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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 15:39:49 +0200
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Subject: Re: GCC: DJGPP bootstrap fix + define MSDOS
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On 8 Feb 2001, at 10:22, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Mark E. wrote:
> 
> > gcc will no longer bootstrap after the last cvs update. Turns out this is 
> > because the macro SUPPORTS_ONE_ONLY is now used in CPP. SUPPORTS_ONE_ONLY 
> > uses target_flags to determine if the -mbnu210 switch has been used, but the 
> > target_flags variable is naturally not available in CPP. The only way I see 
> > to fix the bootstrap is to eliminate the -mbnu210 switch. Any less drastic 
> > ideas are welcomed.
> 
> I don't really understand the practical implications of the change you
> propose, i.e. the elimination of -mbnu210.  Could you please describe
> what does this mean in practical terms?
> 
> If the consequences are dire, perhaps we will be better off without
> the possibility to bootstrap out of the box (another drastic measure,
> but at least it doesn't affect users).

It means that DJGPP port of gcc-3.0 will be no more usable with 
binutils 2.8.* and 2.9.*. One will need to use 2.10 or above (really
bnu2951b.zip will also work)

I think there will be no problems with it 

Andris