egcs-1.0.1 and OSR 5.0.4

[Robert Lipe]

> Earlier I reported trouble making egcs-1.0.1 under OSR 5.0.4
> (I mistyped OSR 5.0.4 as OSR 5.0.2 in my earlier note also.)

Those cross examinations are tough to pass, aren't they?  :-)

> The problem turned out to be make itself, dumping core.

I had a similar problem with GNU make long, long ago with either
the EGCS or GCC trees.   There was something that changed in the 
Makefile during one snapshot that pushed my GNU make over the edge.

Jeff, perhaps we should recommend some specific version of GNU make
in the FAQ?

> I report that attempting to make egcs-1.0.1 using GNU make version 3.74
> fails, but that upgrading make to GNU make 3.76.1 seems to fix the
> problem.

Scary.

> The 'stock' make on SCO 5.0.4 seems to work fine, BTW.  I'm just a
> GNU fan.

The only way I see this working is if you're building the object
directly in the source tree.   If you're building outside the 
tree as recommended in the EGCS doco the SCO make (like many
vendor makes) doesn't handle the VPATH stuff well enough to build.

I think it keeled somewhere when building the texinfo stuff last
time I tried, but I can't recall the details.

OTOH, if building in the tree and using the vendor make or using
the newer GNU make worked for you, perhaps we shouldn't overanalyze
it and should just get on with our lives.

RJL