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From: Dan K. <da...@ke...> - 2003-09-07 04:37:29
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Steve G wrote: >>If I were you, I'd install a fresh copy of the latest >>gnu make just to see if that made a difference. > > > I wouldn't. If you install a tarball over an rpm, you might get > some of the directories wrong and then you have files all over > the place that aren't tracked by rpm. Yes, that would be messy. However, if you install the new make in /usr/local, there's no conflict, as it turns out. And /usr/local is the default install destination, so it's fairly safe. > The proper thing to do, is figure out how to reliably reproduce > the bug, file a bugzilla bug report, and look in rawhide's srpms > to get the latest official release. Build it and see if that > takes care of it. It won't get better without a bug report. If > there's a bug report already covering the problem add to it. They > may not have a reliable test case. It also wouldn't hurt to > mention it on the RH9 mail list. > > FWIW, I use RH9 and have no problems compiling either. Yep, reproducing it and boiling it down to a minimal test case, and then reporting it, is totally the way to make progress. However, when reporting the bug, it's always nice to be able to say "... and the bug doesn't happen in the latest GNU version installed from source." - Dan -- Dan Kegel http://www.kegel.com http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/runscript/display-person.cgi?user=78045 |