lfs-book/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml

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    <productname>gcc-pass1</productname>
    <productnumber>&gcc-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&gcc-url;</address>
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  <title>GCC-&gcc-version; - Pass 1</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-gcc-pass1">
    <primary sortas="a-GCC">GCC</primary>
    <secondary>tools, pass 1</secondary>
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    <title/>

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      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

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        <seg>&gcc-ch5p1-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&gcc-ch5p1-du;</seg>
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  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Cross GCC</title>

    <para>GCC requires the GMP, MPFR and MPC packages. As these packages may
    not be included in your host distribution, they will be built with
    GCC.  Unpack each package into the GCC source directory and rename the
    resulting directories so the GCC build procedures will automatically
    use them:</para>

    <note><para>There are frequent misunderstandings about this chapter.  The
    procedures are the same as every other chapter as explained earlier (<xref
    linkend='buildinstr'/>).  First extract the gcc tarball from the sources
    directory and then change to the directory created.  Only then should you
    proceed with the instructions below.</para></note>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">tar -xf ../mpfr-&mpfr-version;.tar.xz
mv -v mpfr-&mpfr-version; mpfr
tar -xf ../gmp-&gmp-version;.tar.xz
mv -v gmp-&gmp-version; gmp
tar -xf ../mpc-&mpc-version;.tar.gz
mv -v mpc-&mpc-version; mpc</userinput></screen>

    <para>On x86_64 hosts, set the default directory name for
    64-bit libraries to <quote>lib</quote>:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">case $(uname -m) in
  x86_64)
    sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/' \
        -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64
 ;;
esac</userinput></screen>

    <para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC 
    in a dedicated build directory:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v build
cd       build</userinput></screen>

    <para>Prepare GCC for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure                                       \
    --target=$LFS_TGT                              \
    --prefix=$LFS/tools                            \
    --with-glibc-version=2.11                      \
    --with-sysroot=$LFS                            \
    --with-newlib                                  \
    --without-headers                              \
    --enable-initfini-array                        \
    --disable-nls                                  \
    --disable-shared                               \
    --disable-multilib                             \
    --disable-decimal-float                        \
    --disable-threads                              \
    --disable-libatomic                            \
    --disable-libgomp                              \
    --disable-libquadmath                          \
    --disable-libssp                               \
    --disable-libvtv                               \
    --disable-libstdcxx                            \
    --enable-languages=c,c++</userinput></screen>
    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-glibc-version=2.11</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option ensures the package will be compatible with the host's
          version of glibc.  It is set to the minimum glibc requirement 
          specified in the <xref linkend="ch-partitioning-hostreqs"/>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-newlib</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Since a working C library is not yet available, this ensures
          that the inhibit_libc constant is defined when building libgcc. This prevents
          the compiling of any code that requires libc support.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-headers</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>When creating a complete cross-compiler, GCC requires
          standard headers compatible with the target system. For our
          purposes these headers will not be needed. This switch prevents
          GCC from looking for them.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--enable-initfini-array</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This switch forces the use of some internal data structures
          that are needed but cannot be detected when building a cross
          compiler.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-shared</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This switch forces GCC to link its internal libraries
          statically. We need this because the shared libraries require glibc,
          which is not yet installed on the target system.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-multilib</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>On x86_64, LFS does not support a multilib configuration.
          This switch is harmless for x86.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-decimal-float, --disable-threads,
              --disable-libatomic, --disable-libgomp, 
        --disable-libquadmath, --disable-libssp, --disable-libvtv,
        --disable-libstdcxx</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>These switches disable support for the decimal floating point
          extension, threading, libatomic, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp,
          libvtv, and the C++ standard library respectively. These features
          will fail to compile when building a cross-compiler and are not
          necessary for the task of cross-compiling the temporary libc.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--enable-languages=c,c++</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option ensures that only the C and C++ compilers are built.
          These are the only languages needed now.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile GCC by running:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

    <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>This build of GCC has installed a couple of internal system
    headers.  Normally one of them, <filename>limits.h</filename>, would in turn
    include the corresponding system <filename>limits.h</filename> header, in
    this case, <filename>$LFS/usr/include/limits.h</filename>. However, at the
    time of this build of gcc <filename>$LFS/usr/include/limits.h</filename>
    does not exist, so the internal header that has just been installed is a
    partial, self-contained file and does not include the extended features of
    the system header. This is adequate for building glibc, but the full
    internal header will be needed later.  Create a full version of the internal
    header using a command that is identical to what the GCC build system does
    in normal circumstances:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">cd ..
cat gcc/limitx.h gcc/glimits.h gcc/limity.h > \
  `dirname $($LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name)`/install-tools/include/limits.h</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in
    <xref linkend="contents-gcc" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

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