Configure/make problem

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Jonathan Roy wrote:
> I'm trying to compile it outside of the source tree just like the docs
> recommend. I've always just compiled it in-place in the source tree in the
> past with no problems. Thought I should point out this isn't working,
> although it's very possible I'm doing something wrong... Solaris 2.7
> machine.

It seems you are using Sun make, right? Sun make is not fully POSIX
compliant (at least that's what I have been told) and thus won't work
for objdir != srcdir.

The installation documentation always specified that you should use GNU
make, but I have now installed the following patch to make this even more
clearn.

  Provide more details about broken versions of make.
  Minor markup fixes.

http://egcs.cygnus.com/install/build.html
 
Gerald

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