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Re: Configuring GCC build: doc patch
- From: "Gabriel Dos Reis" <gdr at acm dot org>
- To: "Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng" <hgs at dmu dot ac dot uk>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:29:24 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: Configuring GCC build: doc patch
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.60.0407191254450.26141@brains>
- Reply-to: gdr at acm dot org
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.
Hmm, would be a shell issue?