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Hello All.

I have recently (re-)installed Linux using the RedHat distribution,
which neglects to bundle a a.out (the original Linux executable
format) C compiler.  I decided to rebuild the ELF version
(i486-*-linux) of GCC from source (adding in F77 support), then build
the cross-compiler for a.out (i486-*-linuxaout).

The ELF compiler build went fine.  Yay for FSF!

But I'm a little confused as to how the install works in the case of
building a cross-compiler.  I have the necessary bins/libs in
/usr/i486-linuxaout (as according to the gcc/INSTALL file), but when I
build the a.out-format CC, won't "make install ..." place this
cross-compiler in /usr/bin, making a.out the only format the gcc
driver operates to (or defaults to)?

I'm also unsure of what configure command to issue (is it simply
"./configure --target=i486-linuxaout --host=i486-unknown-linux" or
something more esoteric?)

Would someone please explain the process of building and installing a
cross-compiler, for as you can see, I'm having a difficult time with
it.  Thank you!


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