> > No. make aout-to-elf builds a.out versions of everything first, then
> > uses them to build the elf versions.
>
> Correct. Older compilers would not be able to generate elf targets,
> so we have to update the compiler first.
Right. But the 2.x system should build the compiler (and bootstrap libs)
statically and install them in /usr/obj/..../tmp. Then the "make world"
should stop dead in its tracks and use the compiler in /usr/obj/..../tmp
[which itself is an a.out binary] to start a new "make world" where the
output are ELF images. I've glossed over a little bit here -- I think
maybe we need a /usr/src/Makefile.aout-to-elf and the upgrade path is
now:
make -f Makefile.aout-to-elf {,buildworld,installworld}
> The system actually makes a complete world first, because of arcane
> reasons better left unexplained,
True.. and I bumped into the same mess in the compiler upgrade
> lest one would gradually become insane.
As I did in the EGCS bootstrap. ;-)
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