Gerald Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We currently perform the following sequence of commands as part of the > installation (-m 444 being the default on current FreeBSD systems). > > install -m 444 ./libgcc.a > /prefix/lib/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/ > ranlib > /prefix/lib/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/libgcc.a > > This works fine when running as root, but when doing an installation as > user, installation fails: > > ranlib: unable to copy file > '/prefix/lib/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/libgcc.a' > reason: Permission denied > gmake[2]: *** [install] Error 1 > > > I believe installing libraries with permissions 444 ought to be okay, > as is for ranlib to refuse working on files which are not writeable. > > Does anyone disagree (and if not, have suggestions how to address this > in GCC)?
ranlib is basically never required on a modern system. It is really only needed if the archive is built with the S option to ar. So I think the best way to address this is to not run ranlib. Ian
