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Re: Error building 4.0.1-RC2
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Mark Williams (MWP) wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Yes i did... i always do and have never had a problem doing so before.
> > > I will try building in a different directory though and report back.
> >
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html
> >
> > To be honest I'm always surprised when it works at all.
>
> Ok, that fixed it, thanks.
>
> Maybe a warning should be included in the configure script that is shown when
> poeple do run configure from the gcc source root?
Bug 17383 is one of the more frequently reported issues with GCC 4.0.0,
but building in the source directory is not considered release-critical.
If someone wishes to submit a patch for that bug for 4.0 branch, I expect
it could be considered for 4.0.2 but might be too risky for 4.0.1 now.
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