--with-sysroot not in gcc-3.3.x?

[Jim Wilson]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> I've been hearing about --with-sysroot for about a year, and it's
> even documented at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html,
> but tonight I finally went looking for it -- and it's not in
> gcc-3.3.2, as far as I can tell! 

Gcc-3.3 branched on Dec 14, 2002, and it entered stage 3 during which no 
new features are supposed to be added on Oct 14, 2002.  So yes, it is 
certainly possible that you have heard about the feature for over a year 
already but it is not in gcc-3.3.

Plus, you need to consider that patches for new functionality sometimes 
take months of discussion and reworking before they get accepted.

The sysroot patches were installed in February, which was too late by 
about 5 months for gcc-3.3.

You are right that there is a versioning problem with the install 
instructions though.  I suspect that they are generated directly from 
the gcc/doc/install.texi file in the CVS repository, which means they 
are really only right for the curent development sources.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com


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