[Bug libstdc++/89466] [7/8/9 Regression] Accessing the Internet while boostrapping

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89466

--- Comment #9 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Thomas Koenig from comment #8)
> (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #4)
> > Apparently Suse's xsltproc 1.1.32 works properly, so please either uninstall
> > xsltproc or upgrade to a fixed version.
> 
> It is an absolute no-no to access the net from a configure script.

It doesn't access the net, it runs a local-only command. Your system is buggy.

> 
> If see a few options:
> 
> 1. If it is not needed (as you seem to imply, because otherwiseI could
>    not remove it) remove the use of xsltproc in configure

No. It's needed to tell if we can generate the docs.

> 2. If if is needed after all, then put a working version into
>    the prerequesites, include a version check and fail at
>    configure time if the version shows this broken behavior.

It's a Suse-specific bug, the same version of xsltproc works fine for me on
Fedora.

> As an aside, putting in a hyperlink as a database entry seems...
> asking for trouble, to put it mildly.

XML is not my fault.