Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gcc 4.3.4 ---> 4.4.1

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 15 August 2009 19:18:36 Mark Knecht wrote:
> I've also done two builds of gcc instead of two @system builds. I
> think that accomplishes the same thing, but what do I know as there
> are no guarantees! ;-)

Look at gcc's makefiles. 

It builds gcc with the old compiler then uses that new compiler to rebuild the 
exact same source code twice. If, and only if, those two outputs are bitwise 
identical, then the last new compiler gets installed.

So your process is superfluous as you are duplicating work that gcc's build 
system has already done and guaranteed to be correct.

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