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				|  |  |  later version is likely to work, however, we recommend adhering to the kernel
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				|  |  |  developer's advice and using the version here to compile your kernel.</para>
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				|  |  | +<note><para>We don't install the C++ compiler or libraries here. However, there
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				|  |  | +may be reasons why you would want to install them. More information can be found
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				|  |  | +at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/general/gcc2.html"/>.</para></note>
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				|  |  |  <para>We'll install this older release of GCC into the non-standard prefix of
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				|  |  |  <filename class="directory">/opt</filename> so as to avoid interfering with
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				|  |  |  the system GCC already installed in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
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				|  |  |   .</para>
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				|  |  | -<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-2.95.3-2.patch
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				|  |  | -patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-2.95.3-returntype-fix.patch
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				|  |  | -echo timestamp > gcc/cstamp-h.in
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				|  |  | -mkdir ../gcc-2-build
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				|  |  | -cd ../gcc-2-build
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				|  |  | -../gcc-2.95.3/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-2.95.3 \
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				|  |  | +<para>Apply the patches and make a small adjustment:</para>
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-2953-patch-version;.patch
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				|  |  | +patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-2953-no-fixinc-patch-version;-no-fixinc.patch
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				|  |  | +patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-2953-returntype-fix-patch-version;-returntype-fix.patch
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				|  |  | +echo timestamp > gcc/cstamp-h.in</userinput></screen></para>
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +<para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source
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				|  |  | +directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +<para><screen><userinput>mkdir ../gcc-2-build
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				|  |  | +cd ../gcc-2-build</userinput></screen></para>
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +<para>Compile and install gcc:</para>
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +<para><screen><userinput>../gcc-2.95.3/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-2.95.3 \
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				|  |  |      --enable-shared --enable-languages=c \
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				|  |  |      --enable-threads=posix
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				|  |  |  make bootstrap
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