small bug in egcs-1.0.1 install (solaris 2.5.1)

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Wed Feb 11 01:48:00 GMT 1998


  In message < 34E0C6F5.4E73F986@eecs.umich.edu >you write:
  > I just noticed a small bug in the install process for egcs-1.0.1 on sun
  > Solaris 2.5.1.  
  > 
  > I perform the build as a non-root user, then do 'make install' as root.
  > 
  > The directory
  > egcs/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/egcs-2.90.23/include, and
  > all sub-files, were not installed with the correct UID/GID or file
  > permissions.  They retained my non-root userID and groupID and their
  > original permissions (from the user's umask), instead of being converted
  > to root ownership.
GCC doesn't make any attempt to install those files with any particular
owner or permissions.  This is normal and expected behavior.


  > Also, there appears to be a dangling link in there:
  > 
  > 	egcs/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/egcs-2.90.23/include/X11
  > 	
  > is a link:
  > 
  > 	X11 -> ../X11/include/X11
Hmmm, sounds like a bug in fixincludes...

jeff



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