diff options
| author | Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com> | 2003-02-21 03:12:17 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Ben Elliston <bje@gcc.gnu.org> | 2003-02-21 14:12:17 +1100 |
| commit | a7582c8ca828dd95b402317e4d368fa31ca27d48 (patch) | |
| tree | 57033679194d00d88244b0a0a3127cb1b79c479f /gcc | |
| parent | e9f2dc3b46a2b9393a1b124f32c7aa550e229b84 (diff) | |
| download | gcc-a7582c8ca828dd95b402317e4d368fa31ca27d48.zip gcc-a7582c8ca828dd95b402317e4d368fa31ca27d48.tar.gz gcc-a7582c8ca828dd95b402317e4d368fa31ca27d48.tar.bz2 | |
re PR other/5634 (../configure --prefix=~/... doesn't work)
2003-02-21 Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
PR other/5634
* doc/install.texi (Configuration): Explain using $HOME instead of
the ~ metacharacter when referring to home directories.
From-SVN: r63201
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/doc/install.texi | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 82301eb..5fafbeb 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2003-02-21 Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com> + + PR other/5634 + * doc/install.texi (Configuration): Explain using $HOME instead of + the ~ metacharacter when referring to home directories. + 2003-02-20 Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> * configure.in (TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT): Set default to diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index c3bc46f..0d1496d 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -358,7 +358,10 @@ other than the default. The toplevel installation directory defaults to @file{/usr/local}. We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a -subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. +subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa. If specifying a directory +beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand +@var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use +@env{$HOME} instead. These additional options control where certain parts of the distribution are installed. Normally you should not need to use these options. |