7 files changed, 42 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
index 7a8aa292079..f346b7f4e37 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
+  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
+  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
+  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
+  enableShared ? true
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index a413ed1c778..617a19e238b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
+  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
+  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
+  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
+  enableShared ? true
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index 05ab2d1fd11..7ea80ffbeb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
+  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
+  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
+  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
+  enableShared ? true
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index 6fe953e163f..f9c5c711655 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
+  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
+  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
+  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
+  enableShared ? true
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , flex
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index fd2961f3c93..e0be04234de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
+  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
+  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
+  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
+  enableShared ? true
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index b29d4597ac5..75c7982ea42 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
+  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
+  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
+  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
+  enableShared ? true
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index 22ab4f61da1..0c649eac1db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
+  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
+  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
+  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
+  enableShared ? true
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)