1/3/89 Pace Willisson Here is what to do to bring up GCC & tools on an 80386 running system 5.3 (if you are adventurous and want to use the latest and greatest tools. If you want it to be easy, check back in a couple of months.) All of these instructions assume you are using the usg compiler. After you get to the end, you could start over using the GNU compiler, but that may not work yet ... First make gcc, cc1, cpp, and gnulib: cd .../gcc config.gcc i386-sysv-gas make start.encap Don't try to bootstrap the compiler with itself at this point, since it can't really be used until GAS and the converted libraries are installed. Now you must copy `cc1' and `cpp' and `gnulib' into the directory `/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386-sysv-gas/VERSION', where VERSION stands for the GCC version number. Also install `gcc' in a directory in your path. Now, make the GNU assembler: cd .../gas make a386 cp a386 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386-sysv-gas/VERSION Now, make the other utilities: cd .../binutils edit Makefile to turn on the CFLAGS for USG using COFF_ENCAPSULATE make cp ld /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386-sysv-gas/VERSION Put the other programs (size nm strip ar objdump and ranlib) somewhere handy, but don't clobber your usg programs. I put them all in /usr/gnu/gnucomp, and I have this shell script in my path under the name "gnu": exec /usr/gnu/gnucomp/$* That way, I can say "gnu nm a.out", etc. Convert the libraries to the encapsulated format: make libc.a cp libc.a /usr/local/lib/gnu/libc.a cp .../gcc/gnulib usg-gnulib make gnulib cp gnulib /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386-sysv-gas/VERSION robotussin /lib/crt0.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-crt0.o Now add the parts of `gnulib' that are compiled with GCC, and install the complete `gnulib' in place of the partial one. cp gnulib .../gcc cd .../gcc make rest.encap cp gnulib /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386-sysv-gas/VERSION Now, you should be able to use 'gcc' to compile programs. If you want to bootstrap GCC with itself, this can now be done.