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     64  1.13    mrg <h1 class="settitle" align="center">Installing GCC: Configuration</h1>
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     84  1.15    mrg <a name="index-Configuration"></a>
     85  1.15    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  1.15    mrg <div class="smallexample">
    132  1.15    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  1.15    mrg <a name="Distributor-options"></a>
    138  1.15    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  1.15    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  1.15    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  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-documentation-root-url=<var>url</var></code></dt>
    163  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Specify the URL root that contains GCC option documentation.  The <var>url</var>
    164  1.13    mrg should end with a <code>/</code> character.
    165  1.13    mrg </p>
    166  1.13    mrg <p>The default value is <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/">https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/</a>.
    167  1.13    mrg </p>
    168  1.13    mrg </dd>
    169  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-changes-root-url=<var>url</var></code></dt>
    170  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Specify the URL root that contains information about changes in GCC
    171  1.13    mrg releases like <code>gcc-<var>version</var>/changes.html</code>.
    172  1.13    mrg The <var>url</var> should end with a <code>/</code> character.
    173  1.13    mrg </p>
    174  1.13    mrg <p>The default value is <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/">https://gcc.gnu.org/</a>.
    175  1.13    mrg </p>
    176  1.13    mrg </dd>
    177  1.10    mrg </dl>
    178   1.1    mrg 
    179  1.15    mrg <a name="Target-specification"></a>
    180  1.15    mrg <h3 class="heading">Target specification</h3>
    181  1.10    mrg <ul>
    182  1.10    mrg <li> GCC has code to correctly determine the correct value for <var>target</var>
    183   1.1    mrg for nearly all native systems.  Therefore, we highly recommend you do
    184   1.1    mrg not provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
    185   1.1    mrg 
    186  1.10    mrg </li><li> <var>target</var> must be specified as <samp>--target=<var>target</var></samp>
    187   1.1    mrg when configuring a cross compiler; examples of valid targets would be
    188   1.1    mrg m68k-elf, sh-elf, etc.
    189   1.1    mrg 
    190  1.10    mrg </li><li> Specifying just <var>target</var> instead of <samp>--target=<var>target</var></samp>
    191  1.10    mrg implies that the host defaults to <var>target</var>.
    192  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
    193  1.10    mrg 
    194   1.1    mrg 
    195  1.15    mrg <a name="Options-specification"></a>
    196  1.15    mrg <h3 class="heading">Options specification</h3>
    197   1.1    mrg 
    198   1.1    mrg <p>Use <var>options</var> to override several configure time options for
    199  1.10    mrg GCC.  A list of supported <var>options</var> follows; &lsquo;<samp>configure
    200  1.10    mrg --help</samp>&rsquo; may list other options, but those not listed below may not
    201   1.1    mrg work and should not normally be used.
    202  1.10    mrg </p>
    203  1.10    mrg <p>Note that each <samp>--enable</samp> option has a corresponding
    204  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable</samp> option and that each <samp>--with</samp> option has a
    205  1.10    mrg corresponding <samp>--without</samp> option.
    206  1.10    mrg </p>
    207  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
    208  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--prefix=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    209  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the toplevel installation
    210   1.1    mrg directory.  This is the recommended way to install the tools into a directory
    211   1.1    mrg other than the default.  The toplevel installation directory defaults to
    212  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local</samp>.
    213  1.10    mrg </p>
    214  1.10    mrg <p>We <strong>highly</strong> recommend against <var>dirname</var> being the same or a
    215   1.1    mrg subdirectory of <var>objdir</var> or vice versa.  If specifying a directory
    216  1.10    mrg beneath a user&rsquo;s home directory tree, some shells will not expand
    217  1.10    mrg <var>dirname</var> correctly if it contains the &lsquo;<samp>~</samp>&rsquo; metacharacter; use
    218  1.10    mrg <code>$HOME</code> instead.
    219  1.10    mrg </p>
    220  1.10    mrg <p>The following standard <code>autoconf</code> options are supported.  Normally you
    221   1.1    mrg should not need to use these options.
    222  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    223  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--exec-prefix=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    224  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the toplevel installation directory for architecture-dependent
    225   1.1    mrg files.  The default is <samp><var>prefix</var></samp>.
    226  1.10    mrg </p>
    227  1.10    mrg </dd>
    228  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--bindir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    229  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for the executables called by users
    230  1.10    mrg (such as <code>gcc</code> and <code>g++</code>).  The default is
    231  1.10    mrg <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/bin</samp>.
    232  1.10    mrg </p>
    233  1.10    mrg </dd>
    234  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--libdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    235  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for object code libraries and
    236  1.10    mrg internal data files of GCC.  The default is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/lib</samp>.
    237  1.10    mrg </p>
    238  1.10    mrg </dd>
    239  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--libexecdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    240  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for internal executables of GCC.
    241  1.10    mrg The default is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/libexec</samp>.
    242  1.10    mrg </p>
    243  1.10    mrg </dd>
    244  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-slibdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    245  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for the shared libgcc library.  The
    246   1.1    mrg default is <samp><var>libdir</var></samp>.
    247  1.10    mrg </p>
    248  1.10    mrg </dd>
    249  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--datarootdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    250  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the root of the directory tree for read-only architecture-independent
    251  1.10    mrg data files referenced by GCC.  The default is <samp><var>prefix</var>/share</samp>.
    252  1.10    mrg </p>
    253  1.10    mrg </dd>
    254  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--infodir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    255  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for documentation in info format.
    256  1.10    mrg The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var>/info</samp>.
    257  1.10    mrg </p>
    258  1.10    mrg </dd>
    259  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--datadir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    260  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for some architecture-independent
    261   1.1    mrg data files referenced by GCC.  The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var></samp>.
    262  1.10    mrg </p>
    263  1.10    mrg </dd>
    264  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--docdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    265  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for documentation files (other
    266  1.10    mrg than Info) for GCC.  The default is <samp><var>datarootdir</var>/doc</samp>.
    267  1.10    mrg </p>
    268  1.10    mrg </dd>
    269  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--htmldir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    270  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for HTML documentation files.
    271   1.1    mrg The default is <samp><var>docdir</var></samp>.
    272  1.10    mrg </p>
    273  1.10    mrg </dd>
    274  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--pdfdir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    275  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for PDF documentation files.
    276   1.1    mrg The default is <samp><var>docdir</var></samp>.
    277  1.10    mrg </p>
    278  1.10    mrg </dd>
    279  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--mandir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    280  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for manual pages.  The default is
    281  1.10    mrg <samp><var>datarootdir</var>/man</samp>.  (Note that the manual pages are only extracts
    282   1.1    mrg from the full GCC manuals, which are provided in Texinfo format.  The manpages
    283   1.1    mrg are derived by an automatic conversion process from parts of the full
    284   1.1    mrg manual.)
    285  1.10    mrg </p>
    286  1.10    mrg </dd>
    287  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-gxx-include-dir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    288  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify
    289   1.1    mrg the installation directory for G++ header files.  The default depends
    290   1.1    mrg on other configuration options, and differs between cross and native
    291   1.1    mrg configurations.
    292  1.10    mrg </p>
    293  1.10    mrg </dd>
    294  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-specs=<var>specs</var></code></dt>
    295  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify additional command line driver SPECS.
    296   1.3  skrll This can be useful if you need to turn on a non-standard feature by
    297  1.10    mrg default without modifying the compiler&rsquo;s source code, for instance
    298  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-specs=%{!fcommon:%{!fno-common:-fno-common}}</samp>.
    299   1.3  skrll See &ldquo;Spec Files&rdquo; in the main manual
    300  1.10    mrg </p>
    301  1.10    mrg </dd>
    302  1.10    mrg </dl>
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    304  1.10    mrg </dd>
    305  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--program-prefix=<var>prefix</var></code></dt>
    306  1.10    mrg <dd><p>GCC supports some transformations of the names of its programs when
    307   1.1    mrg installing them.  This option prepends <var>prefix</var> to the names of
    308   1.1    mrg programs to install in <var>bindir</var> (see above).  For example, specifying
    309  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-prefix=foo-</samp> would result in &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo;
    310  1.10    mrg being installed as <samp>/usr/local/bin/foo-gcc</samp>.
    311  1.10    mrg </p>
    312  1.10    mrg </dd>
    313  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--program-suffix=<var>suffix</var></code></dt>
    314  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Appends <var>suffix</var> to the names of programs to install in <var>bindir</var>
    315  1.10    mrg (see above).  For example, specifying <samp>--program-suffix=-3.1</samp>
    316  1.10    mrg would result in &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo; being installed as
    317  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.1</samp>.
    318  1.10    mrg </p>
    319  1.10    mrg </dd>
    320  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--program-transform-name=<var>pattern</var></code></dt>
    321  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Applies the &lsquo;<samp>sed</samp>&rsquo; script <var>pattern</var> to be applied to the names
    322   1.1    mrg of programs to install in <var>bindir</var> (see above).  <var>pattern</var> has to
    323  1.10    mrg consist of one or more basic &lsquo;<samp>sed</samp>&rsquo; editing commands, separated by
    324  1.10    mrg semicolons.  For example, if you want the &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo; program name to be
    325  1.10    mrg transformed to the installed program <samp>/usr/local/bin/myowngcc</samp> and
    326  1.10    mrg the &lsquo;<samp>g++</samp>&rsquo; program name to be transformed to
    327  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local/bin/gspecial++</samp> without changing other program names,
    328   1.1    mrg you could use the pattern
    329  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-transform-name='s/^gcc$/myowngcc/; s/^g++$/gspecial++/'</samp>
    330   1.1    mrg to achieve this effect.
    331  1.10    mrg </p>
    332  1.10    mrg <p>All three options can be combined and used together, resulting in more
    333   1.1    mrg complex conversion patterns.  As a basic rule, <var>prefix</var> (and
    334   1.1    mrg <var>suffix</var>) are prepended (appended) before further transformations
    335   1.1    mrg can happen with a special transformation script <var>pattern</var>.
    336  1.10    mrg </p>
    337  1.10    mrg <p>As currently implemented, this option only takes effect for native
    338  1.10    mrg builds; cross compiler binaries&rsquo; names are not transformed even when a
    339   1.1    mrg transformation is explicitly asked for by one of these options.
    340  1.10    mrg </p>
    341  1.10    mrg <p>For native builds, some of the installed programs are also installed
    342   1.1    mrg with the target alias in front of their name, as in
    343  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc</samp>&rsquo;.  All of the above transformations happen
    344   1.1    mrg before the target alias is prepended to the name&mdash;so, specifying
    345  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-prefix=foo-</samp> and <samp>program-suffix=-3.1</samp>, the
    346   1.1    mrg resulting binary would be installed as
    347  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-foo-gcc-3.1</samp>.
    348  1.10    mrg </p>
    349  1.10    mrg <p>As a last shortcoming, none of the installed Ada programs are
    350   1.1    mrg transformed yet, which will be fixed in some time.
    351  1.10    mrg </p>
    352  1.10    mrg </dd>
    353  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-local-prefix=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    354  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the
    355   1.1    mrg installation directory for local include files.  The default is
    356  1.10    mrg <samp>/usr/local</samp>.  Specify this option if you want the compiler to
    357  1.10    mrg search directory <samp><var>dirname</var>/include</samp> for locally installed
    358  1.10    mrg header files <em>instead</em> of <samp>/usr/local/include</samp>.
    359  1.10    mrg </p>
    360  1.10    mrg <p>You should specify <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> <strong>only</strong> if your
    361  1.10    mrg site has a different convention (not <samp>/usr/local</samp>) for where to put
    362   1.1    mrg site-specific files.
    363  1.10    mrg </p>
    364  1.10    mrg <p>The default value for <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> is <samp>/usr/local</samp>
    365  1.10    mrg regardless of the value of <samp>--prefix</samp>.  Specifying
    366  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix</samp> has no effect on which directory GCC searches for
    367   1.1    mrg local header files.  This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is
    368   1.1    mrg logical.
    369  1.10    mrg </p>
    370  1.10    mrg <p>The purpose of <samp>--prefix</samp> is to specify where to <em>install
    371  1.10    mrg GCC</em>.  The local header files in <samp>/usr/local/include</samp>&mdash;if you put
    372   1.1    mrg any in that directory&mdash;are not part of GCC.  They are part of other
    373   1.1    mrg programs&mdash;perhaps many others.  (GCC installs its own header files in
    374  1.10    mrg another directory which is based on the <samp>--prefix</samp> value.)
    375  1.10    mrg </p>
    376  1.10    mrg <p>Both the local-prefix include directory and the GCC-prefix include
    377  1.10    mrg directory are part of GCC&rsquo;s &ldquo;system include&rdquo; directories.  Although these
    378   1.1    mrg two directories are not fixed, they need to be searched in the proper
    379   1.1    mrg order for the correct processing of the include_next directive.  The
    380   1.1    mrg local-prefix include directory is searched before the GCC-prefix
    381   1.1    mrg include directory.  Another characteristic of system include directories
    382   1.1    mrg is that pedantic warnings are turned off for headers in these directories.
    383  1.10    mrg </p>
    384  1.10    mrg <p>Some autoconf macros add <samp>-I <var>directory</var></samp> options to the
    385   1.1    mrg compiler command line, to ensure that directories containing installed
    386  1.10    mrg packages&rsquo; headers are searched.  When <var>directory</var> is one of GCC&rsquo;s
    387   1.1    mrg system include directories, GCC will ignore the option so that system
    388   1.1    mrg directories continue to be processed in the correct order.  This
    389   1.1    mrg may result in a search order different from what was specified but the
    390   1.1    mrg directory will still be searched.
    391  1.10    mrg </p>
    392  1.10    mrg <p>GCC automatically searches for ordinary libraries using
    393  1.10    mrg <code>GCC_EXEC_PREFIX</code>.  Thus, when the same installation prefix is
    394   1.1    mrg used for both GCC and packages, GCC will automatically search for
    395   1.1    mrg both headers and libraries.  This provides a configuration that is
    396   1.1    mrg easy to use.  GCC behaves in a manner similar to that when it is
    397  1.10    mrg installed as a system compiler in <samp>/usr</samp>.
    398  1.10    mrg </p>
    399  1.10    mrg <p>Sites that need to install multiple versions of GCC may not want to
    400   1.1    mrg use the above simple configuration.  It is possible to use the
    401  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-prefix</samp>, <samp>--program-suffix</samp> and
    402  1.10    mrg <samp>--program-transform-name</samp> options to install multiple versions
    403   1.1    mrg into a single directory, but it may be simpler to use different prefixes
    404  1.10    mrg and the <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> option to specify the location of the
    405   1.1    mrg site-specific files for each version.  It will then be necessary for
    406   1.1    mrg users to specify explicitly the location of local site libraries
    407  1.10    mrg (e.g., with <code>LIBRARY_PATH</code>).
    408  1.10    mrg </p>
    409  1.10    mrg <p>The same value can be used for both <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> and
    410  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix</samp> provided it is not <samp>/usr</samp>.  This can be used
    411  1.10    mrg to avoid the default search of <samp>/usr/local/include</samp>.
    412  1.10    mrg </p>
    413  1.10    mrg <p><strong>Do not</strong> specify <samp>/usr</samp> as the <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp>!
    414  1.10    mrg The directory you use for <samp>--with-local-prefix</samp> <strong>must not</strong>
    415  1.10    mrg contain any of the system&rsquo;s standard header files.  If it did contain
    416   1.1    mrg them, certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on
    417   1.1    mrg certain targets), because this would override and nullify the header
    418  1.10    mrg file corrections made by the <code>fixincludes</code> script.
    419  1.10    mrg </p>
    420  1.10    mrg <p>Indications are that people who use this option use it based on mistaken
    421   1.1    mrg ideas of what it is for.  People use it as if it specified where to
    422   1.1    mrg install part of GCC.  Perhaps they make this assumption because
    423   1.1    mrg installing GCC creates the directory.
    424  1.10    mrg </p>
    425  1.10    mrg </dd>
    426  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-gcc-major-version-only</code></dt>
    427  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that GCC should use only the major number rather than
    428   1.9    mrg <var>major</var>.<var>minor</var>.<var>patchlevel</var> in filesystem paths.
    429  1.10    mrg </p>
    430  1.10    mrg </dd>
    431  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-native-system-header-dir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
    432  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that <var>dirname</var> is the directory that contains native system
    433  1.10    mrg header files, rather than <samp>/usr/include</samp>.  This option is most useful
    434   1.3  skrll if you are creating a compiler that should be isolated from the system
    435   1.3  skrll as much as possible.  It is most commonly used with the
    436  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-sysroot</samp> option and will cause GCC to search
    437   1.3  skrll <var>dirname</var> inside the system root specified by that option.
    438  1.10    mrg </p>
    439  1.10    mrg </dd>
    440  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-shared[=<var>package</var>[,&hellip;]]</code></dt>
    441  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Build shared versions of libraries, if shared libraries are supported on
    442   1.1    mrg the target platform.  Unlike GCC 2.95.x and earlier, shared libraries
    443   1.1    mrg are enabled by default on all platforms that support shared libraries.
    444  1.10    mrg </p>
    445  1.10    mrg <p>If a list of packages is given as an argument, build shared libraries
    446   1.1    mrg only for the listed packages.  For other packages, only static libraries
    447   1.1    mrg will be built.  Package names currently recognized in the GCC tree are
    448  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>libgcc</samp>&rsquo; (also known as &lsquo;<samp>gcc</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo; (not
    449  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;,
    450  1.12    mrg &lsquo;<samp>ada</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>libada</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>libgo</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>libobjc</samp>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<samp>libphobos</samp>&rsquo;.
    451  1.10    mrg Note &lsquo;<samp>libiberty</samp>&rsquo; does not support shared libraries at all.
    452  1.10    mrg </p>
    453  1.10    mrg <p>Use <samp>--disable-shared</samp> to build only static libraries.  Note that
    454  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-shared</samp> does not accept a list of package names as
    455  1.10    mrg argument, only <samp>--enable-shared</samp> does.
    456  1.10    mrg </p>
    457  1.10    mrg <p>Contrast with <samp>--enable-host-shared</samp>, which affects <em>host</em>
    458   1.5    mrg code.
    459  1.10    mrg </p>
    460  1.10    mrg </dd>
    461  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-host-shared</code></dt>
    462  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the <em>host</em> code should be built into position-independent
    463   1.5    mrg machine code (with -fPIC), allowing it to be used within shared libraries,
    464   1.5    mrg but yielding a slightly slower compiler.
    465  1.10    mrg </p>
    466  1.10    mrg <p>This option is required when building the libgccjit.so library.
    467  1.10    mrg </p>
    468  1.10    mrg <p>Contrast with <samp>--enable-shared</samp>, which affects <em>target</em>
    469   1.5    mrg libraries.
    470  1.10    mrg </p>
    471  1.10    mrg </dd>
    472  1.15    mrg <dt><code><a name="with-gnu-as"></a>--with-gnu-as</code></dt>
    473  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the compiler should assume that the
    474   1.1    mrg assembler it finds is the GNU assembler.  However, this does not modify
    475   1.1    mrg the rules to find an assembler and will result in confusion if the
    476   1.1    mrg assembler found is not actually the GNU assembler.  (Confusion may also
    477   1.1    mrg result if the compiler finds the GNU assembler but has not been
    478  1.10    mrg configured with <samp>--with-gnu-as</samp>.)  If you have more than one
    479   1.1    mrg assembler installed on your system, you may want to use this option in
    480  1.10    mrg connection with <samp>--with-as=<var>pathname</var></samp> or
    481  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-build-time-tools=<var>pathname</var></samp>.
    482  1.10    mrg </p>
    483  1.10    mrg <p>The following systems are the only ones where it makes a difference
    484   1.1    mrg whether you use the GNU assembler.  On any other system,
    485  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gnu-as</samp> has no effect.
    486  1.10    mrg </p>
    487  1.10    mrg <ul>
    488  1.10    mrg <li> &lsquo;<samp>hppa1.0-<var>any</var>-<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    489  1.10    mrg </li><li> &lsquo;<samp>hppa1.1-<var>any</var>-<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    490  1.10    mrg </li><li> &lsquo;<samp>sparc-sun-solaris2.<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    491  1.10    mrg </li><li> &lsquo;<samp>sparc64-<var>any</var>-solaris2.<var>any</var></samp>&rsquo;
    492  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
    493  1.10    mrg 
    494  1.10    mrg </dd>
    495  1.15    mrg <dt><code><a name="with-as"></a>--with-as=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
    496  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the compiler should use the assembler pointed to by
    497   1.1    mrg <var>pathname</var>, rather than the one found by the standard rules to find
    498   1.1    mrg an assembler, which are:
    499  1.10    mrg </p><ul>
    500  1.10    mrg <li> Unless GCC is being built with a cross compiler, check the
    501  1.10    mrg <samp><var>libexec</var>/gcc/<var>target</var>/<var>version</var></samp> directory.
    502  1.10    mrg <var>libexec</var> defaults to <samp><var>exec-prefix</var>/libexec</samp>;
    503   1.1    mrg <var>exec-prefix</var> defaults to <var>prefix</var>, which
    504  1.10    mrg defaults to <samp>/usr/local</samp> unless overridden by the
    505  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix=<var>pathname</var></samp> switch described above.  <var>target</var>
    506  1.10    mrg is the target system triple, such as &lsquo;<samp>sparc-sun-solaris2.7</samp>&rsquo;, and
    507   1.1    mrg <var>version</var> denotes the GCC version, such as 3.0.
    508   1.1    mrg 
    509  1.10    mrg </li><li> If the target system is the same that you are building on, check
    510  1.10    mrg operating system specific directories (e.g. <samp>/usr/ccs/bin</samp> on
    511  1.13    mrg Solaris 2).
    512   1.1    mrg 
    513  1.10    mrg </li><li> Check in the <code>PATH</code> for a tool whose name is prefixed by the
    514   1.1    mrg target system triple.
    515   1.1    mrg 
    516  1.10    mrg </li><li> Check in the <code>PATH</code> for a tool whose name is not prefixed by the
    517   1.1    mrg target system triple, if the host and target system triple are
    518   1.1    mrg the same (in other words, we use a host tool if it can be used for
    519  1.10    mrg the target as well).
    520  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
    521   1.1    mrg 
    522  1.10    mrg <p>You may want to use <samp>--with-as</samp> if no assembler
    523   1.1    mrg is installed in the directories listed above, or if you have multiple
    524   1.1    mrg assemblers installed and want to choose one that is not found by the
    525   1.1    mrg above rules.
    526  1.10    mrg </p>
    527  1.10    mrg </dd>
    528  1.15    mrg <dt><code><a name="with-gnu-ld"></a>--with-gnu-ld</code></dt>
    529  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Same as <a href="#with-gnu-as"><samp>--with-gnu-as</samp></a>
    530   1.1    mrg but for the linker.
    531  1.10    mrg </p>
    532  1.10    mrg </dd>
    533  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-ld=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
    534  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Same as <a href="#with-as"><samp>--with-as</samp></a>
    535   1.1    mrg but for the linker.
    536  1.10    mrg </p>
    537  1.10    mrg </dd>
    538  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-dsymutil=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
    539  1.14    mrg <dd><p>Same as <a href="#with-as"><samp>--with-as</samp></a>
    540  1.14    mrg but for the debug linker (only used on Darwin platforms so far).
    541  1.14    mrg </p>
    542  1.14    mrg </dd>
    543  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-stabs</code></dt>
    544  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that stabs debugging
    545   1.1    mrg information should be used instead of whatever format the host normally
    546   1.1    mrg uses.  Normally GCC uses the same debug format as the host system.
    547  1.10    mrg </p>
    548  1.10    mrg </dd>
    549  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-tls=<var>dialect</var></code></dt>
    550  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify the default TLS dialect, for systems were there is a choice.
    551   1.3  skrll For ARM targets, possible values for <var>dialect</var> are <code>gnu</code> or
    552   1.3  skrll <code>gnu2</code>, which select between the original GNU dialect and the GNU TLS
    553   1.3  skrll descriptor-based dialect.
    554  1.10    mrg </p>
    555  1.10    mrg </dd>
    556  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-multiarch</code></dt>
    557  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify whether to enable or disable multiarch support.  The default is
    558   1.3  skrll to check for glibc start files in a multiarch location, and enable it
    559   1.3  skrll if the files are found.  The auto detection is enabled for native builds,
    560  1.10    mrg and for cross builds configured with <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>, and without
    561  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-native-system-header-dir</samp>.
    562   1.3  skrll More documentation about multiarch can be found at
    563   1.7    mrg <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch">https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch</a>.
    564  1.10    mrg </p>
    565  1.10    mrg </dd>
    566  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-sjlj-exceptions</code></dt>
    567  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Force use of the <code>setjmp</code>/<code>longjmp</code>-based scheme for exceptions.
    568  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>configure</samp>&rsquo; ordinarily picks the correct value based on the platform.
    569   1.6    mrg Only use this option if you are sure you need a different setting.
    570  1.10    mrg </p>
    571  1.10    mrg </dd>
    572  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-vtable-verify</code></dt>
    573  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify whether to enable or disable the vtable verification feature.
    574   1.5    mrg Enabling this feature causes libstdc++ to be built with its virtual calls
    575   1.5    mrg in verifiable mode.  This means that, when linked with libvtv, every
    576   1.5    mrg virtual call in libstdc++ will verify the vtable pointer through which the
    577   1.5    mrg call will be made before actually making the call.  If not linked with libvtv,
    578  1.10    mrg the verifier will call stub functions (in libstdc++ itself) and do nothing.
    579   1.5    mrg If vtable verification is disabled, then libstdc++ is not built with its
    580   1.5    mrg virtual calls in verifiable mode at all.  However the libvtv library will
    581  1.10    mrg still be built (see <samp>--disable-libvtv</samp> to turn off building libvtv).
    582  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-vtable-verify</samp> is the default.
    583  1.10    mrg </p>
    584  1.10    mrg </dd>
    585  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-gcov</code></dt>
    586  1.12    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time library used for coverage analysis
    587  1.12    mrg and associated host tools should not be built.
    588  1.12    mrg </p>
    589  1.12    mrg </dd>
    590  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-multilib</code></dt>
    591  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that multiple target
    592   1.1    mrg libraries to support different target variants, calling
    593   1.1    mrg conventions, etc. should not be built.  The default is to build a
    594   1.1    mrg predefined set of them.
    595  1.10    mrg </p>
    596  1.10    mrg <p>Some targets provide finer-grained control over which multilibs are built
    597  1.10    mrg (e.g., <samp>--disable-softfloat</samp>):
    598  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    599  1.15    mrg <dt><code>arm-*-*</code></dt>
    600  1.10    mrg <dd><p>fpu, 26bit, underscore, interwork, biendian, nofmult.
    601  1.10    mrg </p>
    602  1.10    mrg </dd>
    603  1.15    mrg <dt><code>m68*-*-*</code></dt>
    604  1.10    mrg <dd><p>softfloat, m68881, m68000, m68020.
    605  1.10    mrg </p>
    606  1.10    mrg </dd>
    607  1.15    mrg <dt><code>mips*-*-*</code></dt>
    608  1.10    mrg <dd><p>single-float, biendian, softfloat.
    609  1.10    mrg </p>
    610  1.10    mrg </dd>
    611  1.15    mrg <dt><code>msp430-*-*</code></dt>
    612  1.13    mrg <dd><p>no-exceptions
    613  1.13    mrg </p>
    614  1.13    mrg </dd>
    615  1.15    mrg <dt><code>powerpc*-*-*, rs6000*-*-*</code></dt>
    616  1.10    mrg <dd><p>aix64, pthread, softfloat, powercpu, powerpccpu, powerpcos, biendian,
    617   1.1    mrg sysv, aix.
    618  1.10    mrg </p>
    619  1.10    mrg </dd>
    620  1.10    mrg </dl>
    621   1.1    mrg 
    622  1.10    mrg </dd>
    623  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-multilib-list=<var>list</var></code></dt>
    624  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--without-multilib-list</code></dt>
    625  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify what multilibs to build.  <var>list</var> is a comma separated list of
    626   1.9    mrg values, possibly consisting of a single value.  Currently only implemented
    627  1.12    mrg for aarch64*-*-*, arm*-*-*, riscv*-*-*, sh*-*-* and x86-64-*-linux*.  The
    628  1.12    mrg accepted values and meaning for each target is given below.
    629  1.10    mrg </p>
    630  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
    631  1.15    mrg <dt><code>aarch64*-*-*</code></dt>
    632  1.10    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of <code>ilp32</code>, and <code>lp64</code>
    633  1.10    mrg to enable ILP32 and LP64 run-time libraries, respectively.  If
    634  1.10    mrg <var>list</var> is empty, then there will be no multilibs and only the
    635  1.10    mrg default run-time library will be built.  If <var>list</var> is
    636  1.10    mrg <code>default</code> or &ndash;with-multilib-list= is not specified, then the
    637  1.10    mrg default set of libraries is selected based on the value of
    638  1.10    mrg <samp>--target</samp>.
    639  1.10    mrg </p>
    640  1.10    mrg </dd>
    641  1.15    mrg <dt><code>arm*-*-*</code></dt>
    642  1.12    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of <code>aprofile</code> and
    643  1.12    mrg <code>rmprofile</code> to build multilibs for A or R and M architecture
    644  1.12    mrg profiles respectively.  Note that, due to some limitation of the current
    645  1.12    mrg multilib framework, using the combined <code>aprofile,rmprofile</code>
    646  1.12    mrg multilibs selects in some cases a less optimal multilib than when using
    647  1.12    mrg the multilib profile for the architecture targetted.  The special value
    648  1.12    mrg <code>default</code> is also accepted and is equivalent to omitting the
    649  1.12    mrg option, i.e., only the default run-time library will be enabled.
    650  1.12    mrg </p>
    651  1.12    mrg <p><var>list</var> may instead contain <code>@name</code>, to use the multilib
    652  1.12    mrg configuration Makefile fragment <samp>name</samp> in <samp>gcc/config/arm</samp> in
    653  1.12    mrg the source tree (it is part of the corresponding sources, after all).
    654  1.12    mrg It is recommended, but not required, that files used for this purpose to
    655  1.12    mrg be named starting with <samp>t-ml-</samp>, to make their intended purpose
    656  1.12    mrg self-evident, in line with GCC conventions.  Such files enable custom,
    657  1.12    mrg user-chosen multilib lists to be configured.  Whether multiple such
    658  1.12    mrg files can be used together depends on the contents of the supplied
    659  1.12    mrg files.  See <samp>gcc/config/arm/t-multilib</samp> and its supplementary
    660  1.12    mrg <samp>gcc/config/arm/t-*profile</samp> files for an example of what such
    661  1.12    mrg Makefile fragments might look like for this version of GCC.  The macros
    662  1.12    mrg expected to be defined in these fragments are not stable across GCC
    663  1.12    mrg releases, so make sure they define the <code>MULTILIB</code>-related macros
    664  1.12    mrg expected by the version of GCC you are building.
    665  1.12    mrg See &ldquo;Target Makefile Fragments&rdquo; in the internals manual.
    666  1.10    mrg </p>
    667  1.10    mrg <p>The table below gives the combination of ISAs, architectures, FPUs and
    668  1.12    mrg floating-point ABIs for which multilibs are built for each predefined
    669  1.12    mrg profile.  The union of these options is considered when specifying both
    670  1.12    mrg <code>aprofile</code> and <code>rmprofile</code>.
    671  1.10    mrg </p>
    672  1.10    mrg <table>
    673  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">Option</td><td width="28%">aprofile</td><td width="30%">rmprofile</td></tr>
    674  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>
    675  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">Architectures<br><br><br><br><br><br></td><td width="28%">default architecture<br>
    676   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7-a</code><br>
    677   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7ve</code><br>
    678  1.10    mrg <code>-march=armv8-a</code><br><br><br></td><td width="30%">default architecture<br>
    679   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv6s-m</code><br>
    680   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7-m</code><br>
    681   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv7e-m</code><br>
    682   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv8-m.base</code><br>
    683   1.9    mrg <code>-march=armv8-m.main</code><br>
    684  1.10    mrg <code>-march=armv7</code></td></tr>
    685  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">FPUs<br><br><br><br><br></td><td width="28%">none<br>
    686   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=vfpv3-d16</code><br>
    687   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=neon</code><br>
    688   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=vfpv4-d16</code><br>
    689   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=neon-vfpv4</code><br>
    690  1.10    mrg <code>-mfpu=neon-fp-armv8</code></td><td width="30%">none<br>
    691   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=vfpv3-d16</code><br>
    692   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16</code><br>
    693   1.9    mrg <code>-mfpu=fpv5-sp-d16</code><br>
    694  1.10    mrg <code>-mfpu=fpv5-d16</code><br></td></tr>
    695  1.10    mrg <tr><td width="15%">floating-point ABIs<br><br></td><td width="28%"><code>-mfloat-abi=soft</code><br>
    696   1.9    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=softfp</code><br>
    697  1.10    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=hard</code></td><td width="30%"><code>-mfloat-abi=soft</code><br>
    698   1.9    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=softfp</code><br>
    699  1.10    mrg <code>-mfloat-abi=hard</code></td></tr>
    700  1.10    mrg </table>
    701   1.9    mrg 
    702  1.10    mrg </dd>
    703  1.15    mrg <dt><code>riscv*-*-*</code></dt>
    704  1.12    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a single ABI name.  The target architecture must be either
    705  1.12    mrg <code>rv32gc</code> or <code>rv64gc</code>.  This will build a single multilib for the
    706  1.12    mrg specified architecture and ABI pair.  If <code>--with-multilib-list</code> is not
    707  1.12    mrg given, then a default set of multilibs is selected based on the value of
    708  1.12    mrg <samp>--target</samp>.  This is usually a large set of multilibs.
    709  1.12    mrg </p>
    710  1.12    mrg </dd>
    711  1.15    mrg <dt><code>sh*-*-*</code></dt>
    712  1.10    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of CPU names.  These must be of the
    713   1.1    mrg form <code>sh*</code> or <code>m*</code> (in which case they match the compiler option
    714   1.1    mrg for that processor).  The list should not contain any endian options -
    715  1.10    mrg these are handled by <samp>--with-endian</samp>.
    716  1.10    mrg </p>
    717  1.10    mrg <p>If <var>list</var> is empty, then there will be no multilibs for extra
    718   1.1    mrg processors.  The multilib for the secondary endian remains enabled.
    719  1.10    mrg </p>
    720  1.10    mrg <p>As a special case, if an entry in the list starts with a <code>!</code>
    721  1.10    mrg (exclamation point), then it is added to the list of excluded multilibs.
    722  1.10    mrg Entries of this sort should be compatible with &lsquo;<samp>MULTILIB_EXCLUDES</samp>&rsquo;
    723   1.1    mrg (once the leading <code>!</code> has been stripped).
    724  1.10    mrg </p>
    725  1.10    mrg <p>If <samp>--with-multilib-list</samp> is not given, then a default set of
    726  1.10    mrg multilibs is selected based on the value of <samp>--target</samp>.  This is
    727   1.1    mrg usually the complete set of libraries, but some targets imply a more
    728   1.1    mrg specialized subset.
    729  1.10    mrg </p>
    730  1.10    mrg <p>Example 1: to configure a compiler for SH4A only, but supporting both
    731  1.10    mrg endians, with little endian being the default:
    732  1.15    mrg </p><div class="smallexample">
    733  1.15    mrg <pre class="smallexample">--with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big --with-multilib-list=
    734  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
    735   1.9    mrg 
    736  1.10    mrg <p>Example 2: to configure a compiler for both SH4A and SH4AL-DSP, but with
    737   1.1    mrg only little endian SH4AL:
    738  1.15    mrg </p><div class="smallexample">
    739  1.15    mrg <pre class="smallexample">--with-cpu=sh4a --with-endian=little,big \
    740  1.10    mrg --with-multilib-list=sh4al,!mb/m4al
    741  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
    742  1.10    mrg 
    743  1.10    mrg </dd>
    744  1.15    mrg <dt><code>x86-64-*-linux*</code></dt>
    745  1.10    mrg <dd><p><var>list</var> is a comma separated list of <code>m32</code>, <code>m64</code> and
    746   1.3  skrll <code>mx32</code> to enable 32-bit, 64-bit and x32 run-time libraries,
    747   1.3  skrll respectively.  If <var>list</var> is empty, then there will be no multilibs
    748   1.3  skrll and only the default run-time library will be enabled.
    749  1.10    mrg </p>
    750  1.10    mrg <p>If <samp>--with-multilib-list</samp> is not given, then only 32-bit and
    751  1.10    mrg 64-bit run-time libraries will be enabled.
    752  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    753   1.3  skrll </dl>
    754   1.3  skrll 
    755  1.10    mrg </dd>
    756  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-endian=<var>endians</var></code></dt>
    757  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify what endians to use.
    758   1.1    mrg Currently only implemented for sh*-*-*.
    759  1.10    mrg </p>
    760  1.10    mrg <p><var>endians</var> may be one of the following:
    761  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    762  1.15    mrg <dt><code>big</code></dt>
    763  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use big endian exclusively.
    764  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    765  1.15    mrg <dt><code>little</code></dt>
    766  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use little endian exclusively.
    767  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    768  1.15    mrg <dt><code>big,little</code></dt>
    769  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use big endian by default.  Provide a multilib for little endian.
    770  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    771  1.15    mrg <dt><code>little,big</code></dt>
    772  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use little endian by default.  Provide a multilib for big endian.
    773  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    774   1.1    mrg </dl>
    775   1.1    mrg 
    776  1.10    mrg </dd>
    777  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-threads</code></dt>
    778  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the target
    779   1.1    mrg supports threads.  This affects the Objective-C compiler and runtime
    780  1.10    mrg library, and exception handling for other languages like C++.
    781   1.1    mrg On some systems, this is the default.
    782  1.10    mrg </p>
    783  1.10    mrg <p>In general, the best (and, in many cases, the only known) threading
    784   1.1    mrg model available will be configured for use.  Beware that on some
    785   1.1    mrg systems, GCC has not been taught what threading models are generally
    786  1.10    mrg available for the system.  In this case, <samp>--enable-threads</samp> is an
    787  1.10    mrg alias for <samp>--enable-threads=single</samp>.
    788  1.10    mrg </p>
    789  1.10    mrg </dd>
    790  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-threads</code></dt>
    791  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that threading support should be disabled for the system.
    792  1.10    mrg This is an alias for <samp>--enable-threads=single</samp>.
    793  1.10    mrg </p>
    794  1.10    mrg </dd>
    795  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-threads=<var>lib</var></code></dt>
    796  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that
    797   1.1    mrg <var>lib</var> is the thread support library.  This affects the Objective-C
    798   1.1    mrg compiler and runtime library, and exception handling for other languages
    799   1.9    mrg like C++.  The possibilities for <var>lib</var> are:
    800  1.10    mrg </p>
    801  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
    802  1.15    mrg <dt><code>aix</code></dt>
    803  1.10    mrg <dd><p>AIX thread support.
    804  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    805  1.15    mrg <dt><code>dce</code></dt>
    806  1.10    mrg <dd><p>DCE thread support.
    807  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    808  1.15    mrg <dt><code>lynx</code></dt>
    809  1.10    mrg <dd><p>LynxOS thread support.
    810  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    811  1.15    mrg <dt><code>mipssde</code></dt>
    812  1.10    mrg <dd><p>MIPS SDE thread support.
    813  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    814  1.15    mrg <dt><code>no</code></dt>
    815  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This is an alias for &lsquo;<samp>single</samp>&rsquo;.
    816  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    817  1.15    mrg <dt><code>posix</code></dt>
    818  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Generic POSIX/Unix98 thread support.
    819  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    820  1.15    mrg <dt><code>rtems</code></dt>
    821  1.10    mrg <dd><p>RTEMS thread support.
    822  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    823  1.15    mrg <dt><code>single</code></dt>
    824  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
    825  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    826  1.15    mrg <dt><code>tpf</code></dt>
    827  1.10    mrg <dd><p>TPF thread support.
    828  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    829  1.15    mrg <dt><code>vxworks</code></dt>
    830  1.10    mrg <dd><p>VxWorks thread support.
    831  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    832  1.15    mrg <dt><code>win32</code></dt>
    833  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
    834  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    835   1.1    mrg </dl>
    836   1.1    mrg 
    837  1.10    mrg </dd>
    838  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-tls</code></dt>
    839  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the target supports TLS (Thread Local Storage).  Usually
    840   1.1    mrg configure can correctly determine if TLS is supported.  In cases where
    841   1.1    mrg it guesses incorrectly, TLS can be explicitly enabled or disabled with
    842  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-tls</samp> or <samp>--disable-tls</samp>.  This can happen if
    843   1.1    mrg the assembler supports TLS but the C library does not, or if the
    844   1.1    mrg assumptions made by the configure test are incorrect.
    845  1.10    mrg </p>
    846  1.10    mrg </dd>
    847  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-tls</code></dt>
    848  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the target does not support TLS.
    849  1.10    mrg This is an alias for <samp>--enable-tls=no</samp>.
    850  1.10    mrg </p>
    851  1.10    mrg </dd>
    852  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-tm-clone-registry</code></dt>
    853  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Disable TM clone registry in libgcc. It is enabled in libgcc by default.
    854  1.13    mrg This option helps to reduce code size for embedded targets which do
    855  1.13    mrg not use transactional memory.
    856  1.13    mrg </p>
    857  1.13    mrg </dd>
    858  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpu=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    859  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpu-32=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    860  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpu-64=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    861  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify which cpu variant the compiler should generate code for by default.
    862  1.10    mrg <var>cpu</var> will be used as the default value of the <samp>-mcpu=</samp> switch.
    863   1.5    mrg This option is only supported on some targets, including ARC, ARM, i386, M68k,
    864  1.10    mrg PowerPC, and SPARC.  It is mandatory for ARC.  The <samp>--with-cpu-32</samp> and
    865  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-cpu-64</samp> options specify separate default CPUs for
    866  1.13    mrg 32-bit and 64-bit modes; these options are only supported for aarch64, i386,
    867   1.7    mrg x86-64, PowerPC, and SPARC.
    868  1.10    mrg </p>
    869  1.10    mrg </dd>
    870  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-schedule=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    871  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-arch=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    872  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-arch-32=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    873  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-arch-64=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    874  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-tune=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    875  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-tune-32=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    876  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-tune-64=<var>cpu</var></code></dt>
    877  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-abi=<var>abi</var></code></dt>
    878  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-fpu=<var>type</var></code></dt>
    879  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-float=<var>type</var></code></dt>
    880  1.10    mrg <dd><p>These configure options provide default values for the <samp>-mschedule=</samp>,
    881  1.10    mrg <samp>-march=</samp>, <samp>-mtune=</samp>, <samp>-mabi=</samp>, and <samp>-mfpu=</samp>
    882  1.10    mrg options and for <samp>-mhard-float</samp> or <samp>-msoft-float</samp>.  As with
    883  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-cpu</samp>, which switches will be accepted and acceptable values
    884   1.1    mrg of the arguments depend on the target.
    885  1.10    mrg </p>
    886  1.10    mrg </dd>
    887  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mode=<var>mode</var></code></dt>
    888  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify if the compiler should default to <samp>-marm</samp> or <samp>-mthumb</samp>.
    889   1.1    mrg This option is only supported on ARM targets.
    890  1.10    mrg </p>
    891  1.10    mrg </dd>
    892  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-stack-offset=<var>num</var></code></dt>
    893  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option sets the default for the -mstack-offset=<var>num</var> option,
    894   1.3  skrll and will thus generally also control the setting of this option for
    895   1.3  skrll libraries.  This option is only supported on Epiphany targets.
    896  1.10    mrg </p>
    897  1.10    mrg </dd>
    898  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-fpmath=<var>isa</var></code></dt>
    899  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This options sets <samp>-mfpmath=sse</samp> by default and specifies the default
    900  1.10    mrg ISA for floating-point arithmetics.  You can select either &lsquo;<samp>sse</samp>&rsquo; which
    901  1.10    mrg enables <samp>-msse2</samp> or &lsquo;<samp>avx</samp>&rsquo; which enables <samp>-mavx</samp> by default.
    902   1.3  skrll This option is only supported on i386 and x86-64 targets.
    903  1.10    mrg </p>
    904  1.10    mrg </dd>
    905  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-fp-32=<var>mode</var></code></dt>
    906  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the default value for the <samp>-mfp</samp> option when using
    907   1.5    mrg the o32 ABI.  The possibilities for <var>mode</var> are:
    908  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    909  1.15    mrg <dt><code>32</code></dt>
    910  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the o32 FP32 ABI extension, as with the <samp>-mfp32</samp> command-line
    911  1.10    mrg option.
    912  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    913  1.15    mrg <dt><code>xx</code></dt>
    914  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the o32 FPXX ABI extension, as with the <samp>-mfpxx</samp> command-line
    915  1.10    mrg option.
    916  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    917  1.15    mrg <dt><code>64</code></dt>
    918  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the o32 FP64 ABI extension, as with the <samp>-mfp64</samp> command-line
    919  1.10    mrg option.
    920  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    921   1.5    mrg </dl>
    922  1.10    mrg <p>In the absence of this configuration option the default is to use the o32
    923   1.5    mrg FP32 ABI extension.
    924  1.10    mrg </p>
    925  1.10    mrg </dd>
    926  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-odd-spreg-32</code></dt>
    927  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the <samp>-modd-spreg</samp> option by default when using
    928   1.5    mrg the o32 ABI.
    929  1.10    mrg </p>
    930  1.10    mrg </dd>
    931  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--without-odd-spreg-32</code></dt>
    932  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the <samp>-mno-odd-spreg</samp> option by default when using
    933   1.5    mrg the o32 ABI.  This is normally used in conjunction with
    934  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-fp-32=64</samp> in order to target the o32 FP64A ABI extension.
    935  1.10    mrg </p>
    936  1.10    mrg </dd>
    937  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-nan=<var>encoding</var></code></dt>
    938  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, set the default encoding convention to use for the
    939   1.5    mrg special not-a-number (NaN) IEEE 754 floating-point data.  The
    940   1.5    mrg possibilities for <var>encoding</var> are:
    941  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    942  1.15    mrg <dt><code>legacy</code></dt>
    943  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the legacy encoding, as with the <samp>-mnan=legacy</samp> command-line
    944  1.10    mrg option.
    945  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    946  1.15    mrg <dt><code>2008</code></dt>
    947  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Use the 754-2008 encoding, as with the <samp>-mnan=2008</samp> command-line
    948  1.10    mrg option.
    949  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    950   1.5    mrg </dl>
    951  1.10    mrg <p>To use this configuration option you must have an assembler version
    952  1.10    mrg installed that supports the <samp>-mnan=</samp> command-line option too.
    953   1.5    mrg In the absence of this configuration option the default convention is
    954  1.10    mrg the legacy encoding, as when neither of the <samp>-mnan=2008</samp> and
    955  1.10    mrg <samp>-mnan=legacy</samp> command-line options has been used.
    956  1.10    mrg </p>
    957  1.10    mrg </dd>
    958  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-divide=<var>type</var></code></dt>
    959  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
    960  1.10    mrg division by zero.  This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
    961   1.1    mrg The possibilities for <var>type</var> are:
    962  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
    963  1.15    mrg <dt><code>traps</code></dt>
    964  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Division by zero checks use conditional traps (this is the default on
    965  1.10    mrg systems that support conditional traps).
    966  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    967  1.15    mrg <dt><code>breaks</code></dt>
    968  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Division by zero checks use the break instruction.
    969  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
    970   1.1    mrg </dl>
    971   1.1    mrg 
    972  1.10    mrg 
    973  1.10    mrg </dd>
    974  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-llsc</code></dt>
    975  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mllsc</samp> the default when no
    976  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-llsc</samp> option is passed.  This is the default for
    977   1.1    mrg Linux-based targets, as the kernel will emulate them if the ISA does
    978   1.1    mrg not provide them.
    979  1.10    mrg </p>
    980  1.10    mrg </dd>
    981  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--without-llsc</code></dt>
    982  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-llsc</samp> the default when no
    983  1.10    mrg <samp>-mllsc</samp> option is passed.
    984  1.10    mrg </p>
    985  1.10    mrg </dd>
    986  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-synci</code></dt>
    987  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-msynci</samp> the default when no
    988  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-synci</samp> option is passed.
    989  1.10    mrg </p>
    990  1.10    mrg </dd>
    991  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--without-synci</code></dt>
    992  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-synci</samp> the default when no
    993  1.10    mrg <samp>-msynci</samp> option is passed.  This is the default.
    994  1.10    mrg </p>
    995  1.10    mrg </dd>
    996  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-lxc1-sxc1</code></dt>
    997  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mlxc1-sxc1</samp> the default when no
    998  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-lxc1-sxc1</samp> option is passed.  This is the default.
    999  1.10    mrg </p>
   1000  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1001  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--without-lxc1-sxc1</code></dt>
   1002  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-lxc1-sxc1</samp> the default when no
   1003  1.10    mrg <samp>-mlxc1-sxc1</samp> option is passed.  The indexed load/store
   1004   1.9    mrg instructions are not directly a problem but can lead to unexpected
   1005   1.9    mrg behaviour when deployed in an application intended for a 32-bit address
   1006   1.9    mrg space but run on a 64-bit processor.  The issue is seen because all
   1007   1.9    mrg known MIPS 64-bit Linux kernels execute o32 and n32 applications
   1008   1.9    mrg with 64-bit addressing enabled which affects the overflow behaviour
   1009   1.9    mrg of the indexed addressing mode.  GCC will assume that ordinary
   1010   1.9    mrg 32-bit arithmetic overflow behaviour is the same whether performed
   1011   1.9    mrg as an <code>addu</code> instruction or as part of the address calculation
   1012   1.9    mrg in <code>lwxc1</code> type instructions.  This assumption holds true in a
   1013   1.9    mrg pure 32-bit environment and can hold true in a 64-bit environment if
   1014   1.9    mrg the address space is accurately set to be 32-bit for o32 and n32.
   1015  1.10    mrg </p>
   1016  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1017  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-madd4</code></dt>
   1018  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mmadd4</samp> the default when no
   1019  1.10    mrg <samp>-mno-madd4</samp> option is passed.  This is the default.
   1020  1.10    mrg </p>
   1021  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1022  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--without-madd4</code></dt>
   1023  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make <samp>-mno-madd4</samp> the default when no
   1024  1.10    mrg <samp>-mmadd4</samp> option is passed.  The <code>madd4</code> instruction
   1025   1.9    mrg family can be problematic when targeting a combination of cores that
   1026   1.9    mrg implement these instructions differently.  There are two known cores
   1027   1.9    mrg that implement these as fused operations instead of unfused (where
   1028   1.9    mrg unfused is normally expected).  Disabling these instructions is the
   1029   1.9    mrg only way to ensure compatible code is generated; this will incur
   1030   1.9    mrg a performance penalty.
   1031  1.10    mrg </p>
   1032  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1033  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mips-plt</code></dt>
   1034  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On MIPS targets, make use of copy relocations and PLTs.
   1035   1.1    mrg These features are extensions to the traditional
   1036   1.1    mrg SVR4-based MIPS ABIs and require support from GNU binutils
   1037   1.1    mrg and the runtime C library.
   1038  1.10    mrg </p>
   1039  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1040  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-stack-clash-protection-guard-size=<var>size</var></code></dt>
   1041  1.12    mrg <dd><p>On certain targets this option sets the default stack clash protection guard
   1042  1.12    mrg size as a power of two in bytes.  On AArch64 <var>size</var> is required to be either
   1043  1.12    mrg 12 (4KB) or 16 (64KB).
   1044  1.12    mrg </p>
   1045  1.12    mrg </dd>
   1046  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-__cxa_atexit</code></dt>
   1047  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Define if you want to use __cxa_atexit, rather than atexit, to
   1048  1.10    mrg register C++ destructors for local statics and global objects.
   1049   1.1    mrg This is essential for fully standards-compliant handling of
   1050   1.1    mrg destructors, but requires __cxa_atexit in libc.  This option is currently
   1051   1.1    mrg only available on systems with GNU libc.  When enabled, this will cause
   1052  1.10    mrg <samp>-fuse-cxa-atexit</samp> to be passed by default.
   1053  1.10    mrg </p>
   1054  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1055  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-gnu-indirect-function</code></dt>
   1056  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Define if you want to enable the <code>ifunc</code> attribute.  This option is
   1057   1.3  skrll currently only available on systems with GNU libc on certain targets.
   1058  1.10    mrg </p>
   1059  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1060  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-target-optspace</code></dt>
   1061  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that target
   1062  1.10    mrg libraries should be optimized for code space instead of code speed.
   1063   1.1    mrg This is the default for the m32r platform.
   1064  1.10    mrg </p>
   1065  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1066  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-cpp-install-dir=<var>dirname</var></code></dt>
   1067  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the user visible <code>cpp</code> program should be installed
   1068  1.10    mrg in <samp><var>prefix</var>/<var>dirname</var>/cpp</samp>, in addition to <var>bindir</var>.
   1069  1.10    mrg </p>
   1070  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1071  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-comdat</code></dt>
   1072  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable COMDAT group support.  This is primarily used to override the
   1073   1.1    mrg automatically detected value.
   1074  1.10    mrg </p>
   1075  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1076  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-initfini-array</code></dt>
   1077  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Force the use of sections <code>.init_array</code> and <code>.fini_array</code>
   1078   1.1    mrg (instead of <code>.init</code> and <code>.fini</code>) for constructors and
   1079  1.10    mrg destructors.  Option <samp>--disable-initfini-array</samp> has the
   1080   1.1    mrg opposite effect.  If neither option is specified, the configure script
   1081   1.1    mrg will try to guess whether the <code>.init_array</code> and
   1082   1.1    mrg <code>.fini_array</code> sections are supported and, if they are, use them.
   1083  1.10    mrg </p>
   1084  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1085  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-link-mutex</code></dt>
   1086  1.10    mrg <dd><p>When building GCC, use a mutex to avoid linking the compilers for
   1087   1.5    mrg multiple languages at the same time, to avoid thrashing on build
   1088   1.5    mrg systems with limited free memory.  The default is not to use such a mutex.
   1089  1.10    mrg </p>
   1090  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1091  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-maintainer-mode</code></dt>
   1092  1.10    mrg <dd><p>The build rules that regenerate the Autoconf and Automake output files as
   1093  1.10    mrg well as the GCC master message catalog <samp>gcc.pot</samp> are normally
   1094   1.1    mrg disabled.  This is because it can only be rebuilt if the complete source
   1095   1.1    mrg tree is present.  If you have changed the sources and want to rebuild the
   1096  1.10    mrg catalog, configuring with <samp>--enable-maintainer-mode</samp> will enable
   1097   1.1    mrg this.  Note that you need a recent version of the <code>gettext</code> tools
   1098   1.1    mrg to do so.
   1099  1.10    mrg </p>
   1100  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1101  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-bootstrap</code></dt>
   1102  1.10    mrg <dd><p>For a native build, the default configuration is to perform
   1103  1.10    mrg a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler when &lsquo;<samp>make</samp>&rsquo; is invoked,
   1104   1.1    mrg testing that GCC can compile itself correctly.  If you want to disable
   1105  1.10    mrg this process, you can configure with <samp>--disable-bootstrap</samp>.
   1106  1.10    mrg </p>
   1107  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1108  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-bootstrap</code></dt>
   1109  1.10    mrg <dd><p>In special cases, you may want to perform a 3-stage build
   1110  1.10    mrg even if the target and host triplets are different.
   1111   1.1    mrg This is possible when the host can run code compiled for
   1112  1.10    mrg the target (e.g. host is i686-linux, target is i486-linux).
   1113   1.1    mrg Starting from GCC 4.2, to do this you have to configure explicitly
   1114  1.10    mrg with <samp>--enable-bootstrap</samp>.
   1115  1.10    mrg </p>
   1116  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1117  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir</code></dt>
   1118  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Neither the .c and .h files that are generated from Bison and flex nor the
   1119   1.1    mrg info manuals and man pages that are built from the .texi files are present
   1120  1.11    mrg in the repository development tree.  When building GCC from that development tree,
   1121   1.1    mrg or from one of our snapshots, those generated files are placed in your
   1122   1.1    mrg build directory, which allows for the source to be in a readonly
   1123   1.1    mrg directory.
   1124  1.10    mrg </p>
   1125  1.10    mrg <p>If you configure with <samp>--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir</samp> then those
   1126   1.1    mrg generated files will go into the source directory.  This is mainly intended
   1127   1.1    mrg for generating release or prerelease tarballs of the GCC sources, since it
   1128   1.1    mrg is not a requirement that the users of source releases to have flex, Bison,
   1129   1.1    mrg or makeinfo.
   1130  1.10    mrg </p>
   1131  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1132  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-version-specific-runtime-libs</code></dt>
   1133  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify
   1134   1.1    mrg that runtime libraries should be installed in the compiler specific
   1135  1.10    mrg subdirectory (<samp><var>libdir</var>/gcc</samp>) rather than the usual places.  In
   1136  1.10    mrg addition, &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo;&rsquo;s include files will be installed into
   1137   1.1    mrg <samp><var>libdir</var></samp> unless you overruled it by using
   1138  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gxx-include-dir=<var>dirname</var></samp>.  Using this option is
   1139   1.1    mrg particularly useful if you intend to use several versions of GCC in
   1140  1.13    mrg parallel.  The default is &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo; for &lsquo;<samp>libada</samp>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo; for
   1141  1.13    mrg the remaining libraries.
   1142  1.10    mrg </p>
   1143  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1144  1.15    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>
   1145  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Traditional AIX shared library versioning (versioned <code>Shared Object</code>
   1146   1.5    mrg files as members of unversioned <code>Archive Library</code> files named
   1147  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>lib.a</samp>&rsquo;) causes numerous headaches for package managers. However,
   1148   1.5    mrg <code>Import Files</code> as members of <code>Archive Library</code> files allow for
   1149   1.5    mrg <strong>filename-based versioning</strong> of shared libraries as seen on Linux/SVR4,
   1150  1.10    mrg where this is called the &quot;SONAME&quot;. But as they prevent static linking,
   1151   1.5    mrg <code>Import Files</code> may be used with <code>Runtime Linking</code> only, where the
   1152  1.10    mrg linker does search for &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so</samp>&rsquo; before &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; library
   1153  1.10    mrg filenames with the &lsquo;<samp>-lNAME</samp>&rsquo; linker flag.
   1154  1.10    mrg </p>
   1155  1.15    mrg <a name="AixLdCommand"></a><p>For detailed information please refer to the AIX
   1156  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
   1157  1.10    mrg Command</a> reference.
   1158  1.10    mrg </p>
   1159  1.10    mrg <p>As long as shared library creation is enabled, upon:
   1160  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
   1161  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=aix</code></dt>
   1162  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=both</code></dt>
   1163  1.10    mrg <dd><p>A (traditional AIX) <code>Shared Archive Library</code> file is created:
   1164  1.10    mrg  </p><ul>
   1165  1.10    mrg <li> using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme
   1166  1.10    mrg   </li><li> with the <code>Shared Object</code> file as archive member named
   1167  1.10    mrg   &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; (except for &lsquo;<samp>libgcc_s</samp>&rsquo;, where the <code>Shared
   1168  1.10    mrg   Object</code> file is named &lsquo;<samp>shr.o</samp>&rsquo; for backwards compatibility), which
   1169  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1170  1.10    mrg <li>- is used for runtime loading from inside the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; file
   1171  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for dynamic loading via
   1172  1.10    mrg    <code>dlopen(&quot;libNAME.a(libNAME.so.V)&quot;, RTLD_MEMBER)</code>
   1173  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for shared linking
   1174  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for static linking, so no separate <code>Static Archive
   1175   1.5    mrg    Library</code> file is needed
   1176  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1177  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
   1178  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1179  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=both</code></dt>
   1180  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=svr4</code></dt>
   1181  1.10    mrg <dd><p>A (second) <code>Shared Archive Library</code> file is created:
   1182  1.10    mrg  </p><ul>
   1183  1.10    mrg <li> using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme
   1184  1.10    mrg  </li><li> with the <code>Shared Object</code> file as archive member named
   1185  1.10    mrg  &lsquo;<samp>shr.o</samp>&rsquo;, which
   1186  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1187  1.10    mrg <li>- is created with the <code>-G linker flag</code>
   1188  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- has the <code>F_LOADONLY</code> flag set
   1189  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for runtime loading from inside the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; file
   1190  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is used for dynamic loading via <code>dlopen(&quot;libNAME.so.V(shr.o)&quot;,
   1191   1.5    mrg    RTLD_MEMBER)</code>
   1192  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1193  1.10    mrg </li><li> with the <code>Import File</code> as archive member named &lsquo;<samp>shr.imp</samp>&rsquo;,
   1194   1.5    mrg  which
   1195  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1196  1.10    mrg <li>- refers to &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo; as the &quot;SONAME&quot;, to be recorded
   1197   1.5    mrg    in the <code>Loader Section</code> of subsequent binaries
   1198  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- indicates whether &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo; is 32 or 64 bit
   1199  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- lists all the public symbols exported by &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo;,
   1200  1.10    mrg    eventually decorated with the <code>&lsquo;<samp>weak</samp>&rsquo; Keyword</code>
   1201  1.10    mrg    </li><li>- is necessary for shared linking against &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo;
   1202  1.10    mrg    </li></ul>
   1203  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
   1204  1.10    mrg <p>A symbolic link using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme is created:
   1205  1.10    mrg   </p><ul>
   1206  1.10    mrg <li> pointing to the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.so.V</samp>&rsquo; <code>Shared Archive Library</code> file
   1207  1.10    mrg   </li><li> to permit the <code>ld Command</code> to find &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.imp)</samp>&rsquo; via
   1208  1.10    mrg   the &lsquo;<samp>-lNAME</samp>&rsquo; argument (requires <code>Runtime Linking</code> to be enabled)
   1209  1.10    mrg   </li><li> to permit dynamic loading of &lsquo;<samp>lib.so.V(shr.o)</samp>&rsquo; without the need
   1210  1.10    mrg   to specify the version number via <code>dlopen(&quot;libNAME.so(shr.o)&quot;,
   1211   1.5    mrg   RTLD_MEMBER)</code>
   1212  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1213  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1214  1.10    mrg </dl>
   1215   1.5    mrg 
   1216  1.10    mrg <p>As long as static library creation is enabled, upon:
   1217  1.10    mrg </p><dl compact="compact">
   1218  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-aix-soname=svr4</code></dt>
   1219  1.10    mrg <dd><p>A <code>Static Archive Library</code> is created:
   1220  1.10    mrg  </p><ul>
   1221  1.10    mrg <li> using the &lsquo;<samp>libNAME.a</samp>&rsquo; filename scheme
   1222  1.10    mrg  </li><li> with all the <code>Static Object</code> files as archive members, which
   1223  1.10    mrg   <ul class="no-bullet">
   1224  1.10    mrg <li>- are used for static linking
   1225  1.10    mrg   </li></ul>
   1226  1.10    mrg </li></ul>
   1227  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1228  1.10    mrg </dl>
   1229   1.5    mrg 
   1230  1.10    mrg <p>While the aix-soname=&lsquo;<samp>svr4</samp>&rsquo; option does not create <code>Shared Object</code>
   1231   1.5    mrg files as members of unversioned <code>Archive Library</code> files any more, package
   1232   1.5    mrg managers still are responsible to
   1233   1.5    mrg <a href="./specific.html#TransferAixShobj">transfer</a> <code>Shared Object</code> files
   1234   1.5    mrg found as member of a previously installed unversioned <code>Archive Library</code>
   1235   1.5    mrg file into the newly installed <code>Archive Library</code> file with the same
   1236   1.5    mrg filename.
   1237  1.10    mrg </p>
   1238  1.10    mrg <p><em>WARNING:</em> Creating <code>Shared Object</code> files with <code>Runtime Linking</code>
   1239   1.5    mrg enabled may bloat the TOC, eventually leading to <code>TOC overflow</code> errors,
   1240  1.10    mrg requiring the use of either the <samp>-Wl,-bbigtoc</samp> linker flag (seen to
   1241   1.5    mrg break with the <code>GDB</code> debugger) or some of the TOC-related compiler flags,
   1242   1.5    mrg see &ldquo;RS/6000 and PowerPC Options&rdquo; in the main manual.
   1243  1.10    mrg </p>
   1244  1.10    mrg <p><samp>--with-aix-soname</samp> is currently supported by &lsquo;<samp>libgcc_s</samp>&rsquo; only, so
   1245   1.5    mrg this option is still experimental and not for normal use yet.
   1246  1.10    mrg </p>
   1247  1.10    mrg <p>Default is the traditional behavior <samp>--with-aix-soname=&lsquo;<samp>aix</samp>&rsquo;</samp>.
   1248  1.10    mrg </p>
   1249  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1250  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-languages=<var>lang1</var>,<var>lang2</var>,&hellip;</code></dt>
   1251  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that only a particular subset of compilers and
   1252   1.1    mrg their runtime libraries should be built.  For a list of valid values for
   1253   1.1    mrg <var>langN</var> you can issue the following command in the
   1254  1.10    mrg <samp>gcc</samp> directory of your GCC source tree:<br>
   1255  1.15    mrg </p><div class="smallexample">
   1256  1.15    mrg <pre class="smallexample">grep ^language= */config-lang.in
   1257  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1258  1.10    mrg <p>Currently, you can use any of the following:
   1259  1.12    mrg <code>all</code>, <code>default</code>, <code>ada</code>, <code>c</code>, <code>c++</code>, <code>d</code>,
   1260  1.12    mrg <code>fortran</code>, <code>go</code>, <code>jit</code>, <code>lto</code>, <code>objc</code>, <code>obj-c++</code>.
   1261  1.10    mrg Building the Ada compiler has special requirements, see below.
   1262  1.10    mrg If you do not pass this flag, or specify the option <code>default</code>, then the
   1263  1.10    mrg default languages available in the <samp>gcc</samp> sub-tree will be configured.
   1264  1.12    mrg Ada, D, Go, Jit, and Objective-C++ are not default languages.  LTO is not a
   1265  1.10    mrg default language, but is built by default because <samp>--enable-lto</samp> is
   1266  1.10    mrg enabled by default.  The other languages are default languages.  If
   1267  1.10    mrg <code>all</code> is specified, then all available languages are built.  An
   1268  1.10    mrg exception is <code>jit</code> language, which requires
   1269  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-host-shared</samp> to be included with <code>all</code>.
   1270  1.10    mrg </p>
   1271  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1272  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-stage1-languages=<var>lang1</var>,<var>lang2</var>,&hellip;</code></dt>
   1273  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that a particular subset of compilers and their runtime
   1274   1.1    mrg libraries should be built with the system C compiler during stage 1 of
   1275   1.1    mrg the bootstrap process, rather than only in later stages with the
   1276   1.1    mrg bootstrapped C compiler.  The list of valid values is the same as for
   1277  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-languages</samp>, and the option <code>all</code> will select all
   1278  1.10    mrg of the languages enabled by <samp>--enable-languages</samp>.  This option is
   1279   1.1    mrg primarily useful for GCC development; for instance, when a development
   1280   1.1    mrg version of the compiler cannot bootstrap due to compiler bugs, or when
   1281   1.1    mrg one is debugging front ends other than the C front end.  When this
   1282   1.1    mrg option is used, one can then build the target libraries for the
   1283  1.10    mrg specified languages with the stage-1 compiler by using <code>make
   1284  1.10    mrg stage1-bubble all-target</code>, or run the testsuite on the stage-1 compiler
   1285  1.10    mrg for the specified languages using <code>make stage1-start check-gcc</code>.
   1286  1.10    mrg </p>
   1287  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1288  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libada</code></dt>
   1289  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries and tools used by GNAT should not
   1290   1.1    mrg be built.  This can be useful for debugging, or for compatibility with
   1291   1.1    mrg previous Ada build procedures, when it was required to explicitly
   1292  1.10    mrg do a &lsquo;<samp>make -C gcc gnatlib_and_tools</samp>&rsquo;.
   1293  1.10    mrg </p>
   1294  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1295  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libsanitizer</code></dt>
   1296  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries for the various sanitizers should
   1297   1.5    mrg not be built.
   1298  1.10    mrg </p>
   1299  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1300  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libssp</code></dt>
   1301  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries for stack smashing protection
   1302  1.10    mrg should not be built or linked against.  On many targets library support
   1303  1.10    mrg is provided by the C library instead.
   1304  1.10    mrg </p>
   1305  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1306  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libquadmath</code></dt>
   1307  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the GCC quad-precision math library should not be built.
   1308   1.3  skrll On some systems, the library is required to be linkable when building
   1309  1.10    mrg the Fortran front end, unless <samp>--disable-libquadmath-support</samp>
   1310   1.3  skrll is used.
   1311  1.10    mrg </p>
   1312  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1313  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libquadmath-support</code></dt>
   1314  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the Fortran front end and <code>libgfortran</code> do not add
   1315   1.3  skrll support for <code>libquadmath</code> on systems supporting it.
   1316  1.10    mrg </p>
   1317  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1318  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libgomp</code></dt>
   1319  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the GNU Offloading and Multi Processing Runtime Library
   1320   1.5    mrg should not be built.
   1321  1.10    mrg </p>
   1322  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1323  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libvtv</code></dt>
   1324  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the run-time libraries used by vtable verification
   1325   1.5    mrg should not be built.
   1326  1.10    mrg </p>
   1327  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1328  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-dwarf2</code></dt>
   1329  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the compiler should
   1330   1.1    mrg use DWARF 2 debugging information as the default.
   1331  1.10    mrg </p>
   1332  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1333  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-advance-toolchain=<var>at</var></code></dt>
   1334  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On 64-bit PowerPC Linux systems, configure the compiler to use the
   1335   1.7    mrg header files, library files, and the dynamic linker from the Advance
   1336   1.7    mrg Toolchain release <var>at</var> instead of the default versions that are
   1337   1.7    mrg provided by the Linux distribution.  In general, this option is
   1338   1.7    mrg intended for the developers of GCC, and it is not intended for general
   1339   1.7    mrg use.
   1340  1.10    mrg </p>
   1341  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1342  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-targets=all</code></dt>
   1343  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-targets=<var>target_list</var></code></dt>
   1344  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Some GCC targets, e.g. powerpc64-linux, build bi-arch compilers.
   1345   1.1    mrg These are compilers that are able to generate either 64-bit or 32-bit
   1346  1.10    mrg code.  Typically, the corresponding 32-bit target, e.g.
   1347   1.1    mrg powerpc-linux for powerpc64-linux, only generates 32-bit code.  This
   1348   1.1    mrg option enables the 32-bit target to be a bi-arch compiler, which is
   1349   1.1    mrg useful when you want a bi-arch compiler that defaults to 32-bit, and
   1350  1.10    mrg you are building a bi-arch or multi-arch binutils in a combined tree.
   1351   1.1    mrg On mips-linux, this will build a tri-arch compiler (ABI o32/n32/64),
   1352  1.10    mrg defaulted to o32.
   1353   1.3  skrll Currently, this option only affects sparc-linux, powerpc-linux, x86-linux,
   1354   1.3  skrll mips-linux and s390-linux.
   1355  1.10    mrg </p>
   1356  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1357  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-default-pie</code></dt>
   1358  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Turn on <samp>-fPIE</samp> and <samp>-pie</samp> by default.
   1359  1.10    mrg </p>
   1360  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1361  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-secureplt</code></dt>
   1362  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option enables <samp>-msecure-plt</samp> by default for powerpc-linux.
   1363   1.1    mrg See &ldquo;RS/6000 and PowerPC Options&rdquo; in the main manual
   1364  1.10    mrg </p>
   1365  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1366  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-default-ssp</code></dt>
   1367  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Turn on <samp>-fstack-protector-strong</samp> by default.
   1368  1.10    mrg </p>
   1369  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1370  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-cld</code></dt>
   1371  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option enables <samp>-mcld</samp> by default for 32-bit x86 targets.
   1372   1.1    mrg See &ldquo;i386 and x86-64 Options&rdquo; in the main manual
   1373  1.10    mrg </p>
   1374  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1375  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-large-address-aware</code></dt>
   1376  1.12    mrg <dd><p>The <samp>--enable-large-address-aware</samp> option arranges for MinGW
   1377  1.12    mrg executables to be linked using the <samp>--large-address-aware</samp>
   1378  1.12    mrg option, that enables the use of more than 2GB of memory.  If GCC is
   1379  1.12    mrg configured with this option, its effects can be reversed by passing the
   1380  1.12    mrg <samp>-Wl,--disable-large-address-aware</samp> option to the so-configured
   1381  1.12    mrg compiler driver.
   1382  1.12    mrg </p>
   1383  1.12    mrg </dd>
   1384  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-win32-registry</code></dt>
   1385  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-win32-registry=<var>key</var></code></dt>
   1386  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-win32-registry</code></dt>
   1387  1.10    mrg <dd><p>The <samp>--enable-win32-registry</samp> option enables Microsoft Windows-hosted GCC
   1388   1.1    mrg to look up installations paths in the registry using the following key:
   1389  1.10    mrg </p>
   1390  1.15    mrg <div class="smallexample">
   1391  1.15    mrg <pre class="smallexample"><code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Free Software Foundation\<var>key</var></code>
   1392  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1393   1.1    mrg 
   1394  1.10    mrg <p><var>key</var> defaults to GCC version number, and can be overridden by the
   1395  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-win32-registry=<var>key</var></samp> option.  Vendors and distributors
   1396   1.1    mrg who use custom installers are encouraged to provide a different key,
   1397   1.1    mrg perhaps one comprised of vendor name and GCC version number, to
   1398   1.1    mrg avoid conflict with existing installations.  This feature is enabled
   1399  1.10    mrg by default, and can be disabled by <samp>--disable-win32-registry</samp>
   1400   1.1    mrg option.  This option has no effect on the other hosts.
   1401  1.10    mrg </p>
   1402  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1403  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--nfp</code></dt>
   1404  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that the machine does not have a floating point unit.  This
   1405  1.10    mrg option only applies to &lsquo;<samp>m68k-sun-sunos<var>n</var></samp>&rsquo;.  On any other
   1406  1.10    mrg system, <samp>--nfp</samp> has no effect.
   1407  1.10    mrg </p>
   1408  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1409  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-werror</code></dt>
   1410  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-werror</code></dt>
   1411  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-werror=yes</code></dt>
   1412  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-werror=no</code></dt>
   1413  1.10    mrg <dd><p>When you specify this option, it controls whether certain files in the
   1414  1.10    mrg compiler are built with <samp>-Werror</samp> in bootstrap stage2 and later.
   1415  1.10    mrg If you don&rsquo;t specify it, <samp>-Werror</samp> is turned on for the main
   1416   1.1    mrg development trunk.  However it defaults to off for release branches and
   1417  1.10    mrg final releases.  The specific files which get <samp>-Werror</samp> are
   1418   1.1    mrg controlled by the Makefiles.
   1419  1.10    mrg </p>
   1420  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1421  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-checking</code></dt>
   1422  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-checking</code></dt>
   1423  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-checking=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   1424  1.11    mrg <dd><p>This option controls performing internal consistency checks in the compiler.
   1425  1.11    mrg It does not change the generated code, but adds error checking of the
   1426  1.11    mrg requested complexity.  This slows down the compiler and may only work
   1427  1.11    mrg properly if you are building the compiler with GCC.
   1428  1.11    mrg </p>
   1429  1.11    mrg <p>When the option is not specified, the active set of checks depends on context.
   1430  1.11    mrg Namely, bootstrap stage 1 defaults to &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=yes</samp>&rsquo;, builds
   1431  1.11    mrg from release branches or release archives default to
   1432  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=release</samp>&rsquo;, and otherwise
   1433  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=yes,extra</samp>&rsquo; is used.  When the option is
   1434  1.11    mrg specified without a <var>list</var>, the result is the same as
   1435  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=yes</samp>&rsquo;.  Likewise, &lsquo;<samp>--disable-checking</samp>&rsquo; is
   1436  1.11    mrg equivalent to &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=no</samp>&rsquo;.
   1437  1.11    mrg </p>
   1438  1.11    mrg <p>The categories of checks available in <var>list</var> are &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo; (most common
   1439  1.11    mrg checks &lsquo;<samp>assert,misc,gc,gimple,rtlflag,runtime,tree,types</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo;
   1440  1.11    mrg (no checks at all), &lsquo;<samp>all</samp>&rsquo; (all but &lsquo;<samp>valgrind</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>release</samp>&rsquo;
   1441  1.11    mrg (cheapest checks &lsquo;<samp>assert,runtime</samp>&rsquo;) or &lsquo;<samp>none</samp>&rsquo; (same as &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo;).
   1442  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>release</samp>&rsquo; checks are always on and to disable them
   1443  1.11    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--disable-checking</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>--enable-checking=no[,&lt;other checks&gt;]</samp>&rsquo;
   1444  1.11    mrg must be explicitly requested.  Disabling assertions makes the compiler and
   1445  1.11    mrg runtime slightly faster but increases the risk of undetected internal errors
   1446  1.11    mrg causing wrong code to be generated.
   1447  1.11    mrg </p>
   1448  1.11    mrg <p>Individual checks can be enabled with these flags: &lsquo;<samp>assert</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>df</samp>&rsquo;,
   1449  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;,
   1450  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;,
   1451  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;
   1452  1.11    mrg checking with extra checks that might affect code generation and should
   1453  1.11    mrg therefore not differ between stage1 and later stages in bootstrap.
   1454  1.11    mrg </p>
   1455  1.11    mrg <p>The &lsquo;<samp>valgrind</samp>&rsquo; check requires the external <code>valgrind</code> simulator,
   1456  1.11    mrg available from <a href="http://valgrind.org/">http://valgrind.org/</a>.  The &lsquo;<samp>rtl</samp>&rsquo; checks are
   1457  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
   1458  1.11    mrg expensive.
   1459  1.10    mrg </p>
   1460  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1461  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-stage1-checking</code></dt>
   1462  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-stage1-checking</code></dt>
   1463  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-stage1-checking=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   1464  1.11    mrg <dd><p>This option affects only bootstrap build.  If no <samp>--enable-checking</samp>
   1465  1.11    mrg option is specified the stage1 compiler is built with &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo; checking
   1466  1.11    mrg enabled, otherwise the stage1 checking flags are the same as specified by
   1467  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-checking</samp>.  To build the stage1 compiler with
   1468  1.10    mrg different checking options use <samp>--enable-stage1-checking</samp>.
   1469  1.10    mrg The list of checking options is the same as for <samp>--enable-checking</samp>.
   1470   1.1    mrg If your system is too slow or too small to bootstrap a released compiler
   1471  1.10    mrg with checking for stage1 enabled, you can use &lsquo;<samp>--disable-stage1-checking</samp>&rsquo;
   1472   1.1    mrg to disable checking for the stage1 compiler.
   1473  1.10    mrg </p>
   1474  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1475  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-coverage</code></dt>
   1476  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-coverage=<var>level</var></code></dt>
   1477  1.10    mrg <dd><p>With this option, the compiler is built to collect self coverage
   1478   1.1    mrg information, every time it is run.  This is for internal development
   1479   1.1    mrg purposes, and only works when the compiler is being built with gcc.  The
   1480   1.1    mrg <var>level</var> argument controls whether the compiler is built optimized or
   1481  1.10    mrg not, values are &lsquo;<samp>opt</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>noopt</samp>&rsquo;.  For coverage analysis you
   1482   1.1    mrg want to disable optimization, for performance analysis you want to
   1483   1.1    mrg enable optimization.  When coverage is enabled, the default level is
   1484   1.1    mrg without optimization.
   1485  1.10    mrg </p>
   1486  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1487  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats</code></dt>
   1488  1.10    mrg <dd><p>When this option is specified more detailed information on memory
   1489   1.1    mrg allocation is gathered.  This information is printed when using
   1490  1.10    mrg <samp>-fmem-report</samp>.
   1491  1.10    mrg </p>
   1492  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1493  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-valgrind-annotations</code></dt>
   1494  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Mark selected memory related operations in the compiler when run under
   1495   1.7    mrg valgrind to suppress false positives.
   1496  1.10    mrg </p>
   1497  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1498  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-nls</code></dt>
   1499  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-nls</code></dt>
   1500  1.10    mrg <dd><p>The <samp>--enable-nls</samp> option enables Native Language Support (NLS),
   1501   1.1    mrg which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other than American
   1502   1.1    mrg English.  Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
   1503  1.10    mrg canadian cross build.  The <samp>--disable-nls</samp> option disables NLS.
   1504  1.10    mrg </p>
   1505  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1506  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-included-gettext</code></dt>
   1507  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If NLS is enabled, the <samp>--with-included-gettext</samp> option causes the build
   1508  1.10    mrg procedure to prefer its copy of GNU <code>gettext</code>.
   1509  1.10    mrg </p>
   1510  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1511  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-catgets</code></dt>
   1512  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If NLS is enabled, and if the host lacks <code>gettext</code> but has the
   1513   1.1    mrg inferior <code>catgets</code> interface, the GCC build procedure normally
   1514  1.10    mrg ignores <code>catgets</code> and instead uses GCC&rsquo;s copy of the GNU
   1515  1.10    mrg <code>gettext</code> library.  The <samp>--with-catgets</samp> option causes the
   1516  1.10    mrg build procedure to use the host&rsquo;s <code>catgets</code> in this situation.
   1517  1.10    mrg </p>
   1518  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1519  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-libiconv-prefix=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1520  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Search for libiconv header files in <samp><var>dir</var>/include</samp> and
   1521  1.10    mrg libiconv library files in <samp><var>dir</var>/lib</samp>.
   1522  1.10    mrg </p>
   1523  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1524  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-obsolete</code></dt>
   1525  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable configuration for an obsoleted system.  If you attempt to
   1526   1.1    mrg configure GCC for a system (build, host, or target) which has been
   1527   1.1    mrg obsoleted, and you do not specify this flag, configure will halt with an
   1528   1.1    mrg error message.
   1529  1.10    mrg </p>
   1530  1.10    mrg <p>All support for systems which have been obsoleted in one release of GCC
   1531   1.1    mrg is removed entirely in the next major release, unless someone steps
   1532   1.1    mrg forward to maintain the port.
   1533  1.10    mrg </p>
   1534  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1535  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float</code></dt>
   1536  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=yes</code></dt>
   1537  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=no</code></dt>
   1538  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=bid</code></dt>
   1539  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-decimal-float=dpd</code></dt>
   1540  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-decimal-float</code></dt>
   1541  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable (or disable) support for the C decimal floating point extension
   1542   1.1    mrg that is in the IEEE 754-2008 standard.  This is enabled by default only
   1543   1.1    mrg on PowerPC, i386, and x86_64 GNU/Linux systems.  Other systems may also
   1544   1.1    mrg support it, but require the user to specifically enable it.  You can
   1545   1.1    mrg optionally control which decimal floating point format is used (either
   1546  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>bid</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>dpd</samp>&rsquo;).  The &lsquo;<samp>bid</samp>&rsquo; (binary integer decimal)
   1547  1.10    mrg format is default on i386 and x86_64 systems, and the &lsquo;<samp>dpd</samp>&rsquo;
   1548   1.1    mrg (densely packed decimal) format is default on PowerPC systems.
   1549  1.10    mrg </p>
   1550  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1551  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-fixed-point</code></dt>
   1552  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-fixed-point</code></dt>
   1553  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable (or disable) support for C fixed-point arithmetic.
   1554   1.1    mrg This option is enabled by default for some targets (such as MIPS) which
   1555   1.1    mrg have hardware-support for fixed-point operations.  On other targets, you
   1556   1.1    mrg may enable this option manually.
   1557  1.10    mrg </p>
   1558  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1559  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-long-double-128</code></dt>
   1560  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify if <code>long double</code> type should be 128-bit by default on selected
   1561   1.1    mrg GNU/Linux architectures.  If using <code>--without-long-double-128</code>,
   1562  1.10    mrg <code>long double</code> will be by default 64-bit, the same as <code>double</code> type.
   1563   1.1    mrg When neither of these configure options are used, the default will be
   1564   1.1    mrg 128-bit <code>long double</code> when built against GNU C Library 2.4 and later,
   1565   1.1    mrg 64-bit <code>long double</code> otherwise.
   1566  1.10    mrg </p>
   1567  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1568  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-long-double-format=ibm</code></dt>
   1569  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-long-double-format=ieee</code></dt>
   1570  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify whether <code>long double</code> uses the IBM extended double format
   1571  1.10    mrg or the IEEE 128-bit floating point format on PowerPC Linux systems.
   1572  1.10    mrg This configuration switch will only work on little endian PowerPC
   1573  1.10    mrg Linux systems and on big endian 64-bit systems where the default cpu
   1574  1.10    mrg is at least power7 (i.e. <samp>--with-cpu=power7</samp>,
   1575  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-cpu=power8</samp>, or <samp>--with-cpu=power9</samp> is used).
   1576  1.10    mrg </p>
   1577  1.10    mrg <p>If you use the <samp>--with-long-double-64</samp> configuration option,
   1578  1.10    mrg the <samp>--with-long-double-format=ibm</samp> and
   1579  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-long-double-format=ieee</samp> options are ignored.
   1580  1.10    mrg </p>
   1581  1.10    mrg <p>The default <code>long double</code> format is to use IBM extended double.
   1582  1.10    mrg Until all of the libraries are converted to use IEEE 128-bit floating
   1583  1.10    mrg point, it is not recommended to use
   1584  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-long-double-format=ieee</samp>.
   1585  1.10    mrg </p>
   1586  1.10    mrg <p>On little endian PowerPC Linux systems, if you explicitly set the
   1587  1.10    mrg <code>long double</code> type, it will build multilibs to allow you to
   1588  1.10    mrg select either <code>long double</code> format, unless you disable multilibs
   1589  1.10    mrg with the <code>--disable-multilib</code> option.  At present,
   1590  1.10    mrg <code>long double</code> multilibs are not built on big endian PowerPC Linux
   1591  1.10    mrg systems.  If you are building multilibs, you will need to configure
   1592  1.10    mrg the compiler using the <samp>--with-system-zlib</samp> option.
   1593  1.10    mrg </p>
   1594  1.10    mrg <p>If you do not set the <code>long double</code> type explicitly, no multilibs
   1595  1.10    mrg will be generated.
   1596  1.10    mrg </p>
   1597  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1598  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-fdpic</code></dt>
   1599  1.10    mrg <dd><p>On SH Linux systems, generate ELF FDPIC code.
   1600  1.10    mrg </p>
   1601  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1602  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-gmp=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1603  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-gmp-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1604  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-gmp-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1605  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpfr=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1606  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpfr-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1607  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpfr-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1608  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpc=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1609  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpc-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1610  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-mpc-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1611  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If you want to build GCC but do not have the GMP library, the MPFR
   1612   1.1    mrg library and/or the MPC library installed in a standard location and
   1613   1.3  skrll do not have their sources present in the GCC source tree then you
   1614   1.3  skrll can explicitly specify the directory where they are installed
   1615  1.10    mrg (&lsquo;<samp>--with-gmp=<var>gmpinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;,
   1616  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-mpfr=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;,
   1617  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-mpc=<var>mpcinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;).  The
   1618  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gmp=<var>gmpinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1619  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gmp-lib=<var>gmpinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1620  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-gmp-include=<var>gmpinstalldir</var>/include</samp>.  Likewise the
   1621  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpfr=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1622  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpfr-lib=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1623  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpfr-include=<var>mpfrinstalldir</var>/include</samp>, also the
   1624  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpc=<var>mpcinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1625  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpc-lib=<var>mpcinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1626  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-mpc-include=<var>mpcinstalldir</var>/include</samp>.  If these
   1627   1.1    mrg shorthand assumptions are not correct, you can use the explicit
   1628   1.3  skrll include and lib options directly.  You might also need to ensure the
   1629   1.3  skrll shared libraries can be found by the dynamic linker when building and
   1630   1.3  skrll using GCC, for example by setting the runtime shared library path
   1631  1.10    mrg variable (<code>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</code> on GNU/Linux and Solaris systems).
   1632  1.10    mrg </p>
   1633  1.10    mrg <p>These flags are applicable to the host platform only.  When building
   1634   1.3  skrll a cross compiler, they will not be used to configure target libraries.
   1635  1.10    mrg </p>
   1636  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1637  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-isl=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1638  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-isl-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1639  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-isl-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1640  1.10    mrg <dd><p>If you do not have the isl library installed in a standard location and you
   1641   1.5    mrg want to build GCC, you can explicitly specify the directory where it is
   1642  1.10    mrg installed (&lsquo;<samp>--with-isl=<var>islinstalldir</var></samp>&rsquo;). The
   1643  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-isl=<var>islinstalldir</var></samp> option is shorthand for
   1644  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-isl-lib=<var>islinstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1645  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-isl-include=<var>islinstalldir</var>/include</samp>. If this
   1646   1.5    mrg shorthand assumption is not correct, you can use the explicit
   1647   1.1    mrg include and lib options directly.
   1648  1.10    mrg </p>
   1649  1.10    mrg <p>These flags are applicable to the host platform only.  When building
   1650   1.3  skrll a cross compiler, they will not be used to configure target libraries.
   1651  1.10    mrg </p>
   1652  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1653  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-stage1-ldflags=<var>flags</var></code></dt>
   1654  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking
   1655   1.1    mrg stage 1 of GCC.  These are also used when linking GCC if configured with
   1656  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-bootstrap</samp>.  If <samp>--with-stage1-libs</samp> is not set to a
   1657  1.10    mrg value, then the default is &lsquo;<samp>-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc</samp>&rsquo;, if
   1658   1.7    mrg supported.
   1659  1.10    mrg </p>
   1660  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1661  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-stage1-libs=<var>libs</var></code></dt>
   1662  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 1
   1663   1.1    mrg of GCC.  These are also used when linking GCC if configured with
   1664  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-bootstrap</samp>.
   1665  1.10    mrg </p>
   1666  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1667  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-boot-ldflags=<var>flags</var></code></dt>
   1668  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking
   1669   1.7    mrg stage 2 and later when bootstrapping GCC.  If &ndash;with-boot-libs
   1670   1.7    mrg is not is set to a value, then the default is
   1671  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc</samp>&rsquo;.
   1672  1.10    mrg </p>
   1673  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1674  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-boot-libs=<var>libs</var></code></dt>
   1675  1.10    mrg <dd><p>This option may be used to set libraries to be used when linking stage 2
   1676   1.7    mrg and later when bootstrapping GCC.
   1677  1.10    mrg </p>
   1678  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1679  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-debug-prefix-map=<var>map</var></code></dt>
   1680  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Convert source directory names using <samp>-fdebug-prefix-map</samp> when
   1681   1.1    mrg building runtime libraries.  &lsquo;<samp><var>map</var></samp>&rsquo; is a space-separated
   1682  1.10    mrg list of maps of the form &lsquo;<samp><var>old</var>=<var>new</var></samp>&rsquo;.
   1683  1.10    mrg </p>
   1684  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1685  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-linker-build-id</code></dt>
   1686  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to pass <samp>--build-id</samp> option to the linker for all final
   1687  1.10    mrg links (links performed without the <samp>-r</samp> or <samp>--relocatable</samp>
   1688   1.1    mrg option), if the linker supports it.  If you specify
   1689  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-linker-build-id</samp>, but your linker does not
   1690  1.10    mrg support <samp>--build-id</samp> option, a warning is issued and the
   1691  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-linker-build-id</samp> option is ignored.  The default is off.
   1692  1.10    mrg </p>
   1693  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1694  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-linker-hash-style=<var>choice</var></code></dt>
   1695  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to pass <samp>--hash-style=<var>choice</var></samp> option to the
   1696   1.3  skrll linker for all final links. <var>choice</var> can be one of
   1697  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.
   1698  1.10    mrg </p>
   1699  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1700  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-gnu-unique-object</code></dt>
   1701  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-gnu-unique-object</code></dt>
   1702  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to use the gnu_unique_object relocation for C++ template
   1703   1.1    mrg static data members and inline function local statics.  Enabled by
   1704   1.5    mrg default for a toolchain with an assembler that accepts it and
   1705   1.1    mrg GLIBC 2.11 or above, otherwise disabled.
   1706  1.10    mrg </p>
   1707  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1708  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-diagnostics-color=<var>choice</var></code></dt>
   1709  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to use <var>choice</var> as the default for <samp>-fdiagnostics-color=</samp>
   1710   1.5    mrg option (if not used explicitly on the command line).  <var>choice</var>
   1711  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;
   1712  1.13    mrg where &lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo; is the default.  &lsquo;<samp>auto-if-env</samp>&rsquo; makes
   1713  1.13    mrg <samp>-fdiagnostics-color=auto</samp> the default if <code>GCC_COLORS</code>
   1714  1.13    mrg is present and non-empty in the environment of the compiler, and
   1715  1.10    mrg <samp>-fdiagnostics-color=never</samp> otherwise.
   1716  1.10    mrg </p>
   1717  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1718  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-diagnostics-urls=<var>choice</var></code></dt>
   1719  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to use <var>choice</var> as the default for <samp>-fdiagnostics-urls=</samp>
   1720  1.13    mrg option (if not used explicitly on the command line).  <var>choice</var>
   1721  1.13    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;
   1722  1.13    mrg where &lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo; is the default.  &lsquo;<samp>auto-if-env</samp>&rsquo; makes
   1723  1.13    mrg <samp>-fdiagnostics-urls=auto</samp> the default if <code>GCC_URLS</code>
   1724  1.13    mrg or <code>TERM_URLS</code> is present and non-empty in the environment of the
   1725  1.13    mrg compiler, and <samp>-fdiagnostics-urls=never</samp> otherwise.
   1726  1.13    mrg </p>
   1727  1.13    mrg </dd>
   1728  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-lto</code></dt>
   1729  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-lto</code></dt>
   1730  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable support for link-time optimization (LTO).  This is enabled by
   1731  1.10    mrg default, and may be disabled using <samp>--disable-lto</samp>.
   1732  1.10    mrg </p>
   1733  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1734  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-linker-plugin-configure-flags=FLAGS</code></dt>
   1735  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-linker-plugin-flags=FLAGS</code></dt>
   1736  1.10    mrg <dd><p>By default, linker plugins (such as the LTO plugin) are built for the
   1737   1.5    mrg host system architecture.  For the case that the linker has a
   1738   1.5    mrg different (but run-time compatible) architecture, these flags can be
   1739   1.5    mrg specified to build plugins that are compatible to the linker.  For
   1740   1.5    mrg example, if you are building GCC for a 64-bit x86_64
   1741  1.12    mrg (&lsquo;<samp>x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</samp>&rsquo;) host system, but have a 32-bit x86
   1742  1.10    mrg GNU/Linux (&lsquo;<samp>i686-pc-linux-gnu</samp>&rsquo;) linker executable (which is
   1743   1.5    mrg executable on the former system), you can configure GCC as follows for
   1744   1.5    mrg getting compatible linker plugins:
   1745  1.10    mrg </p>
   1746  1.15    mrg <div class="smallexample">
   1747  1.15    mrg <pre class="smallexample">% <var>srcdir</var>/configure \
   1748  1.12    mrg     --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu \
   1749  1.10    mrg     --enable-linker-plugin-configure-flags=--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
   1750  1.10    mrg     --enable-linker-plugin-flags='CC=gcc\ -m32\ -Wl,-rpath,[...]/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib'
   1751  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1752  1.10    mrg 
   1753  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1754  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-plugin-ld=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1755  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable an alternate linker to be used at link-time optimization (LTO)
   1756  1.10    mrg link time when <samp>-fuse-linker-plugin</samp> is enabled.
   1757   1.3  skrll This linker should have plugin support such as gold starting with
   1758  1.10    mrg version 2.20 or GNU ld starting with version 2.21.
   1759  1.10    mrg See <samp>-fuse-linker-plugin</samp> for details.
   1760  1.10    mrg </p>
   1761  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1762  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-canonical-system-headers</code></dt>
   1763  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-canonical-system-headers</code></dt>
   1764  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable system header path canonicalization for <samp>libcpp</samp>.  This can
   1765   1.3  skrll produce shorter header file paths in diagnostics and dependency output
   1766   1.3  skrll files, but these changed header paths may conflict with some compilation
   1767   1.3  skrll environments.  Enabled by default, and may be disabled using
   1768  1.10    mrg <samp>--disable-canonical-system-headers</samp>.
   1769  1.10    mrg </p>
   1770  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1771  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-glibc-version=<var>major</var>.<var>minor</var></code></dt>
   1772  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tell GCC that when the GNU C Library (glibc) is used on the target it
   1773   1.5    mrg will be version <var>major</var>.<var>minor</var> or later.  Normally this can
   1774  1.10    mrg be detected from the C library&rsquo;s header files, but this option may be
   1775   1.5    mrg needed when bootstrapping a cross toolchain without the header files
   1776   1.5    mrg available for building the initial bootstrap compiler.
   1777  1.10    mrg </p>
   1778  1.10    mrg <p>If GCC is configured with some multilibs that use glibc and some that
   1779  1.10    mrg do not, this option applies only to the multilibs that use glibc.
   1780   1.5    mrg However, such configurations may not work well as not all the relevant
   1781   1.5    mrg configuration in GCC is on a per-multilib basis.
   1782  1.10    mrg </p>
   1783  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1784  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-as-accelerator-for=<var>target</var></code></dt>
   1785  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Build as offload target compiler. Specify offload host triple by <var>target</var>.
   1786  1.10    mrg </p>
   1787  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1788  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-offload-targets=<var>target1</var>[=<var>path1</var>],&hellip;,<var>targetN</var>[=<var>pathN</var>]</code></dt>
   1789  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable offloading to targets <var>target1</var>, &hellip;, <var>targetN</var>.
   1790   1.5    mrg Offload compilers are expected to be already installed.  Default search
   1791   1.5    mrg path for them is <samp><var>exec-prefix</var></samp>, but it can be changed by
   1792  1.10    mrg specifying paths <var>path1</var>, &hellip;, <var>pathN</var>.
   1793  1.10    mrg </p>
   1794  1.15    mrg <div class="smallexample">
   1795  1.15    mrg <pre class="smallexample">% <var>srcdir</var>/configure \
   1796  1.12    mrg     --enable-offload-targets=x86_64-intelmicemul-linux-gnu=/path/to/x86_64/compiler,nvptx-none,hsa
   1797  1.10    mrg </pre></div>
   1798   1.7    mrg 
   1799  1.10    mrg <p>If &lsquo;<samp>hsa</samp>&rsquo; is specified as one of the targets, the compiler will be
   1800   1.7    mrg built with support for HSA GPU accelerators.  Because the same
   1801   1.7    mrg compiler will emit the accelerator code, no path should be specified.
   1802  1.10    mrg </p>
   1803  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1804  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-hsa-runtime=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1805  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-hsa-runtime-include=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1806  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-hsa-runtime-lib=<var>pathname</var></code></dt>
   1807  1.10    mrg <dd>
   1808  1.10    mrg <p>If you configure GCC with HSA offloading but do not have the HSA
   1809   1.7    mrg run-time library installed in a standard location then you can
   1810   1.7    mrg explicitly specify the directory where they are installed.  The
   1811  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-hsa-runtime=<var>hsainstalldir</var></samp> option is a
   1812   1.7    mrg shorthand for
   1813  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-hsa-runtime-lib=<var>hsainstalldir</var>/lib</samp> and
   1814  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-hsa-runtime-include=<var>hsainstalldir</var>/include</samp>.
   1815  1.10    mrg </p>
   1816  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1817  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-cet</code></dt>
   1818  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-cet</code></dt>
   1819  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Enable building target run-time libraries with control-flow
   1820  1.10    mrg instrumentation, see <samp>-fcf-protection</samp> option.  When
   1821  1.10    mrg <code>--enable-cet</code> is specified target libraries are configured
   1822  1.10    mrg to add <samp>-fcf-protection</samp> and, if needed, other target
   1823  1.10    mrg specific options to a set of building options.
   1824  1.10    mrg </p>
   1825  1.10    mrg <p>The option is disabled by default.  When <code>--enable-cet=auto</code>
   1826  1.10    mrg is used, it is enabled on Linux/x86 if target binutils
   1827  1.10    mrg supports <code>Intel CET</code> instructions and disabled otherwise.
   1828  1.10    mrg In this case the target libraries are configured to get additional
   1829  1.10    mrg <samp>-fcf-protection</samp> option.
   1830  1.12    mrg </p>
   1831  1.12    mrg </dd>
   1832  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-riscv-attribute=&lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>default</samp>&rsquo;</code></dt>
   1833  1.12    mrg <dd><p>Generate RISC-V attribute by default, in order to record extra build
   1834  1.12    mrg information in object.
   1835  1.12    mrg </p>
   1836  1.12    mrg <p>The option is disabled by default. It is enabled on RISC-V/ELF (bare-metal)
   1837  1.12    mrg target if target binutils supported.
   1838  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
   1839   1.6    mrg </dl>
   1840   1.1    mrg 
   1841  1.15    mrg <a name="Cross-Compiler-Specific-Options"></a>
   1842  1.15    mrg <h4 class="subheading">Cross-Compiler-Specific Options</h4>
   1843   1.1    mrg <p>The following options only apply to building cross compilers.
   1844  1.10    mrg </p>
   1845  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
   1846  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-toolexeclibdir=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1847  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Specify the installation directory for libraries built with a cross compiler.
   1848  1.13    mrg The default is <samp>${gcc_tooldir}/lib</samp>.
   1849  1.13    mrg </p>
   1850  1.13    mrg </dd>
   1851  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-sysroot</code></dt>
   1852  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-sysroot=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1853  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to consider <var>dir</var> as the root of a tree that contains
   1854  1.10    mrg (a subset of) the root filesystem of the target operating system.
   1855   1.1    mrg Target system headers, libraries and run-time object files will be
   1856   1.3  skrll searched for in there.  More specifically, this acts as if
   1857  1.10    mrg <samp>--sysroot=<var>dir</var></samp> was added to the default options of the built
   1858   1.1    mrg compiler.  The specified directory is not copied into the
   1859  1.10    mrg install tree, unlike the options <samp>--with-headers</samp> and
   1860  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-libs</samp> that this option obsoletes.  The default value,
   1861  1.10    mrg in case <samp>--with-sysroot</samp> is not given an argument, is
   1862  1.10    mrg <samp>${gcc_tooldir}/sys-root</samp>.  If the specified directory is a
   1863  1.10    mrg subdirectory of <samp>${exec_prefix}</samp>, then it will be found relative to
   1864   1.1    mrg the GCC binaries if the installation tree is moved.
   1865  1.10    mrg </p>
   1866  1.10    mrg <p>This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
   1867   1.1    mrg target libraries (which runs on the build system) and the compiler newly
   1868   1.1    mrg installed with <code>make install</code>; it does not affect the compiler which is
   1869   1.1    mrg used to build GCC itself.
   1870  1.10    mrg </p>
   1871  1.10    mrg <p>If you specify the <samp>--with-native-system-header-dir=<var>dirname</var></samp>
   1872   1.3  skrll option then the compiler will search that directory within <var>dirname</var> for
   1873  1.10    mrg native system headers rather than the default <samp>/usr/include</samp>.
   1874  1.10    mrg </p>
   1875  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1876  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-build-sysroot</code></dt>
   1877  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-build-sysroot=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1878  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC to consider <var>dir</var> as the system root (see
   1879  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>) while building target libraries, instead of
   1880  1.10    mrg the directory specified with <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.  This option is
   1881  1.10    mrg only useful when you are already using <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.  You
   1882  1.10    mrg can use <samp>--with-build-sysroot</samp> when you are configuring with
   1883  1.10    mrg <samp>--prefix</samp> set to a directory that is different from the one in
   1884   1.1    mrg which you are installing GCC and your target libraries.
   1885  1.10    mrg </p>
   1886  1.10    mrg <p>This option affects the system root for the compiler used to build
   1887   1.1    mrg target libraries (which runs on the build system); it does not affect
   1888   1.1    mrg the compiler which is used to build GCC itself.
   1889  1.10    mrg </p>
   1890  1.10    mrg <p>If you specify the <samp>--with-native-system-header-dir=<var>dirname</var></samp>
   1891   1.3  skrll option then the compiler will search that directory within <var>dirname</var> for
   1892  1.10    mrg native system headers rather than the default <samp>/usr/include</samp>.
   1893  1.10    mrg </p>
   1894  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1895  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-headers</code></dt>
   1896  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-headers=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   1897  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Deprecated in favor of <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.
   1898  1.10    mrg Specifies that target headers are available when building a cross compiler.
   1899   1.1    mrg The <var>dir</var> argument specifies a directory which has the target include
   1900  1.10    mrg files.  These include files will be copied into the <samp>gcc</samp> install
   1901  1.10    mrg directory.  <em>This option with the <var>dir</var> argument is required</em> when
   1902  1.10    mrg building a cross compiler, if <samp><var>prefix</var>/<var>target</var>/sys-include</samp>
   1903  1.10    mrg doesn&rsquo;t pre-exist.  If <samp><var>prefix</var>/<var>target</var>/sys-include</samp> does
   1904  1.10    mrg pre-exist, the <var>dir</var> argument may be omitted.  <code>fixincludes</code>
   1905   1.1    mrg will be run on these files to make them compatible with GCC.
   1906  1.10    mrg </p>
   1907  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1908  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--without-headers</code></dt>
   1909  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Tells GCC not use any target headers from a libc when building a cross
   1910   1.1    mrg compiler.  When crossing to GNU/Linux, you need the headers so GCC
   1911   1.1    mrg can build the exception handling for libgcc.
   1912  1.10    mrg </p>
   1913  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1914  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-libs</code></dt>
   1915  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-libs=&quot;<var>dir1</var> <var>dir2</var> &hellip; <var>dirN</var>&quot;</code></dt>
   1916  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Deprecated in favor of <samp>--with-sysroot</samp>.
   1917   1.1    mrg Specifies a list of directories which contain the target runtime
   1918  1.10    mrg libraries.  These libraries will be copied into the <samp>gcc</samp> install
   1919   1.1    mrg directory.  If the directory list is omitted, this option has no
   1920   1.1    mrg effect.
   1921  1.10    mrg </p>
   1922  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1923  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-newlib</code></dt>
   1924  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that &lsquo;<samp>newlib</samp>&rsquo; is
   1925   1.1    mrg being used as the target C library.  This causes <code>__eprintf</code> to be
   1926  1.10    mrg omitted from <samp>libgcc.a</samp> on the assumption that it will be provided by
   1927  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>newlib</samp>&rsquo;.
   1928  1.10    mrg </p>
   1929  1.13    mrg <a name="avr"></a>
   1930  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1931  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-avrlibc</code></dt>
   1932  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Only supported for the AVR target. Specifies that &lsquo;<samp>AVR-Libc</samp>&rsquo; is
   1933  1.13    mrg being used as the target C&nbsp; library.  This causes float support
   1934  1.10    mrg functions like <code>__addsf3</code> to be omitted from <samp>libgcc.a</samp> on
   1935  1.10    mrg the assumption that it will be provided by <samp>libm.a</samp>.  For more
   1936  1.10    mrg technical details, cf. <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR54461">PR54461</a>.
   1937  1.13    mrg It is not supported for
   1938   1.3  skrll RTEMS configurations, which currently use newlib.  The option is
   1939   1.3  skrll supported since version 4.7.2 and is the default in 4.8.0 and newer.
   1940  1.10    mrg </p>
   1941  1.10    mrg </dd>
   1942  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-double={32|64|32,64|64,32}</code></dt>
   1943  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-long-double={32|64|32,64|64,32|double}</code></dt>
   1944  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Only supported for the AVR target since version&nbsp;10.
   1945  1.13    mrg Specify the default layout available for the C/C++ &lsquo;<samp>double</samp>&rsquo;
   1946  1.13    mrg and &lsquo;<samp>long double</samp>&rsquo; type, respectively. The following rules apply:
   1947  1.13    mrg </p><ul>
   1948  1.13    mrg <li> The first value after the &lsquo;<samp>=</samp>&rsquo; specifies the default layout (in bits)
   1949  1.13    mrg of the type and also the default for the <samp>-mdouble=</samp> resp.
   1950  1.13    mrg <samp>-mlong-double=</samp> compiler option.
   1951  1.13    mrg </li><li> If more than one value is specified, respective multilib variants are
   1952  1.13    mrg available, and  <samp>-mdouble=</samp> resp. <samp>-mlong-double=</samp> acts
   1953  1.13    mrg as a multilib option.
   1954  1.13    mrg </li><li> If <samp>--with-long-double=double</samp> is specified, &lsquo;<samp>double</samp>&rsquo; and
   1955  1.13    mrg &lsquo;<samp>long double</samp>&rsquo; will have the same layout.
   1956  1.13    mrg </li><li> The defaults are <samp>--with-long-double=64,32</samp> and
   1957  1.13    mrg <samp>--with-double=32,64</samp>.  The default &lsquo;<samp>double</samp>&rsquo; layout imposed by
   1958  1.13    mrg the latter is compatible with older versions of the compiler that implement
   1959  1.13    mrg &lsquo;<samp>double</samp>&rsquo; as a 32-bit type, which does not comply to the language standard.
   1960  1.13    mrg </li></ul>
   1961  1.13    mrg <p>Not all combinations of <samp>--with-double=</samp> and
   1962  1.13    mrg <samp>--with-long-double=</samp> are valid.  For example, the combination
   1963  1.13    mrg <samp>--with-double=32,64</samp> <samp>--with-long-double=32</samp> will be
   1964  1.13    mrg rejected because the first option specifies the availability of
   1965  1.13    mrg multilibs for &lsquo;<samp>double</samp>&rsquo;, whereas the second option implies
   1966  1.13    mrg that &lsquo;<samp>long double</samp>&rsquo; &mdash; and hence also &lsquo;<samp>double</samp>&rsquo; &mdash; is always
   1967  1.13    mrg 32&nbsp;bits wide.
   1968  1.13    mrg </p>
   1969  1.13    mrg </dd>
   1970  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-double-comparison={tristate|bool|libf7}</code></dt>
   1971  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Only supported for the AVR target since version&nbsp;10.
   1972  1.13    mrg Specify what result format is returned by library functions that
   1973  1.13    mrg compare 64-bit floating point values (<code>DFmode</code>).
   1974  1.13    mrg The GCC default is &lsquo;<samp>tristate</samp>&rsquo;.  If the floating point
   1975  1.13    mrg implementation returns a boolean instead, set it to &lsquo;<samp>bool</samp>&rsquo;.
   1976  1.13    mrg </p>
   1977  1.13    mrg </dd>
   1978  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-libf7={libgcc|math|math-symbols|no}</code></dt>
   1979  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Only supported for the AVR target since version&nbsp;10.
   1980  1.13    mrg Specify to which degree code from LibF7 is included in libgcc.
   1981  1.13    mrg LibF7 is an ad-hoc, AVR-specific, 64-bit floating point emulation
   1982  1.13    mrg written in C and (inline) assembly. &lsquo;<samp>libgcc</samp>&rsquo; adds support
   1983  1.13    mrg for functions that one would usually expect in libgcc like double addition,
   1984  1.13    mrg double comparisons and double conversions. &lsquo;<samp>math</samp>&rsquo; also adds routines
   1985  1.13    mrg that one would expect in <samp>libm.a</samp>, but with <code>__</code> (two underscores)
   1986  1.13    mrg prepended to the symbol names as specified by <samp>math.h</samp>.
   1987  1.13    mrg &lsquo;<samp>math-symbols</samp>&rsquo; also defines weak aliases for the functions
   1988  1.13    mrg declared in <samp>math.h</samp>.  However, <code>--with-libf7</code> won&rsquo;t
   1989  1.13    mrg install no <samp>math.h</samp> header file whatsoever, this file must come
   1990  1.13    mrg from elsewhere.  This option sets <samp>--with-double-comparison</samp>
   1991  1.13    mrg to &lsquo;<samp>bool</samp>&rsquo;.
   1992  1.13    mrg </p>
   1993  1.13    mrg </dd>
   1994  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-nds32-lib=<var>library</var></code></dt>
   1995  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies that <var>library</var> setting is used for building <samp>libgcc.a</samp>.
   1996  1.10    mrg Currently, the valid <var>library</var> is &lsquo;<samp>newlib</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>mculib</samp>&rsquo;.
   1997   1.5    mrg This option is only supported for the NDS32 target.
   1998  1.10    mrg </p>
   1999  1.10    mrg </dd>
   2000  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-build-time-tools=<var>dir</var></code></dt>
   2001  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specifies where to find the set of target tools (assembler, linker, etc.)
   2002   1.1    mrg that will be used while building GCC itself.  This option can be useful
   2003   1.1    mrg if the directory layouts are different between the system you are building
   2004   1.1    mrg GCC on, and the system where you will deploy it.
   2005  1.10    mrg </p>
   2006  1.10    mrg <p>For example, on an &lsquo;<samp>ia64-hp-hpux</samp>&rsquo; system, you may have the GNU
   2007  1.10    mrg assembler and linker in <samp>/usr/bin</samp>, and the native tools in a
   2008   1.6    mrg different path, and build a toolchain that expects to find the
   2009  1.10    mrg native tools in <samp>/usr/bin</samp>.
   2010  1.10    mrg </p>
   2011  1.10    mrg <p>When you use this option, you should ensure that <var>dir</var> includes
   2012  1.10    mrg <code>ar</code>, <code>as</code>, <code>ld</code>, <code>nm</code>,
   2013  1.10    mrg <code>ranlib</code> and <code>strip</code> if necessary, and possibly
   2014  1.10    mrg <code>objdump</code>.  Otherwise, GCC may use an inconsistent set of
   2015  1.10    mrg tools.
   2016  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
   2017   1.6    mrg </dl>
   2018   1.1    mrg 
   2019  1.15    mrg <a name="Overriding-configure-test-results"></a>
   2020  1.15    mrg <h4 class="subsubheading">Overriding <code>configure</code> test results</h4>
   2021   1.1    mrg 
   2022   1.6    mrg <p>Sometimes, it might be necessary to override the result of some
   2023  1.10    mrg <code>configure</code> test, for example in order to ease porting to a new
   2024  1.10    mrg system or work around a bug in a test.  The toplevel <code>configure</code>
   2025   1.6    mrg script provides three variables for this:
   2026  1.10    mrg </p>
   2027  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
   2028  1.15    mrg <dt><code>build_configargs</code></dt>
   2029  1.15    mrg <dd><a name="index-build_005fconfigargs"></a>
   2030  1.15    mrg <p>The contents of this variable is passed to all build <code>configure</code>
   2031   1.6    mrg scripts.
   2032  1.10    mrg </p>
   2033  1.10    mrg </dd>
   2034  1.15    mrg <dt><code>host_configargs</code></dt>
   2035  1.15    mrg <dd><a name="index-host_005fconfigargs"></a>
   2036  1.15    mrg <p>The contents of this variable is passed to all host <code>configure</code>
   2037   1.6    mrg scripts.
   2038  1.10    mrg </p>
   2039  1.10    mrg </dd>
   2040  1.15    mrg <dt><code>target_configargs</code></dt>
   2041  1.15    mrg <dd><a name="index-target_005fconfigargs"></a>
   2042  1.15    mrg <p>The contents of this variable is passed to all target <code>configure</code>
   2043   1.6    mrg scripts.
   2044  1.10    mrg </p>
   2045  1.10    mrg </dd>
   2046  1.10    mrg </dl>
   2047   1.1    mrg 
   2048  1.10    mrg <p>In order to avoid shell and <code>make</code> quoting issues for complex
   2049  1.10    mrg overrides, you can pass a setting for <code>CONFIG_SITE</code> and set
   2050   1.6    mrg variables in the site file.
   2051  1.10    mrg </p>
   2052  1.15    mrg <a name="Objective-C-Specific-Options"></a>
   2053  1.15    mrg <h4 class="subheading">Objective-C-Specific Options</h4>
   2054   1.7    mrg 
   2055   1.9    mrg <p>The following options apply to the build of the Objective-C runtime library.
   2056  1.10    mrg </p>
   2057  1.10    mrg <dl compact="compact">
   2058  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-objc-gc</code></dt>
   2059  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify that an additional variant of the GNU Objective-C runtime library
   2060   1.9    mrg is built, using an external build of the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage
   2061  1.13    mrg collector (<a href="https://www.hboehm.info/gc/">https://www.hboehm.info/gc/</a>).  This library needs to be
   2062   1.9    mrg available for each multilib variant, unless configured with
   2063  1.10    mrg <samp>--enable-objc-gc=&lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo;</samp> in which case the build of the
   2064   1.9    mrg additional runtime library is skipped when not available and the build
   2065   1.9    mrg continues.
   2066  1.10    mrg </p>
   2067  1.10    mrg </dd>
   2068  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-target-bdw-gc=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   2069  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-target-bdw-gc-include=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   2070  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-target-bdw-gc-lib=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   2071  1.10    mrg <dd><p>Specify search directories for the garbage collector header files and
   2072   1.9    mrg libraries. <var>list</var> is a comma separated list of key value pairs of the
   2073  1.10    mrg form &lsquo;<samp><var>multilibdir</var>=<var>path</var></samp>&rsquo;, where the default multilib key
   2074  1.10    mrg is named as &lsquo;<samp>.</samp>&rsquo; (dot), or is omitted (e.g.
   2075  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-target-bdw-gc=/opt/bdw-gc,32=/opt-bdw-gc32</samp>&rsquo;).
   2076  1.10    mrg </p>
   2077  1.10    mrg <p>The options <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-include</samp> and
   2078  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-lib</samp> must always be specified together
   2079   1.9    mrg for each multilib variant and they take precedence over
   2080  1.10    mrg <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc</samp>.  If <samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-include</samp>
   2081   1.9    mrg is missing values for a multilib, then the value for the default
   2082  1.10    mrg multilib is used (e.g. &lsquo;<samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-include=/opt/bdw-gc/include</samp>&rsquo;
   2083  1.10    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-target-bdw-gc-lib=/opt/bdw-gc/lib64,32=/opt-bdw-gc/lib32</samp>&rsquo;).
   2084   1.9    mrg If none of these options are specified, the library is assumed in
   2085  1.10    mrg default locations.
   2086  1.10    mrg </p></dd>
   2087   1.6    mrg </dl>
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   2089  1.15    mrg <a name="D-Specific-Options"></a>
   2090  1.15    mrg <h4 class="subheading">D-Specific Options</h4>
   2091  1.12    mrg 
   2092  1.12    mrg <p>The following options apply to the build of the D runtime library.
   2093  1.12    mrg </p>
   2094  1.12    mrg <dl compact="compact">
   2095  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-libphobos-checking</code></dt>
   2096  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--disable-libphobos-checking</code></dt>
   2097  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--enable-libphobos-checking=<var>list</var></code></dt>
   2098  1.13    mrg <dd><p>This option controls whether run-time checks and contracts are compiled into
   2099  1.13    mrg the D runtime library.  When the option is not specified, the library is built
   2100  1.13    mrg with &lsquo;<samp>release</samp>&rsquo; checking.  When the option is specified without a
   2101  1.13    mrg <var>list</var>, the result is the same as &lsquo;<samp>--enable-libphobos-checking=yes</samp>&rsquo;.
   2102  1.13    mrg Likewise, &lsquo;<samp>--disable-libphobos-checking</samp>&rsquo; is equivalent to
   2103  1.13    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--enable-libphobos-checking=no</samp>&rsquo;.
   2104  1.13    mrg </p>
   2105  1.13    mrg <p>The categories of checks available in <var>list</var> are &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo; (compiles
   2106  1.13    mrg libphobos with <samp>-fno-release</samp>), &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo; (compiles libphobos with
   2107  1.13    mrg <samp>-frelease</samp>), &lsquo;<samp>all</samp>&rsquo; (same as &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo;), &lsquo;<samp>none</samp>&rsquo; or
   2108  1.13    mrg &lsquo;<samp>release</samp>&rsquo; (same as &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo;).
   2109  1.13    mrg </p>
   2110  1.13    mrg <p>Individual checks available in <var>list</var> are &lsquo;<samp>assert</samp>&rsquo; (compiles libphobos
   2111  1.13    mrg with an extra option <samp>-fassert</samp>).
   2112  1.13    mrg </p>
   2113  1.13    mrg </dd>
   2114  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-libphobos-druntime-only</code></dt>
   2115  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-libphobos-druntime-only=<var>choice</var></code></dt>
   2116  1.13    mrg <dd><p>Specify whether to build only the core D runtime library (druntime), or both
   2117  1.13    mrg the core and standard library (phobos) into libphobos.  This is useful for
   2118  1.13    mrg targets that have full support in druntime, but no or incomplete support
   2119  1.13    mrg in phobos.  <var>choice</var> can be one of &lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>yes</samp>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<samp>no</samp>&rsquo;
   2120  1.13    mrg where &lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo; is the default.
   2121  1.13    mrg </p>
   2122  1.13    mrg <p>When the option is not specified, the default choice &lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo; means that it
   2123  1.13    mrg is inferred whether the target has support for the phobos standard library.
   2124  1.13    mrg When the option is specified without a <var>choice</var>,  the result is the same as
   2125  1.13    mrg &lsquo;<samp>--with-libphobos-druntime-only=yes</samp>&rsquo;.
   2126  1.13    mrg </p>
   2127  1.13    mrg </dd>
   2128  1.15    mrg <dt><code>--with-target-system-zlib</code></dt>
   2129  1.12    mrg <dd><p>Use installed &lsquo;<samp>zlib</samp>&rsquo; rather than that included with GCC.  This needs
   2130  1.12    mrg to be available for each multilib variant, unless configured with
   2131  1.12    mrg <samp>--with-target-system-zlib=&lsquo;<samp>auto</samp>&rsquo;</samp> in which case the GCC&nbsp;included
   2132  1.12    mrg &lsquo;<samp>zlib</samp>&rsquo; is only used when the system installed library is not available.
   2133  1.12    mrg </p></dd>
   2134  1.12    mrg </dl>
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