Incompatibility of gcc-4.1.1 build with Make-3.81

Greg Schafer diy-linux-dev@diy-linux.org
Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:33:59 +1100


On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 11:21:41AM +1100, Greg Schafer wrote:

> This bit of Makefile affects creation of the file `macro_list' which is used
> in the fixincludes process. And seeing as we disable fixincludes.. there is
> nil effect on the installed compiler.

Actually, I tell a lie. With the bugfix, this installed file:

/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/install-tools/macro_list

contains the following instead of being zero byte in size:

i386
linux
unix

but as I said, fixincludes is disabled during the gcc build and I don't know
of anyone who has ever used the "installed" copy of fixincludes so I'm
sticking with the view that the bug is harmless. (The fix is installed on
the branches so we'll pick it up if/when 4.0.4 or 4.1.2 arrives).

Regards
Greg