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RE: gcc build problem - make vpath
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'Cygwin'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:41:42 +0100
- Subject: RE: gcc build problem - make vpath
On 03 October 2006 03:10, Michael Eager wrote:
> This might be the wrong mailing list (I couldn't find
> a list for make), but I hope that folks might have an
> answer/explanation.
>
> I'm getting an error building gcc on Cygwin.
> Specifically, the make in libcpp fails, saying
> that it cannot find a rule to make po/be.gmo
> which is needed by target 'all'.
>
> It looks like make is not recognizing VPATH correctly.
> I'm using make-3.80-1.
This is unlikely. Gcc is known to build on cygwin. I do it all the time
and it has no problem for me. Perhaps something else is underlying.
> Is this a known bug in make? Any suggestions about
> a fix which doesn't require a change in the gcc makefile?
What gcc version, what configure options, what exact command lines will
reproduce this problem? Plus don't forget to send your "cygcheck -svr" output
**as an attachment please**.
cheers,
DaveK
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