bootstrap/5644: Building g++ on AIX 5.1 seems to loop forever

[Zack Weinberg]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 05:15:41AM -0700, Roger Sayle wrote:
> 
> Hi Zack,
> > I posted a patch some time ago which might fix the performance problem
> > with the AIX shell: <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-03/msg00086.html>.
> > No one has tested it and reported whether it works or not.  Would you
> > mind giving it a try?
> 
> I'll give it a spin today.

Thanks.

>  However, Richard Henderson's suggestion of
> using "CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash" was no less than miraculous.

Right; the hope is that the patch will make this unnecessary.

zw