This is the mail archive of the
gcc@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
Re: make install fails?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Sam Lauber <sam124 at operamail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:47:23 -0500
- Subject: Re: make install fails?
- References: <20050115035156.3C84E416118@ws5-2.us4.outblaze.com>
On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 04:51:56AM +0100, Sam Lauber wrote:
>
> >> Should 'make install' build gcc automatically before installation?
> >>
> >> Currently, this procedure fails:
> >> - create gcc-build directory.
> >> - enter directory
> >> - './configure'
> >> - 'make install'
> >> This will result in:
> >> /bin/sh ../gcc/mkinstalldirs /usr/local /usr/local
> >> /bin/sh: line 1: cd: fixincludes: No such file or directory
> > Please file a new PR and make it blocked by 17383.
> PR? This isn't a bug in the GCC build system, but rather a
> pecularity in the way GNU Automake implements `srcdir' and
> `objdir'. With the current implementation of it, the dirs
> are created as each is cd'd to. Because of that, the dir
> `fixincludes' is not created. If this is a PR, it's in
> Automake. Post to the Automake mailing lists.
>
> Samuel Lauber
>
> P.S. Technically, every [proper] Makefile on earth has the
> programs it makes as prerequisites. Two for Automake.
You might want to look at what you're talking about before answering
questions... the GCC and toplevel directories do not use automake, so
certainly it is not a bug in automake.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz