[Bug libgcj/27823] Found a problem with the JNI methods declared and implemented

[ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #19 from ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu dot org  2006-09-21 16:09 -------
> Eric, it is not forbidden to put objdir into srcdir.  It is not  
> unsupported to do so.

Simply amazing...  Quoting http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html:

"First, we highly recommend that GCC be built into a separate directory than
the sources which does not reside within the source tree. This is how we
generally build GCC; building where srcdir == objdir should still work, but
doesn't get extensive testing; building where objdir is a subdirectory of
srcdir is unsupported."

> Among the many bugs I've found in gcc build and configuration over the
> years, not one was due to this.

It may have been the hidden trigger of a bunch of them...

> More and more bug reports are met with comments like "it works for me"
> (IWFM), which I don't find helpful.

It's actually IWIYFTI (It Works If You Follow The Instructions).


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27823