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<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Installing GCC: Configuration</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Installing GCC: Configuration"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.12"> <link title="Top" rel="top" href="#Top"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". 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This document describes the recommended configuration procedure for both native and cross targets. <p>We use <var>srcdir</var> to refer to the toplevel source directory for GCC; we use <var>objdir</var> to refer to the toplevel build/object directory. <p>If you obtained the sources via SVN, <var>srcdir</var> must refer to the top <samp><span class="file">gcc</span></samp> directory, the one where the <samp><span class="file">MAINTAINERS</span></samp> file can be found, and not its <samp><span class="file">gcc</span></samp> subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail. <p>If either <var>srcdir</var> or <var>objdir</var> is located on an automounted NFS file system, the shell's built-in <samp><span class="command">pwd</span></samp> command will return temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build problems. To avoid this issue, set the <samp><span class="env">PWDCMD</span></samp> environment variable to an automounter-aware <samp><span class="command">pwd</span></samp> command, e.g., <samp><span class="command">pawd</span></samp> or ‘<samp><span class="samp">amq -w</span></samp>’, during the configuration and build phases. <p>First, we <strong>highly</strong> recommend that GCC be built into a separate directory from the sources which does <strong>not</strong> reside within the source tree. This is how we generally build GCC; building where <var>srcdir</var> == <var>objdir</var> should still work, but doesn't get extensive testing; building where <var>objdir</var> is a subdirectory of <var>srcdir</var> is unsupported. <p>If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a different target machine, do ‘<samp><span class="samp">make distclean</span></samp>’ to delete all files that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is <samp><span class="file">Makefile</span></samp>; if ‘<samp><span class="samp">make distclean</span></samp>’ complains that <samp><span class="file">Makefile</span></samp> does not exist or issues a message like “don't know how to make distclean” it probably means that the directory is already suitably clean. However, with the recommended method of building in a separate <var>objdir</var>, you should simply use a different <var>objdir</var> for each target. <p>Second, when configuring a native system, either <samp><span class="command">cc</span></samp> or <samp><span class="command">gcc</span></samp> must be in your path or you must set <samp><span class="env">CC</span></samp> in your environment before running configure. Otherwise the configuration scripts may fail. <p>To configure GCC: <pre class="smallexample"> % mkdir <var>objdir</var> % cd <var>objdir</var> % <var>srcdir</var>/configure [<var>options</var>] [<var>target</var>] </pre> <h3 class="heading"><a name="TOC0"></a>Distributor options</h3> <p>If you will be distributing binary versions of GCC, with modifications to the source code, you should use the options described in this section to make clear that your version contains modifications. <dl> <dt><code>--with-pkgversion=</code><var>version</var><dd>Specify a string that identifies your package. You may wish to include a build number or build date. This version string will be included in the output of <samp><span class="command">gcc --version</span></samp>. This suffix does not replace the default version string, only the ‘<samp><span class="samp">GCC</span></samp>’ part. <p>The default value is ‘<samp><span class="samp">GCC</span></samp>’. <br><dt><code>--with-bugurl=</code><var>url</var><dd>Specify the URL that users should visit if they wish to report a bug. You are of course welcome to forward bugs reported to you to the FSF, if you determine that they are not bugs in your modifications. <p>The default value refers to the FSF's GCC bug tracker. </dl> <h3 class="heading"><a name="TOC1"></a>Target specification</h3> <ul> <li>GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for <var>target</var> for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you do not provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler. <li><var>target</var> must be specified as <samp><span class="option">--target=</span><var>target</var></samp> when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be m68k-elf, sh-elf, etc. <li>Specifying just <var>target</var> instead of <samp><span class="option">--target=</span><var>target</var></samp> implies that the host defaults to <var>target</var>. </ul> <h3 class="heading"><a name="TOC2"></a>Options specification</h3> <p>Use <var>options</var> to override several configure time options for GCC. A list of supported <var>options</var> follows; ‘<samp><span class="samp">configure --help</span></samp>’ may list other options, but those not listed below may not work and should not normally be used. <p>Note that each <samp><span class="option">--enable</span></samp> option has a corresponding <samp><span class="option">--disable</span></samp> option and that each <samp><span class="option">--with</span></samp> option has a corresponding <samp><span class="option">--without</span></samp> option. <dl> <dt><code>--prefix=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the toplevel installation directory. This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to <samp><span class="file">/usr/local</span></samp>. <p>We <strong>highly</strong> recommend against <var>dirname</var> being the same or a subdirectory of <var>objdir</var> or vice versa. If specifying a directory beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand <var>dirname</var> correctly if it contains the ‘<samp><span class="samp">~</span></samp>’ metacharacter; use <samp><span class="env">$HOME</span></samp> instead. <p>The following standard <samp><span class="command">autoconf</span></samp> options are supported. Normally you should not need to use these options. <dl> <dt><code>--exec-prefix=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent files. The default is <samp><var>prefix</var></samp>. <br><dt><code>--bindir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users (such as <samp><span class="command">gcc</span></samp> and <samp><span class="command">g++</span></samp>). The default is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var><span class="file">/bin</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--libdir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and internal data files of GCC. The default is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var><span class="file">/lib</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--libexecdir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC. The default is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var><span class="file">/libexec</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--with-slibdir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library. The default is <samp><var>libdir</var></samp>. <br><dt><code>--datarootdir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the root of the directory tree for read-only architecture-independent data files referenced by GCC. The default is <samp><var>prefix</var><span class="file">/share</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--infodir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format. The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var><span class="file">/info</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--datadir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent data files referenced by GCC. The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var></samp>. <br><dt><code>--docdir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for documentation files (other than Info) for GCC. The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var><span class="file">/doc</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--htmldir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for HTML documentation files. The default is <samp><var>docdir</var></samp>. <br><dt><code>--pdfdir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for PDF documentation files. The default is <samp><var>docdir</var></samp>. <br><dt><code>--mandir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for manual pages. The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var><span class="file">/man</span></samp>. (Note that the manual pages are only extracts from the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format. The manpages are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full manual.) <br><dt><code>--with-gxx-include-dir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for G++ header files. The default depends on other configuration options, and differs between cross and native configurations. </dl> <br><dt><code>--program-prefix=</code><var>prefix</var><dd>GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when installing them. This option prepends <var>prefix</var> to the names of programs to install in <var>bindir</var> (see above). For example, specifying <samp><span class="option">--program-prefix=foo-</span></samp> would result in ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcc</span></samp>’ being installed as <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--program-suffix=</code><var>suffix</var><dd>Appends <var>suffix</var> to the names of programs to install in <var>bindir</var> (see above). For example, specifying <samp><span class="option">--program-suffix=-3.1</span></samp> would result in ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcc</span></samp>’ being installed as <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--program-transform-name=</code><var>pattern</var><dd>Applies the ‘<samp><span class="samp">sed</span></samp>’ script <var>pattern</var> to be applied to the names of programs to install in <var>bindir</var> (see above). <var>pattern</var> has to consist of one or more basic ‘<samp><span class="samp">sed</span></samp>’ editing commands, separated by semicolons. For example, if you want the ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcc</span></samp>’ program name to be transformed to the installed program <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin/myowngcc</span></samp> and the ‘<samp><span class="samp">g++</span></samp>’ program name to be transformed to <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin/gspecial++</span></samp> without changing other program names, you could use the pattern <samp><span class="option">--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'</span></samp> to achieve this effect. <p>All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more complex conversion patterns. As a basic rule, <var>prefix</var> (and <var>suffix</var>) are prepended (appended) before further transformations can happen with a special transformation script <var>pattern</var>. <p>As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native builds; cross compiler binaries' names are not transformed even when a transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options. <p>For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed with the target alias in front of their name, as in ‘<samp><span class="samp">i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc</span></samp>’. All of the above transformations happen before the target alias is prepended to the name—so, specifying <samp><span class="option">--program-prefix=foo-</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">program-suffix=-3.1</span></samp>, the resulting binary would be installed as <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1</span></samp>. <p>As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time. <br><dt><code>--with-local-prefix=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify the installation directory for local include files. The default is <samp><span class="file">/usr/local</span></samp>. Specify this option if you want the compiler to search directory <samp><var>dirname</var><span class="file">/include</span></samp> for locally installed header files <em>instead</em> of <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/include</span></samp>. <p>You should specify <samp><span class="option">--with-local-prefix</span></samp> <strong>only</strong> if your site has a different convention (not <samp><span class="file">/usr/local</span></samp>) for where to put site-specific files. <p>The default value for <samp><span class="option">--with-local-prefix</span></samp> is <samp><span class="file">/usr/local</span></samp> regardless of the value of <samp><span class="option">--prefix</span></samp>. Specifying <samp><span class="option">--prefix</span></samp> has no effect on which directory GCC searches for local header files. This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is logical. <p>The purpose of <samp><span class="option">--prefix</span></samp> is to specify where to <em>install GCC</em>. The local header files in <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/include</span></samp>—if you put any in that directory—are not part of GCC. They are part of other programs—perhaps many others. (GCC installs its own header files in another directory which is based on the <samp><span class="option">--prefix</span></samp> value.) <p>Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include directory are part of GCC's “system include” directories. Although these two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper order for the correct processing of the include_next directive. The local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix include directory. Another characteristic of system include directories is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories. <p>Some autoconf macros add <samp><span class="option">-I </span><var>directory</var></samp> options to the compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed packages' headers are searched. When <var>directory</var> is one of GCC's system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system directories continue to be processed in the correct order. This may result in a search order different from what was specified but the directory will still be searched. <p>GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using <samp><span class="env">GCC_EXEC_PREFIX</span></samp>. Thus, when the same installation prefix is used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for both headers and libraries. This provides a configuration that is easy to use. GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is installed as a system compiler in <samp><span class="file">/usr</span></samp>. <p>Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to use the above simple configuration. It is possible to use the <samp><span class="option">--program-prefix</span></samp>, <samp><span class="option">--program-suffix</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--program-transform-name</span></samp> options to install multiple versions into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes and the <samp><span class="option">--with-local-prefix</span></samp> option to specify the location of the site-specific files for each version. It will then be necessary for users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries (e.g., with <samp><span class="env">LIBRARY_PATH</span></samp>). <p>The same value can be used for both <samp><span class="option">--with-local-prefix</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--prefix</span></samp> provided it is not <samp><span class="file">/usr</span></samp>. This can be used to avoid the default search of <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/include</span></samp>. <p><strong>Do not</strong> specify <samp><span class="file">/usr</span></samp> as the <samp><span class="option">--with-local-prefix</span></samp>! The directory you use for <samp><span class="option">--with-local-prefix</span></samp> <strong>must not</strong> contain any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header file corrections made by the <samp><span class="command">fixincludes</span></samp> script. <p>Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified where to install part of GCC. Perhaps they make this assumption because installing GCC creates the directory. <br><dt><code>--enable-shared[=</code><var>package</var><code>[,...]]</code><dd>Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on the target platform. Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries. <p>If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries only for the listed packages. For other packages, only static libraries will be built. Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcc</span></samp>’ (also known as ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcc</span></samp>’), ‘<samp><span class="samp">libstdc++</span></samp>’ (not ‘<samp><span class="samp">libstdc++-v3</span></samp>’), ‘<samp><span class="samp">libffi</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">zlib</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">boehm-gc</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">ada</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">libada</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">libjava</span></samp>’ and ‘<samp><span class="samp">libobjc</span></samp>’. Note ‘<samp><span class="samp">libiberty</span></samp>’ does not support shared libraries at all. <p>Use <samp><span class="option">--disable-shared</span></samp> to build only static libraries. Note that <samp><span class="option">--disable-shared</span></samp> does not accept a list of package names as argument, only <samp><span class="option">--enable-shared</span></samp> does. <br><dt><code><a name="with_002dgnu_002das"></a>--with-gnu-as</code><dd>Specify that the compiler should assume that the assembler it finds is the GNU assembler. However, this does not modify the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler. (Confusion may also result if the compiler finds the GNU assembler but has not been configured with <samp><span class="option">--with-gnu-as</span></samp>.) If you have more than one assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in connection with <samp><span class="option">--with-as=</span><var>pathname</var></samp> or <samp><span class="option">--with-build-time-tools=</span><var>pathname</var></samp>. <p>The following systems are the only ones where it makes a difference whether you use the GNU assembler. On any other system, <samp><span class="option">--with-gnu-as</span></samp> has no effect. <ul> <li>‘<samp><span class="samp">hppa1.0-</span><var>any</var><span class="samp">-</span><var>any</var></samp>’ <li>‘<samp><span class="samp">hppa1.1-</span><var>any</var><span class="samp">-</span><var>any</var></samp>’ <li>‘<samp><span class="samp">sparc-sun-solaris2.</span><var>any</var></samp>’ <li>‘<samp><span class="samp">sparc64-</span><var>any</var><span class="samp">-solaris2.</span><var>any</var></samp>’ </ul> <br><dt><code><a name="with_002das"></a>--with-as=</code><var>pathname</var><dd>Specify that the compiler should use the assembler pointed to by <var>pathname</var>, rather than the one found by the standard rules to find an assembler, which are: <ul> <li>Unless GCC is being built with a cross compiler, check the <samp><var>libexec</var><span class="file">/gcc/</span><var>target</var><span class="file">/</span><var>version</var></samp> directory. <var>libexec</var> defaults to <samp><var>exec-prefix</var><span class="file">/libexec</span></samp>; <var>exec-prefix</var> defaults to <var>prefix</var>, which defaults to <samp><span class="file">/usr/local</span></samp> unless overridden by the <samp><span class="option">--prefix=</span><var>pathname</var></samp> switch described above. <var>target</var> is the target system triple, such as ‘<samp><span class="samp">sparc-sun-solaris2.7</span></samp>’, and <var>version</var> denotes the GCC version, such as 3.0. <li>If the target system is the same that you are building on, check operating system specific directories (e.g. <samp><span class="file">/usr/ccs/bin</span></samp> on Sun Solaris 2). <li>Check in the <samp><span class="env">PATH</span></samp> for a tool whose name is prefixed by the target system triple. <li>Check in the <samp><span class="env">PATH</span></samp> for a tool whose name is not prefixed by the target system triple, if the host and target system triple are the same (in other words, we use a host tool if it can be used for the target as well). </ul> <p>You may want to use <samp><span class="option">--with-as</span></samp> if no assembler is installed in the directories listed above, or if you have multiple assemblers installed and want to choose one that is not found by the above rules. <br><dt><code><a name="with_002dgnu_002dld"></a>--with-gnu-ld</code><dd>Same as <a href="#with-gnu-as"><samp><span class="option">--with-gnu-as</span></samp></a> but for the linker. <br><dt><code>--with-ld=</code><var>pathname</var><dd>Same as <a href="#with-as"><samp><span class="option">--with-as</span></samp></a> but for the linker. <br><dt><code>--with-stabs</code><dd>Specify that stabs debugging information should be used instead of whatever format the host normally uses. Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system. <p>On MIPS based systems and on Alphas, you must specify whether you want GCC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug format cannot fully handle languages other than C. BSD stabs format can handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB. <p>Normally, GCC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you prefer BSD stabs, specify <samp><span class="option">--with-stabs</span></samp> when you configure GCC. <p>No matter which default you choose when you configure GCC, the user can use the <samp><span class="option">-gcoff</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">-gstabs+</span></samp> options to specify explicitly the debug format for a particular compilation. <p><samp><span class="option">--with-stabs</span></samp> is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if <samp><span class="option">--with-gas</span></samp> is used. It selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not. <p><samp><span class="option">--with-stabs</span></samp> is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4 tools can not generate or interpret stabs. <br><dt><code>--disable-multilib</code><dd>Specify that multiple target libraries to support different target variants, calling conventions, etc. should not be built. The default is to build a predefined set of them. <p>Some targets provide finer-grained control over which multilibs are built (e.g., <samp><span class="option">--disable-softfloat</span></samp>): <dl> <dt><code>arc-*-elf*</code><dd>biendian. <br><dt><code>arm-*-*</code><dd>fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult. <br><dt><code>m68*-*-*</code><dd>softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020. <br><dt><code>mips*-*-*</code><dd>single-float, biendian, softfloat. <br><dt><code>powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*</code><dd>aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian, sysv, aix. </dl> <br><dt><code>--with-multilib-list=</code><var>list</var><dt><code>--without-multilib-list</code><dd>Specify what multilibs to build. Currently only implemented for sh*-*-*. <p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of CPU names. These must be of the form <code>sh*</code> or <code>m*</code> (in which case they match the compiler option for that processor). The list should not contain any endian options - these are handled by <samp><span class="option">--with-endian</span></samp>. <p>If <var>list</var> is empty, then there will be no multilibs for extra processors. The multilib for the secondary endian remains enabled. <p>As a special case, if an entry in the list starts with a <code>!</code> (exclamation point), then it is added to the list of excluded multilibs. Entries of this sort should be compatible with ‘<samp><span class="samp">MULTILIB_EXCLUDES</span></samp>’ (once the leading <code>!</code> has been stripped). <p>If <samp><span class="option">--with-multilib-list</span></samp> is not given, then a default set of multilibs is selected based on the value of <samp><span class="option">--target</span></samp>. This is usually the complete set of libraries, but some targets imply a more specialized subset. <p>Example 1: to configure a compiler for SH4A only, but supporting both endians, with little endian being the default: <pre class="smallexample"> --with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big --with-multilib-list= </pre> <p>Example 2: to configure a compiler for both SH4A and SH4AL-DSP, but with only little endian SH4AL: <pre class="smallexample"> --with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big --with-multilib-list=sh4al,!mb/m4al </pre> <br><dt><code>--with-endian=</code><var>endians</var><dd>Specify what endians to use. Currently only implemented for sh*-*-*. <p><var>endians</var> may be one of the following: <dl> <dt><code>big</code><dd>Use big endian exclusively. <br><dt><code>little</code><dd>Use little endian exclusively. <br><dt><code>big,little</code><dd>Use big endian by default. Provide a multilib for little endian. <br><dt><code>little,big</code><dd>Use little endian by default. Provide a multilib for big endian. </dl> <br><dt><code>--enable-threads</code><dd>Specify that the target supports threads. This affects the Objective-C compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java. On some systems, this is the default. <p>In general, the best (and, in many cases, the only known) threading model available will be configured for use. Beware that on some systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally available for the system. In this case, <samp><span class="option">--enable-threads</span></samp> is an alias for <samp><span class="option">--enable-threads=single</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--disable-threads</code><dd>Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system. This is an alias for <samp><span class="option">--enable-threads=single</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--enable-threads=</code><var>lib</var><dd>Specify that <var>lib</var> is the thread support library. This affects the Objective-C compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages like C++ and Java. The possibilities for <var>lib</var> are: <dl> <dt><code>aix</code><dd>AIX thread support. <br><dt><code>dce</code><dd>DCE thread support. <br><dt><code>gnat</code><dd>Ada tasking support. For non-Ada programs, this setting is equivalent to ‘<samp><span class="samp">single</span></samp>’. When used in conjunction with the Ada run time, it causes GCC to use the same thread primitives as Ada uses. This option is necessary when using both Ada and the back end exception handling, which is the default for most Ada targets. <br><dt><code>mach</code><dd>Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NeXTSTEP. (Please note that the file needed to support this configuration, <samp><span class="file">gthr-mach.h</span></samp>, is missing and thus this setting will cause a known bootstrap failure.) <br><dt><code>no</code><dd>This is an alias for ‘<samp><span class="samp">single</span></samp>’. <br><dt><code>posix</code><dd>Generic POSIX/Unix98 thread support. <br><dt><code>posix95</code><dd>Generic POSIX/Unix95 thread support. <br><dt><code>rtems</code><dd>RTEMS thread support. <br><dt><code>single</code><dd>Disable thread support, should work for all platforms. <br><dt><code>solaris</code><dd>Sun Solaris 2/Unix International thread support. Only use this if you really need to use this legacy API instead of the default, ‘<samp><span class="samp">posix</span></samp>’. <br><dt><code>vxworks</code><dd>VxWorks thread support. <br><dt><code>win32</code><dd>Microsoft Win32 API thread support. <br><dt><code>nks</code><dd>Novell Kernel Services thread support. </dl> <br><dt><code>--enable-tls</code><dd>Specify that the target supports TLS (Thread Local Storage). Usually configure can correctly determine if TLS is supported. In cases where it guesses incorrectly, TLS can be explicitly enabled or disabled with <samp><span class="option">--enable-tls</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">--disable-tls</span></samp>. This can happen if the assembler supports TLS but the C library does not, or if the assumptions made by the configure test are incorrect. <br><dt><code>--disable-tls</code><dd>Specify that the target does not support TLS. This is an alias for <samp><span class="option">--enable-tls=no</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--with-cpu=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-cpu-32=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-cpu-64=</code><var>cpu</var><dd>Specify which cpu variant the compiler should generate code for by default. <var>cpu</var> will be used as the default value of the <samp><span class="option">-mcpu=</span></samp> switch. This option is only supported on some targets, including ARM, i386, M68k, PowerPC, and SPARC. The <samp><span class="option">--with-cpu-32</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--with-cpu-64</span></samp> options specify separate default CPUs for 32-bit and 64-bit modes; these options are only supported for i386, x86-64 and PowerPC. <br><dt><code>--with-schedule=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-arch=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-arch-32=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-arch-64=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-tune=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-tune-32=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-tune-64=</code><var>cpu</var><dt><code>--with-abi=</code><var>abi</var><dt><code>--with-fpu=</code><var>type</var><dt><code>--with-float=</code><var>type</var><dd>These configure options provide default values for the <samp><span class="option">-mschedule=</span></samp>, <samp><span class="option">-march=</span></samp>, <samp><span class="option">-mtune=</span></samp>, <samp><span class="option">-mabi=</span></samp>, and <samp><span class="option">-mfpu=</span></samp> options and for <samp><span class="option">-mhard-float</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">-msoft-float</span></samp>. As with <samp><span class="option">--with-cpu</span></samp>, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values of the arguments depend on the target. <br><dt><code>--with-mode=</code><var>mode</var><dd>Specify if the compiler should default to <samp><span class="option">-marm</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">-mthumb</span></samp>. This option is only supported on ARM targets. <br><dt><code>--with-fpmath=sse</code><dd>Specify if the compiler should default to <samp><span class="option">-msse2</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">-mfpmath=sse</span></samp>. This option is only supported on i386 and x86-64 targets. <br><dt><code>--with-divide=</code><var>type</var><dd>Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for division by zero. This option is only supported on the MIPS target. The possibilities for <var>type</var> are: <dl> <dt><code>traps</code><dd>Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on systems that support conditional traps). <br><dt><code>breaks</code><dd>Division by zero checks use the break instruction. </dl> <!-- If you make -with-llsc the default for additional targets, --> <!-- update the -with-llsc description in the MIPS section below. --> <br><dt><code>--with-llsc</code><dd>On MIPS targets, make <samp><span class="option">-mllsc</span></samp> the default when no <samp><span class="option">-mno-lsc</span></samp> option is passed. This is the default for Linux-based targets, as the kernel will emulate them if the ISA does not provide them. <br><dt><code>--without-llsc</code><dd>On MIPS targets, make <samp><span class="option">-mno-llsc</span></samp> the default when no <samp><span class="option">-mllsc</span></samp> option is passed. <br><dt><code>--with-synci</code><dd>On MIPS targets, make <samp><span class="option">-msynci</span></samp> the default when no <samp><span class="option">-mno-synci</span></samp> option is passed. <br><dt><code>--without-synci</code><dd>On MIPS targets, make <samp><span class="option">-mno-synci</span></samp> the default when no <samp><span class="option">-msynci</span></samp> option is passed. This is the default. <br><dt><code>--with-mips-plt</code><dd>On MIPS targets, make use of copy relocations and PLTs. These features are extensions to the traditional SVR4-based MIPS ABIs and require support from GNU binutils and the runtime C library. <br><dt><code>--enable-__cxa_atexit</code><dd>Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects. This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of destructors, but requires __cxa_atexit in libc. This option is currently only available on systems with GNU libc. When enabled, this will cause <samp><span class="option">-fuse-cxa-atexit</span></samp> to be passed by default. <br><dt><code>--enable-target-optspace</code><dd>Specify that target libraries should be optimized for code space instead of code speed. This is the default for the m32r platform. <br><dt><code>--with-cpp-install-dir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>Specify that the user visible <samp><span class="command">cpp</span></samp> program should be installed in <samp><var>prefix</var><span class="file">/</span><var>dirname</var><span class="file">/cpp</span></samp>, in addition to <var>bindir</var>. <br><dt><code>--enable-comdat</code><dd>Enable COMDAT group support. This is primarily used to override the automatically detected value. <br><dt><code>--enable-initfini-array</code><dd>Force the use of sections <code>.init_array</code> and <code>.fini_array</code> (instead of <code>.init</code> and <code>.fini</code>) for constructors and destructors. Option <samp><span class="option">--disable-initfini-array</span></samp> has the opposite effect. If neither option is specified, the configure script will try to guess whether the <code>.init_array</code> and <code>.fini_array</code> sections are supported and, if they are, use them. <br><dt><code>--enable-build-with-cxx</code><dd>Build GCC using a C++ compiler rather than a C compiler. This is an experimental option which may become the default in a later release. <br><dt><code>--enable-maintainer-mode</code><dd>The build rules that regenerate the Autoconf and Automake output files as well as the GCC master message catalog <samp><span class="file">gcc.pot</span></samp> are normally disabled. This is because it can only be rebuilt if the complete source tree is present. If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the catalog, configuring with <samp><span class="option">--enable-maintainer-mode</span></samp> will enable this. Note that you need a recent version of the <code>gettext</code> tools to do so. <br><dt><code>--disable-bootstrap</code><dd>For a native build, the default configuration is to perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler when ‘<samp><span class="samp">make</span></samp>’ is invoked, testing that GCC can compile itself correctly. If you want to disable this process, you can configure with <samp><span class="option">--disable-bootstrap</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--enable-bootstrap</code><dd>In special cases, you may want to perform a 3-stage build even if the target and host triplets are different. This is possible when the host can run code compiled for the target (e.g. host is i686-linux, target is i486-linux). Starting from GCC 4.2, to do this you have to configure explicitly with <samp><span class="option">--enable-bootstrap</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir</code><dd>Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from Bison and flex nor the info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present in the SVN development tree. When building GCC from that development tree, or from one of our snapshots, those generated files are placed in your build directory, which allows for the source to be in a readonly directory. <p>If you configure with <samp><span class="option">--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir</span></samp> then those generated files will go into the source directory. This is mainly intended for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, Bison, or makeinfo. <br><dt><code>--enable-version-specific-runtime-libs</code><dd>Specify that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific subdirectory (<samp><var>libdir</var><span class="file">/gcc</span></samp>) rather than the usual places. In addition, ‘<samp><span class="samp">libstdc++</span></samp>’'s include files will be installed into <samp><var>libdir</var></samp> unless you overruled it by using <samp><span class="option">--with-gxx-include-dir=</span><var>dirname</var></samp>. Using this option is particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in parallel. This is currently supported by ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgfortran</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">libjava</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">libmudflap</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">libstdc++</span></samp>’, and ‘<samp><span class="samp">libobjc</span></samp>’. <br><dt><code>--enable-languages=</code><var>lang1</var><code>,</code><var>lang2</var><code>,...</code><dd>Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and their runtime libraries should be built. For a list of valid values for <var>langN</var> you can issue the following command in the <samp><span class="file">gcc</span></samp> directory of your GCC source tree:<br> <pre class="smallexample"> grep language= */config-lang.in </pre> <p>Currently, you can use any of the following: <code>all</code>, <code>ada</code>, <code>c</code>, <code>c++</code>, <code>fortran</code>, <code>java</code>, <code>objc</code>, <code>obj-c++</code>. Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below. If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option <code>all</code>, then all default languages available in the <samp><span class="file">gcc</span></samp> sub-tree will be configured. Ada and Objective-C++ are not default languages; the rest are. Re-defining <code>LANGUAGES</code> when calling ‘<samp><span class="samp">make</span></samp>’ <strong>does not</strong> work anymore, as those language sub-directories might not have been configured! <br><dt><code>--enable-stage1-languages=</code><var>lang1</var><code>,</code><var>lang2</var><code>,...</code><dd>Specify that a particular subset of compilers and their runtime libraries should be built with the system C compiler during stage 1 of the bootstrap process, rather than only in later stages with the bootstrapped C compiler. The list of valid values is the same as for <samp><span class="option">--enable-languages</span></samp>, and the option <code>all</code> will select all of the languages enabled by <samp><span class="option">--enable-languages</span></samp>. This option is primarily useful for GCC development; for instance, when a development version of the compiler cannot bootstrap due to compiler bugs, or when one is debugging front ends other than the C front end. When this option is used, one can then build the target libraries for the specified languages with the stage-1 compiler by using <samp><span class="command">make stage1-bubble all-target</span></samp>, or run the testsuite on the stage-1 compiler for the specified languages using <samp><span class="command">make stage1-start check-gcc</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--disable-libada</code><dd>Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not be built. This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly do a ‘<samp><span class="samp">make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools</span></samp>’. <br><dt><code>--disable-libssp</code><dd>Specify that the run-time libraries for stack smashing protection should not be built. <br><dt><code>--disable-libgomp</code><dd>Specify that the run-time libraries used by GOMP should not be built. <br><dt><code>--with-dwarf2</code><dd>Specify that the compiler should use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default. <br><dt><code>--enable-targets=all</code><dt><code>--enable-targets=</code><var>target_list</var><dd>Some GCC targets, e.g. powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers. These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit code. Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g. powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code. This option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree. On mips-linux, this will build a tri-arch compiler (ABI o32/n32/64), defaulted to o32. Currently, this option only affects sparc-linux, powerpc-linux, x86-linux and mips-linux. <br><dt><code>--enable-secureplt</code><dd>This option enables <samp><span class="option">-msecure-plt</span></samp> by default for powerpc-linux. See “RS/6000 and PowerPC Options” in the main manual <br><dt><code>--enable-cld</code><dd>This option enables <samp><span class="option">-mcld</span></samp> by default for 32-bit x86 targets. See “i386 and x86-64 Options” in the main manual <br><dt><code>--enable-win32-registry</code><dt><code>--enable-win32-registry=</code><var>key</var><dt><code>--disable-win32-registry</code><dd>The <samp><span class="option">--enable-win32-registry</span></samp> option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key: <pre class="smallexample"> <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\</code><var>key</var> </pre> <p><var>key</var> defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the <samp><span class="option">--enable-win32-registry=</span><var>key</var></samp> option. Vendors and distributors who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key, perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to avoid conflict with existing installations. This feature is enabled by default, and can be disabled by <samp><span class="option">--disable-win32-registry</span></samp> option. This option has no effect on the other hosts. <br><dt><code>--nfp</code><dd>Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit. This option only applies to ‘<samp><span class="samp">m68k-sun-sunos</span><var>n</var></samp>’. On any other system, <samp><span class="option">--nfp</span></samp> has no effect. <br><dt><code>--enable-werror</code><dt><code>--disable-werror</code><dt><code>--enable-werror=yes</code><dt><code>--enable-werror=no</code><dd>When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the compiler are built with <samp><span class="option">-Werror</span></samp> in bootstrap stage2 and later. If you don't specify it, <samp><span class="option">-Werror</span></samp> is turned on for the main development trunk. However it defaults to off for release branches and final releases. The specific files which get <samp><span class="option">-Werror</span></samp> are controlled by the Makefiles. <br><dt><code>--enable-checking</code><dt><code>--enable-checking=</code><var>list</var><dd>When you specify this option, the compiler is built to perform internal consistency checks of the requested complexity. This does not change the generated code, but adds error checking within the compiler. This will slow down the compiler and may only work properly if you are building the compiler with GCC. This is ‘<samp><span class="samp">yes</span></samp>’ by default when building from SVN or snapshots, but ‘<samp><span class="samp">release</span></samp>’ for releases. The default for building the stage1 compiler is ‘<samp><span class="samp">yes</span></samp>’. More control over the checks may be had by specifying <var>list</var>. The categories of checks available are ‘<samp><span class="samp">yes</span></samp>’ (most common checks ‘<samp><span class="samp">assert,misc,tree,gc,rtlflag,runtime</span></samp>’), ‘<samp><span class="samp">no</span></samp>’ (no checks at all), ‘<samp><span class="samp">all</span></samp>’ (all but ‘<samp><span class="samp">valgrind</span></samp>’), ‘<samp><span class="samp">release</span></samp>’ (cheapest checks ‘<samp><span class="samp">assert,runtime</span></samp>’) or ‘<samp><span class="samp">none</span></samp>’ (same as ‘<samp><span class="samp">no</span></samp>’). Individual checks can be enabled with these flags ‘<samp><span class="samp">assert</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">df</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">fold</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">gc</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcac</span></samp>’ ‘<samp><span class="samp">misc</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">rtl</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">rtlflag</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">runtime</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">tree</span></samp>’, and ‘<samp><span class="samp">valgrind</span></samp>’. <p>The ‘<samp><span class="samp">valgrind</span></samp>’ check requires the external <samp><span class="command">valgrind</span></samp> simulator, available from <a href="http://valgrind.org/">http://valgrind.org/</a>. The ‘<samp><span class="samp">df</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">rtl</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcac</span></samp>’ and ‘<samp><span class="samp">valgrind</span></samp>’ checks are very expensive. To disable all checking, ‘<samp><span class="samp">--disable-checking</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">--enable-checking=none</span></samp>’ must be explicitly requested. Disabling assertions will make the compiler and runtime slightly faster but increase the risk of undetected internal errors causing wrong code to be generated. <br><dt><code>--disable-stage1-checking</code><dt><code>--enable-stage1-checking</code><dt><code>--enable-stage1-checking=</code><var>list</var><dd>If no <samp><span class="option">--enable-checking</span></samp> option is specified the stage1 compiler will be built with ‘<samp><span class="samp">yes</span></samp>’ checking enabled, otherwise the stage1 checking flags are the same as specified by <samp><span class="option">--enable-checking</span></samp>. To build the stage1 compiler with different checking options use <samp><span class="option">--enable-stage1-checking</span></samp>. The list of checking options is the same as for <samp><span class="option">--enable-checking</span></samp>. If your system is too slow or too small to bootstrap a released compiler with checking for stage1 enabled, you can use ‘<samp><span class="samp">--disable-stage1-checking</span></samp>’ to disable checking for the stage1 compiler. <br><dt><code>--enable-coverage</code><dt><code>--enable-coverage=</code><var>level</var><dd>With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage information, every time it is run. This is for internal development purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc. The <var>level</var> argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or not, values are ‘<samp><span class="samp">opt</span></samp>’ and ‘<samp><span class="samp">noopt</span></samp>’. For coverage analysis you want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to enable optimization. When coverage is enabled, the default level is without optimization. <br><dt><code>--enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats</code><dd>When this option is specified more detailed information on memory allocation is gathered. This information is printed when using <samp><span class="option">-fmem-report</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--with-gc</code><dt><code>--with-gc=</code><var>choice</var><dd>With this option you can specify the garbage collector implementation used during the compilation process. <var>choice</var> can be one of ‘<samp><span class="samp">page</span></samp>’ and ‘<samp><span class="samp">zone</span></samp>’, where ‘<samp><span class="samp">page</span></samp>’ is the default. <br><dt><code>--enable-nls</code><dt><code>--disable-nls</code><dd>The <samp><span class="option">--enable-nls</span></samp> option enables Native Language Support (NLS), which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a canadian cross build. The <samp><span class="option">--disable-nls</span></samp> option disables NLS. <br><dt><code>--with-included-gettext</code><dd>If NLS is enabled, the <samp><span class="option">--with-included-gettext</span></samp> option causes the build procedure to prefer its copy of GNU <samp><span class="command">gettext</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--with-catgets</code><dd>If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks <code>gettext</code> but has the inferior <code>catgets</code> interface, the GCC build procedure normally ignores <code>catgets</code> and instead uses GCC's copy of the GNU <code>gettext</code> library. The <samp><span class="option">--with-catgets</span></samp> option causes the build procedure to use the host's <code>catgets</code> in this situation. <br><dt><code>--with-libiconv-prefix=</code><var>dir</var><dd>Search for libiconv header files in <samp><var>dir</var><span class="file">/include</span></samp> and libiconv library files in <samp><var>dir</var><span class="file">/lib</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--enable-obsolete</code><dd>Enable configuration for an obsoleted system. If you attempt to configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an error message. <p>All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps forward to maintain the port. <br><dt><code>--enable-decimal-float</code><dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=yes</code><dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=no</code><dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=bid</code><dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=dpd</code><dt><code>--disable-decimal-float</code><dd>Enable (or disable) support for the C decimal floating point extension that is in the IEEE 754-2008 standard. This is enabled by default only on PowerPC, i386, and x86_64 GNU/Linux systems. Other systems may also support it, but require the user to specifically enable it. You can optionally control which decimal floating point format is used (either ‘<samp><span class="samp">bid</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">dpd</span></samp>’). The ‘<samp><span class="samp">bid</span></samp>’ (binary integer decimal) format is default on i386 and x86_64 systems, and the ‘<samp><span class="samp">dpd</span></samp>’ (densely packed decimal) format is default on PowerPC systems. <br><dt><code>--enable-fixed-point</code><dt><code>--disable-fixed-point</code><dd>Enable (or disable) support for C fixed-point arithmetic. This option is enabled by default for some targets (such as MIPS) which have hardware-support for fixed-point operations. On other targets, you may enable this option manually. <br><dt><code>--with-long-double-128</code><dd>Specify if <code>long double</code> type should be 128-bit by default on selected GNU/Linux architectures. If using <code>--without-long-double-128</code>, <code>long double</code> will be by default 64-bit, the same as <code>double</code> type. When neither of these configure options are used, the default will be 128-bit <code>long double</code> when built against GNU C Library 2.4 and later, 64-bit <code>long double</code> otherwise. <br><dt><code>--with-gmp=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-gmp-include=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-gmp-lib=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-mpfr=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-mpfr-include=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-mpfr-lib=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-mpc=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-mpc-include=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-mpc-lib=</code><var>pathname</var><dd>If you do not have GMP (the GNU Multiple Precision library), the MPFR library and/or the MPC library installed in a standard location and you want to build GCC, you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed (‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-gmp=</span><var>gmpinstalldir</var></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-mpfr=</span><var>mpfrinstalldir</var></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-mpc=</span><var>mpcinstalldir</var></samp>’). The <samp><span class="option">--with-gmp=</span><var>gmpinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for <samp><span class="option">--with-gmp-lib=</span><var>gmpinstalldir</var><span class="option">/lib</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--with-gmp-include=</span><var>gmpinstalldir</var><span class="option">/include</span></samp>. Likewise the <samp><span class="option">--with-mpfr=</span><var>mpfrinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for <samp><span class="option">--with-mpfr-lib=</span><var>mpfrinstalldir</var><span class="option">/lib</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--with-mpfr-include=</span><var>mpfrinstalldir</var><span class="option">/include</span></samp>, also the <samp><span class="option">--with-mpc=</span><var>mpcinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for <samp><span class="option">--with-mpc-lib=</span><var>mpcinstalldir</var><span class="option">/lib</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--with-mpc-include=</span><var>mpcinstalldir</var><span class="option">/include</span></samp>. If these shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit include and lib options directly. <br><dt><code>--with-ppl=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-ppl-include=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-ppl-lib=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-cloog=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-cloog-include=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-cloog-lib=</code><var>pathname</var><dd>If you do not have PPL (the Parma Polyhedra Library) and the CLooG libraries installed in a standard location and you want to build GCC, you can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed (‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-ppl=</span><var>pplinstalldir</var></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-cloog=</span><var>clooginstalldir</var></samp>’). The <samp><span class="option">--with-ppl=</span><var>pplinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for <samp><span class="option">--with-ppl-lib=</span><var>pplinstalldir</var><span class="option">/lib</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--with-ppl-include=</span><var>pplinstalldir</var><span class="option">/include</span></samp>. Likewise the <samp><span class="option">--with-cloog=</span><var>clooginstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for <samp><span class="option">--with-cloog-lib=</span><var>clooginstalldir</var><span class="option">/lib</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--with-cloog-include=</span><var>clooginstalldir</var><span class="option">/include</span></samp>. If these shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit include and lib options directly. <br><dt><code>--with-host-libstdcxx=</code><var>linker-args</var><dd>If you are linking with a static copy of PPL, you can use this option to specify how the linker should find the standard C++ library used internally by PPL. Typical values of <var>linker-args</var> might be ‘<samp><span class="samp">-lstdc++</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">-Wl,-Bstatic,-lstdc++,-Bdynamic -lm</span></samp>’. If you are linking with a shared copy of PPL, you probably do not need this option; shared library dependencies will cause the linker to search for the standard C++ library automatically. <br><dt><code>--with-stage1-ldflags=</code><var>flags</var><dd>This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking stage 1 of GCC. These are also used when linking GCC if configured with <samp><span class="option">--disable-bootstrap</span></samp>. By default no special flags are used. <br><dt><code>--with-stage1-libs=</code><var>libs</var><dd>This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 1 of GCC. These are also used when linking GCC if configured with <samp><span class="option">--disable-bootstrap</span></samp>. The default is the argument to <samp><span class="option">--with-host-libstdcxx</span></samp>, if specified. <br><dt><code>--with-boot-ldflags=</code><var>flags</var><dd>This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking stage 2 and later when bootstrapping GCC. By default no special flags are used. <br><dt><code>--with-boot-libs=</code><var>libs</var><dd>This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 2 and later when bootstrapping GCC. The default is the argument to <samp><span class="option">--with-host-libstdcxx</span></samp>, if specified. <br><dt><code>--with-debug-prefix-map=</code><var>map</var><dd>Convert source directory names using <samp><span class="option">-fdebug-prefix-map</span></samp> when building runtime libraries. ‘<samp><var>map</var></samp>’ is a space-separated list of maps of the form ‘<samp><var>old</var><span class="samp">=</span><var>new</var></samp>’. <br><dt><code>--enable-linker-build-id</code><dd>Tells GCC to pass <samp><span class="option">--build-id</span></samp> option to the linker for all final links (links performed without the <samp><span class="option">-r</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">--relocatable</span></samp> option), if the linker supports it. If you specify <samp><span class="option">--enable-linker-build-id</span></samp>, but your linker does not support <samp><span class="option">--build-id</span></samp> option, a warning is issued and the <samp><span class="option">--enable-linker-build-id</span></samp> option is ignored. The default is off. <br><dt><code>--enable-gnu-unique-object</code><dt><code>--disable-gnu-unique-object</code><dd>Tells GCC to use the gnu_unique_object relocation for C++ template static data members and inline function local statics. Enabled by default for a native toolchain with an assembler that accepts it and GLIBC 2.11 or above, otherwise disabled. <br><dt><code>--enable-lto</code><dd>Enable support for link-time optimization (LTO). This is enabled by default if a working libelf implementation is found (see <samp><span class="option">--with-libelf</span></samp>). <br><dt><code>--with-libelf=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-libelf-include=</code><var>pathname</var><dt><code>--with-libelf-lib=</code><var>pathname</var><dd>If you do not have libelf installed in a standard location and you want to enable support for link-time optimization (LTO), you can explicitly specify the directory where libelf is installed (‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-libelf=</span><var>libelfinstalldir</var></samp>’). The <samp><span class="option">--with-libelf=</span><var>libelfinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for <samp><span class="option">--with-libelf-include=</span><var>libelfinstalldir</var><span class="option">/include</span></samp> <samp><span class="option">--with-libelf-lib=</span><var>libelfinstalldir</var><span class="option">/lib</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--enable-gold</code><dd>Enable support for using <samp><span class="command">gold</span></samp> as the linker. If gold support is enabled together with <samp><span class="option">--enable-lto</span></samp>, an additional directory <samp><span class="file">lto-plugin</span></samp> will be built. The code in this directory is a plugin for gold that allows the link-time optimizer to extract object files with LTO information out of library archives. See <samp><span class="option">-flto</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">-fwhopr</span></samp> for details. </dl> <h4 class="subheading"><a name="TOC3"></a>Cross-Compiler-Specific Options</h4> <p>The following options only apply to building cross compilers. <dl> <dt><code>--with-sysroot</code><dt><code>--with-sysroot=</code><var>dir</var><dd>Tells GCC to consider <var>dir</var> as the root of a tree that contains a (subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system. Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be searched in there. More specifically, this acts as if <samp><span class="option">--sysroot=</span><var>dir</var></samp> was added to the default options of the built compiler. The specified directory is not copied into the install tree, unlike the options <samp><span class="option">--with-headers</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">--with-libs</span></samp> that this option obsoletes. The default value, in case <samp><span class="option">--with-sysroot</span></samp> is not given an argument, is <samp><span class="option">${gcc_tooldir}/sys-root</span></samp>. If the specified directory is a subdirectory of <samp><span class="option">${exec_prefix}</span></samp>, then it will be found relative to the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved. <p>This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build target libraries (which runs on the build system) and the compiler newly installed with <code>make install</code>; it does not affect the compiler which is used to build GCC itself. <br><dt><code>--with-build-sysroot</code><dt><code>--with-build-sysroot=</code><var>dir</var><dd>Tells GCC to consider <var>dir</var> as the system root (see <samp><span class="option">--with-sysroot</span></samp>) while building target libraries, instead of the directory specified with <samp><span class="option">--with-sysroot</span></samp>. This option is only useful when you are already using <samp><span class="option">--with-sysroot</span></samp>. You can use <samp><span class="option">--with-build-sysroot</span></samp> when you are configuring with <samp><span class="option">--prefix</span></samp> set to a directory that is different from the one in which you are installing GCC and your target libraries. <p>This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build target libraries (which runs on the build system); it does not affect the compiler which is used to build GCC itself. <br><dt><code>--with-headers</code><dt><code>--with-headers=</code><var>dir</var><dd>Deprecated in favor of <samp><span class="option">--with-sysroot</span></samp>. Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler. The <var>dir</var> argument specifies a directory which has the target include files. These include files will be copied into the <samp><span class="file">gcc</span></samp> install directory. <em>This option with the </em><var>dir</var><em> argument is required</em> when building a cross compiler, if <samp><var>prefix</var><span class="file">/</span><var>target</var><span class="file">/sys-include</span></samp> doesn't pre-exist. If <samp><var>prefix</var><span class="file">/</span><var>target</var><span class="file">/sys-include</span></samp> does pre-exist, the <var>dir</var> argument may be omitted. <samp><span class="command">fixincludes</span></samp> will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC. <br><dt><code>--without-headers</code><dd>Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross compiler. When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC can build the exception handling for libgcc. <br><dt><code>--with-libs</code><dt><code>--with-libs="</code><var>dir1</var> <var>dir2</var><code> ... </code><var>dirN</var><code>"</code><dd>Deprecated in favor of <samp><span class="option">--with-sysroot</span></samp>. Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime libraries. These libraries will be copied into the <samp><span class="file">gcc</span></samp> install directory. If the directory list is omitted, this option has no effect. <br><dt><code>--with-newlib</code><dd>Specifies that ‘<samp><span class="samp">newlib</span></samp>’ is being used as the target C library. This causes <code>__eprintf</code> to be omitted from <samp><span class="file">libgcc.a</span></samp> on the assumption that it will be provided by ‘<samp><span class="samp">newlib</span></samp>’. <br><dt><code>--with-build-time-tools=</code><var>dir</var><dd>Specifies where to find the set of target tools (assembler, linker, etc.) that will be used while building GCC itself. This option can be useful if the directory layouts are different between the system you are building GCC on, and the system where you will deploy it. <p>For example, on an ‘<samp><span class="samp">ia64-hp-hpux</span></samp>’ system, you may have the GNU assembler and linker in <samp><span class="file">/usr/bin</span></samp>, and the native tools in a different path, and build a toolchain that expects to find the native tools in <samp><span class="file">/usr/bin</span></samp>. <p>When you use this option, you should ensure that <var>dir</var> includes <samp><span class="command">ar</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">ld</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">nm</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">ranlib</span></samp> and <samp><span class="command">strip</span></samp> if necessary, and possibly <samp><span class="command">objdump</span></samp>. Otherwise, GCC may use an inconsistent set of tools. </dl> <h4 class="subheading"><a name="TOC4"></a>Java-Specific Options</h4> <p>The following option applies to the build of the Java front end. <dl> <dt><code>--disable-libgcj</code><dd>Specify that the run-time libraries used by GCJ should not be built. This is useful in case you intend to use GCJ with some other run-time, or you're going to install it separately, or it just happens not to build on your particular machine. In general, if the Java front end is enabled, the GCJ libraries will be enabled too, unless they're known to not work on the target platform. If GCJ is enabled but ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcj</span></samp>’ isn't built, you may need to port it; in this case, before modifying the top-level <samp><span class="file">configure.in</span></samp> so that ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcj</span></samp>’ is enabled by default on this platform, you may use <samp><span class="option">--enable-libgcj</span></samp> to override the default. </dl> <p>The following options apply to building ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcj</span></samp>’. <h5 class="subsubheading"><a name="TOC5"></a>General Options</h5> <dl> <dt><code>--enable-java-maintainer-mode</code><dd>By default the ‘<samp><span class="samp">libjava</span></samp>’ build will not attempt to compile the <samp><span class="file">.java</span></samp> source files to <samp><span class="file">.class</span></samp>. Instead, it will use the <samp><span class="file">.class</span></samp> files from the source tree. If you use this option you must have executables named <samp><span class="command">ecj1</span></samp> and <samp><span class="command">gjavah</span></samp> in your path for use by the build. You must use this option if you intend to modify any <samp><span class="file">.java</span></samp> files in <samp><span class="file">libjava</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--with-java-home=</code><var>dirname</var><dd>This ‘<samp><span class="samp">libjava</span></samp>’ option overrides the default value of the ‘<samp><span class="samp">java.home</span></samp>’ system property. It is also used to set ‘<samp><span class="samp">sun.boot.class.path</span></samp>’ to <samp><var>dirname</var><span class="file">/lib/rt.jar</span></samp>. By default ‘<samp><span class="samp">java.home</span></samp>’ is set to <samp><var>prefix</var></samp> and ‘<samp><span class="samp">sun.boot.class.path</span></samp>’ to <samp><var>datadir</var><span class="file">/java/libgcj-</span><var>version</var><span class="file">.jar</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--with-ecj-jar=</code><var>filename</var><dd>This option can be used to specify the location of an external jar file containing the Eclipse Java compiler. A specially modified version of this compiler is used by <samp><span class="command">gcj</span></samp> to parse <samp><span class="file">.java</span></samp> source files. If this option is given, the ‘<samp><span class="samp">libjava</span></samp>’ build will create and install an <samp><span class="file">ecj1</span></samp> executable which uses this jar file at runtime. <p>If this option is not given, but an <samp><span class="file">ecj.jar</span></samp> file is found in the topmost source tree at configure time, then the ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcj</span></samp>’ build will create and install <samp><span class="file">ecj1</span></samp>, and will also install the discovered <samp><span class="file">ecj.jar</span></samp> into a suitable place in the install tree. <p>If <samp><span class="file">ecj1</span></samp> is not installed, then the user will have to supply one on his path in order for <samp><span class="command">gcj</span></samp> to properly parse <samp><span class="file">.java</span></samp> source files. A suitable jar is available from <a href="ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/">ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/</a>. <br><dt><code>--disable-getenv-properties</code><dd>Don't set system properties from <samp><span class="env">GCJ_PROPERTIES</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--enable-hash-synchronization</code><dd>Use a global hash table for monitor locks. Ordinarily, ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcj</span></samp>’'s ‘<samp><span class="samp">configure</span></samp>’ script automatically makes the correct choice for this option for your platform. Only use this if you know you need the library to be configured differently. <br><dt><code>--enable-interpreter</code><dd>Enable the Java interpreter. The interpreter is automatically enabled by default on all platforms that support it. This option is really only useful if you want to disable the interpreter (using <samp><span class="option">--disable-interpreter</span></samp>). <br><dt><code>--disable-java-net</code><dd>Disable java.net. This disables the native part of java.net only, using non-functional stubs for native method implementations. <br><dt><code>--disable-jvmpi</code><dd>Disable JVMPI support. <br><dt><code>--disable-libgcj-bc</code><dd>Disable BC ABI compilation of certain parts of libgcj. By default, some portions of libgcj are compiled with <samp><span class="option">-findirect-dispatch</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">-fno-indirect-classes</span></samp>, allowing them to be overridden at run-time. <p>If <samp><span class="option">--disable-libgcj-bc</span></samp> is specified, libgcj is built without these options. This allows the compile-time linker to resolve dependencies when statically linking to libgcj. However it makes it impossible to override the affected portions of libgcj at run-time. <br><dt><code>--enable-reduced-reflection</code><dd>Build most of libgcj with <samp><span class="option">-freduced-reflection</span></samp>. This reduces the size of libgcj at the expense of not being able to do accurate reflection on the classes it contains. This option is safe if you know that code using libgcj will never use reflection on the standard runtime classes in libgcj (including using serialization, RMI or CORBA). <br><dt><code>--with-ecos</code><dd>Enable runtime eCos target support. <br><dt><code>--without-libffi</code><dd>Don't use ‘<samp><span class="samp">libffi</span></samp>’. This will disable the interpreter and JNI support as well, as these require ‘<samp><span class="samp">libffi</span></samp>’ to work. <br><dt><code>--enable-libgcj-debug</code><dd>Enable runtime debugging code. <br><dt><code>--enable-libgcj-multifile</code><dd>If specified, causes all <samp><span class="file">.java</span></samp> source files to be compiled into <samp><span class="file">.class</span></samp> files in one invocation of ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcj</span></samp>’. This can speed up build time, but is more resource-intensive. If this option is unspecified or disabled, ‘<samp><span class="samp">gcj</span></samp>’ is invoked once for each <samp><span class="file">.java</span></samp> file to compile into a <samp><span class="file">.class</span></samp> file. <br><dt><code>--with-libiconv-prefix=DIR</code><dd>Search for libiconv in <samp><span class="file">DIR/include</span></samp> and <samp><span class="file">DIR/lib</span></samp>. <br><dt><code>--enable-sjlj-exceptions</code><dd>Force use of the <code>setjmp</code>/<code>longjmp</code>-based scheme for exceptions. ‘<samp><span class="samp">configure</span></samp>’ ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform. Only use this option if you are sure you need a different setting. <br><dt><code>--with-system-zlib</code><dd>Use installed ‘<samp><span class="samp">zlib</span></samp>’ rather than that included with GCC. <br><dt><code>--with-win32-nlsapi=ansi, unicows or unicode</code><dd>Indicates how MinGW ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcj</span></samp>’ translates between UNICODE characters and the Win32 API. <br><dt><code>--enable-java-home</code><dd>If enabled, this creates a JPackage compatible SDK environment during install. Note that if –enable-java-home is used, –with-arch-directory=ARCH must also be specified. <br><dt><code>--with-arch-directory=ARCH</code><dd>Specifies the name to use for the <samp><span class="file">jre/lib/ARCH</span></samp> directory in the SDK environment created when –enable-java-home is passed. Typical names for this directory include i386, amd64, ia64, etc. <br><dt><code>--with-os-directory=DIR</code><dd>Specifies the OS directory for the SDK include directory. This is set to auto detect, and is typically 'linux'. <br><dt><code>--with-origin-name=NAME</code><dd>Specifies the JPackage origin name. This defaults to the 'gcj' in java-1.5.0-gcj. <br><dt><code>--with-arch-suffix=SUFFIX</code><dd>Specifies the suffix for the sdk directory. Defaults to the empty string. Examples include '.x86_64' in 'java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0.x86_64'. <br><dt><code>--with-jvm-root-dir=DIR</code><dd>Specifies where to install the SDK. Default is $(prefix)/lib/jvm. <br><dt><code>--with-jvm-jar-dir=DIR</code><dd>Specifies where to install jars. Default is $(prefix)/lib/jvm-exports. <br><dt><code>--with-python-dir=DIR</code><dd>Specifies where to install the Python modules used for aot-compile. DIR should not include the prefix used in installation. For example, if the Python modules are to be installed in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages, then –with-python-dir=/lib/python2.5/site-packages should be passed. If this is not specified, then the Python modules are installed in $(prefix)/share/python. <br><dt><code>--enable-aot-compile-rpm</code><dd>Adds aot-compile-rpm to the list of installed scripts. <br><dt><code>--enable-browser-plugin</code><dd>Build the gcjwebplugin web browser plugin. <dl> <dt><code>ansi</code><dd>Use the single-byte <code>char</code> and the Win32 A functions natively, translating to and from UNICODE when using these functions. If unspecified, this is the default. <br><dt><code>unicows</code><dd>Use the <code>WCHAR</code> and Win32 W functions natively. Adds <code>-lunicows</code> to <samp><span class="file">libgcj.spec</span></samp> to link with ‘<samp><span class="samp">libunicows</span></samp>’. <samp><span class="file">unicows.dll</span></samp> needs to be deployed on Microsoft Windows 9X machines running built executables. <samp><span class="file">libunicows.a</span></samp>, an open-source import library around Microsoft's <code>unicows.dll</code>, is obtained from <a href="http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/">http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/</a>, which also gives details on getting <samp><span class="file">unicows.dll</span></samp> from Microsoft. <br><dt><code>unicode</code><dd>Use the <code>WCHAR</code> and Win32 W functions natively. Does <em>not</em> add <code>-lunicows</code> to <samp><span class="file">libgcj.spec</span></samp>. The built executables will only run on Microsoft Windows NT and above. </dl> </dl> <h5 class="subsubheading"><a name="TOC6"></a>AWT-Specific Options</h5> <dl> <dt><code>--with-x</code><dd>Use the X Window System. <br><dt><code>--enable-java-awt=PEER(S)</code><dd>Specifies the AWT peer library or libraries to build alongside ‘<samp><span class="samp">libgcj</span></samp>’. If this option is unspecified or disabled, AWT will be non-functional. Current valid values are <samp><span class="option">gtk</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">xlib</span></samp>. Multiple libraries should be separated by a comma (i.e. <samp><span class="option">--enable-java-awt=gtk,xlib</span></samp>). <br><dt><code>--enable-gtk-cairo</code><dd>Build the cairo Graphics2D implementation on GTK. <br><dt><code>--enable-java-gc=TYPE</code><dd>Choose garbage collector. Defaults to <samp><span class="option">boehm</span></samp> if unspecified. <br><dt><code>--disable-gtktest</code><dd>Do not try to compile and run a test GTK+ program. <br><dt><code>--disable-glibtest</code><dd>Do not try to compile and run a test GLIB program. <br><dt><code>--with-libart-prefix=PFX</code><dd>Prefix where libart is installed (optional). <br><dt><code>--with-libart-exec-prefix=PFX</code><dd>Exec prefix where libart is installed (optional). <br><dt><code>--disable-libarttest</code><dd>Do not try to compile and run a test libart program. </dl> <p><hr /> <p><a href="./index.html">Return to the GCC Installation page</a> <!-- ***Building**************************************************************** --> <!-- ***Testing***************************************************************** --> <!-- ***Final install*********************************************************** --> <!-- ***Binaries**************************************************************** --> <!-- ***Specific**************************************************************** --> <!-- ***Old documentation****************************************************** --> <!-- ***GFDL******************************************************************** --> <!-- *************************************************************************** --> <!-- Part 6 The End of the Document --> </body></html>
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