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From: Adrian Knoth <adi@thur.de>
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Subject: Re: GCC 3.3.3 Update
Date: 28 May 2004 16:37:34 GMT
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Lars J. Nilsson <fungrim@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I compiled sources.

Why? You've introduced yourself as a Linux- and Ada-newbie.

>> # The following line compiles the Ada runtime library and tools.  I #
>> really think that you haven't done this 
>> make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools &&
> That's correct, I hadn't. I've never seen it documented either.

It's clearly mentioned on the website. Ok, nowadays it's no longer
necessary to specify it, because libada (gnatlib_and_tools) would
be built by default.

>    1) What is enabled with "--enable-__cxa_atexit"? 

   --enable-__cxa_atexit
          Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
          register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
          This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
          destructors, but requires __cxa_atexit in libc. This option is
          currently only available on systems with GNU libc. When
          enabled, this will cause -fuse-cxa-exit to be passed by
          default.

>    2) Why do I need to boostrap gcc?

You're making a compiler in a multi-stage-way. Every stage can do
more than a lower one. The last stage contains your full-featured
compiler.

Perhaps you might be interested in binary-Ada-packages or the
Debian unstable-distribution. A lot of other nice packages are
available for it making first steps with Ada much easier.

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So alt wie wir aussehen werden wir nie...