gcj install questions

Thu Apr 8 09:47:00 GMT 1999

> Does gcj have to be compiled within 
> egcs 1.1.[12] source directory?

Yes - except you should use a current egcs shapshot (or better: cvs).
> Since the end result of the
> compile is are standalone executables, I think one should be able 
> to compile it independent of egcs src directory, or atleast
> point to by some parameter to configure.

That would be nice, but it is not possible. The problem is that
gcc is setup so that the language front-ends are *child* directories
of the main gcc directory, and a gcc build counts on having the
front-end child directories when gcc is built. For example, the
main gcc executable depends on information in the sub-directories.
It would be nice if the language front-ends were *sibling* directories
that could be built *after* the main directrory is built. However,
that would involve quite a bit of re-organization of how things work.
	--Per Bothner
Cygnus Solutions bothner@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/~bothner