From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14678 invoked by alias); 4 Jun 2002 07:16:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-prs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-prs-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 14653 invoked by uid 71); 4 Jun 2002 07:16:04 -0000 Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 00:16:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20020604071604.14645.qmail@sources.redhat.com> To: nobody@gcc.gnu.org Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, From: "Matthew Hounsel" Subject: Re: libstdc++/6776: Build 3.1 Source - Build directory on another file system fails due to hard link creation. Reply-To: "Matthew Hounsel" X-SW-Source: 2002-06/txt/msg00080.txt.bz2 List-Id: The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/6776; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Matthew Hounsel" 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 > 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?= > > 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/ -- ======================================================================= Mathew Hounsell Motorola Phone : +61 2 9666 0651 Australia Software Centre Fax : +61 2 9666 0501 --_|\ Email : mat.hounsell@motorola.com / \ 12 Lord St, Botany \_.--._/ Sydney, New South Wales Australia v =======================================================================