Building gcc-3.4.0

This is the latest version of our favorite compiler,
and is now available for download from ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc.
I decided to try my hand at building it from source. I failed
on my first attempt: my system choked when trying to
"make libstdc++".  This is the first time, in my many years
of building gcc from source, that I a gcc version failed to
build on my machine.

To save you the heartache and tears, if you do not want
to suffer through the agony that I went through, here is a
summary of what you need to do:

1. Install the latest versions of the build tools, specially
autoconf and automake.

2. Go through the usual three steps:
   (1) mkdir gcc ; cd gcc
       ../gcc-3.4.0/configure <options>
   (2) make  <options> bootstrap
   (3) make install
   but make sure you include the configure option
   --enable-maintainer-mode

When you finish, after an hour or so on a fast machine,
do not forget to make /usr/bin/cc a link to /usr/bin/gcc,
for otherwise, you have a spanking new gcc-3.4.0, but cc
is not linked to it.

Good luck!

PMana
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