On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:17:16PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >>Christopher Faylor wrote on 08 September 2008 22:48: >> >>> On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 09:43:37PM +0000, Jay wrote: >>>> You can build gcc 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 just fine from the existing Cygwin gcc >>>> 3.x package. >>>> >>>> The error also /appeared/ to have the object directory under the source >>>> directory. Don't do that. >>> >>> Huh? There's no reason not to do this. I do it all of the time. >> >> It is unsupported: >> >>http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html >> >>"... building where objdir is a subdirectory of srcdir is unsupported." > > What's that? An actual reference to a definitive source? Do you think > that will ever catch on? > > I have been building gcc like that (and also in a completely separate > directory) for many years, but if this officially unsanctioned then, > nevermind.
Maybe it's time to officially sanction it, perhaps? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
