On 27 July 2013 14:56, David Starner wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:01 AM, Andrew Haley <a...@redhat.com> wrote: >> GCC can detect at configure time that it will fail. It is clearly >> a computable problem. It's a matter of someone doing it rather than >> insisting that the world should change to suit them. > > GCC 4.8.1 will fail to compile on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu that has > all the programs that Prerequisites in the Installation instructions > lists. That I install some random package not needed to build C > programs is not listed as a prerequisite in the documentation.
It's not "some random package" it's the C library, and it is needed to compile 32-bit C programs. The fact it's not listed as a prerequesite has already been pointed out as a problem with the docs. > I don't > regard objecting to that is a matter of the world should change to > suit me, rather as GCC not compiling on a system that it lists as a > primary platform and is one of the most common targets for it. (It, > BTW, does not suffice to add --disable-multilibs.) What do you mean it does not suffice? Do you mean it's not a good enough solution, or it doesn't actually solve the problem? If the latter, did you try spelling it correctly, --disable-multilib (singular)? In any case, the point stands: someone needs to do the work, insisting on it being done doesn't do it.
