4.4 Packaging notes

The configure-time option –enable-host-shared is needed when building the jit in order to get position-independent code. This will slow down the regular compiler by a few percent. Hence when packaging gcc with libgccjit, please configure and build twice:

For example:

# Configure and build with --enable-host-shared
# for the jit:
mkdir configuration-for-jit
pushd configuration-for-jit
$(SRCDIR)/configure \
  --enable-host-shared \
  --enable-languages=jit \
  --prefix=$(DESTDIR)
make
popd

# Configure and build *without* --enable-host-shared
# for maximum speed:
mkdir standard-configuration
pushd standard-configuration
$(SRCDIR)/configure \
  --enable-languages=all \
  --prefix=$(DESTDIR)
make
popd

# Both of the above are configured to install to $(DESTDIR)
# Install the configuration with --enable-host-shared first
# *then* the one without, so that the faster build
# of "cc1" et al overwrites the slower build.
pushd configuration-for-jit
make install
popd

pushd standard-configuration
make install
popd