Re: [PATCH - ping] Don't unlink /dev/null on darwin

[Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>]

Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> writes:

> If you don't want to run the compiler when doing "make install", then
> remove the dependencies on the install target.  For example, why does
> the install-libgcc target depend on libgcc.a or libgcov.a?  If you
> want those dependencies there, then you must accept the possibility of
> running the compiler during "make install".

They are there mainly because of GNU makefile standards; personally
I'd leave them out.

> Note that historically it was possible to build and install the
> compiler in a single "make install" step.  Perhaps that is a bad idea,
> but let's not break it without even mentioning it.

I haven't tried it, er, ever, but I very much doubt it works, or has
worked in recent memory.

zw