Re: [Gm2] gm2-0.4 released

[Izo]

Christoph Schlegel wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:36:12 +0200
> Izo <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>  
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> > I understand that the pngtopnm and pnmtops are not found. Butthe next 
> > time I do make in gcc-host directory, it comes through  - so obviously 
> > something is not quite correct in the build process.
> >    
>
> Ok, now here's what I usually experience:
>
> Whenever I build GNU Modula-2 (cvs and gcc from gnu.org) three
> steps are necessary:
>
> 1. First I get en error because of some utilities I don't have
> installed:
>
>
> 2. After redoing configure and make I get the following error
> because I do not have Python installed:
>
> 3. And when redoing make and configure a third time, the
> compiler is built without a problem. Does configure learn
> from errors?
>
>  
This procedure is basically wrong (as concerning the GNU Project tools) 
if the make distclean is not performed before configure. You could do 
make many times - but it performs differently 1st and following times 
for gcc builds - do not ask me why but it is true. So the build should 
go smoothly to be sure that everything is made properly. And as a matter 
of fact it does for everything except for GM2.

Unless this is fixed by Gaius, I propose building as follows:

1. configure
2. make -k
3. make

Thus you can be sure that the all other parts of the gcc tree are built 
in the make -k step, only GM2 is build in second make step. Re-configure 
is not needed, really, from my experience.

Anyway, this behaviour only appeared with gm2-0.4 so I believe that 
Gaius will fix it very soon.

What I am concerned more is that gcc-3.2.3+gm2-0.4 build does not work 
for me ! I have already sent the information about it. Gaius ?


BTW, Cristoph, good work on your Modula-2 page, as the GM2 is concerned. 
Keep on ! Only publish the information regularly (every 15 days) on the 
comp.lang.modula2 newsgroup !

Iztok