[Fwd: Re: [makefile] PR/13820 [3.4 Regression] "make dvi" crasheswhen configuredfrom a relative source directory]

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>]

Remembered I should have CC:ed this.

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> As PR/13820 mentions "make dvi" bombs if you configure via a relative pathname -- at least it does with the texinfo 4.2 version that is on my system.
>  
>  This was very easy to fix.
>  
>  
> After the patch this test succeeded on i686-pc-cygwin:
> ../gcc-snapshot/configure --enable-languages=all,treelang
> make configure-gcc
> cd gcc
> make info dvi
>
>  OK to install? 

Yes, OK for mainline and 3.4 branch.

Now wait for someone to tell me that this breaks builds over NFS or
something.  ;-)


> gcc/
> 2004-01-22  Kelley Cook  <kcook@gcc.gnu.org>
>
>         * Makefile.in (abs_docdir, abs_srcdir): Define.
>         (doc/%.dvi, doc/gccinstall.dvi): Use $(abs_docdir).
>
> gcc/ada/
> 2004-01-22  Kelley Cook  <kcook@gcc.gnu.org>
>
>         * Make-lang.in (doc/gnat_ug_unx.dvi): Use $(abs_docdir). 
>         (doc/gnat_ug_vms.dvi, doc/gnat_ug_unx.dvi): Likewise.
>         (doc/gnat_ug_unx.dvi, doc/gnat-style.dvi): Likewise.
>
> gcc/f/
> 2004-01-22  Kelley Cook  <kcook@gcc.gnu.org>
>
>         * Make-lang.in (doc/g77.dvi): Use $(abs_docdir). 
>
> gcc/java/
> 2004-01-22  Kelley Cook  <kcook@gcc.gnu.org>
>
>         * Make-lang.in (doc/gcj.dvi): Use $(abs_docdir). 
>
> gcc/treelang/
> 2004-01-22  Kelley Cook  <kcook@gcc.gnu.org>
>
>         * Make-lang.in (doc/treelang.dvi): Use $(abs_docdir).