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- From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
- Subject: Re: utter frustration with making GCC 2.2.2d
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.002032.11600@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
- References: <1843a2INNgqm@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 00:20:32 GMT
- Lines: 76
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- In article <1843a2INNgqm@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis) writes:
- >
- >
- >
- >i have followed the FAQ.GGC and release notes to no avail. Would some1
- >please help me out a bit.
- >
- >I got the follow files from tsx-11:
- >2.2.2d(db,lib,misc).tar.Z 3 files!!!!
- >binutils.tar.Z
- >0.97pl1inc.tar.Z
- >install.2.x
- >
- >Due to linux's filename lenght limitations I renamed them as follows and put
- >them in my root dir:
- >
- >2d(db,lib,misc).tar.Z
- >097inc.tar.Z
- >
-
- Your first mistake was renaming the files. You DO NOT have to rename
- the files, the names get truncated to 14 characters automagically.
- Of course, you could always manually edit the entire install script
- to reflect the new file names but trust me: it's more trouble
- than it's worth.
-
- Another thing worth pointing out: it doesn't matter what directory
- your gcc files are in, as long as you run the installation script
- from that same directory. I ran mine from /misc/tmp/GCC2.2.2d. :-)
-
- >Then, as the docs say, I typed sh install.2.x -v 2d /foo/src/linux
-
- In the programming world, we often use "foo" as an example, and this
- is no exception. For most (but not all) Linux installations, it
- is /usr/src/linux.
-
- I'm not sure about the "2d" part, either. It's been a while so
- I'll let someone else comment on that.
-
- >
- >It barfed when it looked for that dir, /foo/src/linux. So I made it
- >and uncompressed and untared 097inc.tar.Z into it, making
- >/foo/src/linux/include/linux....which it was looking for.
- >Now it barfs looking for /foo/src/linux/include/asm.
- >
-
- If you have the kernel source installed properly (I suggest you make
- sure by reading the docs that were in the same place where you found
- the kernel source) AND properly applied the first patch AND give the
- install script the correct path to the linux source AND didn't change
- the names of the gcc files (just let the names get chopped), gcc
- installation should be a piece of cake.
-
- >i am totally confused. Are there any better docs????
-
- The only time I had a problem with it was when I DIDN'T read the
- docs first. Being accustomed to manual installations, I thought I
- could just skip the docs. :-)
-
- This is the EASIEST gcc installation we've had yet!
-
- I think the installation instructions need to be improved, though,
- based on the number of people that are having problems. The only
- thing wrong with it (that I can see) is that it doesn't predict
- places where people might go wrong, like renaming the files. I
- know people aren't following instructions to the letter if they
- do things that are NOT in the instructions, but we can keep that
- from happening in the future. We can learn from this by keeping
- the installation script the same and just adding a few more comments
- to the instructions to keep people from making these same mistakes.
-
- --
- Jim H.
- *
- * James L. Henrickson
- * ujlh@sunyit.edu "Some day I might have a real .signature!"
-