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Re: __OPTIMIZE__ & __ctype32_b
- To: Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>
- Subject: Re: __OPTIMIZE__ & __ctype32_b
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
- Date: 31 Jan 1999 21:12:06 +0100
- Cc: libc-alpha@cygnus.com
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- References: <Franz Sirl's message of "Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:21:27 +0100"> <Christopher Seawood's message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:17:11 -0800 (PST)"> <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9901262311560.1057-100000@panic.can.seawood.org> <4.1.19990127190505.0437c030@mail.lauterbach.com> <4.1.19990129113542.04324a20@mail.lauterbach.com>
>>>>> Franz Sirl writes:
Franz> At 10:24 29.01.99 , Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com> writes:
>>
>> |> "Always build _outside_ the source dir"
>>
>> There was never such a problem. Even building in the source dir should
>> work again.
Franz> OK, then somebody should update INSTALL with the allowed/working
Franz> procedures. Currently it quite clearly states:
Franz> [...]
Here's a fix which should go in if somebody has tested that building
in the source dir really works.
Andreas
1999-01-31 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
* manual/install.texi (Configuring and compiling): Building in the
source directory works, change paragraph stating the opposite.
--- manual/install.texi.~2~ Sun Jan 24 19:32:55 1999
+++ manual/install.texi Sun Jan 31 21:09:07 1999
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@
@cindex configuring
@cindex compiling
-GNU Libc cannot be compiled in the source directory. You must create a
-separate directory for the object files. This directory should be
-outside the source tree. For example, if you have unpacked the glibc
-sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-2.1.0}, create a directory
+GNU Libc can be compiled in the source directory but we'd advise to
+build in a separate build directory. For example, if you have unpacked
+the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-2.1.0}, create a directory
@file{/src/gnu/glibc-build} to put the object files in.
From your object directory, run the shell script @file{configure} found
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