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authorRainer Orth <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>2002-05-16 22:15:53 +0000
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* doc/install.texi (Configuration): Document PWDCMD.
From-SVN: r53532
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+2002-05-16 Rainer Orth <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+ * doc/install.texi (Configuration): Document PWDCMD.
+
2002-05-16 Dale Johannesen <dalej@apple.com>
* combine.c (cant_combine_insn_p): Reenable combinations
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 894bc99..6dd7f44 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -280,6 +280,14 @@ If you obtained the sources via CVS, @var{srcdir} must refer to the top
@file{gcc} directory, the one where the @file{MAINTAINERS} can be found,
and not its @file{gcc} subdirectory, otherwise the build will fail.
+If either @var{srcdir} or @var{objdir} is located on an automounted NFS
+file system, the shell's built-in @command{pwd} command will return
+temporary pathnames. Using these can lead to various sorts of build
+problems. To avoid this issue, set the @env{PWDCMD} environment
+variable to an automounter-aware @command{pwd} command, e.g.,
+@command{pawd} or @command{amq -w}, during the configuration and build
+phases.
+
First, in general, GCC @strong{must} be built into a separate directory
than the sources which does @strong{not} reside within the source tree.
This is how almost all developers build GCC; building where @var{srcdir}