On Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:37:34 walt wrote: > The gcc package actually compiles gcc twice, once with your existing > compiler and again with the new compiler itself (at least it worked that > way in the old days).
I believe it's three times now: the first time with the old compiler, then with the new one, then again with the second new one. Then the last two are compared; they should be the same. I forget where I read that though. -- Rgds Peter Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23
