Problem: On a recent commit to the branch, HP inadvertently used autoconf 2.58 to regenerate the gcc directory which unfortunately contains a bug in which it outputs a relative pathname when an absolute one is requested; autoconf 2.59 was released a few days later because of this bug. "make dvi" requires absolute path names (PR13820), so it no longer works with the current 3.4 branch. --------- Steps to recreate: $ ../{relative-path-to-src}/configure $ make maybe-configure-gcc $ cd gcc $ make dvi ------------- Proposed action: Regenerate the gcc directory with autoheader/autoconf 2.57 which is the documented version in gcc-3.4's install.texi. Note: Mainline now uses autoconf 2.59, so it does not have the bug is not present there.
Subject: Re: New: make dvi broken under gcc-3.4 kcook at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote: > Regenerate the gcc directory with autoheader/autoconf 2.57 which is the > documented version in gcc-3.4's install.texi. That's fine, and such a patch is pre-approved. In fact, if you can also change configure.in to forbid the use of 2.58, that's pre-approved as well.
Subject: Bug 14536 CVSROOT: /cvs/gcc Module name: gcc Branch: gcc-3_4-branch Changes by: kcook@gcc.gnu.org 2004-03-11 21:43:07 Modified files: gcc : ChangeLog configure config.in Log message: 2004-03-11 Kelley Cook <kcook@gcc.gnu.org> PR other/14536 * configure: Regenerated with autoconf 2.57. * config.in: Regenerated with autoheader 2.57. Patches: http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/gcc/ChangeLog.diff?cvsroot=gcc&only_with_tag=gcc-3_4-branch&r1=2.2326.2.329&r2=2.2326.2.330 http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/gcc/configure.diff?cvsroot=gcc&only_with_tag=gcc-3_4-branch&r1=1.794.2.11&r2=1.794.2.12 http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/gcc/config.in.diff?cvsroot=gcc&only_with_tag=gcc-3_4-branch&r1=1.181.4.1&r2=1.181.4.2
Suggested patch checked into 3.4 branch. Issue fixed.