make install

[Tim Prince]

François-Xavier Coudert wrote:
>> I am installing a 4.2 snapshot on a machine with an ancient distribution
>> (RH 7.2), and I am getting the following error from make install
>> gcc -c   -g -O2 -DIN_GCC   -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings 
>> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long 
>> -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -Wold-style-definition 
>> -Wmissing-format-attribute    -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. 
>> -I../../gcc-4.2-20070124/gcc -I../../gcc-4.2-20070124/gcc/. 
>> -I../../gcc-4.2-20070124/gcc/../include 
>> -I../../gcc-4.2-20070124/gcc/../libcpp/include 
>> -I/devel/pasqua/GNU/gmp/include -I/devel/pasqua/GNU/mpfr/include 
>> -I../../gcc-4.2-20070124/gcc/../libdecnumber -I../libdecnumber    
>> cc1-checksum.c -o cc1-checksum.o
>> cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-Wno-variadic-macros"
>> cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-Wno-overlength-strings"
>> make[2]: *** [cc1-checksum.o] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory 
>> `/home1/devel/pasqua/GNU/obj-4.2-20070124/gcc'
>> make[1]: *** [install-gcc] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home1/devel/pasqua/GNU/obj-4.2-20070124'
>> make: *** [install] Error 2
>
> This looks like you're trying to use "make install" after "make"
> failed to build everything fine. make install can only be used after a
> successful "make".
>
> FX
>
Unfortunately, the problem occurs during bootstrap as well, when 
building on cygwin, many hours before the possibility of 'make install' 
arises.