> You won't be able to do that any more. We've been saying that since > the first top level bootstrap rules went in, every time the subject > came up - this really shouldn't be a surprise.
No, what's been said is that there will be a MODE in which that can't be done, but it was always claimed that no capability would be lost with these changes. Now we're seeing a loss, and it's a very significant one. > Libgcc will no longer be configured by the gcc subdirectory's makefile. > Therefore there will be no startfiles or libgcc for the new compiler to > use. Sure there is: the one the last iteration used! Obviously, if you're only bootstrapping the compiler, you're going to leave everything else unchanged.
