RE: cross toolchain vs. info files

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> 
>>   Does anyone know why this is?  Is there some problem that I can't see?
> 
> I assume that this was just an oversight.
> 
>> Would it be possible to get "make install" to prepend the target prefix
>> while it's copying the files across?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Would that be all that was needed?
> 
> I believe so.  Obviously this would need to be tested, but the patch
> ought to be small.  Would you like to volunteer to develop it ?
> 
> Cheers
>    Nick


  Would overriding install-info-am in Makefile.am be the proper approach?  I
was trying this patch, but don't know if I'm using $transform in the right way
yet, and have run into autotools-spaghetti problems that have prevented me
from actually testing it yet...

Index: Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file:
/sources/repository/external_source/gnu/binutils-x.xx/ld/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -p -u -r1.1 Makefile.am
--- Makefile.am	20 May 2004 16:24:27 -0000	1.1
+++ Makefile.am	10 Jan 2006 10:39:34 -0000
@@ -1465,6 +1465,31 @@ ld.dvi: $(srcdir)/ld.texinfo configdoc.t
 	TEXINPUTS=$(top_srcdir)/../texinfo:$$TEXINPUTS \
 	  MAKEINFO="$(MAKEINFO) -I $(srcdir) -I $(BFDDIR)/doc" $(TEXI2DVI) -I
$(BFDDIR)/doc $(srcdir)/ld.texinfo
 
+#override with new ver.
+install-info-am: $(INFO_DEPS)
+	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
+	@list='$(INFO_DEPS)'; \
+	for file in $$list; do \
+	  if test -f $$file; then d=.; else d=$(srcdir); fi; \
+	  for ifile in `cd $$d && echo $$file $$file-[0-9] $$file-[0-9][0-9]`;
do \
+	    if test -f $$d/$$ifile; then \
+	      inst=`echo $$ifile | sed '$(transform)'`.$$ext; \
+      	  echo " $(INSTALL_DATA)$$d/$$ifile $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$inst"; \
+	      $(INSTALL_DATA) $$file $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$inst; \
+	    else : ; fi; \
+	  done; \
+	done
+	@$(POST_INSTALL)
+	@if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version | sed 1q | fgrep -s -v -i
debian' >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+	  list='$(INFO_DEPS)'; \
+	  for file in $$list; do \
+	    inst=`echo $$file | sed '$(transform)'`.$$ext; \
+	    echo " install-info --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$$inst";\
+	    install-info --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$$inst || :;\
+	  done; \
+	else : ; fi
+
 # Build the man page from the texinfo file
 # The sed command removes the no-adjust Nroff command so that
 # the man output looks standard.


  I keep on running into this problem:

creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating po/Makefile.in
creating config.h
make[1]: Entering directory `/repository/gcc-build/binutils/ld'
cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status config.h
Usage: ./config.status [--recheck] [--version] [--help]
make[1]: *** [stamp-h1] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/repository/gcc-build/binutils/ld'
make: *** [all-ld] Error 2
dk@espanola /repository/gcc-build/binutils>


...which I think is a symptom of new auto* vs. old binutils sources arising in
my cygwin environment.  Still working on it.

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....