re:compilation problem

[Dave Steffen <steffend at lamar dot colostate dot edu>]

 > From: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>
 > 
 > Jeeze. . . nobody seems to be reading the install/configure
 > documentation. Can somebody explain to me how we can make this more
 > obvious?

I _did_ read the docs, although perhaps I misunderstood it. I really
am trying not to be a newbie (although apparently with limited
success).

 > http://sourceware.cygnus.com/libstdc++/documentation.html

Right. So: trying to build with 2.95.2...

Unzipped the gcc 2.95.2 sources into /opt/src/gcc-2.95.2.

( gccsrcdir = /opt/src/gcc-2.95.2 )

 mv libstdc++ libstdc++-v2
 mv libio libio-v2

Copied the libstdc++-v3 tarball into gccsrcdir; un-tar'd it; made a
symlink from libstdc++-v3 to libstdc++. 
( libsrcdir = /opt/src/gcc-2.95.2/libstdc++-v3 )

 ./configure --prefix=/opt/gcc3 --enable-languages=c++

Works fine.

 make bootstrap MAKE="make -j2" -j2
 
proceeds merrily along until:

 printnow.c              ..linked
 loading cache ./config.cache
 configure: error: can not find install-sh or install.sh in .. ./..

 > http://sourceware.cygnus.com/libstdc++/install.html

This is the document I've been following; as far as I can tell, I've
done what it says to do. Maybe I'm doing something stupid (wouldn't be
the first time!), but whatever I'm doing wrong, it's not obvious.

I really would appreciate any help / hints / insight you might have.

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