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Post #3574284
2025-04-06 18:55 UTC
so it turns out when building gcc 4.4.7 the first time, whether or not just using "make" still tries to bootstrap, DESPITE PASSING "--disable-bootstrap" TO GCC'S CONFIGURE SCRIPT, seems random. lovely.
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@parzivalwolfram@infosec.exchange 2025-04-07 07:14
nope! this is even dumber. it turns out gcc in general is just stupidly sensitive to any tweaks in the system's headers, even adding whitespace can cause all of libiberty (as packed with gcc 4.4.7) to be invalid. almost every single line, starting halfway in. it looks like a missed semicolon or bracket, but the 120-some lines directly above are fine, the three header files it processed are OK, no one's to blame but a random macro that worked for 40 other lines but suddenly not here. god i hate gcc