Subject: Re: bin/11211: make build on 1.4.3 fails on a warning
To: Chris Pinnock <C.J.E.Pinnock@qmw.ac.uk>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/14/2000 01:07:28
Chris Pinnock wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:05:29PM +1100, Simon Burge wrote:
> > There were some changes to the compiler two or three days ago that go
> > hand-in-hand with these warnings.  Can you try:
> > 
> > 	cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/egcs
> > 	make clean
> > 	make depend
> > 	make
> > 	make install
> > 
> > and that should fix the errors you're seeing in rmail.  You could
> > probably get away with just "make && make install" with a bit of luck.
> 
> I did the above with egcs and rmail now builds ok. Serves me
> right for doing a make UPDATE= build...

The problem was not so much the UPDATE= build but that the compiler
itself needed upgrading.  Even a clean build would have used the
existing compiler and run into the same problem.  It's one of those
chicken-and-egg things that's hard to solve automatically.

> This pr can be closed I guess.

Will do.

Simon.
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