Re: tlug: ccp

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Darren Cook wrote:

> >...Considering that egcs doesn't need a working
> >compiler to build itself, a simple untar, ./configure, make, make install
> >on the target machine would probably work fine.
> 
> I assumed the reason Chris suggested using another machine was because gcc
> was broken/not there. How does egcs build itself?

builds a first stage with an assembler, then uses the first stage to
compile the second stage, etc.

> 
> A week or so ago someone asked how to use gcc when their system
> administrator did not allow them access. Could they install egcs to bypass
> this?

or gcc, it's the same thing.  You'd have to have a working set of binutils
though, which the sysadmin has probably also disabled (if he's smart).

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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