Re: [avr-gcc-list] no avr/lib/avr25/attiny13a/Makefile.in

[Ruud Vlaming]

On Sunday 01 February 2009 23:25, you wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ruud Vlaming [mailto:address@hidden 
> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 2:36 PM
> > To: Weddington, Eric
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] no avr/lib/avr25/attiny13a/Makefile.in
> > 
> > Yes, i read why it is needed, and for lib-c developers that 
> > is not a problem.
> > For users however, that just want to build the libc and move 
> > on it would be
> > better if it wouldn't (or was integrated in one script somehow)
> > 
> 
> Users are supposed to download the official releases here:
> <http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases-noredirect/avr-libc/>
> and use those. Then they don't need to bootstrap.
Well i downloaded that file in my toolchainbuilder, and discovered
it gives the error in the build process when you don't bootstrap,
like this:

  cd avr-libc-1.6.4-build
  ../avr-libc-1.6.4/configure --prefix=$SOMEDIR 
--build=`../avr-libc-1.6.4/config.guess` --host=avr
  make && make install

  config.status: error: cannot find input file: 
avr/lib/avr25/attiny13a/Makefile.in

If you do bootstrap you do not get this error, as you and Timo explained.

> If you are building from CVS, then you need to use bootstrap.
> This is nothing new, and it is very common to do in other projects, 
> like the GNU projects. For example GCC. 
Clear.

So probably i did not expres myself clearly. I think i understand the 
procedures,
but as it is right now, users have to bootstrap otherwise they experience the
bug i encountered. Developers do not notice it, since it is 'cured' by 
bootstrapping.
I only encountered it because my toolchainbuilder is not for developers, but for
users.

So i am crazy or is there indeed something that needs to be corrected?

Ruud