[cfarm-users] Looking for the latest GCC for PowerPC

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 12:02 PM Segher Boessenkool
<segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 02:35:44AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I'm looking for the latest GCC for PowerPC. I think I need something
> > from this week or last week.
> >
> > GCC135 has "gcc version 8.2.1 20180813" but I am looking for something
> > newer. The other PowerPCs seem to be older, like GCC 6.2 or 8.2.0.
> >
> > Does anyone know where to find the latest GCC?
>
> You can just do
>
> $ $HOME/src/gcc/configure --prefix=$HOME/$WHEREVER --enable-languages=all
> $ nice make -j99
> $ make install

Doesn't that waste disk space? I specifically try to avoid it because
of the "clean your home drive" messages sent out on occasion.

It is also why I request a compiler be installed for everyone to use.
A common build in a known location (like /opt/cfarm) makes GCC more
available than a lone user's build. It seems like the common build and
installation is a better way to promote testing of GCC.

Jeff