On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 12:32:23AM -0400, Andrew Pinski wrote: > > On Apr 22, 2005, at 12:27 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: > > >FYI, > > > >Downloaded gcc-core-4.0.0.tar.bz and gcc-g++-4.0.0.tar.bz2. > >Uncompressed both and did a configure followed by a make. > >Got the following error from make: > > Why do people don't read the installation instructions? > Yes this is a bug but a known one, see PR 17383 which is fixed > on the mainline. There is an easy work around if you just read > the installation instructions.
People don't read the instructions. This is just a fact of life. We're inevitably going to get people trying to build gcc in the source directory, because that procedure works for most GNUware and other free software.