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Re: gcc/gcc ChangeLog doc/install.texi
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>, "rittle at labs dot mot dot com" <rittle at labs dot mot dot com>
- Cc: "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:20:44 -0700
- Subject: Re: gcc/gcc ChangeLog doc/install.texi
- References: <200204152211.g3FMBeo01645@greed.delorie.com>
> The documentation now lies. We do support building in $srcdir.
You approved a patch to fix the build process at the same time I approved
a patch to fix the docs.
There are other problems with building in $srcdir; apparently, for
example, certain Java things do not work correctly on certain platforms.
Don't take it personally; this is a hard problem. But it's not one
we need to solve. If you want to solve it, please spend time on making
the "./configure; make; make install" do something like:
"mkdir objdir; cd objdir; ../configure; make bootstrap; make install"
That would be great: simpler for us, and still make the thing that
people are used to typing work as they would like.
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