[Clfs-dev] Host System Requirements

[Karin Willers]

Hello,

yes, I did report  that on 02/09/2013 when trying to build CLFS for ALPHA:

5.8. GMP-5.0.5
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On my machine (rather fresh Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit) the build resulted
in the following error:

configure error: checking C++ compiler g++ -fexceptions ... no

I had to additionally install g++ (besides plain gcc, which was already 
installed,
I think)  on my machine , to resolve that, hence my proposal to test for g++
  in 'version-check.sh' in chapter "iv. Host System Requirements".

In response to my email you proposed to run:

sudo apt-get install build-essential bison texinfo gawk && sudo 
dpkg-reconfigure dash

upfront to starting the build, which my be worth mentioning in the book.

Greetings,  Karin
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On 03/03/2013 12:07 AM, William Harrington wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've had someone tell me that maybe the book needs to mention g++ 
> should be installed on the host as well. I've never ran into a 
> situation where the host didn't install g++ along with gcc. Are there 
> hosts out there that do? Even with a default install?
>
> I think the first package that would use g++ for the build would be 
> file in cross-tools.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> WIlliam Harrington
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