From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Zack Weinberg" To: nobody@gcc.gnu.org Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: bootstrap/3236 Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:46:00 -0000 Message-id: <20010620174604.4303.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-06/msg00839.html List-Id: The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3236; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Zack Weinberg" To: "Joseph S. Myers" Cc: Jeff Deifik , gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: bootstrap/3236 Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:45:38 -0700 On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 12:33:36PM +0100, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Zack Weinberg wrote: > > > I agree this is confusing. It's also inaccurate; the second paragraph > > is true whether or not you are using CVS. > > The point of referring to CVS is that checking out from CVS will check out > into a "gcc" directory rather than a gcc-version directory. The rest of the explanation still holds, though. > > # % cd *objdir* > > # % ../*srcdir*/configure [target] [options] > > > > to emphasize that *objdir* and *srcdir* must be entirely separate. > > Both relative and absolute paths for srcdir ought to work. Yes, and they do, but the instructions right here tell you 'mkdir objdir, cd objdir' immediately before that. I think the use of a relative path is more consistent with the rest of the instructions. > > I would send a patch but I do not know where the master copy of this > > file lives or how to update all of its children. > > gcc/doc/install.texi on mainline (which should probably be merged to the > branch when the branch reopens), online version generated by > update_web_docs run from cron. Thanks. Will send patch. -- zw The MacsBug debugger symbol displayed as the pc location for the memory manager's code has been changed from BowelsOfTheMemoryMgr to the more descriptive name YourHeapIsProbablyCorrupt. -- Apple Tech Note 2010