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     64  1.10    mrg <h1 class="settitle" align="center">Installing GCC</h1>
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     84  1.10    mrg <a name="index-Configuration"></a>
     85  1.10    mrg <a name="index-Installing-GCC_003a-Configuration"></a>
     86  1.10    mrg 
     87  1.10    mrg <p>Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built.
     88   1.9    mrg This document describes the recommended configuration procedure
     89   1.9    mrg for both native and cross targets.
     90  1.10    mrg </p>
     91  1.10    mrg <p>We use <var>srcdir</var> to refer to the toplevel source directory for
     92   1.9    mrg GCC; we use <var>objdir</var> to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
     93  1.10    mrg </p>
     94  1.11    mrg <p>If you obtained the sources by cloning the repository, <var>srcdir</var>
     95  1.11    mrg must refer to the top <samp>gcc</samp> directory, the one where the
     96  1.11    mrg <samp>MAINTAINERS</samp> file can be found, and not its <samp>gcc</samp>
     97  1.11    mrg subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
     98  1.10    mrg </p>
     99  1.10    mrg <p>If either <var>srcdir</var> or <var>objdir</var> is located on an automounted NFS
    100  1.10    mrg file system, the shell&rsquo;s built-in <code>pwd</code> command will return
    101   1.1    mrg temporary pathnames.  Using these can lead to various sorts of build
    102  1.10    mrg problems.  To avoid this issue, set the <code>PWDCMD</code> environment
    103  1.10    mrg variable to an automounter-aware <code>pwd</code> command, e.g.,
    104  1.10    mrg <code>pawd</code> or &lsquo;<samp>amq -w</samp>&rsquo;, during the configuration and build
    105   1.1    mrg phases.
    106  1.10    mrg </p>
    107  1.10    mrg <p>First, we <strong>highly</strong> recommend that GCC be built into a
    108   1.1    mrg separate directory from the sources which does <strong>not</strong> reside
    109   1.1    mrg within the source tree.  This is how we generally build GCC; building
    110  1.10    mrg where <var>srcdir</var> == <var>objdir</var> should still work, but doesn&rsquo;t
    111   1.1    mrg get extensive testing; building where <var>objdir</var> is a subdirectory
    112   1.1    mrg of <var>srcdir</var> is unsupported.
    113  1.10    mrg </p>
    114  1.10    mrg <p>If you have previously built GCC in the same directory for a
    115  1.10    mrg different target machine, do &lsquo;<samp>make distclean</samp>&rsquo; to delete all files
    116  1.10    mrg that might be invalid.  One of the files this deletes is <samp>Makefile</samp>;
    117  1.10    mrg if &lsquo;<samp>make distclean</samp>&rsquo; complains that <samp>Makefile</samp> does not exist
    118  1.10    mrg or issues a message like &ldquo;don&rsquo;t know how to make distclean&rdquo; it probably
    119   1.1    mrg means that the directory is already suitably clean.  However, with the
    120   1.1    mrg recommended method of building in a separate <var>objdir</var>, you should
    121   1.1    mrg simply use a different <var>objdir</var> for each target.
    122  1.10    mrg </p>
    123  1.10    mrg <p>Second, when configuring a native system, either <code>cc</code> or
    124  1.10    mrg <code>gcc</code> must be in your path or you must set <code>CC</code> in
    125   1.1    mrg your environment before running configure.  Otherwise the configuration
    126   1.1    mrg scripts may fail.
    127  1.10    mrg </p>
    128   1.1    mrg 
    129  1.10    mrg <p>To configure GCC:
    130  1.10    mrg </p>
    131  1.10    mrg <div class="smallexample">
    132  1.10    mrg <pre class="smallexample">% mkdir <var>objdir</var>
    133  1.10    mrg % cd <var>objdir</var>
    134  1.10    mrg % <var>srcdir</var>/configure [<var>options</var>] [<var>target</var>]
    135  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
    136   1.1    mrg 
    137  1.10    mrg <a name="Distributor-options"></a>
    138  1.10    mrg <h3 class="heading">Distributor options</h3>
    139   1.1    mrg 
    140   1.1    mrg <p>If you will be distributing binary versions of GCC, with modifications
    141   1.1    mrg to the source code, you should use the options described in this
    142   1.1    mrg section to make clear that your version contains modifications.
    143  1.10    mrg </p>
    144  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
    145  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-pkgversion=<var>version</var></code></dt>
    146  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify a string that identifies your package.  You may wish
    147   1.1    mrg to include a build number or build date.  This version string will be
    148  1.10    mrg included in the output of <code>gcc --version</code>.  This suffix does
    149  1.10    mrg not replace the default version string, only the &lsquo;<samp>GCC</samp>&rsquo; part.
    150  1.10    mrg </p>
    151  1.10    mrg <p>The default value is &lsquo;<samp>GCC</samp>&rsquo;.
    152  1.10    mrg </p>
    153  1.10    mrg </dd>
    154  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-bugurl=<var>url</var></code></dt>
    155  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the URL that users should visit if they wish to report a bug.
    156   1.1    mrg You are of course welcome to forward bugs reported to you to the FSF,
    157   1.1    mrg if you determine that they are not bugs in your modifications.
    158  1.10    mrg </p>
    159  1.10    mrg <p>The default value refers to the FSF&rsquo;s GCC bug tracker.
    160  1.10    mrg </p>
    161  1.10    mrg </dd>
    162  1.10    mrg </dl>
    163   1.1    mrg 
    164  1.10    mrg <a name="Target-specification"></a>
    165  1.10    mrg <h3 class="heading">Target specification</h3>
    166  1.10    mrg <ul>
    167  1.10    mrg <li> GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for <var>target</var>
    168   1.1    mrg for nearly all native systems.  Therefore, we highly recommend you do
    169   1.1    mrg not provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
    170   1.1    mrg 
    171  1.10    mrg </li><li> <var>target</var> must be specified as <samp>--target=<var>target</var></samp>
    172   1.1    mrg when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
    173   1.1    mrg m68k-elf, sh-elf, etc.
    174   1.1    mrg 
    175  1.10    mrg </li><li> Specifying just <var>target</var> instead of <samp>--target=<var>target</var></samp>
    176  1.10    mrg implies that the host defaults to <var>target</var>.
    177  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
    178  1.10    mrg 
    179   1.1    mrg 
    180  1.10    mrg <a name="Options-specification"></a>
    181  1.10    mrg <h3 class="heading">Options specification</h3>
    182   1.1    mrg 
    183   1.1    mrg <p>Use <var>options</var> to override several configure time options for
    184  1.10    mrg GCC.  A list of supported <var>options</var> follows; &lsquo;<samp>configure
    185  1.10    mrg --help</samp>&rsquo; may list other options, but those not listed below may not
    186   1.1    mrg work and should not normally be used.
    187  1.10    mrg </p>
    188  1.10    mrg <p>Note that each <samp>--enable</samp> option has a corresponding
    189  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable</samp> option and that each <samp>--with</samp> option has a
    190  1.10    mrg corresponding <samp>--without</samp> option.
    191  1.10    mrg </p>
    192  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
    193  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--prefix=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    194  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the toplevel installation
    195   1.1    mrg directory.  This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
    196   1.1    mrg other than the default.  The toplevel installation directory defaults to
    197  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local</samp>.
    198  1.10    mrg </p>
    199  1.10    mrg <p>We <strong>highly</strong> recommend against <var>dirname</var> being the same or a
    200   1.1    mrg subdirectory of <var>objdir</var> or vice versa.  If specifying a directory
    201  1.10    mrg beneath a user&rsquo;s home directory tree, some shells will not expand
    202  1.10    mrg <var>dirname</var> correctly if it contains the &lsquo;<samp>~</samp>&rsquo; metacharacter; use
    203  1.10    mrg <code>$HOME</code> instead.
    204  1.10    mrg </p>
    205  1.10    mrg <p>The following standard <code>autoconf</code> options are supported.  Normally you
    206   1.1    mrg should not need to use these options.
    207  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    208  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--exec-prefix=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    209  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
    210   1.1    mrg files.  The default is <samp><var>prefix</var></samp>.
    211  1.10    mrg </p>
    212  1.10    mrg </dd>
    213  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--bindir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    214  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
    215  1.10    mrg (such as <code>gcc</code> and <code>g++</code>).  The default is
    216  1.10    mrg <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/bin</samp>.
    217  1.10    mrg </p>
    218  1.10    mrg </dd>
    219  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--libdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    220  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
    221  1.10    mrg internal data files of GCC.  The default is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/lib</samp>.
    222  1.10    mrg </p>
    223  1.10    mrg </dd>
    224  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--libexecdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    225  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC.
    226  1.10    mrg The default is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/libexec</samp>.
    227  1.10    mrg </p>
    228  1.10    mrg </dd>
    229  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-slibdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    230  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library.  The
    231   1.1    mrg default is <samp><var>libdir</var></samp>.
    232  1.10    mrg </p>
    233  1.10    mrg </dd>
    234  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--datarootdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    235  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the root of the directory tree for read-only architecture-independent
    236  1.10    mrg data files referenced by GCC.  The default is <samp><var>prefix</var>/share</samp>.
    237  1.10    mrg </p>
    238  1.10    mrg </dd>
    239  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--infodir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    240  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
    241  1.10    mrg The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var>/info</samp>.
    242  1.10    mrg </p>
    243  1.10    mrg </dd>
    244  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--datadir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    245  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
    246   1.1    mrg data files referenced by GCC.  The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var></samp>.
    247  1.10    mrg </p>
    248  1.10    mrg </dd>
    249  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--docdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    250  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for documentation files (other
    251  1.10    mrg than Info) for GCC.  The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var>/doc</samp>.
    252  1.10    mrg </p>
    253  1.10    mrg </dd>
    254  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--htmldir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    255  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for HTML documentation files.
    256   1.1    mrg The default is <samp><var>docdir</var></samp>.
    257  1.10    mrg </p>
    258  1.10    mrg </dd>
    259  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--pdfdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    260  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for PDF documentation files.
    261   1.1    mrg The default is <samp><var>docdir</var></samp>.
    262  1.10    mrg </p>
    263  1.10    mrg </dd>
    264  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--mandir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    265  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for manual pages.  The default is
    266  1.10    mrg <samp><var>datarootdir</var>/man</samp>.  (Note that the manual pages are only extracts
    267   1.1    mrg from the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format.  The manpages
    268   1.1    mrg are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full
    269   1.1    mrg manual.)
    270  1.10    mrg </p>
    271  1.10    mrg </dd>
    272  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-gxx-include-dir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    273  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify
    274   1.1    mrg the installation directory for G++ header files.  The default depends
    275   1.1    mrg on other configuration options, and differs between cross and native
    276   1.1    mrg configurations.
    277  1.10    mrg </p>
    278  1.10    mrg </dd>
    279  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-specs=<var>specs</var></code></dt>
    280  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify additional command line driver SPECS.
    281   1.3  skrll This can be useful if you need to turn on a non-standard feature by
    282  1.10    mrg default without modifying the compiler&rsquo;s source code, for instance
    283  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-specs=%{!fcommon:%{!fno-common:-fno-common}}</samp>.
    284   1.3  skrll See &ldquo;Spec Files&rdquo; in the main manual
    285  1.10    mrg </p>
    286  1.10    mrg </dd>
    287  1.10    mrg </dl>
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    289  1.10    mrg </dd>
    290  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--program-prefix=<var>prefix</var></code></dt>
    291  1.10    mrg <dd><p>GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
    292   1.1    mrg installing them.  This option prepends <var>prefix</var> to the names of
    293   1.1    mrg programs to install in <var>bindir</var> (see above).  For example, specifying
    294  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-prefix=foo-</samp> would result in &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo;
    295  1.10    mrg being installed as <samp>/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc</samp>.
    296  1.10    mrg </p>
    297  1.10    mrg </dd>
    298  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--program-suffix=<var>suffix</var></code></dt>
    299  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Appends <var>suffix</var> to the names of programs to install in <var>bindir</var>
    300  1.10    mrg (see above).  For example, specifying <samp>--program-suffix=-3.1</samp>
    301  1.10    mrg would result in &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo; being installed as
    302  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1</samp>.
    303  1.10    mrg </p>
    304  1.10    mrg </dd>
    305  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--program-transform-name=<var>pattern</var></code></dt>
    306  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Applies the &lsquo;<samp>sed</samp>&rsquo; script <var>pattern</var> to be applied to the names
    307   1.1    mrg of programs to install in <var>bindir</var> (see above).  <var>pattern</var> has to
    308  1.10    mrg consist of one or more basic &lsquo;<samp>sed</samp>&rsquo; editing commands, separated by
    309  1.10    mrg semicolons.  For example, if you want the &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo; program name to be
    310  1.10    mrg transformed to the installed program <samp>/usr/local/bin/myowngcc</samp> and
    311  1.10    mrg the &lsquo;<samp>g++</samp>&rsquo; program name to be transformed to
    312  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local/bin/gspecial++</samp> without changing other program names,
    313   1.1    mrg you could use the pattern
    314  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'</samp>
    315   1.1    mrg to achieve this effect.
    316  1.10    mrg </p>
    317  1.10    mrg <p>All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
    318   1.1    mrg complex conversion patterns.  As a basic rule, <var>prefix</var> (and
    319   1.1    mrg <var>suffix</var>) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
    320   1.1    mrg can happen with a special transformation script <var>pattern</var>.
    321  1.10    mrg </p>
    322  1.10    mrg <p>As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
    323  1.10    mrg builds; cross compiler binaries&rsquo; names are not transformed even when a
    324   1.1    mrg transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
    325  1.10    mrg </p>
    326  1.10    mrg <p>For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
    327   1.1    mrg with the target alias in front of their name, as in
    328  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc</samp>&rsquo;.  All of the above transformations happen
    329   1.1    mrg before the target alias is prepended to the name&mdash;so, specifying
    330  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-prefix=foo-</samp> and <samp>program-suffix=-3.1</samp>, the
    331   1.1    mrg resulting binary would be installed as
    332  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1</samp>.
    333  1.10    mrg </p>
    334  1.10    mrg <p>As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
    335   1.1    mrg transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
    336  1.10    mrg </p>
    337  1.10    mrg </dd>
    338  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-local-prefix=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    339  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the
    340   1.1    mrg installation directory for local include files.  The default is
    341  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local</samp>.  Specify this option if you want the compiler to
    342  1.10    mrg search directory <samp><var>dirname</var>/include</samp> for locally installed
    343  1.10    mrg header files <em>instead</em> of <samp>/usr/local/include</samp>.
    344  1.10    mrg </p>
    345  1.10    mrg <p>You should specify <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> <strong>only</strong> if your
    346  1.10    mrg site has a different convention (not <samp>/usr/local</samp>) for where to put
    347   1.1    mrg site-specific files.
    348  1.10    mrg </p>
    349  1.10    mrg <p>The default value for <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> is <samp>/usr/local</samp>
    350  1.10    mrg regardless of the value of <samp>--prefix</samp>.  Specifying
    351  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix</samp> has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
    352   1.1    mrg local header files.  This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
    353   1.1    mrg logical.
    354  1.10    mrg </p>
    355  1.10    mrg <p>The purpose of <samp>--prefix</samp> is to specify where to <em>install
    356  1.10    mrg GCC</em>.  The local header files in <samp>/usr/local/include</samp>&mdash;if you put
    357   1.1    mrg any in that directory&mdash;are not part of GCC.  They are part of other
    358   1.1    mrg programs&mdash;perhaps many others.  (GCC installs its own header files in
    359  1.10    mrg another directory which is based on the <samp>--prefix</samp> value.)
    360  1.10    mrg </p>
    361  1.10    mrg <p>Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
    362  1.10    mrg directory are part of GCC&rsquo;s &ldquo;system include&rdquo; directories.  Although these
    363   1.1    mrg two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
    364   1.1    mrg order for the correct processing of the include_next directive.  The
    365   1.1    mrg local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
    366   1.1    mrg include directory.  Another characteristic of system include directories
    367   1.1    mrg is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories.
    368  1.10    mrg </p>
    369  1.10    mrg <p>Some autoconf macros add <samp>-I <var>directory</var></samp> options to the
    370   1.1    mrg compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed
    371  1.10    mrg packages&rsquo; headers are searched.  When <var>directory</var> is one of GCC&rsquo;s
    372   1.1    mrg system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system
    373   1.1    mrg directories continue to be processed in the correct order.  This
    374   1.1    mrg may result in a search order different from what was specified but the
    375   1.1    mrg directory will still be searched.
    376  1.10    mrg </p>
    377  1.10    mrg <p>GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using
    378  1.10    mrg <code>GCC_EXEC_PREFIX</code>.  Thus, when the same installation prefix is
    379   1.1    mrg used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for
    380   1.1    mrg both headers and libraries.  This provides a configuration that is
    381   1.1    mrg easy to use.  GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is
    382  1.10    mrg installed as a system compiler in <samp>/usr</samp>.
    383  1.10    mrg </p>
    384  1.10    mrg <p>Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to
    385   1.1    mrg use the above simple configuration.  It is possible to use the
    386  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-prefix</samp>, <samp>--program-suffix</samp> and
    387  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-transform-name</samp> options to install multiple versions
    388   1.1    mrg into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes
    389  1.10    mrg and the <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> option to specify the location of the
    390   1.1    mrg site-specific files for each version.  It will then be necessary for
    391   1.1    mrg users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries
    392  1.10    mrg (e.g., with <code>LIBRARY_PATH</code>).
    393  1.10    mrg </p>
    394  1.10    mrg <p>The same value can be used for both <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> and
    395  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix</samp> provided it is not <samp>/usr</samp>.  This can be used
    396  1.10    mrg to avoid the default search of <samp>/usr/local/include</samp>.
    397  1.10    mrg </p>
    398  1.10    mrg <p><strong>Do not</strong> specify <samp>/usr</samp> as the <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp>!
    399  1.10    mrg The directory you use for <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> <strong>must not</strong>
    400  1.10    mrg contain any of the system&rsquo;s standard header files.  If it did contain
    401   1.1    mrg them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
    402   1.1    mrg certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
    403  1.10    mrg file corrections made by the <code>fixincludes</code> script.
    404  1.10    mrg </p>
    405  1.10    mrg <p>Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
    406   1.1    mrg ideas of what it is for.  People use it as if it specified where to
    407   1.1    mrg install part of GCC.  Perhaps they make this assumption because
    408   1.1    mrg installing GCC creates the directory.
    409  1.10    mrg </p>
    410  1.10    mrg </dd>
    411  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-gcc-major-version-only</code></dt>
    412  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that GCC should use only the major number rather than
    413   1.9    mrg <var>major</var>.<var>minor</var>.<var>patchlevel</var> in filesystem paths.
    414  1.10    mrg </p>
    415  1.10    mrg </dd>
    416  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-native-system-header-dir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    417  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that <var>dirname</var> is the directory that contains native system
    418  1.10    mrg header files, rather than <samp>/usr/include</samp>.  This option is most useful
    419   1.3  skrll if you are creating a compiler that should be isolated from the system
    420   1.3  skrll as much as possible.  It is most commonly used with the
    421  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-sysroot</samp> option and will cause GCC to search
    422   1.3  skrll <var>dirname</var> inside the system root specified by that option.
    423  1.10    mrg </p>
    424  1.10    mrg </dd>
    425  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-shared[=<var>package</var>[,&hellip;]]</code></dt>
    426  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
    427   1.1    mrg the target platform.  Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
    428   1.1    mrg are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries.
    429  1.10    mrg </p>
    430  1.10    mrg <p>If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
    431   1.1    mrg only for the listed packages.  For other packages, only static libraries
    432   1.1    mrg will be built.  Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
    433  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>libgcc</samp>&rsquo; (also known as &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo; (not
    434  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++-v3</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>libffi</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>zlib</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>boehm-gc</samp>&rsquo;,
    435  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>ada</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>libada</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>libgo</samp>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<samp>libobjc</samp>&rsquo;.
    436  1.10    mrg Note &lsquo;<samp>libiberty</samp>&rsquo; does not support shared libraries at all.
    437  1.10    mrg </p>
    438  1.10    mrg <p>Use <samp>--disable-shared</samp> to build only static libraries.  Note that
    439  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-shared</samp> does not accept a list of package names as
    440  1.10    mrg argument, only <samp>--enable-shared</samp> does.
    441  1.10    mrg </p>
    442  1.10    mrg <p>Contrast with <samp>--enable-host-shared</samp>, which affects <em>host</em>
    443   1.5    mrg code.
    444  1.10    mrg </p>
    445  1.10    mrg </dd>
    446  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-host-shared</code></dt>
    447  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the <em>host</em> code should be built into position-independent
    448   1.5    mrg machine code (with -fPIC), allowing it to be used within shared libraries,
    449   1.5    mrg but yielding a slightly slower compiler.
    450  1.10    mrg </p>
    451  1.10    mrg <p>This option is required when building the libgccjit.so library.
    452  1.10    mrg </p>
    453  1.10    mrg <p>Contrast with <samp>--enable-shared</samp>, which affects <em>target</em>
    454   1.5    mrg libraries.
    455  1.10    mrg </p>
    456  1.10    mrg </dd>
    457  1.10    mrg <dt><code><a name="with-gnu-as"></a>--with-gnu-as</code></dt>
    458  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the compiler should assume that the
    459   1.1    mrg assembler it finds is the GNU assembler.  However, this does not modify
    460   1.1    mrg the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the
    461   1.1    mrg assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler.  (Confusion may also
    462   1.1    mrg result if the compiler finds the GNU assembler but has not been
    463  1.10    mrg configured with <samp>--with-gnu-as</samp>.)  If you have more than one
    464   1.1    mrg assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
    465  1.10    mrg connection with <samp>--with-as=<var>pathname</var></samp> or
    466  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-build-time-tools=<var>pathname</var></samp>.
    467  1.10    mrg </p>
    468  1.10    mrg <p>The following systems are the only ones where it makes a difference
    469   1.1    mrg whether you use the GNU assembler.  On any other system,
    470  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gnu-as</samp> has no effect.
    471  1.10    mrg </p>
    472  1.10    mrg <ul>
    473  1.10    mrg <li> &lsquo;<samp>hppa1.0-<var>any</var>-<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    474  1.10    mrg </li><li> &lsquo;<samp>hppa1.1-<var>any</var>-<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    475  1.10    mrg </li><li> &lsquo;<samp>sparc-sun-solaris2.<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    476  1.10    mrg </li><li> &lsquo;<samp>sparc64-<var>any</var>-solaris2.<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    477  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
    478  1.10    mrg 
    479  1.10    mrg </dd>
    480  1.10    mrg <dt><code><a name="with-as"></a>--with-as=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
    481  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the compiler should use the assembler pointed to by
    482   1.1    mrg <var>pathname</var>, rather than the one found by the standard rules to find
    483   1.1    mrg an assembler, which are:
    484  1.10    mrg </p><ul>
    485  1.10    mrg <li> Unless GCC is being built with a cross compiler, check the
    486  1.10    mrg <samp><var>libexec</var>/gcc/<var>target</var>/<var>version</var></samp> directory.
    487  1.10    mrg <var>libexec</var> defaults to <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/libexec</samp>;
    488   1.1    mrg <var>exec-prefix</var> defaults to <var>prefix</var>, which
    489  1.10    mrg defaults to <samp>/usr/local</samp> unless overridden by the
    490  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix=<var>pathname</var></samp> switch described above.  <var>target</var>
    491  1.10    mrg is the target system triple, such as &lsquo;<samp>sparc-sun-solaris2.7</samp>&rsquo;, and
    492   1.1    mrg <var>version</var> denotes the GCC version, such as 3.0.
    493   1.1    mrg 
    494  1.10    mrg </li><li> If the target system is the same that you are building on, check
    495  1.10    mrg operating system specific directories (e.g. <samp>/usr/ccs/bin</samp> on
    496   1.1    mrg Sun Solaris 2).
    497   1.1    mrg 
    498  1.10    mrg </li><li> Check in the <code>PATH</code> for a tool whose name is prefixed by the
    499   1.1    mrg target system triple.
    500   1.1    mrg 
    501  1.10    mrg </li><li> Check in the <code>PATH</code> for a tool whose name is not prefixed by the
    502   1.1    mrg target system triple, if the host and target system triple are
    503   1.1    mrg the same (in other words, we use a host tool if it can be used for
    504  1.10    mrg the target as well).
    505  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
    506   1.1    mrg 
    507  1.10    mrg <p>You may want to use <samp>--with-as</samp> if no assembler
    508   1.1    mrg is installed in the directories listed above, or if you have multiple
    509   1.1    mrg assemblers installed and want to choose one that is not found by the
    510   1.1    mrg above rules.
    511  1.10    mrg </p>
    512  1.10    mrg </dd>
    513  1.10    mrg <dt><code><a name="with-gnu-ld"></a>--with-gnu-ld</code></dt>
    514  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Same as <a href="#with-gnu-as"><samp>--with-gnu-as</samp></a>
    515   1.1    mrg but for the linker.
    516  1.10    mrg </p>
    517  1.10    mrg </dd>
    518  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-ld=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
    519  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Same as <a href="#with-as"><samp>--with-as</samp></a>
    520   1.1    mrg but for the linker.
    521  1.10    mrg </p>
    522  1.10    mrg </dd>
    523  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-stabs</code></dt>
    524  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that stabs debugging
    525   1.1    mrg information should be used instead of whatever format the host normally
    526   1.1    mrg uses.  Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
    527  1.10    mrg </p>
    528  1.10    mrg </dd>
    529  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-tls=<var>dialect</var></code></dt>
    530  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the default TLS dialect, for systems were there is a choice.
    531   1.3  skrll For ARM targets, possible values for <var>dialect</var> are <code>gnu</code> or
    532   1.3  skrll <code>gnu2</code>, which select between the original GNU dialect and the GNU TLS
    533   1.3  skrll descriptor-based dialect.
    534  1.10    mrg </p>
    535  1.10    mrg </dd>
    536  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-multiarch</code></dt>
    537  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify whether to enable or disable multiarch support.  The default is
    538   1.3  skrll to check for glibc start files in a multiarch location, and enable it
    539   1.3  skrll if the files are found.  The auto detection is enabled for native builds,
    540  1.10    mrg and for cross builds configured with <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>, and without
    541  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-native-system-header-dir</samp>.
    542   1.3  skrll More documentation about multiarch can be found at
    543   1.7    mrg <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch">https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch</a>.
    544  1.10    mrg </p>
    545  1.10    mrg </dd>
    546  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-sjlj-exceptions</code></dt>
    547  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Force use of the <code>setjmp</code>/<code>longjmp</code>-based scheme for exceptions.
    548  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>configure</samp>&rsquo; ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform.
    549   1.6    mrg Only use this option if you are sure you need a different setting.
    550  1.10    mrg </p>
    551  1.10    mrg </dd>
    552  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-vtable-verify</code></dt>
    553  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify whether to enable or disable the vtable verification feature.
    554   1.5    mrg Enabling this feature causes libstdc++ to be built with its virtual calls
    555   1.5    mrg in verifiable mode.  This means that, when linked with libvtv, every
    556   1.5    mrg virtual call in libstdc++ will verify the vtable pointer through which the
    557   1.5    mrg call will be made before actually making the call.  If not linked with libvtv,
    558  1.10    mrg the verifier will call stub functions (in libstdc++ itself) and do nothing.
    559   1.5    mrg If vtable verification is disabled, then libstdc++ is not built with its
    560   1.5    mrg virtual calls in verifiable mode at all.  However the libvtv library will
    561  1.10    mrg still be built (see <samp>--disable-libvtv</samp> to turn off building libvtv).
    562  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-vtable-verify</samp> is the default.
    563  1.10    mrg </p>
    564  1.10    mrg </dd>
    565  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-multilib</code></dt>
    566  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that multiple target
    567   1.1    mrg libraries to support different target variants, calling
    568   1.1    mrg conventions, etc. should not be built.  The default is to build a
    569   1.1    mrg predefined set of them.
    570  1.10    mrg </p>
    571  1.10    mrg <p>Some targets provide finer-grained control over which multilibs are built
    572  1.10    mrg (e.g., <samp>--disable-softfloat</samp>):
    573  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    574  1.10    mrg <dt><code>arm-*-*</code></dt>
    575  1.10    mrg <dd><p>fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
    576  1.10    mrg </p>
    577  1.10    mrg </dd>
    578  1.10    mrg <dt><code>m68*-*-*</code></dt>
    579  1.10    mrg <dd><p>softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
    580  1.10    mrg </p>
    581  1.10    mrg </dd>
    582  1.10    mrg <dt><code>mips*-*-*</code></dt>
    583  1.10    mrg <dd><p>single-float, biendian, softfloat.
    584  1.10    mrg </p>
    585  1.10    mrg </dd>
    586  1.10    mrg <dt><code>powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*</code></dt>
    587  1.10    mrg <dd><p>aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
    588   1.1    mrg sysv, aix.
    589  1.10    mrg </p>
    590  1.10    mrg </dd>
    591  1.10    mrg </dl>
    592   1.1    mrg 
    593  1.10    mrg </dd>
    594  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-multilib-list=<var>list</var></code></dt>
    595  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--without-multilib-list</code></dt>
    596  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify what multilibs to build.  <var>list</var> is a comma separated list of
    597   1.9    mrg values, possibly consisting of a single value.  Currently only implemented
    598  1.10    mrg for aarch64*-*-*, arm*-*-*, sh*-*-* and x86-64-*-linux*.  The accepted
    599  1.10    mrg alues and meaning for each target is given below.
    600  1.10    mrg </p>
    601  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
    602  1.10    mrg <dt><code>aarch64*-*-*</code></dt>
    603  1.10    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of <code>ilp32</code>, and <code>lp64</code>
    604  1.10    mrg to enable ILP32 and LP64 run-time libraries, respectively.  If
    605  1.10    mrg <var>list</var> is empty, then there will be no multilibs and only the
    606  1.10    mrg default run-time library will be built.  If <var>list</var> is
    607  1.10    mrg <code>default</code> or &ndash;with-multilib-list= is not specified, then the
    608  1.10    mrg default set of libraries is selected based on the value of
    609  1.10    mrg <samp>--target</samp>.
    610  1.10    mrg </p>
    611  1.10    mrg </dd>
    612  1.10    mrg <dt><code>arm*-*-*</code></dt>
    613  1.10    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of <code>aprofile</code> and <code>rmprofile</code>
    614  1.10    mrg to build multilibs for A or R and M architecture profiles respectively.  Note
    615  1.10    mrg that, due to some limitation of the current multilib framework, using the
    616  1.10    mrg combined <code>aprofile,rmprofile</code> multilibs selects in some cases a less
    617  1.10    mrg optimal multilib than when using the multilib profile for the architecture
    618  1.10    mrg targetted.  The special value <code>default</code> is also accepted and is equivalent
    619  1.10    mrg to omitting the option, ie. only the default run-time library will be enabled.
    620  1.10    mrg </p>
    621  1.10    mrg <p>The table below gives the combination of ISAs, architectures, FPUs and
    622   1.9    mrg floating-point ABIs for which multilibs are built for each accepted value.
    623  1.10    mrg The union of these options is considered when specifying both <code>aprofile</code>
    624  1.10    mrg and <code>rmprofile</code>.
    625  1.10    mrg </p>
    626  1.10    mrg <table>
    627  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">Option</td><td width="28%">aprofile</td><td width="30%">rmprofile</td></tr>
    628  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">ISAs</td><td width="28%"><code>-marm</code> and <code>-mthumb</code></td><td width="30%"><code>-mthumb</code></td></tr>
    629  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">Architectures<br><br><br><br><br><br></td><td width="28%">default architecture<br>
    630   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7-a</code><br>
    631   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7ve</code><br>
    632  1.10    mrg <code>-march=armv8-a</code><br><br><br></td><td width="30%">default architecture<br>
    633   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv6s-m</code><br>
    634   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7-m</code><br>
    635   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7e-m</code><br>
    636   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv8-m.base</code><br>
    637   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv8-m.main</code><br>
    638  1.10    mrg <code>-march=armv7</code></td></tr>
    639  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">FPUs<br><br><br><br><br></td><td width="28%">none<br>
    640   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=vfpv3-d16</code><br>
    641   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=neon</code><br>
    642   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=vfpv4-d16</code><br>
    643   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=neon-vfpv4</code><br>
    644  1.10    mrg <code>-mfpu=neon-fp-armv8</code></td><td width="30%">none<br>
    645   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=vfpv3-d16</code><br>
    646   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16</code><br>
    647   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=fpv5-sp-d16</code><br>
    648  1.10    mrg <code>-mfpu=fpv5-d16</code><br></td></tr>
    649  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">floating-point ABIs<br><br></td><td width="28%"><code>-mfloat-abi=soft</code><br>
    650   1.9    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=softfp</code><br>
    651  1.10    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=hard</code></td><td width="30%"><code>-mfloat-abi=soft</code><br>
    652   1.9    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=softfp</code><br>
    653  1.10    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=hard</code></td></tr>
    654  1.10    mrg </table>
    655   1.9    mrg 
    656  1.10    mrg </dd>
    657  1.10    mrg <dt><code>sh*-*-*</code></dt>
    658  1.10    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of CPU names.  These must be of the
    659   1.1    mrg form <code>sh*</code> or <code>m*</code> (in which case they match the compiler option
    660   1.1    mrg for that processor).  The list should not contain any endian options -
    661  1.10    mrg these are handled by <samp>--with-endian</samp>.
    662  1.10    mrg </p>
    663  1.10    mrg <p>If <var>list</var> is empty, then there will be no multilibs for extra
    664   1.1    mrg processors.  The multilib for the secondary endian remains enabled.
    665  1.10    mrg </p>
    666  1.10    mrg <p>As a special case, if an entry in the list starts with a <code>!</code>
    667  1.10    mrg (exclamation point), then it is added to the list of excluded multilibs.
    668  1.10    mrg Entries of this sort should be compatible with &lsquo;<samp>MULTILIB_EXCLUDES</samp>&rsquo;
    669   1.1    mrg (once the leading <code>!</code> has been stripped).
    670  1.10    mrg </p>
    671  1.10    mrg <p>If <samp>--with-multilib-list</samp> is not given, then a default set of
    672  1.10    mrg multilibs is selected based on the value of <samp>--target</samp>.  This is
    673   1.1    mrg usually the complete set of libraries, but some targets imply a more
    674   1.1    mrg specialized subset.
    675  1.10    mrg </p>
    676  1.10    mrg <p>Example 1: to configure a compiler for SH4A only, but supporting both
    677  1.10    mrg endians, with little endian being the default:
    678  1.10    mrg </p><div class="smallexample">
    679  1.10    mrg <pre class="smallexample">--with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big --with-multilib-list=
    680  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
    681   1.9    mrg 
    682  1.10    mrg <p>Example 2: to configure a compiler for both SH4A and SH4AL-DSP, but with
    683   1.1    mrg only little endian SH4AL:
    684  1.10    mrg </p><div class="smallexample">
    685  1.10    mrg <pre class="smallexample">--with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big \
    686  1.10    mrg --with-multilib-list=sh4al,!mb/m4al
    687  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
    688  1.10    mrg 
    689  1.10    mrg </dd>
    690  1.10    mrg <dt><code>x86-64-*-linux*</code></dt>
    691  1.10    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of <code>m32</code>, <code>m64</code> and
    692   1.3  skrll <code>mx32</code> to enable 32-bit, 64-bit and x32 run-time libraries,
    693   1.3  skrll respectively.  If <var>list</var> is empty, then there will be no multilibs
    694   1.3  skrll and only the default run-time library will be enabled.
    695  1.10    mrg </p>
    696  1.10    mrg <p>If <samp>--with-multilib-list</samp> is not given, then only 32-bit and
    697  1.10    mrg 64-bit run-time libraries will be enabled.
    698  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    699   1.3  skrll </dl>
    700   1.3  skrll 
    701  1.10    mrg </dd>
    702  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-endian=<var>endians</var></code></dt>
    703  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify what endians to use.
    704   1.1    mrg Currently only implemented for sh*-*-*.
    705  1.10    mrg </p>
    706  1.10    mrg <p><var>endians</var> may be one of the following:
    707  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    708  1.10    mrg <dt><code>big</code></dt>
    709  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use big endian exclusively.
    710  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    711  1.10    mrg <dt><code>little</code></dt>
    712  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use little endian exclusively.
    713  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    714  1.10    mrg <dt><code>big,little</code></dt>
    715  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use big endian by default.  Provide a multilib for little endian.
    716  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    717  1.10    mrg <dt><code>little,big</code></dt>
    718  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use little endian by default.  Provide a multilib for big endian.
    719  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    720   1.1    mrg </dl>
    721   1.1    mrg 
    722  1.10    mrg </dd>
    723  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-threads</code></dt>
    724  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the target
    725   1.1    mrg supports threads.  This affects the Objective-C compiler and runtime
    726  1.10    mrg library, and exception handling for other languages like C++.
    727   1.1    mrg On some systems, this is the default.
    728  1.10    mrg </p>
    729  1.10    mrg <p>In general, the best (and, in many cases, the only known) threading
    730   1.1    mrg model available will be configured for use.  Beware that on some
    731   1.1    mrg systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally
    732  1.10    mrg available for the system.  In this case, <samp>--enable-threads</samp> is an
    733  1.10    mrg alias for <samp>--enable-threads=single</samp>.
    734  1.10    mrg </p>
    735  1.10    mrg </dd>
    736  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-threads</code></dt>
    737  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
    738  1.10    mrg This is an alias for <samp>--enable-threads=single</samp>.
    739  1.10    mrg </p>
    740  1.10    mrg </dd>
    741  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-threads=<var>lib</var></code></dt>
    742  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that
    743   1.1    mrg <var>lib</var> is the thread support library.  This affects the Objective-C
    744   1.1    mrg compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
    745   1.9    mrg like C++.  The possibilities for <var>lib</var> are:
    746  1.10    mrg </p>
    747  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
    748  1.10    mrg <dt><code>aix</code></dt>
    749  1.10    mrg <dd><p>AIX thread support.
    750  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    751  1.10    mrg <dt><code>dce</code></dt>
    752  1.10    mrg <dd><p>DCE thread support.
    753  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    754  1.10    mrg <dt><code>lynx</code></dt>
    755  1.10    mrg <dd><p>LynxOS thread support.
    756  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    757  1.10    mrg <dt><code>mipssde</code></dt>
    758  1.10    mrg <dd><p>MIPS SDE thread support.
    759  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    760  1.10    mrg <dt><code>no</code></dt>
    761  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This is an alias for &lsquo;<samp>single</samp>&rsquo;.
    762  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    763  1.10    mrg <dt><code>posix</code></dt>
    764  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Generic POSIX/Unix98 thread support.
    765  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    766  1.10    mrg <dt><code>rtems</code></dt>
    767  1.10    mrg <dd><p>RTEMS thread support.
    768  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    769  1.10    mrg <dt><code>single</code></dt>
    770  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
    771  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    772  1.10    mrg <dt><code>tpf</code></dt>
    773  1.10    mrg <dd><p>TPF thread support.
    774  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    775  1.10    mrg <dt><code>vxworks</code></dt>
    776  1.10    mrg <dd><p>VxWorks thread support.
    777  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    778  1.10    mrg <dt><code>win32</code></dt>
    779  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
    780  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    781   1.1    mrg </dl>
    782   1.1    mrg 
    783  1.10    mrg </dd>
    784  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-tls</code></dt>
    785  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the target supports TLS (Thread Local Storage).  Usually
    786   1.1    mrg configure can correctly determine if TLS is supported.  In cases where
    787   1.1    mrg it guesses incorrectly, TLS can be explicitly enabled or disabled with
    788  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-tls</samp> or <samp>--disable-tls</samp>.  This can happen if
    789   1.1    mrg the assembler supports TLS but the C library does not, or if the
    790   1.1    mrg assumptions made by the configure test are incorrect.
    791  1.10    mrg </p>
    792  1.10    mrg </dd>
    793  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-tls</code></dt>
    794  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the target does not support TLS.
    795  1.10    mrg This is an alias for <samp>--enable-tls=no</samp>.
    796  1.10    mrg </p>
    797  1.10    mrg </dd>
    798  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpu=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    799  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpu-32=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    800  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpu-64=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    801  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify which cpu variant the compiler should generate code for by default.
    802  1.10    mrg <var>cpu</var> will be used as the default value of the <samp>-mcpu=</samp> switch.
    803   1.5    mrg This option is only supported on some targets, including ARC, ARM, i386, M68k,
    804  1.10    mrg PowerPC, and SPARC.  It is mandatory for ARC.  The <samp>--with-cpu-32</samp> and
    805  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-cpu-64</samp> options specify separate default CPUs for
    806   1.1    mrg 32-bit and 64-bit modes; these options are only supported for i386,
    807   1.7    mrg x86-64, PowerPC, and SPARC.
    808  1.10    mrg </p>
    809  1.10    mrg </dd>
    810  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-schedule=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    811  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-arch=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    812  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-arch-32=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    813  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-arch-64=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    814  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-tune=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    815  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-tune-32=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    816  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-tune-64=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    817  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-abi=<var>abi</var></code></dt>
    818  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-fpu=<var>type</var></code></dt>
    819  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-float=<var>type</var></code></dt>
    820  1.10    mrg <dd><p>These configure options provide default values for the <samp>-mschedule=</samp>,
    821  1.10    mrg <samp>-march=</samp>, <samp>-mtune=</samp>, <samp>-mabi=</samp>, and <samp>-mfpu=</samp>
    822  1.10    mrg options and for <samp>-mhard-float</samp> or <samp>-msoft-float</samp>.  As with
    823  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-cpu</samp>, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values
    824   1.1    mrg of the arguments depend on the target.
    825  1.10    mrg </p>
    826  1.10    mrg </dd>
    827  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mode=<var>mode</var></code></dt>
    828  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify if the compiler should default to <samp>-marm</samp> or <samp>-mthumb</samp>.
    829   1.1    mrg This option is only supported on ARM targets.
    830  1.10    mrg </p>
    831  1.10    mrg </dd>
    832  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-stack-offset=<var>num</var></code></dt>
    833  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option sets the default for the -mstack-offset=<var>num</var> option,
    834   1.3  skrll and will thus generally also control the setting of this option for
    835   1.3  skrll libraries.  This option is only supported on Epiphany targets.
    836  1.10    mrg </p>
    837  1.10    mrg </dd>
    838  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-fpmath=<var>isa</var></code></dt>
    839  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This options sets <samp>-mfpmath=sse</samp> by default and specifies the default
    840  1.10    mrg ISA for floating-point arithmetics.  You can select either &lsquo;<samp>sse</samp>&rsquo; which
    841  1.10    mrg enables <samp>-msse2</samp> or &lsquo;<samp>avx</samp>&rsquo; which enables <samp>-mavx</samp> by default.
    842   1.3  skrll This option is only supported on i386 and x86-64 targets.
    843  1.10    mrg </p>
    844  1.10    mrg </dd>
    845  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-fp-32=<var>mode</var></code></dt>
    846  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the default value for the <samp>-mfp</samp> option when using
    847   1.5    mrg the o32 ABI.  The possibilities for <var>mode</var> are:
    848  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    849  1.10    mrg <dt><code>32</code></dt>
    850  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the o32 FP32 ABI extension, as with the <samp>-mfp32</samp> command-line
    851  1.10    mrg option.
    852  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    853  1.10    mrg <dt><code>xx</code></dt>
    854  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the o32 FPXX ABI extension, as with the <samp>-mfpxx</samp> command-line
    855  1.10    mrg option.
    856  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    857  1.10    mrg <dt><code>64</code></dt>
    858  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the o32 FP64 ABI extension, as with the <samp>-mfp64</samp> command-line
    859  1.10    mrg option.
    860  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    861   1.5    mrg </dl>
    862  1.10    mrg <p>In the absence of this configuration option the default is to use the o32
    863   1.5    mrg FP32 ABI extension.
    864  1.10    mrg </p>
    865  1.10    mrg </dd>
    866  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-odd-spreg-32</code></dt>
    867  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the <samp>-modd-spreg</samp> option by default when using
    868   1.5    mrg the o32 ABI.
    869  1.10    mrg </p>
    870  1.10    mrg </dd>
    871  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--without-odd-spreg-32</code></dt>
    872  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the <samp>-mno-odd-spreg</samp> option by default when using
    873   1.5    mrg the o32 ABI.  This is normally used in conjunction with
    874  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-fp-32=64</samp> in order to target the o32 FP64A ABI extension.
    875  1.10    mrg </p>
    876  1.10    mrg </dd>
    877  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-nan=<var>encoding</var></code></dt>
    878  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the default encoding convention to use for the
    879   1.5    mrg special not-a-number (NaN) IEEE 754 floating-point data.  The
    880   1.5    mrg possibilities for <var>encoding</var> are:
    881  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    882  1.10    mrg <dt><code>legacy</code></dt>
    883  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the legacy encoding, as with the <samp>-mnan=legacy</samp> command-line
    884  1.10    mrg option.
    885  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    886  1.10    mrg <dt><code>2008</code></dt>
    887  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the 754-2008 encoding, as with the <samp>-mnan=2008</samp> command-line
    888  1.10    mrg option.
    889  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    890   1.5    mrg </dl>
    891  1.10    mrg <p>To use this configuration option you must have an assembler version
    892  1.10    mrg installed that supports the <samp>-mnan=</samp> command-line option too.
    893   1.5    mrg In the absence of this configuration option the default convention is
    894  1.10    mrg the legacy encoding, as when neither of the <samp>-mnan=2008</samp> and
    895  1.10    mrg <samp>-mnan=legacy</samp> command-line options has been used.
    896  1.10    mrg </p>
    897  1.10    mrg </dd>
    898  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-divide=<var>type</var></code></dt>
    899  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
    900  1.10    mrg division by zero.  This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
    901   1.1    mrg The possibilities for <var>type</var> are:
    902  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    903  1.10    mrg <dt><code>traps</code></dt>
    904  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on
    905  1.10    mrg systems that support conditional traps).
    906  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    907  1.10    mrg <dt><code>breaks</code></dt>
    908  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Division by zero checks use the break instruction.
    909  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    910   1.1    mrg </dl>
    911   1.1    mrg 
    912  1.10    mrg 
    913  1.10    mrg </dd>
    914  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-llsc</code></dt>
    915  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mllsc</samp> the default when no
    916  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-llsc</samp> option is passed.  This is the default for
    917   1.1    mrg Linux-based targets, as the kernel will emulate them if the ISA does
    918   1.1    mrg not provide them.
    919  1.10    mrg </p>
    920  1.10    mrg </dd>
    921  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--without-llsc</code></dt>
    922  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-llsc</samp> the default when no
    923  1.10    mrg <samp>-mllsc</samp> option is passed.
    924  1.10    mrg </p>
    925  1.10    mrg </dd>
    926  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-synci</code></dt>
    927  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-msynci</samp> the default when no
    928  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-synci</samp> option is passed.
    929  1.10    mrg </p>
    930  1.10    mrg </dd>
    931  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--without-synci</code></dt>
    932  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-synci</samp> the default when no
    933  1.10    mrg <samp>-msynci</samp> option is passed.  This is the default.
    934  1.10    mrg </p>
    935  1.10    mrg </dd>
    936  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-lxc1-sxc1</code></dt>
    937  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mlxc1-sxc1</samp> the default when no
    938  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-lxc1-sxc1</samp> option is passed.  This is the default.
    939  1.10    mrg </p>
    940  1.10    mrg </dd>
    941  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--without-lxc1-sxc1</code></dt>
    942  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-lxc1-sxc1</samp> the default when no
    943  1.10    mrg <samp>-mlxc1-sxc1</samp> option is passed.  The indexed load/store
    944   1.9    mrg instructions are not directly a problem but can lead to unexpected
    945   1.9    mrg behaviour when deployed in an application intended for a 32-bit address
    946   1.9    mrg space but run on a 64-bit processor.  The issue is seen because all
    947   1.9    mrg known MIPS 64-bit Linux kernels execute o32 and n32 applications
    948   1.9    mrg with 64-bit addressing enabled which affects the overflow behaviour
    949   1.9    mrg of the indexed addressing mode.  GCC will assume that ordinary
    950   1.9    mrg 32-bit arithmetic overflow behaviour is the same whether performed
    951   1.9    mrg as an <code>addu</code> instruction or as part of the address calculation
    952   1.9    mrg in <code>lwxc1</code> type instructions.  This assumption holds true in a
    953   1.9    mrg pure 32-bit environment and can hold true in a 64-bit environment if
    954   1.9    mrg the address space is accurately set to be 32-bit for o32 and n32.
    955  1.10    mrg </p>
    956  1.10    mrg </dd>
    957  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-madd4</code></dt>
    958  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mmadd4</samp> the default when no
    959  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-madd4</samp> option is passed.  This is the default.
    960  1.10    mrg </p>
    961  1.10    mrg </dd>
    962  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--without-madd4</code></dt>
    963  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-madd4</samp> the default when no
    964  1.10    mrg <samp>-mmadd4</samp> option is passed.  The <code>madd4</code> instruction
    965   1.9    mrg family can be problematic when targeting a combination of cores that
    966   1.9    mrg implement these instructions differently.  There are two known cores
    967   1.9    mrg that implement these as fused operations instead of unfused (where
    968   1.9    mrg unfused is normally expected).  Disabling these instructions is the
    969   1.9    mrg only way to ensure compatible code is generated; this will incur
    970   1.9    mrg a performance penalty.
    971  1.10    mrg </p>
    972  1.10    mrg </dd>
    973  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mips-plt</code></dt>
    974  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make use of copy relocations and PLTs.
    975   1.1    mrg These features are extensions to the traditional
    976   1.1    mrg SVR4-based MIPS ABIs and require support from GNU binutils
    977   1.1    mrg and the runtime C library.
    978  1.10    mrg </p>
    979  1.10    mrg </dd>
    980  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-__cxa_atexit</code></dt>
    981  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
    982  1.10    mrg register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
    983   1.1    mrg This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
    984   1.1    mrg destructors, but requires __cxa_atexit in libc.  This option is currently
    985   1.1    mrg only available on systems with GNU libc.  When enabled, this will cause
    986  1.10    mrg <samp>-fuse-cxa-atexit</samp> to be passed by default.
    987  1.10    mrg </p>
    988  1.10    mrg </dd>
    989  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-gnu-indirect-function</code></dt>
    990  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Define if you want to enable the <code>ifunc</code> attribute.  This option is
    991   1.3  skrll currently only available on systems with GNU libc on certain targets.
    992  1.10    mrg </p>
    993  1.10    mrg </dd>
    994  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-target-optspace</code></dt>
    995  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that target
    996  1.10    mrg libraries should be optimized for code space instead of code speed.
    997   1.1    mrg This is the default for the m32r platform.
    998  1.10    mrg </p>
    999  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1000  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpp-install-dir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
   1001  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the user visible <code>cpp</code> program should be installed
   1002  1.10    mrg in <samp><var>prefix</var>/<var>dirname</var>/cpp</samp>, in addition to <var>bindir</var>.
   1003  1.10    mrg </p>
   1004  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1005  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-comdat</code></dt>
   1006  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable COMDAT group support.  This is primarily used to override the
   1007   1.1    mrg automatically detected value.
   1008  1.10    mrg </p>
   1009  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1010  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-initfini-array</code></dt>
   1011  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Force the use of sections <code>.init_array</code> and <code>.fini_array</code>
   1012   1.1    mrg (instead of <code>.init</code> and <code>.fini</code>) for constructors and
   1013  1.10    mrg destructors.  Option <samp>--disable-initfini-array</samp> has the
   1014   1.1    mrg opposite effect.  If neither option is specified, the configure script
   1015   1.1    mrg will try to guess whether the <code>.init_array</code> and
   1016   1.1    mrg <code>.fini_array</code> sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
   1017  1.10    mrg </p>
   1018  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1019  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-link-mutex</code></dt>
   1020  1.10    mrg <dd><p>When building GCC, use a mutex to avoid linking the compilers for
   1021   1.5    mrg multiple languages at the same time, to avoid thrashing on build
   1022   1.5    mrg systems with limited free memory.  The default is not to use such a mutex.
   1023  1.10    mrg </p>
   1024  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1025  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-maintainer-mode</code></dt>
   1026  1.10    mrg <dd><p>The build rules that regenerate the Autoconf and Automake output files as
   1027  1.10    mrg well as the GCC master message catalog <samp>gcc.pot</samp> are normally
   1028   1.1    mrg disabled.  This is because it can only be rebuilt if the complete source
   1029   1.1    mrg tree is present.  If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
   1030  1.10    mrg catalog, configuring with <samp>--enable-maintainer-mode</samp> will enable
   1031   1.1    mrg this.  Note that you need a recent version of the <code>gettext</code> tools
   1032   1.1    mrg to do so.
   1033  1.10    mrg </p>
   1034  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1035  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-bootstrap</code></dt>
   1036  1.10    mrg <dd><p>For a native build, the default configuration is to perform
   1037  1.10    mrg a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler when &lsquo;<samp>make</samp>&rsquo; is invoked,
   1038   1.1    mrg testing that GCC can compile itself correctly.  If you want to disable
   1039  1.10    mrg this process, you can configure with <samp>--disable-bootstrap</samp>.
   1040  1.10    mrg </p>
   1041  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1042  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-bootstrap</code></dt>
   1043  1.10    mrg <dd><p>In special cases, you may want to perform a 3-stage build
   1044  1.10    mrg even if the target and host triplets are different.
   1045   1.1    mrg This is possible when the host can run code compiled for
   1046  1.10    mrg the target (e.g. host is i686-linux, target is i486-linux).
   1047   1.1    mrg Starting from GCC 4.2, to do this you have to configure explicitly
   1048  1.10    mrg with <samp>--enable-bootstrap</samp>.
   1049  1.10    mrg </p>
   1050  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1051  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir</code></dt>
   1052  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from Bison and flex nor the
   1053   1.1    mrg info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present
   1054  1.11    mrg in the repository development tree.  When building GCC from that development tree,
   1055   1.1    mrg or from one of our snapshots, those generated files are placed in your
   1056   1.1    mrg build directory, which allows for the source to be in a readonly
   1057   1.1    mrg directory.
   1058  1.10    mrg </p>
   1059  1.10    mrg <p>If you configure with <samp>--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir</samp> then those
   1060   1.1    mrg generated files will go into the source directory.  This is mainly intended
   1061   1.1    mrg for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it
   1062   1.1    mrg is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, Bison,
   1063   1.1    mrg or makeinfo.
   1064  1.10    mrg </p>
   1065  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1066  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-version-specific-runtime-libs</code></dt>
   1067  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify
   1068   1.1    mrg that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific
   1069  1.10    mrg subdirectory (<samp><var>libdir</var>/gcc</samp>) rather than the usual places.  In
   1070  1.10    mrg addition, &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo;&rsquo;s include files will be installed into
   1071   1.1    mrg <samp><var>libdir</var></samp> unless you overruled it by using
   1072  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gxx-include-dir=<var>dirname</var></samp>.  Using this option is
   1073   1.1    mrg particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
   1074  1.10    mrg parallel.  This is currently supported by &lsquo;<samp>libgfortran</samp>&rsquo;,
   1075  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<samp>libobjc</samp>&rsquo;.
   1076  1.10    mrg </p>
   1077  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1078  1.10    mrg <dt><code><a name="WithAixSoname"></a>--with-aix-soname=&lsquo;<samp>aix</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>svr4</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>both</samp>&rsquo;</code></dt>
   1079  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Traditional AIX shared library versioning (versioned <code>Shared Object</code>
   1080   1.5    mrg files as members of unversioned <code>Archive Library</code> files named
   1081  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>lib.a</samp>&rsquo;) causes numerous headaches for package managers. However,
   1082   1.5    mrg <code>Import Files</code> as members of <code>Archive Library</code> files allow for
   1083   1.5    mrg <strong>filename-based versioning</strong> of shared libraries as seen on Linux/SVR4,
   1084  1.10    mrg where this is called the &quot;SONAME&quot;. But as they prevent static linking,
   1085   1.5    mrg <code>Import Files</code> may be used with <code>Runtime Linking</code> only, where the
   1086  1.10    mrg linker does search for &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so</samp>&rsquo; before &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; library
   1087  1.10    mrg filenames with the &lsquo;<samp>-lNAME</samp>&rsquo; linker flag.
   1088  1.10    mrg </p>
   1089  1.10    mrg <a name="AixLdCommand"></a><p>For detailed information please refer to the AIX
   1090  1.10    mrg <a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/search/%22the%20ld%20command%2C%20also%20called%20the%20linkage%20editor%20or%20binder%22">ld
   1091  1.10    mrg Command</a> reference.
   1092  1.10    mrg </p>
   1093  1.10    mrg <p>As long as shared library creation is enabled, upon:
   1094  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
   1095  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=aix</code></dt>
   1096  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=both</code></dt>
   1097  1.10    mrg <dd><p>A (traditional AIX) <code>Shared Archive Library</code> file is created:
   1098  1.10    mrg  </p><ul>
   1099  1.10    mrg <li> using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme
   1100  1.10    mrg   </li><li> with the <code>Shared Object</code> file as archive member named
   1101  1.10    mrg   &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; (except for &lsquo;<samp>libgcc_s</samp>&rsquo;, where the <code>Shared
   1102  1.10    mrg   Object</code> file is named &lsquo;<samp>shr.o</samp>&rsquo; for backwards compatibility), which
   1103  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1104  1.10    mrg <li>- is used for runtime loading from inside the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; file
   1105  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for dynamic loading via
   1106  1.10    mrg    <code>dlopen(&quot;libNAME.a(libNAME.so.V)&quot;, RTLD_MEMBER)</code>
   1107  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for shared linking
   1108  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for static linking, so no separate <code>Static Archive
   1109   1.5    mrg    Library</code> file is needed
   1110  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1111  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
   1112  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1113  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=both</code></dt>
   1114  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=svr4</code></dt>
   1115  1.10    mrg <dd><p>A (second) <code>Shared Archive Library</code> file is created:
   1116  1.10    mrg  </p><ul>
   1117  1.10    mrg <li> using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme
   1118  1.10    mrg  </li><li> with the <code>Shared Object</code> file as archive member named
   1119  1.10    mrg  &lsquo;<samp>shr.o</samp>&rsquo;, which
   1120  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1121  1.10    mrg <li>- is created with the <code>-G linker flag</code>
   1122  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- has the <code>F_LOADONLY</code> flag set
   1123  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for runtime loading from inside the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; file
   1124  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for dynamic loading via <code>dlopen(&quot;libNAME.so.V(shr.o)&quot;,
   1125   1.5    mrg    RTLD_MEMBER)</code>
   1126  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1127  1.10    mrg </li><li> with the <code>Import File</code> as archive member named &lsquo;<samp>shr.imp</samp>&rsquo;,
   1128   1.5    mrg  which
   1129  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1130  1.10    mrg <li>- refers to &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo; as the &quot;SONAME&quot;, to be recorded
   1131   1.5    mrg    in the <code>Loader Section</code> of subsequent binaries
   1132  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- indicates whether &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo; is 32 or 64 bit
   1133  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- lists all the public symbols exported by &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo;,
   1134  1.10    mrg    eventually decorated with the <code>&lsquo;<samp>weak</samp>&rsquo; Keyword</code>
   1135  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is necessary for shared linking against &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo;
   1136  1.10    mrg    </li></ul>
   1137  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
   1138  1.10    mrg <p>A symbolic link using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme is created:
   1139  1.10    mrg   </p><ul>
   1140  1.10    mrg <li> pointing to the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; <code>Shared Archive Library</code> file
   1141  1.10    mrg   </li><li> to permit the <code>ld Command</code> to find &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.imp)</samp>&rsquo; via
   1142  1.10    mrg   the &lsquo;<samp>-lNAME</samp>&rsquo; argument (requires <code>Runtime Linking</code> to be enabled)
   1143  1.10    mrg   </li><li> to permit dynamic loading of &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo; without the need
   1144  1.10    mrg   to specify the version number via <code>dlopen(&quot;libNAME.so(shr.o)&quot;,
   1145   1.5    mrg   RTLD_MEMBER)</code>
   1146  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1147  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1148  1.10    mrg </dl>
   1149   1.5    mrg 
   1150  1.10    mrg <p>As long as static library creation is enabled, upon:
   1151  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
   1152  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=svr4</code></dt>
   1153  1.10    mrg <dd><p>A <code>Static Archive Library</code> is created:
   1154  1.10    mrg  </p><ul>
   1155  1.10    mrg <li> using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme
   1156  1.10    mrg  </li><li> with all the <code>Static Object</code> files as archive members, which
   1157  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1158  1.10    mrg <li>- are used for static linking
   1159  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1160  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
   1161  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1162  1.10    mrg </dl>
   1163   1.5    mrg 
   1164  1.10    mrg <p>While the aix-soname=&lsquo;<samp>svr4</samp>&rsquo; option does not create <code>Shared Object</code>
   1165   1.5    mrg files as members of unversioned <code>Archive Library</code> files any more, package
   1166   1.5    mrg managers still are responsible to
   1167   1.5    mrg <a href="./specific.html#TransferAixShobj">transfer</a> <code>Shared Object</code> files
   1168   1.5    mrg found as member of a previously installed unversioned <code>Archive Library</code>
   1169   1.5    mrg file into the newly installed <code>Archive Library</code> file with the same
   1170   1.5    mrg filename.
   1171  1.10    mrg </p>
   1172  1.10    mrg <p><em>WARNING:</em> Creating <code>Shared Object</code> files with <code>Runtime Linking</code>
   1173   1.5    mrg enabled may bloat the TOC, eventually leading to <code>TOC overflow</code> errors,
   1174  1.10    mrg requiring the use of either the <samp>-Wl,-bbigtoc</samp> linker flag (seen to
   1175   1.5    mrg break with the <code>GDB</code> debugger) or some of the TOC-related compiler flags,
   1176   1.5    mrg see &ldquo;RS/6000 and PowerPC Options&rdquo; in the main manual.
   1177  1.10    mrg </p>
   1178  1.10    mrg <p><samp>--with-aix-soname</samp> is currently supported by &lsquo;<samp>libgcc_s</samp>&rsquo; only, so
   1179   1.5    mrg this option is still experimental and not for normal use yet.
   1180  1.10    mrg </p>
   1181  1.10    mrg <p>Default is the traditional behavior <samp>--with-aix-soname=&lsquo;<samp>aix</samp>&rsquo;</samp>.
   1182  1.10    mrg </p>
   1183  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1184  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-languages=<var>lang1</var>,<var>lang2</var>,&hellip;</code></dt>
   1185  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
   1186   1.1    mrg their runtime libraries should be built.  For a list of valid values for
   1187   1.1    mrg <var>langN</var> you can issue the following command in the
   1188  1.10    mrg <samp>gcc</samp> directory of your GCC source tree:<br>
   1189  1.10    mrg </p><div class="smallexample">
   1190  1.10    mrg <pre class="smallexample">grep ^language= */config-lang.in
   1191  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1192  1.10    mrg <p>Currently, you can use any of the following:
   1193  1.10    mrg <code>all</code>, <code>default</code>, <code>ada</code>, <code>c</code>, <code>c++</code>, <code>fortran</code>,
   1194  1.10    mrg <code>go</code>, <code>jit</code>, <code>lto</code>, <code>objc</code>, <code>obj-c++</code>.
   1195  1.10    mrg Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.
   1196  1.10    mrg If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option <code>default</code>, then the
   1197  1.10    mrg default languages available in the <samp>gcc</samp> sub-tree will be configured.
   1198   1.7    mrg Ada, Go, Jit, and Objective-C++ are not default languages.  LTO is not a
   1199  1.10    mrg default language, but is built by default because <samp>--enable-lto</samp> is
   1200  1.10    mrg enabled by default.  The other languages are default languages.  If
   1201  1.10    mrg <code>all</code> is specified, then all available languages are built.  An
   1202  1.10    mrg exception is <code>jit</code> language, which requires
   1203  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-host-shared</samp> to be included with <code>all</code>.
   1204  1.10    mrg </p>
   1205  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1206  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-stage1-languages=<var>lang1</var>,<var>lang2</var>,&hellip;</code></dt>
   1207  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that a particular subset of compilers and their runtime
   1208   1.1    mrg libraries should be built with the system C compiler during stage 1 of
   1209   1.1    mrg the bootstrap process, rather than only in later stages with the
   1210   1.1    mrg bootstrapped C compiler.  The list of valid values is the same as for
   1211  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-languages</samp>, and the option <code>all</code> will select all
   1212  1.10    mrg of the languages enabled by <samp>--enable-languages</samp>.  This option is
   1213   1.1    mrg primarily useful for GCC development; for instance, when a development
   1214   1.1    mrg version of the compiler cannot bootstrap due to compiler bugs, or when
   1215   1.1    mrg one is debugging front ends other than the C front end.  When this
   1216   1.1    mrg option is used, one can then build the target libraries for the
   1217  1.10    mrg specified languages with the stage-1 compiler by using <code>make
   1218  1.10    mrg stage1-bubble all-target</code>, or run the testsuite on the stage-1 compiler
   1219  1.10    mrg for the specified languages using <code>make stage1-start check-gcc</code>.
   1220  1.10    mrg </p>
   1221  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1222  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libada</code></dt>
   1223  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not
   1224   1.1    mrg be built.  This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with
   1225   1.1    mrg previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly
   1226  1.10    mrg do a &lsquo;<samp>make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools</samp>&rsquo;.
   1227  1.10    mrg </p>
   1228  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1229  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libsanitizer</code></dt>
   1230  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries for the various sanitizers should
   1231   1.5    mrg not be built.
   1232  1.10    mrg </p>
   1233  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1234  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libssp</code></dt>
   1235  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries for stack smashing protection
   1236  1.10    mrg should not be built or linked against.  On many targets library support
   1237  1.10    mrg is provided by the C library instead.
   1238  1.10    mrg </p>
   1239  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1240  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libquadmath</code></dt>
   1241  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the GCC quad-precision math library should not be built.
   1242   1.3  skrll On some systems, the library is required to be linkable when building
   1243  1.10    mrg the Fortran front end, unless <samp>--disable-libquadmath-support</samp>
   1244   1.3  skrll is used.
   1245  1.10    mrg </p>
   1246  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1247  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libquadmath-support</code></dt>
   1248  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the Fortran front end and <code>libgfortran</code> do not add
   1249   1.3  skrll support for <code>libquadmath</code> on systems supporting it.
   1250  1.10    mrg </p>
   1251  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1252  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libgomp</code></dt>
   1253  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the GNU Offloading and Multi Processing Runtime Library
   1254   1.5    mrg should not be built.
   1255  1.10    mrg </p>
   1256  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1257  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libvtv</code></dt>
   1258  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries used by vtable verification
   1259   1.5    mrg should not be built.
   1260  1.10    mrg </p>
   1261  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1262  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-dwarf2</code></dt>
   1263  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the compiler should
   1264   1.1    mrg use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
   1265  1.10    mrg </p>
   1266  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1267  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-advance-toolchain=<var>at</var></code></dt>
   1268  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On 64-bit PowerPC Linux systems, configure the compiler to use the
   1269   1.7    mrg header files, library files, and the dynamic linker from the Advance
   1270   1.7    mrg Toolchain release <var>at</var> instead of the default versions that are
   1271   1.7    mrg provided by the Linux distribution.  In general, this option is
   1272   1.7    mrg intended for the developers of GCC, and it is not intended for general
   1273   1.7    mrg use.
   1274  1.10    mrg </p>
   1275  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1276  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-targets=all</code></dt>
   1277  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-targets=<var>target_list</var></code></dt>
   1278  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Some GCC targets, e.g. powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers.
   1279   1.1    mrg These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit
   1280  1.10    mrg code.  Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g.
   1281   1.1    mrg powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code.  This
   1282   1.1    mrg option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is
   1283   1.1    mrg useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and
   1284  1.10    mrg you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree.
   1285   1.1    mrg On mips-linux, this will build a tri-arch compiler (ABI o32/n32/64),
   1286  1.10    mrg defaulted to o32.
   1287   1.3  skrll Currently, this option only affects sparc-linux, powerpc-linux, x86-linux,
   1288   1.3  skrll mips-linux and s390-linux.
   1289  1.10    mrg </p>
   1290  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1291  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-default-pie</code></dt>
   1292  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Turn on <samp>-fPIE</samp> and <samp>-pie</samp> by default.
   1293  1.10    mrg </p>
   1294  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1295  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-secureplt</code></dt>
   1296  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option enables <samp>-msecure-plt</samp> by default for powerpc-linux.
   1297   1.1    mrg See &ldquo;RS/6000 and PowerPC Options&rdquo; in the main manual
   1298  1.10    mrg </p>
   1299  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1300  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-default-ssp</code></dt>
   1301  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Turn on <samp>-fstack-protector-strong</samp> by default.
   1302  1.10    mrg </p>
   1303  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1304  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-cld</code></dt>
   1305  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option enables <samp>-mcld</samp> by default for 32-bit x86 targets.
   1306   1.1    mrg See &ldquo;i386 and x86-64 Options&rdquo; in the main manual
   1307  1.10    mrg </p>
   1308  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1309  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-win32-registry</code></dt>
   1310  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-win32-registry=<var>key</var></code></dt>
   1311  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-win32-registry</code></dt>
   1312  1.10    mrg <dd><p>The <samp>--enable-win32-registry</samp> option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC
   1313   1.1    mrg to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
   1314  1.10    mrg </p>
   1315  1.10    mrg <div class="smallexample">
   1316  1.10    mrg <pre class="smallexample"><code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\<var>key</var></code>
   1317  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1318   1.1    mrg 
   1319  1.10    mrg <p><var>key</var> defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
   1320  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-win32-registry=<var>key</var></samp> option.  Vendors and distributors
   1321   1.1    mrg who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
   1322   1.1    mrg perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
   1323   1.1    mrg avoid conflict with existing installations.  This feature is enabled
   1324  1.10    mrg by default, and can be disabled by <samp>--disable-win32-registry</samp>
   1325   1.1    mrg option.  This option has no effect on the other hosts.
   1326  1.10    mrg </p>
   1327  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1328  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--nfp</code></dt>
   1329  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit.  This
   1330  1.10    mrg option only applies to &lsquo;<samp>m68k-sun-sunos<var>n</var></samp>&rsquo;.  On any other
   1331  1.10    mrg system, <samp>--nfp</samp> has no effect.
   1332  1.10    mrg </p>
   1333  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1334  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-werror</code></dt>
   1335  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-werror</code></dt>
   1336  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-werror=yes</code></dt>
   1337  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-werror=no</code></dt>
   1338  1.10    mrg <dd><p>When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
   1339  1.10    mrg compiler are built with <samp>-Werror</samp> in bootstrap stage2 and later.
   1340  1.10    mrg If you don&rsquo;t specify it, <samp>-Werror</samp> is turned on for the main
   1341   1.1    mrg development trunk.  However it defaults to off for release branches and
   1342  1.10    mrg final releases.  The specific files which get <samp>-Werror</samp> are
   1343   1.1    mrg controlled by the Makefiles.
   1344  1.10    mrg </p>
   1345  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1346  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-checking</code></dt>
   1347  1.11    mrg <dt><code>--disable-checking</code></dt>
   1348  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-checking=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   1349  1.11    mrg <dd><p>This option controls performing internal consistency checks in the compiler.
   1350  1.11    mrg It does not change the generated code, but adds error checking of the
   1351  1.11    mrg requested complexity.  This slows down the compiler and may only work
   1352  1.11    mrg properly if you are building the compiler with GCC.
   1353  1.11    mrg </p>
   1354  1.11    mrg <p>When the option is not specified, the active set of checks depends on context.
   1355  1.11    mrg Namely, bootstrap stage 1 defaults to &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=yes</samp>&rsquo;, builds
   1356  1.11    mrg from release branches or release archives default to
   1357  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=release</samp>&rsquo;, and otherwise
   1358  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=yes,extra</samp>&rsquo; is used.  When the option is
   1359  1.11    mrg specified without a <var>list</var>, the result is the same as
   1360  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=yes</samp>&rsquo;.  Likewise, &lsquo;<samp>--disable-checking</samp>&rsquo; is
   1361  1.11    mrg equivalent to &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=no</samp>&rsquo;.
   1362  1.11    mrg </p>
   1363  1.11    mrg <p>The categories of checks available in <var>list</var> are &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo; (most common
   1364  1.11    mrg checks &lsquo;<samp>assert,misc,gc,gimple,rtlflag,runtime,tree,types</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo;
   1365  1.11    mrg (no checks at all), &lsquo;<samp>all</samp>&rsquo; (all but &lsquo;<samp>valgrind</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>release</samp>&rsquo;
   1366  1.11    mrg (cheapest checks &lsquo;<samp>assert,runtime</samp>&rsquo;) or &lsquo;<samp>none</samp>&rsquo; (same as &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo;).
   1367  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>release</samp>&rsquo; checks are always on and to disable them
   1368  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--disable-checking</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=no[,&lt;other checks&gt;]</samp>&rsquo;
   1369  1.11    mrg must be explicitly requested.  Disabling assertions makes the compiler and
   1370  1.11    mrg runtime slightly faster but increases the risk of undetected internal errors
   1371  1.11    mrg causing wrong code to be generated.
   1372  1.11    mrg </p>
   1373  1.11    mrg <p>Individual checks can be enabled with these flags: &lsquo;<samp>assert</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>df</samp>&rsquo;,
   1374  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>extra</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>fold</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>gc</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>gcac</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>gimple</samp>&rsquo;,
   1375  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>misc</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>rtl</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>rtlflag</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>runtime</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>tree</samp>&rsquo;,
   1376  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>types</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>valgrind</samp>&rsquo;.  &lsquo;<samp>extra</samp>&rsquo; extends &lsquo;<samp>misc</samp>&rsquo;
   1377  1.11    mrg checking with extra checks that might affect code generation and should
   1378  1.11    mrg therefore not differ between stage1 and later stages in bootstrap.
   1379  1.11    mrg </p>
   1380  1.11    mrg <p>The &lsquo;<samp>valgrind</samp>&rsquo; check requires the external <code>valgrind</code> simulator,
   1381  1.11    mrg available from <a href="http://valgrind.org/">http://valgrind.org/</a>.  The &lsquo;<samp>rtl</samp>&rsquo; checks are
   1382  1.11    mrg expensive and the &lsquo;<samp>df</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>gcac</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>valgrind</samp>&rsquo; checks are very
   1383  1.11    mrg expensive.
   1384  1.10    mrg </p>
   1385  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1386  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-stage1-checking</code></dt>
   1387  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-stage1-checking</code></dt>
   1388  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-stage1-checking=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   1389  1.11    mrg <dd><p>This option affects only bootstrap build.  If no <samp>--enable-checking</samp>
   1390  1.11    mrg option is specified the stage1 compiler is built with &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo; checking
   1391  1.11    mrg enabled, otherwise the stage1 checking flags are the same as specified by
   1392  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-checking</samp>.  To build the stage1 compiler with
   1393  1.10    mrg different checking options use <samp>--enable-stage1-checking</samp>.
   1394  1.10    mrg The list of checking options is the same as for <samp>--enable-checking</samp>.
   1395   1.1    mrg If your system is too slow or too small to bootstrap a released compiler
   1396  1.10    mrg with checking for stage1 enabled, you can use &lsquo;<samp>--disable-stage1-checking</samp>&rsquo;
   1397   1.1    mrg to disable checking for the stage1 compiler.
   1398  1.10    mrg </p>
   1399  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1400  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-coverage</code></dt>
   1401  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-coverage=<var>level</var></code></dt>
   1402  1.10    mrg <dd><p>With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
   1403   1.1    mrg information, every time it is run.  This is for internal development
   1404   1.1    mrg purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc.  The
   1405   1.1    mrg <var>level</var> argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
   1406  1.10    mrg not, values are &lsquo;<samp>opt</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>noopt</samp>&rsquo;.  For coverage analysis you
   1407   1.1    mrg want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
   1408   1.1    mrg enable optimization.  When coverage is enabled, the default level is
   1409   1.1    mrg without optimization.
   1410  1.10    mrg </p>
   1411  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1412  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats</code></dt>
   1413  1.10    mrg <dd><p>When this option is specified more detailed information on memory
   1414   1.1    mrg allocation is gathered.  This information is printed when using
   1415  1.10    mrg <samp>-fmem-report</samp>.
   1416  1.10    mrg </p>
   1417  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1418  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-valgrind-annotations</code></dt>
   1419  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Mark selected memory related operations in the compiler when run under
   1420   1.7    mrg valgrind to suppress false positives.
   1421  1.10    mrg </p>
   1422  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1423  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-nls</code></dt>
   1424  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-nls</code></dt>
   1425  1.10    mrg <dd><p>The <samp>--enable-nls</samp> option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
   1426   1.1    mrg which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
   1427   1.1    mrg English.  Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
   1428  1.10    mrg canadian cross build.  The <samp>--disable-nls</samp> option disables NLS.
   1429  1.10    mrg </p>
   1430  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1431  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-included-gettext</code></dt>
   1432  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If NLS is enabled, the <samp>--with-included-gettext</samp> option causes the build
   1433  1.10    mrg procedure to prefer its copy of GNU <code>gettext</code>.
   1434  1.10    mrg </p>
   1435  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1436  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-catgets</code></dt>
   1437  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks <code>gettext</code> but has the
   1438   1.1    mrg inferior <code>catgets</code> interface, the GCC build procedure normally
   1439  1.10    mrg ignores <code>catgets</code> and instead uses GCC&rsquo;s copy of the GNU
   1440  1.10    mrg <code>gettext</code> library.  The <samp>--with-catgets</samp> option causes the
   1441  1.10    mrg build procedure to use the host&rsquo;s <code>catgets</code> in this situation.
   1442  1.10    mrg </p>
   1443  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1444  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-libiconv-prefix=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1445  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Search for libiconv header files in <samp><var>dir</var>/include</samp> and
   1446  1.10    mrg libiconv library files in <samp><var>dir</var>/lib</samp>.
   1447  1.10    mrg </p>
   1448  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1449  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-obsolete</code></dt>
   1450  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable configuration for an obsoleted system.  If you attempt to
   1451   1.1    mrg configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
   1452   1.1    mrg obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
   1453   1.1    mrg error message.
   1454  1.10    mrg </p>
   1455  1.10    mrg <p>All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
   1456   1.1    mrg is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
   1457   1.1    mrg forward to maintain the port.
   1458  1.10    mrg </p>
   1459  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1460  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float</code></dt>
   1461  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=yes</code></dt>
   1462  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=no</code></dt>
   1463  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=bid</code></dt>
   1464  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=dpd</code></dt>
   1465  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-decimal-float</code></dt>
   1466  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable (or disable) support for the C decimal floating point extension
   1467   1.1    mrg that is in the IEEE 754-2008 standard.  This is enabled by default only
   1468   1.1    mrg on PowerPC, i386, and x86_64 GNU/Linux systems.  Other systems may also
   1469   1.1    mrg support it, but require the user to specifically enable it.  You can
   1470   1.1    mrg optionally control which decimal floating point format is used (either
   1471  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>bid</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>dpd</samp>&rsquo;).  The &lsquo;<samp>bid</samp>&rsquo; (binary integer decimal)
   1472  1.10    mrg format is default on i386 and x86_64 systems, and the &lsquo;<samp>dpd</samp>&rsquo;
   1473   1.1    mrg (densely packed decimal) format is default on PowerPC systems.
   1474  1.10    mrg </p>
   1475  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1476  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-fixed-point</code></dt>
   1477  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-fixed-point</code></dt>
   1478  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable (or disable) support for C fixed-point arithmetic.
   1479   1.1    mrg This option is enabled by default for some targets (such as MIPS) which
   1480   1.1    mrg have hardware-support for fixed-point operations.  On other targets, you
   1481   1.1    mrg may enable this option manually.
   1482  1.10    mrg </p>
   1483  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1484  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-long-double-128</code></dt>
   1485  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify if <code>long double</code> type should be 128-bit by default on selected
   1486   1.1    mrg GNU/Linux architectures.  If using <code>--without-long-double-128</code>,
   1487  1.10    mrg <code>long double</code> will be by default 64-bit, the same as <code>double</code> type.
   1488   1.1    mrg When neither of these configure options are used, the default will be
   1489   1.1    mrg 128-bit <code>long double</code> when built against GNU C Library 2.4 and later,
   1490   1.1    mrg 64-bit <code>long double</code> otherwise.
   1491  1.10    mrg </p>
   1492  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1493  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-long-double-format=ibm</code></dt>
   1494  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-long-double-format=ieee</code></dt>
   1495  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify whether <code>long double</code> uses the IBM extended double format
   1496  1.10    mrg or the IEEE 128-bit floating point format on PowerPC Linux systems.
   1497  1.10    mrg This configuration switch will only work on little endian PowerPC
   1498  1.10    mrg Linux systems and on big endian 64-bit systems where the default cpu
   1499  1.10    mrg is at least power7 (i.e. <samp>--with-cpu=power7</samp>,
   1500  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-cpu=power8</samp>, or <samp>--with-cpu=power9</samp> is used).
   1501  1.10    mrg </p>
   1502  1.10    mrg <p>If you use the <samp>--with-long-double-64</samp> configuration option,
   1503  1.10    mrg the <samp>--with-long-double-format=ibm</samp> and
   1504  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-long-double-format=ieee</samp> options are ignored.
   1505  1.10    mrg </p>
   1506  1.10    mrg <p>The default <code>long double</code> format is to use IBM extended double.
   1507  1.10    mrg Until all of the libraries are converted to use IEEE 128-bit floating
   1508  1.10    mrg point, it is not recommended to use
   1509  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-long-double-format=ieee</samp>.
   1510  1.10    mrg </p>
   1511  1.10    mrg <p>On little endian PowerPC Linux systems, if you explicitly set the
   1512  1.10    mrg <code>long double</code> type, it will build multilibs to allow you to
   1513  1.10    mrg select either <code>long double</code> format, unless you disable multilibs
   1514  1.10    mrg with the <code>--disable-multilib</code> option.  At present,
   1515  1.10    mrg <code>long double</code> multilibs are not built on big endian PowerPC Linux
   1516  1.10    mrg systems.  If you are building multilibs, you will need to configure
   1517  1.10    mrg the compiler using the <samp>--with-system-zlib</samp> option.
   1518  1.10    mrg </p>
   1519  1.10    mrg <p>If you do not set the <code>long double</code> type explicitly, no multilibs
   1520  1.10    mrg will be generated.
   1521  1.10    mrg </p>
   1522  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1523  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-fdpic</code></dt>
   1524  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On SH Linux systems, generate ELF FDPIC code.
   1525  1.10    mrg </p>
   1526  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1527  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-gmp=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1528  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-gmp-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1529  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-gmp-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1530  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpfr=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1531  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpfr-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1532  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpfr-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1533  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpc=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1534  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpc-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1535  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpc-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1536  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If you want to build GCC but do not have the GMP library, the MPFR
   1537   1.1    mrg library and/or the MPC library installed in a standard location and
   1538   1.3  skrll do not have their sources present in the GCC source tree then you
   1539   1.3  skrll can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
   1540  1.10    mrg (&lsquo;<samp>--with-gmp=<var>gmpinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;,
   1541  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-mpfr=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;,
   1542  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-mpc=<var>mpcinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;).  The
   1543  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gmp=<var>gmpinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1544  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gmp-lib=<var>gmpinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1545  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gmp-include=<var>gmpinstalldir</var>/include</samp>.  Likewise the
   1546  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpfr=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1547  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpfr-lib=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1548  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpfr-include=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var>/include</samp>, also the
   1549  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpc=<var>mpcinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1550  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpc-lib=<var>mpcinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1551  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpc-include=<var>mpcinstalldir</var>/include</samp>.  If these
   1552   1.1    mrg shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit
   1553   1.3  skrll include and lib options directly.  You might also need to ensure the
   1554   1.3  skrll shared libraries can be found by the dynamic linker when building and
   1555   1.3  skrll using GCC, for example by setting the runtime shared library path
   1556  1.10    mrg variable (<code>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</code> on GNU/Linux and Solaris systems).
   1557  1.10    mrg </p>
   1558  1.10    mrg <p>These flags are applicable to the host platform only.  When building
   1559   1.3  skrll a cross compiler, they will not be used to configure target libraries.
   1560  1.10    mrg </p>
   1561  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1562  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-isl=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1563  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-isl-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1564  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-isl-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1565  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If you do not have the isl library installed in a standard location and you
   1566   1.5    mrg want to build GCC, you can explicitly specify the directory where it is
   1567  1.10    mrg installed (&lsquo;<samp>--with-isl=<var>islinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;). The
   1568  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-isl=<var>islinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1569  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-isl-lib=<var>islinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1570  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-isl-include=<var>islinstalldir</var>/include</samp>. If this
   1571   1.5    mrg shorthand assumption is not correct, you can use the explicit
   1572   1.1    mrg include and lib options directly.
   1573  1.10    mrg </p>
   1574  1.10    mrg <p>These flags are applicable to the host platform only.  When building
   1575   1.3  skrll a cross compiler, they will not be used to configure target libraries.
   1576  1.10    mrg </p>
   1577  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1578  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-stage1-ldflags=<var>flags</var></code></dt>
   1579  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking
   1580   1.1    mrg stage 1 of GCC.  These are also used when linking GCC if configured with
   1581  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-bootstrap</samp>.  If <samp>--with-stage1-libs</samp> is not set to a
   1582  1.10    mrg value, then the default is &lsquo;<samp>-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc</samp>&rsquo;, if
   1583   1.7    mrg supported.
   1584  1.10    mrg </p>
   1585  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1586  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-stage1-libs=<var>libs</var></code></dt>
   1587  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 1
   1588   1.1    mrg of GCC.  These are also used when linking GCC if configured with
   1589  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-bootstrap</samp>.
   1590  1.10    mrg </p>
   1591  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1592  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-boot-ldflags=<var>flags</var></code></dt>
   1593  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking
   1594   1.7    mrg stage 2 and later when bootstrapping GCC.  If &ndash;with-boot-libs
   1595   1.7    mrg is not is set to a value, then the default is
   1596  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc</samp>&rsquo;.
   1597  1.10    mrg </p>
   1598  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1599  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-boot-libs=<var>libs</var></code></dt>
   1600  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 2
   1601   1.7    mrg and later when bootstrapping GCC.
   1602  1.10    mrg </p>
   1603  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1604  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-debug-prefix-map=<var>map</var></code></dt>
   1605  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Convert source directory names using <samp>-fdebug-prefix-map</samp> when
   1606   1.1    mrg building runtime libraries.  &lsquo;<samp><var>map</var></samp>&rsquo; is a space-separated
   1607  1.10    mrg list of maps of the form &lsquo;<samp><var>old</var>=<var>new</var></samp>&rsquo;.
   1608  1.10    mrg </p>
   1609  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1610  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-linker-build-id</code></dt>
   1611  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to pass <samp>--build-id</samp> option to the linker for all final
   1612  1.10    mrg links (links performed without the <samp>-r</samp> or <samp>--relocatable</samp>
   1613   1.1    mrg option), if the linker supports it.  If you specify
   1614  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-linker-build-id</samp>, but your linker does not
   1615  1.10    mrg support <samp>--build-id</samp> option, a warning is issued and the
   1616  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-linker-build-id</samp> option is ignored.  The default is off.
   1617  1.10    mrg </p>
   1618  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1619  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-linker-hash-style=<var>choice</var></code></dt>
   1620  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to pass <samp>--hash-style=<var>choice</var></samp> option to the
   1621   1.3  skrll linker for all final links. <var>choice</var> can be one of
   1622  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>sysv</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>gnu</samp>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<samp>both</samp>&rsquo; where &lsquo;<samp>sysv</samp>&rsquo; is the default.
   1623  1.10    mrg </p>
   1624  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1625  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-gnu-unique-object</code></dt>
   1626  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-gnu-unique-object</code></dt>
   1627  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to use the gnu_unique_object relocation for C++ template
   1628   1.1    mrg static data members and inline function local statics.  Enabled by
   1629   1.5    mrg default for a toolchain with an assembler that accepts it and
   1630   1.1    mrg GLIBC 2.11 or above, otherwise disabled.
   1631  1.10    mrg </p>
   1632  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1633  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-diagnostics-color=<var>choice</var></code></dt>
   1634  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to use <var>choice</var> as the default for <samp>-fdiagnostics-color=</samp>
   1635   1.5    mrg option (if not used explicitly on the command line).  <var>choice</var>
   1636  1.10    mrg can be one of &lsquo;<samp>never</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>always</samp>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<samp>auto-if-env</samp>&rsquo;
   1637  1.10    mrg where &lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo; is the default.  &lsquo;<samp>auto-if-env</samp>&rsquo; means that
   1638  1.10    mrg <samp>-fdiagnostics-color=auto</samp> will be the default if <code>GCC_COLORS</code>
   1639   1.5    mrg is present and non-empty in the environment, and
   1640  1.10    mrg <samp>-fdiagnostics-color=never</samp> otherwise.
   1641  1.10    mrg </p>
   1642  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1643  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-lto</code></dt>
   1644  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-lto</code></dt>
   1645  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable support for link-time optimization (LTO).  This is enabled by
   1646  1.10    mrg default, and may be disabled using <samp>--disable-lto</samp>.
   1647  1.10    mrg </p>
   1648  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1649  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-linker-plugin-configure-flags=FLAGS</code></dt>
   1650  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-linker-plugin-flags=FLAGS</code></dt>
   1651  1.10    mrg <dd><p>By default, linker plugins (such as the LTO plugin) are built for the
   1652   1.5    mrg host system architecture.  For the case that the linker has a
   1653   1.5    mrg different (but run-time compatible) architecture, these flags can be
   1654   1.5    mrg specified to build plugins that are compatible to the linker.  For
   1655   1.5    mrg example, if you are building GCC for a 64-bit x86_64
   1656  1.10    mrg (&lsquo;<samp>x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu</samp>&rsquo;) host system, but have a 32-bit x86
   1657  1.10    mrg GNU/Linux (&lsquo;<samp>i686-pc-linux-gnu</samp>&rsquo;) linker executable (which is
   1658   1.5    mrg executable on the former system), you can configure GCC as follows for
   1659   1.5    mrg getting compatible linker plugins:
   1660  1.10    mrg </p>
   1661  1.10    mrg <div class="smallexample">
   1662  1.10    mrg <pre class="smallexample">% <var>srcdir</var>/configure \
   1663  1.10    mrg     --host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
   1664  1.10    mrg     --enable-linker-plugin-configure-flags=--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
   1665  1.10    mrg     --enable-linker-plugin-flags='CC=gcc\ -m32\ -Wl,-rpath,[...]/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib'
   1666  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1667  1.10    mrg 
   1668  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1669  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-plugin-ld=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1670  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable an alternate linker to be used at link-time optimization (LTO)
   1671  1.10    mrg link time when <samp>-fuse-linker-plugin</samp> is enabled.
   1672   1.3  skrll This linker should have plugin support such as gold starting with
   1673  1.10    mrg version 2.20 or GNU ld starting with version 2.21.
   1674  1.10    mrg See <samp>-fuse-linker-plugin</samp> for details.
   1675  1.10    mrg </p>
   1676  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1677  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-canonical-system-headers</code></dt>
   1678  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-canonical-system-headers</code></dt>
   1679  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable system header path canonicalization for <samp>libcpp</samp>.  This can
   1680   1.3  skrll produce shorter header file paths in diagnostics and dependency output
   1681   1.3  skrll files, but these changed header paths may conflict with some compilation
   1682   1.3  skrll environments.  Enabled by default, and may be disabled using
   1683  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-canonical-system-headers</samp>.
   1684  1.10    mrg </p>
   1685  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1686  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-glibc-version=<var>major</var>.<var>minor</var></code></dt>
   1687  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tell GCC that when the GNU C Library (glibc) is used on the target it
   1688   1.5    mrg will be version <var>major</var>.<var>minor</var> or later.  Normally this can
   1689  1.10    mrg be detected from the C library&rsquo;s header files, but this option may be
   1690   1.5    mrg needed when bootstrapping a cross toolchain without the header files
   1691   1.5    mrg available for building the initial bootstrap compiler.
   1692  1.10    mrg </p>
   1693  1.10    mrg <p>If GCC is configured with some multilibs that use glibc and some that
   1694  1.10    mrg do not, this option applies only to the multilibs that use glibc.
   1695   1.5    mrg However, such configurations may not work well as not all the relevant
   1696   1.5    mrg configuration in GCC is on a per-multilib basis.
   1697  1.10    mrg </p>
   1698  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1699  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-as-accelerator-for=<var>target</var></code></dt>
   1700  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Build as offload target compiler. Specify offload host triple by <var>target</var>.
   1701  1.10    mrg </p>
   1702  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1703  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-offload-targets=<var>target1</var>[=<var>path1</var>],&hellip;,<var>targetN</var>[=<var>pathN</var>]</code></dt>
   1704  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable offloading to targets <var>target1</var>, &hellip;, <var>targetN</var>.
   1705   1.5    mrg Offload compilers are expected to be already installed.  Default search
   1706   1.5    mrg path for them is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var></samp>, but it can be changed by
   1707  1.10    mrg specifying paths <var>path1</var>, &hellip;, <var>pathN</var>.
   1708  1.10    mrg </p>
   1709  1.10    mrg <div class="smallexample">
   1710  1.10    mrg <pre class="smallexample">% <var>srcdir</var>/configure \
   1711  1.10    mrg     --enable-offload-target=i686-unknown-linux-gnu=/path/to/i686/compiler,x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
   1712  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1713   1.7    mrg 
   1714  1.10    mrg <p>If &lsquo;<samp>hsa</samp>&rsquo; is specified as one of the targets, the compiler will be
   1715   1.7    mrg built with support for HSA GPU accelerators.  Because the same
   1716   1.7    mrg compiler will emit the accelerator code, no path should be specified.
   1717  1.10    mrg </p>
   1718  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1719  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-hsa-runtime=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1720  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-hsa-runtime-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1721  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-hsa-runtime-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1722  1.10    mrg <dd>
   1723  1.10    mrg <p>If you configure GCC with HSA offloading but do not have the HSA
   1724   1.7    mrg run-time library installed in a standard location then you can
   1725   1.7    mrg explicitly specify the directory where they are installed.  The
   1726  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-hsa-runtime=<var>hsainstalldir</var></samp> option is a
   1727   1.7    mrg shorthand for
   1728  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-hsa-runtime-lib=<var>hsainstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1729  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-hsa-runtime-include=<var>hsainstalldir</var>/include</samp>.
   1730  1.10    mrg </p>
   1731  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1732  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-cet</code></dt>
   1733  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--disable-cet</code></dt>
   1734  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable building target run-time libraries with control-flow
   1735  1.10    mrg instrumentation, see <samp>-fcf-protection</samp> option.  When
   1736  1.10    mrg <code>--enable-cet</code> is specified target libraries are configured
   1737  1.10    mrg to add <samp>-fcf-protection</samp> and, if needed, other target
   1738  1.10    mrg specific options to a set of building options.
   1739  1.10    mrg </p>
   1740  1.10    mrg <p>The option is disabled by default.  When <code>--enable-cet=auto</code>
   1741  1.10    mrg is used, it is enabled on Linux/x86 if target binutils
   1742  1.10    mrg supports <code>Intel CET</code> instructions and disabled otherwise.
   1743  1.10    mrg In this case the target libraries are configured to get additional
   1744  1.10    mrg <samp>-fcf-protection</samp> option.
   1745  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
   1746   1.6    mrg </dl>
   1747   1.1    mrg 
   1748  1.10    mrg <a name="Cross-Compiler-Specific-Options"></a>
   1749  1.10    mrg <h4 class="subheading">Cross-Compiler-Specific Options</h4>
   1750   1.1    mrg <p>The following options only apply to building cross compilers.
   1751  1.10    mrg </p>
   1752  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
   1753  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-sysroot</code></dt>
   1754  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-sysroot=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1755  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to consider <var>dir</var> as the root of a tree that contains
   1756  1.10    mrg (a subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
   1757   1.1    mrg Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
   1758   1.3  skrll searched for in there.  More specifically, this acts as if
   1759  1.10    mrg <samp>--sysroot=<var>dir</var></samp> was added to the default options of the built
   1760   1.1    mrg compiler.  The specified directory is not copied into the
   1761  1.10    mrg install tree, unlike the options <samp>--with-headers</samp> and
   1762  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-libs</samp> that this option obsoletes.  The default value,
   1763  1.10    mrg in case <samp>--with-sysroot</samp> is not given an argument, is
   1764  1.10    mrg <samp>${gcc_tooldir}/sys-root</samp>.  If the specified directory is a
   1765  1.10    mrg subdirectory of <samp>${exec_prefix}</samp>, then it will be found relative to
   1766   1.1    mrg the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
   1767  1.10    mrg </p>
   1768  1.10    mrg <p>This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
   1769   1.1    mrg target libraries (which runs on the build system) and the compiler newly
   1770   1.1    mrg installed with <code>make install</code>; it does not affect the compiler which is
   1771   1.1    mrg used to build GCC itself.
   1772  1.10    mrg </p>
   1773  1.10    mrg <p>If you specify the <samp>--with-native-system-header-dir=<var>dirname</var></samp>
   1774   1.3  skrll option then the compiler will search that directory within <var>dirname</var> for
   1775  1.10    mrg native system headers rather than the default <samp>/usr/include</samp>.
   1776  1.10    mrg </p>
   1777  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1778  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-build-sysroot</code></dt>
   1779  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-build-sysroot=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1780  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to consider <var>dir</var> as the system root (see
   1781  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>) while building target libraries, instead of
   1782  1.10    mrg the directory specified with <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.  This option is
   1783  1.10    mrg only useful when you are already using <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.  You
   1784  1.10    mrg can use <samp>--with-build-sysroot</samp> when you are configuring with
   1785  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix</samp> set to a directory that is different from the one in
   1786   1.1    mrg which you are installing GCC and your target libraries.
   1787  1.10    mrg </p>
   1788  1.10    mrg <p>This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
   1789   1.1    mrg target libraries (which runs on the build system); it does not affect
   1790   1.1    mrg the compiler which is used to build GCC itself.
   1791  1.10    mrg </p>
   1792  1.10    mrg <p>If you specify the <samp>--with-native-system-header-dir=<var>dirname</var></samp>
   1793   1.3  skrll option then the compiler will search that directory within <var>dirname</var> for
   1794  1.10    mrg native system headers rather than the default <samp>/usr/include</samp>.
   1795  1.10    mrg </p>
   1796  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1797  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-headers</code></dt>
   1798  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-headers=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1799  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Deprecated in favor of <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.
   1800  1.10    mrg Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler.
   1801   1.1    mrg The <var>dir</var> argument specifies a directory which has the target include
   1802  1.10    mrg files.  These include files will be copied into the <samp>gcc</samp> install
   1803  1.10    mrg directory.  <em>This option with the <var>dir</var> argument is required</em> when
   1804  1.10    mrg building a cross compiler, if <samp><var>prefix</var>/<var>target</var>/sys-include</samp>
   1805  1.10    mrg doesn&rsquo;t pre-exist.  If <samp><var>prefix</var>/<var>target</var>/sys-include</samp> does
   1806  1.10    mrg pre-exist, the <var>dir</var> argument may be omitted.  <code>fixincludes</code>
   1807   1.1    mrg will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC.
   1808  1.10    mrg </p>
   1809  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1810  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--without-headers</code></dt>
   1811  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross
   1812   1.1    mrg compiler.  When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC
   1813   1.1    mrg can build the exception handling for libgcc.
   1814  1.10    mrg </p>
   1815  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1816  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-libs</code></dt>
   1817  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-libs=&quot;<var>dir1</var> <var>dir2</var> &hellip; <var>dirN</var>&quot;</code></dt>
   1818  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Deprecated in favor of <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.
   1819   1.1    mrg Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
   1820  1.10    mrg libraries.  These libraries will be copied into the <samp>gcc</samp> install
   1821   1.1    mrg directory.  If the directory list is omitted, this option has no
   1822   1.1    mrg effect.
   1823  1.10    mrg </p>
   1824  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1825  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-newlib</code></dt>
   1826  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that &lsquo;<samp>newlib</samp>&rsquo; is
   1827   1.1    mrg being used as the target C library.  This causes <code>__eprintf</code> to be
   1828  1.10    mrg omitted from <samp>libgcc.a</samp> on the assumption that it will be provided by
   1829  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>newlib</samp>&rsquo;.
   1830  1.10    mrg </p>
   1831  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1832  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-avrlibc</code></dt>
   1833  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that &lsquo;<samp>AVR-Libc</samp>&rsquo; is
   1834   1.3  skrll being used as the target C library.  This causes float support
   1835  1.10    mrg functions like <code>__addsf3</code> to be omitted from <samp>libgcc.a</samp> on
   1836  1.10    mrg the assumption that it will be provided by <samp>libm.a</samp>.  For more
   1837  1.10    mrg technical details, cf. <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR54461">PR54461</a>.
   1838   1.3  skrll This option is only supported for the AVR target.  It is not supported for
   1839   1.3  skrll RTEMS configurations, which currently use newlib.  The option is
   1840   1.3  skrll supported since version 4.7.2 and is the default in 4.8.0 and newer.
   1841  1.10    mrg </p>
   1842  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1843  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-nds32-lib=<var>library</var></code></dt>
   1844  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that <var>library</var> setting is used for building <samp>libgcc.a</samp>.
   1845  1.10    mrg Currently, the valid <var>library</var> is &lsquo;<samp>newlib</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>mculib</samp>&rsquo;.
   1846   1.5    mrg This option is only supported for the NDS32 target.
   1847  1.10    mrg </p>
   1848  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1849  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-build-time-tools=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1850  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies where to find the set of target tools (assembler, linker, etc.)
   1851   1.1    mrg that will be used while building GCC itself.  This option can be useful
   1852   1.1    mrg if the directory layouts are different between the system you are building
   1853   1.1    mrg GCC on, and the system where you will deploy it.
   1854  1.10    mrg </p>
   1855  1.10    mrg <p>For example, on an &lsquo;<samp>ia64-hp-hpux</samp>&rsquo; system, you may have the GNU
   1856  1.10    mrg assembler and linker in <samp>/usr/bin</samp>, and the native tools in a
   1857   1.6    mrg different path, and build a toolchain that expects to find the
   1858  1.10    mrg native tools in <samp>/usr/bin</samp>.
   1859  1.10    mrg </p>
   1860  1.10    mrg <p>When you use this option, you should ensure that <var>dir</var> includes
   1861  1.10    mrg <code>ar</code>, <code>as</code>, <code>ld</code>, <code>nm</code>,
   1862  1.10    mrg <code>ranlib</code> and <code>strip</code> if necessary, and possibly
   1863  1.10    mrg <code>objdump</code>.  Otherwise, GCC may use an inconsistent set of
   1864  1.10    mrg tools.
   1865  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
   1866   1.6    mrg </dl>
   1867   1.1    mrg 
   1868  1.10    mrg <a name="Overriding-configure-test-results"></a>
   1869  1.10    mrg <h4 class="subsubheading">Overriding <code>configure</code> test results</h4>
   1870   1.1    mrg 
   1871   1.6    mrg <p>Sometimes, it might be necessary to override the result of some
   1872  1.10    mrg <code>configure</code> test, for example in order to ease porting to a new
   1873  1.10    mrg system or work around a bug in a test.  The toplevel <code>configure</code>
   1874   1.6    mrg script provides three variables for this:
   1875  1.10    mrg </p>
   1876  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
   1877  1.10    mrg <dt><code>build_configargs</code></dt>
   1878  1.10    mrg <dd><a name="index-build_005fconfigargs"></a>
   1879  1.10    mrg <p>The contents of this variable is passed to all build <code>configure</code>
   1880   1.6    mrg scripts.
   1881  1.10    mrg </p>
   1882  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1883  1.10    mrg <dt><code>host_configargs</code></dt>
   1884  1.10    mrg <dd><a name="index-host_005fconfigargs"></a>
   1885  1.10    mrg <p>The contents of this variable is passed to all host <code>configure</code>
   1886   1.6    mrg scripts.
   1887  1.10    mrg </p>
   1888  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1889  1.10    mrg <dt><code>target_configargs</code></dt>
   1890  1.10    mrg <dd><a name="index-target_005fconfigargs"></a>
   1891  1.10    mrg <p>The contents of this variable is passed to all target <code>configure</code>
   1892   1.6    mrg scripts.
   1893  1.10    mrg </p>
   1894  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1895  1.10    mrg </dl>
   1896   1.1    mrg 
   1897  1.10    mrg <p>In order to avoid shell and <code>make</code> quoting issues for complex
   1898  1.10    mrg overrides, you can pass a setting for <code>CONFIG_SITE</code> and set
   1899   1.6    mrg variables in the site file.
   1900  1.10    mrg </p>
   1901  1.10    mrg <a name="Objective-C-Specific-Options"></a>
   1902  1.10    mrg <h4 class="subheading">Objective-C-Specific Options</h4>
   1903   1.7    mrg 
   1904   1.9    mrg <p>The following options apply to the build of the Objective-C runtime library.
   1905  1.10    mrg </p>
   1906  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
   1907  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--enable-objc-gc</code></dt>
   1908  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that an additional variant of the GNU Objective-C runtime library
   1909   1.9    mrg is built, using an external build of the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage
   1910   1.9    mrg collector (<a href="http://www.hboehm.info/gc/">http://www.hboehm.info/gc/</a>).  This library needs to be
   1911   1.9    mrg available for each multilib variant, unless configured with
   1912  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-objc-gc=&lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo;</samp> in which case the build of the
   1913   1.9    mrg additional runtime library is skipped when not available and the build
   1914   1.9    mrg continues.
   1915  1.10    mrg </p>
   1916  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1917  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-target-bdw-gc=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   1918  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-target-bdw-gc-include=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   1919  1.10    mrg <dt><code>--with-target-bdw-gc-lib=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   1920  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify search directories for the garbage collector header files and
   1921   1.9    mrg libraries. <var>list</var> is a comma separated list of key value pairs of the
   1922  1.10    mrg form &lsquo;<samp><var>multilibdir</var>=<var>path</var></samp>&rsquo;, where the default multilib key
   1923  1.10    mrg is named as &lsquo;<samp>.</samp>&rsquo; (dot), or is omitted (e.g.
   1924  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-target-bdw-gc=/opt/bdw-gc,32=/opt-bdw-gc32</samp>&rsquo;).
   1925  1.10    mrg </p>
   1926  1.10    mrg <p>The options <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-include</samp> and
   1927  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-lib</samp> must always be specified together
   1928   1.9    mrg for each multilib variant and they take precedence over
   1929  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc</samp>.  If <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-include</samp>
   1930   1.9    mrg is missing values for a multilib, then the value for the default
   1931  1.10    mrg multilib is used (e.g. &lsquo;<samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-include=/opt/bdw-gc/include</samp>&rsquo;
   1932  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-lib=/opt/bdw-gc/lib64,32=/opt-bdw-gc/lib32</samp>&rsquo;).
   1933   1.9    mrg If none of these options are specified, the library is assumed in
   1934  1.10    mrg default locations.
   1935  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
   1936   1.6    mrg </dl>
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