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authorRichard Sandiford <rsandifo@redhat.com>2004-10-26 18:20:34 +0000
committerRichard Sandiford <rsandifo@gcc.gnu.org>2004-10-26 18:20:34 +0000
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re PR bootstrap/15747 (/bin/sh hangs during bootstrap)
PR bootstrap/15747 * doc/install.texi (mips-sgi-irix5): Document that /bin/sh has been reported to hang during bootstrap and that CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh can be used to work around this. From-SVN: r89599
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-10-26 Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@redhat.com>
+
+ PR bootstrap/15747
+ * doc/install.texi (mips-sgi-irix5): Document that /bin/sh has been
+ reported to hang during bootstrap and that CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
+ can be used to work around this.
+
2004-10-26 Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com>
* config/rs6000/rs6000.h (MEMBER_TYPE_FORCES_BLK): Adjust for e500
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index dfbfaee..0266473 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -3249,6 +3249,16 @@ later, and use the @option{--with-gnu-ld} @command{configure} option
when configuring GCC@. You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
also distributed with GNU binutils.
+Some users have reported that @command{/bin/sh} will hang during bootstrap.
+This problem can be avoided by running the commands:
+
+@smallexample
+ % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
+ % export CONFIG_SHELL
+@end smallexample
+
+before starting the build.
+
@html
<hr />
@end html