other/6943: problem report 6817

other/6943: problem report 6817

[jpmg]

>Number:         6943
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       problem report 6817
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jun 06 01:46:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Patrick Gosling
>Release:        3.1
>Organization:
Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK
>Environment:
System: Linux tweedle 2.4.17-0.16smp #1 SMP Wed Mar 20 09:09:18 GMT 2002 i686 unknown
Architecture: i686

	
host: i686-pc-linux-gnu
build: i686-pc-linux-gnu
target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configured with: ../gcc-3.1/configure --prefix=/tools/gcc/gcc-3.1-i386-rh7.2
>Description:
while doing make install, install fails with
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'

>How-To-Repeat:
If configure and "make install" are run with the LINGUAS environment 
variable set to something other than one of the languages for which a
catalogue is provided, the CATALOGS variable will be set to the null
string, and a bash for loop in gcc/Makefile will wind up with the syntax
error outlined above.

>Fix:
Ensure that the LINGUAS environment variable is unset when building gcc,
unless you're sure this is what you want.
Meta-Fix:  ensure that this fact is documented in the INSTALL/ files.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: