other/8644: make install fails, as it is trying to build things

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>Number:         8644
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       make install fails, as it is trying to build things
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 19 11:36:04 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gordon Lack
>Release:        gcc 3.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
SGI Irx 6.5
>Description:
   I have various SGI Irix systems - some with 32 and some with 64-bit OSes.

   These mount their tools from an NFS server.

   We have a development system which is a 64-bit system. Tools are
installed from 32-bit workstations.

   I have compiled gcc 3.2 (make bootstrap) on the 64-bit server.  This
seems OK.

   I now wish to install this using a 32-bit system (which is the only
system with write access to the NFS file system).

   However, "make install" doesn't just install, it tries to rebuild
mabi=64/libgcc_s.so.1, which is 64-bit library.  The 32-bit system does
not have libc installed for this, so the linking fails and with it the
installation.

   The problem appears to be in the libgcc.mk file.  A node exists for:

mabi$(EQ)64/libgcc_s_mabi$(EQ)64.so:

(where $(EQ) is = ).  However, the rule for this actually uses xgcc to
build mabi=64/libgcc_s.so.1 followed by:

 rm -f libgcc_s_mabi=64.so 
 ln -s mabi=64/libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s_mabi=64.so

so the node isn't actually built by the rule!  These last two lines
would seem to need to be:

 rm -f mabi=64/libgcc_s_mabi=64.so
 ln -s libgcc_s.so.1 mabi=64/libgcc_s_mabi=64.so

in order to fit in with this and other rules.


   Mind you, even after that I have problems as the install wishes to
echo timestamp to stmp-multilib, even though it already exists and is up
to date.  Since this is from an NFS mounted disk and I;m installign as
root it fails...
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