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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2004-03-04 13:42:51 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2004-03-04 13:42:51 +0000
commite3e3f15ebcbe29bed87354c317824c95cac427c4 (patch)
treed039e8f0ca3413f7ca9c81df1cc15aa6b6d6cab6 /README.template
parent59306b02234da9c144f70e55d38ef2e91e5113f0 (diff)
downloadgunmake-e3e3f15ebcbe29bed87354c317824c95cac427c4.tar.gz
Updates to automate generation of GNU upload artifacts.
Fix a problem compiling on old, pre-ANSI systems. getloadavg test is still broken, but make builds. Document a breakage on SunOS 4.x systems.
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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ information on submitting useful and complete bug reports.
You can also use the online bug tracking system in the Savannah GNU Make
project to submit new problem reports or search for existing ones:
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group_id=71
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=make
If you need help using GNU make, try these forums:
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ If you need help using GNU make, try these forums:
news:gnu.utils.help
news:gnu.utils.bug
- http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group_id=71
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=make
You may also find interesting patches to GNU Make available here:
- http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group_id=71
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=make
Note these patches are provided by our users as a service and we make no
statements regarding their correctness. Please contact the authors
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ CVS Access
The GNU make source repository is available via anonymous CVS from the
GNU Subversions CVS server; look here for details:
- http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=71
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=make
Please note: you won't be able to build GNU make from CVS without
installing appropriate maintainer's tools, such as GNU m4, automake,
@@ -112,8 +112,14 @@ System-specific Notes
---------------------
It has been reported that the XLC 1.2 compiler on AIX 3.2 is buggy such
-that if you compile make with `cc -O' on AIX 3.2, it will not work correctly.
-It is said that using `cc' without `-O' does work.
+that if you compile make with `cc -O' on AIX 3.2, it will not work
+correctly. It is said that using `cc' without `-O' does work.
+
+The standard /bin/sh on SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4 is broken and cannot be
+used to configure GNU make. Please install a different shell such as
+bash or pdksh in order to run "configure". See this message for more
+information:
+ http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2003-10/msg00190.html
One area that is often a problem in configuration and porting is the code
to check the system's current load average. To make it easier to test and