Re: [top level] autoconfiscate INSTALL usage

Joseph S. Myers
2003-07-12T22:16:11Z

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Phil Edwards wrote:

> Yep, see 11408. Fixing the lines in a subdirectory Makefile has no effect;
> it must be fixed at the top level. (And the subdirectory ones should possibly
> be removed to avoid confusion.)

Except that the shared libgcc installation uses, or did use, the
definition in the subdirectory Makefile - not through design to avoid an
unsafe shell script using programs that might be linked against libgcc,
but rather through fragile implementation accident because of stage
submakes not getting the toplevel definition of INSTALL passed down.

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-03/msg01327.html

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Joseph S. Myers
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