Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku wrote:
On 9 Nov 01, at 12:20, J. David Bryan wrote:
On 9 Nov 2001, at 4:52, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
The problem with GPC_EXEC_PREFIX and GCC_EXEC_PREFIX is that only one directory can be given (even if both are set, the former takes precedence)....
I will investigate more thoroughly over the weekend, but as far as I can see, the "problem" is that GPC is being installed only with a partial set of tools (e.g., no C compiler) and is depending on a prior installation of GCC for the missing parts.
As far as I understand, this is the expected thing. IIRC "make pascal.bindist" is what creates the binary distribution, and it leaves out the C compilers from this process.
Yes. I've been wondering if we should include them. But there's a big problem: If the installed GCC version is the same, then unpacking a GPC binary will overwrite the existing C compiler! I suppose a number of people wouldn't especially welcome that (even though the new one should be just as workable, but it being one of the essential system components, I wouldn't like to have it overwritten on my system without my consent either).
Frank