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-So this programmer he wanted to add a new directive to gcc.
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-So he downloaded gcc sources with the intent to make a modified standalone copy.
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-But to do that there had to be headers supplied to by glibc. So he dowloaded that too.
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-But to compile gcc required glibc. So he downloaded a compatible version of that too.
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-To compile glibc requires a small compile of gcc stage 1. Then one can compile glibc, then compile the final version. And yes, before this binutils must be compiled, apparently using the system's C compiler.
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-Ah but to compile gcc stage1 requires glibc headers, so that is built before stage1 gcc, which is built before glibc, which is built before gcc.
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-Alas but to compile the glibc heder bootstrap requires having the Linux kernel headers ...
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-There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she ...