Re: libstdc++/6776: Build 3.1 Source - Build directory on another file system fails due to hard link creation.

["Matthew Hounsel" <mat.hounsell@motorola.com>]

The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/6776; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Matthew Hounsel" <mat.hounsell@motorola.com>
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, mat_geek@yahoo.com,
        gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, nobody@gcc.gnu.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: libstdc++/6776: Build 3.1 Source - Build directory on another file 
 system fails due to hard link creation.
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 17:07:53 +1000

 Here is the reply form the autoconf list.
 
 > From: Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
 > To: mat_geek@yahoo.com.au
 > CC: autoconf@gnu.org
 > Subject: Re: Autoconf : Build fails if the build and source directory are
 on
 > different file systems.
 >
 > > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mat=20Hounsell?= <mat_geek@yahoo.com.au>
 > > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:33:51 +1000 (EST)
 > >
 > > The GCC maintainers tracked it probablely down to AC_PROG_LN_S.
 >
 > That problem was fixed long ago in Autoconf, but the GCC maintainers
 > are still using an old Autoconf version (2.13, released January 1999).
 > They can fix the problem by upgrading to a newer Autoconf version.
 > Most likely this is already on their list of things to do, but they
 > haven't gotten around to it yet.
 
 http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=6776/
 
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