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Re: Configuring GCC build: doc patch
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: gdr at acm dot org
- Cc: "Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng" <hgs at dmu dot ac dot uk>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:47:34 +0200
- Subject: Re: Configuring GCC build: doc patch
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.60.0407191254450.26141@brains><32782.::ffff:128.194.146.35.1090243764.squirrel@webmail.nerim.net>
"Gabriel Dos Reis" <gdr@acm.org> writes:
> Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng:
>> May I suggest something like the following patch for
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html
>> because after an apparently successful build I could not
>> `make install`?
>> Hugh
>>
>> --- configure.html.orig 2004-07-13 13:03:22.694719000 +0100
>> +++ configure.html 2004-07-13 13:13:18.442877000 +0100
>> @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@
>> % cd <var>objdir</var>
>> % <var>srcdir</var>/configure [<var>options</var>]
>> [<var>target</var>]
>> </pre>
>> + <p>Do not use a relative path for <span
>> class="command"><var>srcdir</var>/configure</span>,
>> +use an absolute path instead, because this is used to derive paths
>> +for various things in the resulting makefiles. In subdirectories
>> +relative paths will be incorrect, but absolute paths will still
>> +work.
>
> Hmm, that this curious. I use relative path on dauly basis.
Same here.
> Hmm, would be a shell issue?
My guess would be /usr/bin/install vs. ${srcdir}/install-sh.
Andreas.
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