binutils-20001029-1.tar.gz is missing info files

Earnie Boyd earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Wed Nov 15 10:51:00 GMT 2000


--- Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:29:03AM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >Attempting to search the archives for binutils 20001029-1 and gcc
> >2.95.2-3, I don't seem to find any announcements for these versions.  Is
> >it encouraged or discouraged to use these versions.
> 
> If setup installs it by default, it is encouraged.  In fact, it's
> required.
> 
> I don't know why the info files are missing for binutils, however.
> 

I believe (haven't tried it, have studied the Makefile) that the make process
is broken in this respect wrt GNU standards.  It appears that you have to:
  make info
  make install-info
to get the info file installed for binutils.  This is with the current CVS
version.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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