libio compilation failure, i386-pc-linux-gnu

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < m0xYFCA-0004ecC@ocean.lucon.org >you write:
  > > 
  > > Mostly stock Red Hat Linux 4.2.
  > > The main part of the build goes OK, but the libio stuff bombs.
  > > 
  > > test -z "-fpic" || \
  > >   /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/egcs-971114/gcc/xgcc
  > > -B/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/egcs-971114/gcc/ -c -g -O2 -fno-implicit-template
  > s
  > > -I. -I. -nostdinc++ -D_IO_MTSAFE_IO -fpic stdstrbufs.cc -o
  > > pic/stdstrbufs.o
  > > stdstrbufs.cc:67: syntax error before `='
  > > stdstrbufs.cc:67: `_IO_stdfile_0_lock' was not declared in this scope
[ ... ]

  > Please don't specify the target name when you configure egcs unless
  > you know exactly what you are doing. egcs will try to detect what
  > you have if you don't specify the target name. If you do, egcs won't
  > try. But if you don't know what's your target name in egcs's term
  > and you provide one, egcs is screwed.
  > 
  > BTW, is that in INSTALL/FAQ?
I didn't see any indication that Elliot specified a triplet at configure time,
but I could have missed it in the first message.

Elliot -- did you use "configure" or did you use "configure <somename>"?

HJ -- I'm not sure this belongs in an FAQ, but it certainly does belong in
the basic installation instructions.

jeff
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