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Patch: install.texi update (Was: RFC: patch for PR 6158 (important for 3.1))
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Cc: Gcc Patch List <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>, Java Patch List <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 18 Apr 2002 15:50:12 -0600
- Subject: Patch: install.texi update (Was: RFC: patch for PR 6158 (important for 3.1))
- References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0204161005530.37987-100000@naos.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Gerald" == Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
Gerald> When/if this gets committed, would you mind also updating the
Gerald> *-*-solaris2.8 entry in gcc/doc/install.texi?
How's this?
Tom
Index: ChangeLog
from Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* doc/install.texi (Specific): Update status of Solaris 2.8.
For PR libgcj/6158.
Index: doc/install.texi
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/doc/install.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.92.2.5
diff -u -r1.92.2.5 install.texi
--- doc/install.texi 1 Apr 2002 23:10:53 -0000 1.92.2.5
+++ doc/install.texi 18 Apr 2002 21:44:29 -0000
@@ -3514,10 +3514,11 @@
The Solaris 8 linker fails to link some @samp{libjava} programs if
previously-installed GCC java libraries already exist in the configured
-prefix. For this reason, @samp{libgcj} is disabled by default on Solaris 8.
-If you use GNU @command{ld}, or if you don't have a previously-installed @samp{libgcj} in
-the same prefix, use @option{--enable-libgcj} to build and install the
-Java libraries.
+prefix. For this reason, @command{configure} will report an error on
+Solaris 8 if an existing @samp{libgcj} is found in the appropriate
+install directory and the system linker is in use. In this case, you
+can either configure with @option{--disable-libgcj}, or you can delete
+or rename the existing @samp{libgcj} library files before configuring.
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