Re: tlug: ccp

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Chris Sekiya wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Darren Cook wrote:
> 
> > I assumed the reason Chris suggested using another machine was because gcc
> > was broken/not there. How does egcs build itself?
> 
> It doesn't.  Scott is misinformed.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Nope.  Need a compiler to bootstrap the new compiler ;)

you need gcc to even build the stage 1 of gcc/egcs?

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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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