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| Configuring with --prefix=~/somewhere --program-suffix=something gives a built version which does not install properly. Specifically, "make install" fails with an error in installing libiberty.a, and leaves directories called "~" lying around. Release: gcc-3.1-{20011231, 20020204} at least Environment: SuSE 7.3; bash 2.05 as shipped by SuSE How-To-Repeat: make two copies of the gcc distribution, configure one with --prefix=~/foo and one with --prefix=/home/twomack/foo, build both; the first won't install, the second will. Comment 1 phil 2003-02-17 23:23:56 UTC From: Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com> To: bje@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, tom@womack.net, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org Cc: Subject: Re: bootstrap/5634: ../configure --prefix=~/... doesn't work Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:23:56 -0500 On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 04:12:02AM -0000, bje@gcc.gnu.org wrote: > This is due to an inconsistent interaction with your shell, viz: > > $ echo prefix=~/install > prefix=/home/bje/install > $ echo --prefix=~/install > --prefix=~/install > > Note that the ~ is expanded correctly in the first, but not the second. > It is unreasonable to expect all underlying GCC configury to handle ~ > as a special case. At the very least, this should be documented in the > installation documentation--do you agree? FYI, bash understands ~ as the first character in sub-words, such as this. But csh and tcsh only understand ~ as the first character in a main word, i.e., after whitespace. This isn't specific to us, so I wouldn't bother documenting it. Anybody who uses a csh-family shell is going to run into these weird features eventually. If you do feel like documenting it, I suggest providing a link to a "here's an introduction to csh" page somewhere. Phil -- I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, viz. "How not to make a mess of it," has /not/ been met. - Edsger Dijkstra, 1930-2002 Comment 2 Ben Elliston 2003-02-18 03:09:53 UTC Responsible-Changed-From-To: unassigned->bje Responsible-Changed-Why: Got it. Comment 3 Ben Elliston 2003-02-18 04:12:02 UTC State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed State-Changed-Why: This is due to an inconsistent interaction with your shell, viz: $ echo prefix=~/install prefix=/home/bje/install $ echo --prefix=~/install --prefix=~/install Note that the ~ is expanded correctly in the first, but not the second. It is unreasonable to expect all underlying GCC configury to handle ~ as a special case. At the very least, this should be documented in the installation documentation--do you agree? I tend to use --prefix=$HOME/install with success. Comment 4 Ben Elliston 2003-02-18 04:51:31 UTC State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->feedback State-Changed-Why: Patch to install.texi submitted to gcc-patches. Comment 7 Ben Elliston 2003-02-22 23:02:57 UTC State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed State-Changed-Why: The installation documentation now explicitly describes this gotcha. I wonder what needs to be done to generate the online docs given the modified install.texi? | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |