Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Brian Lee]

To Whom It May Concern:

I got an error when I tried invoking "make" in order to install GCC 4.6.2. This is some of the output:

Makefile:26: *** missing separator.  Stop.
make[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2
make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Is this an expected error? Thank you.

Sincerely,

Brian Lee

Re: Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:

> I got an error when I tried invoking "make" in order to install GCC 4.6.2. This is some of the output:
>
> Makefile:26: *** missing separator.  Stop.
> make[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Is this an expected error? Thank you.

This is not an expected error.

Note that gcc can only be built with GNU make.  See
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html .

Ian

Re: Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Brian Lee]

Dear Mr. Taylor:

I have successfully gone through the process of installing GCC 4.6.2. Thank you for helping me resolve my issue.

Sincerely,

Brian Lee

On Jan 12, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I tried to follow the instructions on the page http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html to the best of my ability. I created a directory called "objdir" under my home directory, entered that directory, and invoked "gcc/configure --enable-languages=c,c++". Thank you.
> 
> If you literally typed "gcc/configure", that won't work.  It implies
> that you put the gcc sources in a gcc subdirectory of your objdir
> directory.  That will fail.
> 
> If you have unpacked your sources into a directory gcc, then do
> something like
> 
> mkdir objdir
> cd objdir
> ../gcc/configure --enable-languages=c,c++
> 
> That is, run the configure script in an empty directory.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>> 
>>> Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:
>>> 
>>>> To Whom It May Concern:
>>>> 
>>>> I cannot retrieve the output when I invoked "make" at the time of the error. However, I just invoked "make" and the following output showed up:
>>>> 
>>>> [ -f stage_final ] || echo stage3 > stage_final
>>>> rm -f stage_current
>>>> /bin/sh: gcc/mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory
>>>> make[2]: *** [stage1-start] Error 127
>>>> Makefile:786: gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk: No such file or directory
>>>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk'.  Stop.
>>>> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
>>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>> 
>>>> The "gcc" directory under the build/object directory that I created appears to be missing, but there is a "stage1-gcc" directory. Thank you.
>>> 
>>> How exactly did you run the configure script?
>>> 
>>> Ian

Re: Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Jonathan Wakely]

The simplest possible steps to build gcc are documented at
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC

Re: Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:

> I tried to follow the instructions on the page http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html to the best of my ability. I created a directory called "objdir" under my home directory, entered that directory, and invoked "gcc/configure --enable-languages=c,c++". Thank you.

If you literally typed "gcc/configure", that won't work.  It implies
that you put the gcc sources in a gcc subdirectory of your objdir
directory.  That will fail.

If you have unpacked your sources into a directory gcc, then do
something like

mkdir objdir
cd objdir
../gcc/configure --enable-languages=c,c++

That is, run the configure script in an empty directory.

Ian


> On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>
>> Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> To Whom It May Concern:
>>> 
>>> I cannot retrieve the output when I invoked "make" at the time of the error. However, I just invoked "make" and the following output showed up:
>>> 
>>> [ -f stage_final ] || echo stage3 > stage_final
>>> rm -f stage_current
>>> /bin/sh: gcc/mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory
>>> make[2]: *** [stage1-start] Error 127
>>> Makefile:786: gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk: No such file or directory
>>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk'.  Stop.
>>> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>> 
>>> The "gcc" directory under the build/object directory that I created appears to be missing, but there is a "stage1-gcc" directory. Thank you.
>> 
>> How exactly did you run the configure script?
>> 
>> Ian

Re: Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Brian Lee]

Dear Mr. Taylor:

I tried to follow the instructions on the page http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html to the best of my ability. I created a directory called "objdir" under my home directory, entered that directory, and invoked "gcc/configure --enable-languages=c,c++". Thank you.

Sincerely,

Brian Lee

On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> To Whom It May Concern:
>> 
>> I cannot retrieve the output when I invoked "make" at the time of the error. However, I just invoked "make" and the following output showed up:
>> 
>> [ -f stage_final ] || echo stage3 > stage_final
>> rm -f stage_current
>> /bin/sh: gcc/mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory
>> make[2]: *** [stage1-start] Error 127
>> Makefile:786: gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk: No such file or directory
>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk'.  Stop.
>> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>> 
>> The "gcc" directory under the build/object directory that I created appears to be missing, but there is a "stage1-gcc" directory. Thank you.
> 
> How exactly did you run the configure script?
> 
> Ian

Re: Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:

> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> I cannot retrieve the output when I invoked "make" at the time of the error. However, I just invoked "make" and the following output showed up:
>
> [ -f stage_final ] || echo stage3 > stage_final
> rm -f stage_current
> /bin/sh: gcc/mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [stage1-start] Error 127
> Makefile:786: gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk'.  Stop.
> make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> The "gcc" directory under the build/object directory that I created appears to be missing, but there is a "stage1-gcc" directory. Thank you.

How exactly did you run the configure script?

Ian

Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

[Brian Lee]

To Whom It May Concern:

I cannot retrieve the output when I invoked "make" at the time of the error. However, I just invoked "make" and the following output showed up:

[ -f stage_final ] || echo stage3 > stage_final
rm -f stage_current
/bin/sh: gcc/mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [stage1-start] Error 127
Makefile:786: gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `gcc/config/bootstrap-debug.mk'.  Stop.
make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

The "gcc" directory under the build/object directory that I created appears to be missing, but there is a "stage1-gcc" directory. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Brian Lee

P.S. The following is the correspondence that I had with Mr. Taylor:

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Date: January 11, 2012 6:45:52 AM PST
To: Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Possibly hindering error when invoking "make"

Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:

I had GNU Make 3.81 at the time of the error. Perhaps I needed a newer version of GNU Make? Thank you.

Please reply to the mailing list, not just to me.  Thanks.

As the web site explains, you need GNU make version 3.80.  But if you
are using GNU make, then that is probably not the problem.  Show us the
lines in the Makefile that make is complaining about.

Ian

On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

Brian Lee <brian.h.lee.90@gmail.com> writes:

I got an error when I tried invoking "make" in order to install GCC 4.6.2. This is some of the output:

Makefile:26: *** missing separator.  Stop.
make[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2
make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Is this an expected error? Thank you.

This is not an expected error.

Note that gcc can only be built with GNU make.  See
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html .

Ian