re PR bootstrap/15747 (/bin/sh hangs during bootstrap)

	PR bootstrap/15747
	* doc/install.texi (mips-sgi-irix5): Document that /bin/sh has been
	reported to hang during bootstrap and that CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
	can be used to work around this.

From-SVN: r89599

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9869e4174bd8505a2aa8726dd8aa1f0f1a592116..a99bb0051eb13bb22852680ebff95f5322a32e85 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-10-26  Richard Sandiford  <rsandifo@redhat.com>
+
+       PR bootstrap/15747
+       * doc/install.texi (mips-sgi-irix5): Document that /bin/sh has been
+       reported to hang during bootstrap and that CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
+       can be used to work around this.
+
 2004-10-26  Aldy Hernandez  <aldyh@redhat.com>
 
        * config/rs6000/rs6000.h (MEMBER_TYPE_FORCES_BLK): Adjust for e500

diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index dfbfaeef7435d70db55cb02c0d67ed4b2633aae1..02664735ab5836b2c8615298a1d3899e11b0168d 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -3249,6 +3249,16 @@ later, and use the @option{--with-gnu-ld} @command{configure} option
 when configuring GCC@.  You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
 also distributed with GNU binutils.
 
+Some users have reported that @command{/bin/sh} will hang during bootstrap.
+This problem can be avoided by running the commands:
+
+@smallexample
+   % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
+   % export CONFIG_SHELL
+@end smallexample
+
+before starting the build.
+
 @html
 <hr />
 @end html