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Debuggable gcc compiler

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So far I've been editing some makefile in order to get a debuggable compiler. I tried the instructions at

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebuggingGCC

I did

cd myobjdir
../gcc4/configure --prefix=/my/disk/usr/hgreving/sysroot_4_8_1 --program-prefix=special- --program-suffix=-4.8.1 
make STAGE1_CFLAGS="-g -O0" all-stage1
make install

I am getting this error:

/bin/sh: line 0: cd: ./fixincludes: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install-fixincludes] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/my/disk/usr/hgreving/myobjdir'

Is there something very obvious that I am doing wrong?

posted Aug 14, 2013 by Naveena Garg

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1 Answer

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My approach: Close to the wiki entry without editing the Make Files.

My script:

export BOOT_FLAGS='-O0 -g3'
export STAGE1_FLAGS='-O0 -g'
export CXX_FLAGS='-g3 -O0'

../gcc/configure
make
make install-gcc
answer Aug 14, 2013 by Sonu Jindal
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