name
195without the cpu prefix
196is used to form the configuration file names.
197
198 <p>Thus, if you specify <code>m68k-local</code>, configuration uses
199files <code>m68k.md</code>, <code>local.h</code>, <code>m68k.c</code>,
200<code>xm-local.h</code>, <code>t-local</code>, and <code>x-local</code>, all in the
201directory <code>config/m68k</code>.
202
203 <p>Here is a list of configurations that have special treatment or special
204things you must know:
205
206 <dl>
207<dt><code>vax-dec-vms</code>
208 <dd>See <a href="#VMS%20Install">VMS Install</a>, for details on how to install GNU CC on VMS.
209</dl>
210
211 <h2><a name="Cross-Compiler"></a>Building and Installing a Cross-Compiler</h2>
212
213 <p>GNU CC can function as a cross-compiler for many machines, but not all.
214
215 <ul>
216<li>Cross-compilers for the Mips as target using the Mips assembler
217currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs
218<code>mips-tdump.c</code> and <code>mips-tfile.c</code> can't be compiled on
219anything but a Mips. It does work to cross compile for a Mips
220if you use the GNU assembler and linker.
221
222 <li>Cross-compilers between machines with different floating point formats
223have not all been made to work. GNU CC now has a floating point
224emulator with which these can work, but each target machine description
225needs to be updated to take advantage of it.
226
227 <li>Cross-compilation between machines of different word sizes is
228somewhat problematic and sometimes does not work.
229</ul>
230
231 <p>Since GNU CC generates assembler code, you probably need a
232cross-assembler that GNU CC can run, in order to produce object files.
233If you want to link on other than the target machine, you need a
234cross-linker as well. You also need header files and libraries suitable
235for the target machine that you can install on the host machine.
236
237 <h2>Steps of Cross-Compilation</h2>
238
239 <p>To compile and run a program using a cross-compiler involves several
240steps:
241
242 <ul>
243<li>Run the cross-compiler on the host machine to produce assembler files
244for the target machine. This requires header files for the target
245machine.
246
247 <li>Assemble the files produced by the cross-compiler. You can do this
248either with an assembler on the target machine, or with a
249cross-assembler on the host machine.
250
251 <li>Link those files to make an executable. You can do this either with a
252linker on the target machine, or with a cross-linker on the host
253machine. Whichever machine you use, you need libraries and certain
254startup files (typically <code>crt....o</code>) for the target machine.
255</ul>
256
257 <p>It is most convenient to do all of these steps on the same host machine,
258since then you can do it all with a single invocation of GNU CC. This
259requires a suitable cross-assembler and cross-linker. For some targets,
260the GNU assembler and linker are available.
261
262 <h2>Configuring a Cross-Compiler</h2>
263
264 <p>To build GNU CC as a cross-compiler, you start out by running
265<code>configure</code>. Use the <code>--target=</code><var>target</var><code></code> to specify the
266target type. If <code>configure</code> was unable to correctly identify the
267system you are running on, also specify the <code>--build=</code><var>build</var><code></code>
268option. For example, here is how to configure for a cross-compiler that
269produces code for an HP 68030 system running BSD on a system that
270<code>configure</code> can correctly identify:
271
272<pre class="smallexample"> ./configure --target=m68k-hp-bsd4.3
273 </pre>
274
275 <h2>Tools and Libraries for a Cross-Compiler</h2>
276
277 <p>If you have a cross-assembler and cross-linker available, you should
278install them now. Put them in the directory
279<code>/usr/local/</code><var>target</var><code>/bin</code>. Here is a table of the tools
280you should put in this directory:
281
282 <dl>
283<dt><code>as</code>
284 <dd>This should be the cross-assembler.
285
286 <br><dt><code>ld</code>
287 <dd>This should be the cross-linker.
288
289 <br><dt><code>ar</code>
290 <dd>This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
291archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
292
293 <br><dt><code>ranlib</code>
294 <dd>This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
295</dl>
296
297 <p>The installation of GNU CC will find these programs in that directory,
298and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
299find them when run later.
300
301 <p>The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package
302and GAS. Configure them with the same <code>--host</code> and <code>--target</code>
303options that you use for configuring GNU CC, then build and install
304them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
305directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GNU CC
306supports.
307
308 <p>If you want to install libraries to use with the cross-compiler, such as
309a standard C library, put them in the directory
310<code>/usr/local/</code><var>target</var><code>/lib</code>; installation of GNU CC copies
311all the files in that subdirectory into the proper place for GNU CC to
312find them and link with them. Here's an example of copying some
313libraries from a target machine:
314
315<pre class="example"> ftp <var>target-machine</var>
316 lcd /usr/local/<var>target</var>/lib
317 cd /lib
318 get libc.a
319 cd /usr/lib
320 get libg.a
321 get libm.a
322 quit
323 </pre>
324
325<p>The precise set of libraries you'll need, and their locations on
326the target machine, vary depending on its operating system.
327
328 <p>Many targets require "start files" such as <code>crt0.o</code> and
329<code>crtn.o</code> which are linked into each executable; these too should be
330placed in <code>/usr/local/</code><var>target</var><code>/lib</code>. There may be several
331alternatives for <code>crt0.o</code>, for use with profiling or other
332compilation options. Check your target's definition of
333<code>STARTFILE_SPEC</code> to find out what start files it uses.
334Here's an example of copying these files from a target machine:
335
336<pre class="example"> ftp <var>target-machine</var>
337 lcd /usr/local/<var>target</var>/lib
338 prompt
339 cd /lib
340 mget *crt*.o
341 cd /usr/lib
342 mget *crt*.o
343 quit
344 </pre>
345
346 <h2>Cross-Compilers and Header Files</h2>
347
348 <p>If you are cross-compiling a standalone program or a program for an
349embedded system, then you may not need any header files except the few
350that are part of GNU CC (and those of your program). However, if you
351intend to link your program with a standard C library such as
352<code>libc.a</code>, then you probably need to compile with the header files
353that go with the library you use.
354
355 <p>The GNU C compiler does not come with these files, because (1) they are
356system-specific, and (2) they belong in a C library, not in a compiler.
357
358 <p>If the GNU C library supports your target machine, then you can get the
359header files from there (assuming you actually use the GNU library when
360you link your program).
361
362 <p>If your target machine comes with a C compiler, it probably comes with
363suitable header files also. If you make these files accessible from the host
364machine, the cross-compiler can use them also.
365
366 <p>Otherwise, you're on your own in finding header files to use when
367cross-compiling.
368
369 <p>When you have found suitable header files, you should put them in the
370directory <code>/usr/local/</code><var>target</var><code>/include</code>, before building the
371cross compiler. Then installation will run fixincludes properly and
372install the corrected versions of the header files where the compiler
373will use them.
374
375 <p>Provide the header files before you build the cross-compiler, because
376the build stage actually runs the cross-compiler to produce parts of
377<code>libgcc.a</code>. (These are the parts that <em>can</em> be compiled with
378GNU CC.) Some of them need suitable header files.
379
380 <p>Here's an example showing how to copy the header files from a target
381machine. On the target machine, do this:
382
383<pre class="example"> (cd /usr/include; tar cf - .) &gt; tarfile
384 </pre>
385
386 <p>Then, on the host machine, do this:
387
388<pre class="example"> ftp <var>target-machine</var>
389 lcd /usr/local/<var>target</var>/include
390 get tarfile
391 quit
392 tar xf tarfile
393 </pre>
394
395 <h2>Actually Building the Cross-Compiler</h2>
396
397 <p>Now you can proceed just as for compiling a single-machine compiler
398through the step of building stage 1.
399
400 <p>Do not try to build stage 2 for a cross-compiler. It doesn't work to
401rebuild GNU CC as a cross-compiler using the cross-compiler, because
402that would produce a program that runs on the target machine, not on the
403host. For example, if you compile a 386-to-68030 cross-compiler with
404itself, the result will not be right either for the 386 (because it was
405compiled into 68030 code) or for the 68030 (because it was configured
406for a 386 as the host). If you want to compile GNU CC into 68030 code,
407whether you compile it on a 68030 or with a cross-compiler on a 386, you
408must specify a 68030 as the host when you configure it.
409
410 <p>To install the cross-compiler, use <code>make install</code>, as usual.
411
412 <h2><a name="VMS%20Install"></a>Installing GNU CC on VMS</h2>
413
414 <p>The VMS version of GNU CC is distributed in a backup saveset containing
415both source code and precompiled binaries.
416
417 <p>To install the <code>gcc</code> command so you can use the compiler easily, in
418the same manner as you use the VMS C compiler, you must install the VMS CLD
419file for GNU CC as follows:
420
421 <ol type=1 start=1>
422<li>Define the VMS logical names <code>GNU_CC</code> and <code>GNU_CC_INCLUDE</code>
423to point to the directories where the GNU CC executables
424(<code>gcc-cpp.exe</code>, <code>gcc-cc1.exe</code>, etc.) and the C include files are
425kept respectively. This should be done with the commands:
426
427 <pre class="smallexample"> $ assign /system /translation=concealed -
428 disk:[gcc.] gnu_cc
429 $ assign /system /translation=concealed -
430 disk:[gcc.include.] gnu_cc_include
431 </pre>
432
433 <p>with the appropriate disk and directory names. These commands can be
434placed in your system startup file so they will be executed whenever
435the machine is rebooted. You may, if you choose, do this via the
436<code>GCC_INSTALL.COM</code> script in the <code>[GCC]</code> directory.
437
438 </p><li>Install the <code>GCC</code> command with the command line:
439
440 <pre class="smallexample"> $ set command /table=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
441 /output=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables gnu_cc:[000000]gcc
442 $ install replace sys$common:[syslib]dcltables
443 </pre>
444
445 <li>To install the help file, do the following:
446
447 <pre class="smallexample"> $ library/help sys$library:helplib.hlb gcc.hlp
448 </pre>
449
450 <p>Now you can invoke the compiler with a command like <code>gcc /verbose
451file.c</code>, which is equivalent to the command <code>gcc -v -c file.c</code> in
452Unix.
453 </ol>
454
455 <p>If you wish to use GNU C++ you must first install GNU CC, and then
456perform the following steps:
457
458 <ol type=1 start=1>
459<li>Define the VMS logical name <code>GNU_GXX_INCLUDE</code> to point to the
460directory where the preprocessor will search for the C++ header files.
461This can be done with the command:
462
463 <pre class="smallexample"> $ assign /system /translation=concealed -
464 disk:[gcc.gxx_include.] gnu_gxx_include
465 </pre>
466
467 <p>with the appropriate disk and directory name. If you are going to be
468using a C++ runtime library, this is where its install procedure will install
469its header files.
470
471 </p><li>Obtain the file <code>gcc-cc1plus.exe</code>, and place this in the same
472directory that <code>gcc-cc1.exe</code> is kept.
473
474 <p>The GNU C++ compiler can be invoked with a command like <code>gcc /plus
475/verbose file.cc</code>, which is equivalent to the command <code>g++ -v -c
476file.cc</code> in Unix.
477 </ol>
478
479 <p>We try to put corresponding binaries and sources on the VMS distribution
480tape. But sometimes the binaries will be from an older version than the
481sources, because we don't always have time to update them. (Use the
482<code>/version</code> option to determine the version number of the binaries and
483compare it with the source file <code>version.c</code> to tell whether this is
484so.) In this case, you should use the binaries you get to recompile the
485sources. If you must recompile, here is how:
486
487 <ol type=1 start=1>
488<li>Execute the command procedure <code>vmsconfig.com</code> to set up the files
489<code>tm.h</code>, <code>config.h</code>, <code>aux-output.c</code>, and <code>md.</code>, and
490to create files <code>tconfig.h</code> and <code>hconfig.h</code>. This procedure
491also creates several linker option files used by <code>make-cc1.com</code> and
492a data file used by <code>make-l2.com</code>.
493
494 <pre class="smallexample"> $ @vmsconfig.com
495 </pre>
496
497 <li>Setup the logical names and command tables as defined above. In
498addition, define the VMS logical name <code>GNU_BISON</code> to point at the
499to the directories where the Bison executable is kept. This should be
500done with the command:
501
502 <pre class="smallexample"> $ assign /system /translation=concealed -
503 disk:[bison.] gnu_bison
504 </pre>
505
506 <p>You may, if you choose, use the <code>INSTALL_BISON.COM</code> script in the
507<code>[BISON]</code> directory.
508
509 </p><li>Install the <code>BISON</code> command with the command line:
510
511 <pre class="smallexample"> $ set command /table=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
512 /output=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
513 gnu_bison:[000000]bison
514 $ install replace sys$common:[syslib]dcltables
515 </pre>
516
517 <li>Type <code>@make-gcc</code> to recompile everything, or submit the file
518<code>make-gcc.com</code> to a batch queue. If you wish to build the GNU C++
519compiler as well as the GNU CC compiler, you must first edit
520<code>make-gcc.com</code> and follow the instructions that appear in the
521comments.
522
523 <li>In order to use GCC, you need a library of functions which GCC compiled code
524will call to perform certain tasks, and these functions are defined in the
525file <code>libgcc2.c</code>. To compile this you should use the command procedure
526<code>make-l2.com</code>, which will generate the library <code>libgcc2.olb</code>.
527<code>libgcc2.olb</code> should be built using the compiler built from
528the same distribution that <code>libgcc2.c</code> came from, and
529<code>make-gcc.com</code> will automatically do all of this for you.
530
531 <p>To install the library, use the following commands:
532
533 <pre class="smallexample"> $ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib/delete=(new,eprintf)
534 $ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib/delete=L_*
535 $ library libgcc2/extract=*/output=libgcc2.obj
536 $ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib libgcc2.obj
537 </pre>
538
539 <p>The first command simply removes old modules that will be replaced with
540modules from <code>libgcc2</code> under different module names. The modules
541<code>new</code> and <code>eprintf</code> may not actually be present in your
542<code>gcclib.olb</code>--if the VMS librarian complains about those modules
543not being present, simply ignore the message and continue on with the
544next command. The second command removes the modules that came from the
545previous version of the library <code>libgcc2.c</code>.
546
547 <p>Whenever you update the compiler on your system, you should also update the
548library with the above procedure.
549
550 </p><li>You may wish to build GCC in such a way that no files are written to the
551directory where the source files reside. An example would be the when
552the source files are on a read-only disk. In these cases, execute the
553following DCL commands (substituting your actual path names):
554
555 <pre class="smallexample"> $ assign dua0:[gcc.build_dir.]/translation=concealed, -
556 dua1:[gcc.source_dir.]/translation=concealed gcc_build
557 $ set default gcc_build:[000000]
558 </pre>
559
560 <p>where the directory <code>dua1:[gcc.source_dir]</code> contains the source
561code, and the directory <code>dua0:[gcc.build_dir]</code> is meant to contain
562all of the generated object files and executables. Once you have done
563this, you can proceed building GCC as described above. (Keep in mind
564that <code>gcc_build</code> is a rooted logical name, and thus the device
565names in each element of the search list must be an actual physical
566device name rather than another rooted logical name).
567
568 </p><li><strong>If you are building GNU CC with a previous version of GNU CC,
569you also should check to see that you have the newest version of the
570assembler</strong>. In particular, GNU CC version 2 treats global constant
571variables slightly differently from GNU CC version 1, and GAS version
5721.38.1 does not have the patches required to work with GCC version 2.
573If you use GAS 1.38.1, then <code>extern const</code> variables will not have
574the read-only bit set, and the linker will generate warning messages
575about mismatched psect attributes for these variables. These warning
576messages are merely a nuisance, and can safely be ignored.
577
578 <li>If you want to build GNU CC with the VAX C compiler, you will need to
579make minor changes in <code>make-cccp.com</code> and <code>make-cc1.com</code>
580to choose alternate definitions of <code>CC</code>, <code>CFLAGS</code>, and
581<code>LIBS</code>. See comments in those files. However, you must
582also have a working version of the GNU assembler (GNU as, aka GAS) as
583it is used as the back end for GNU CC to produce binary object modules
584and is not included in the GNU CC sources. GAS is also needed to
585compile <code>libgcc2</code> in order to build <code>gcclib</code> (see above);
586<code>make-l2.com</code> expects to be able to find it operational in
587<code>gnu_cc:[000000]gnu-as.exe</code>.
588
589 <p>To use GNU CC on VMS, you need the VMS driver programs
590<code>gcc.exe</code>, <code>gcc.com</code>, and <code>gcc.cld</code>. They are
591distributed with the VMS binaries (<code>gcc-vms</code>) rather than the
592GNU CC sources. GAS is also included in <code>gcc-vms</code>, as is Bison.
593
594 <p>Once you have successfully built GNU CC with VAX C, you should use the
595resulting compiler to rebuild itself. Before doing this, be sure to
596restore the <code>CC</code>, <code>CFLAGS</code>, and <code>LIBS</code> definitions in
597<code>make-cccp.com</code> and <code>make-cc1.com</code>. The second generation
598compiler will be able to take advantage of many optimizations that must
599be suppressed when building with other compilers.
600 </ol>
601
602 <p>Under previous versions of GNU CC, the generated code would occasionally
603give strange results when linked with the sharable <code>VAXCRTL</code> library.
604Now this should work.
605
606 <p>Even with this version, however, GNU CC itself should not be linked with
607the sharable <code>VAXCRTL</code>. The version of <code>qsort</code> in
608<code>VAXCRTL</code> has a bug (known to be present in VMS versions V4.6
609through V5.5) which causes the compiler to fail.
610
611 <p>The executables are generated by <code>make-cc1.com</code> and
612<code>make-cccp.com</code> use the object library version of <code>VAXCRTL</code> in
613order to make use of the <code>qsort</code> routine in <code>gcclib.olb</code>. If
614you wish to link the compiler executables with the shareable image
615version of <code>VAXCRTL</code>, you should edit the file <code>tm.h</code> (created
616by <code>vmsconfig.com</code>) to define the macro <code>QSORT_WORKAROUND</code>.
617
618 <p><code>QSORT_WORKAROUND</code> is always defined when GNU CC is compiled with
619VAX C, to avoid a problem in case <code>gcclib.olb</code> is not yet
620available.
621<hr />
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