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SubjectRe: Possible GCC contamination of Linux
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:

> In the case of the 'C' compiler, any that is built on the system, you
> build the compiler using the previous compiler, after all you haven't
> built the new one yet. It generates its new libgcc, using the previous
> compiler.

Erm... doesn't `make bootstrap' for GCC build the compiler once with the old
compiler, build itself again from the new compiler, build itself a third time
from the compiler just made, compare the results of the first and second
compiler, then build the extra stuff (libstdc++ etc.)?
JHW




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