Re: error bootstrapping on a DECstation running Ultrix 4.4

[Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>]

  In message <01BE2DB6.9EDFD6C0@CPC046.tiwest.com.au>you write:
  > When attempting to do "make bootstrap" on ecgs version 1.1.1 the (gnu) make
  >  fails while compiling the bootstrap gcc. 
  > 
  > It appears that for this system the Makefile has problems when LANGUAGES="c
  >  " is used for the original bootstrap compiler.
  > 
  > I managed to work around the problem (I think) by doing a manual "make" in 
  > egcs_obj/gcc and adding f77 to the LANGUAGES
  > ie "make CC="gcc" libdir=/usr/local/lib LANGUAGES="c f77"
  > and then continuing with egcs_obj/make bootstrap
  > 
  > Relevant output is as follows:
  > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > case "c " in \
  >   *[fF]77*) touch lang-f77;; \
  >   *) rm -f lang-f77;; \
  > esac
  > if [ -f lang-f77 ]; then \
  >   rm -f g77.c; \
  >   ln -s /netusr/local/egcs-1.1.1/gcc/gcc.c g77.c; \
  > fi
  > make[2]: *** [g77.c] Error 1
  > make[2]: Leaving directory `/netusr/local/egcs_obj/gcc'
  > make[1]: *** [bootstrap] Error 2
  > make[1]: Leaving directory `/netusr/local/egcs_obj/gcc'
  > make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2
  > ------------------------------------------------------
  > 
  > The gcc make stage had been called by the following lines:
  > 
  > Bootstrapping the compiler
  > make[1]: Entering directory `/netusr/local/egcs_obj/gcc'
  > make CC="gcc" libdir=/usr/local/lib LANGUAGES="c "
  > 
  > Hope this helps, it is the first time I have ever reported a "bug".
This bug has been fixed in recent egcs snapshots.

You may be able to work around this bug by specifying a non-broken shell
for builds.  Your shell is exiting with nonzero status for the "if" statement
when it is false.

jeff