[Buildroot] How to build a gcc-3.3 toolchain

[Buildroot] How to build a gcc-3.3 toolchain

[Adam McLaurin]

Hi folks,

Unfortunately the software project I'm working on requires some features
of gcc that were removed after v3.3.x. However, when I do 'make
menuconfig' for buildroot and go to select the version of gcc, the only
versions available are 4.1.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, and 4.3.1.

Is it possible to install an older version instead, perhaps 3.3.6?

Thanks,
Adam

[Buildroot] How to build a gcc-3.3 toolchain

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam McLaurin <buildroot@irotas.net> writes:

 Adam> Hi folks,
 Adam> Unfortunately the software project I'm working on requires some features
 Adam> of gcc that were removed after v3.3.x. However, when I do 'make
 Adam> menuconfig' for buildroot and go to select the version of gcc, the only
 Adam> versions available are 4.1.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, and 4.3.1.

 Adam> Is it possible to install an older version instead, perhaps 3.3.6?

You could probably change the existing 3.4.6 support (remember to
enable BR2_DEPRECATED) to compile a 3.3 gcc instead.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

[Buildroot] How to build a gcc-3.3 toolchain

[Adam McLaurin]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:55:55 +0100, "Peter Korsgaard"
<jacmet@uclibc.org> said:
> You could probably change the existing 3.4.6 support (remember to
> enable BR2_DEPRECATED) to compile a 3.3 gcc instead.

Thanks for the response.

Should I start by copying everything in 'toolchain/gcc/3.4.6' to
'toolchain/gcc/3.3.6', or create the 3.3.6 directory clean and add
patches as necessary? I'm not sure how well those patches will backport
to 3.3.6.

Thanks,
Adam

[Buildroot] How to build a gcc-3.3 toolchain

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam McLaurin <buildroot@irotas.net> writes:

 Adam> On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:55:55 +0100, "Peter Korsgaard"
 Adam> <jacmet@uclibc.org> said:
 >> You could probably change the existing 3.4.6 support (remember to
 >> enable BR2_DEPRECATED) to compile a 3.3 gcc instead.

 Adam> Thanks for the response.

 Adam> Should I start by copying everything in 'toolchain/gcc/3.4.6' to
 Adam> 'toolchain/gcc/3.3.6', or create the 3.3.6 directory clean and add
 Adam> patches as necessary? I'm not sure how well those patches will backport
 Adam> to 3.3.6.

I don't quite know either, but my guess is that they will more-or-less
apply.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard