* doc/install.texi: Add documentation for installation into

tooldirs and with DESTDIR.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@62044 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index fdccdbb..49754d0 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-28  Christian Cornelssen  <ccorn@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+       * doc/install.texi: Add documentation for installation into
+       tooldirs and with DESTDIR.
+
 2003-01-28  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
        * config.gcc (ia64*-*-aix*): Remove.

diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 1b0f258..1855627 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -1405,6 +1405,34 @@ in @file{@var{libdir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/lib}); internal
 parts of the compiler in @file{@var{libdir}/gcc-lib}; documentation in
 info format in @file{@var{infodir}} (normally @file{@var{prefix}/info}).
 
+When installing cross-compilers, GCC's executables
+are not only installed into @file{@var{bindir}}, that
+is, @file{@var{exec-prefix}/bin}, but additionally into
+@file{@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin}, if that directory
+exists.  Typically, such @dfn{tooldirs} hold target-specific
+binutils, including assembler and linker.
+
+Installation into a temporary staging area or into a @command{chroot}
+jail can be achieved with the command
+
+@example
+make DESTDIR=@var{path-to-rootdir} install
+@end example
+
+@noindent where @var{path-to-rootdir} is the absolute path of
+a directory relative to which all installation paths will be
+interpreted.  Note that the directory specified by @code{DESTDIR}
+need not exist yet; it will be created if necessary.
+
+There is a subtle point with tooldirs and @code{DESTDIR}:
+If you relocate a cross-compiler installation with
+e.g.@: @samp{DESTDIR=@var{rootdir}}, then the directory
+@file{@var{rootdir}/@var{exec-prefix}/@var{target-alias}/bin} will
+be filled with duplicated GCC executables only if it already exists,
+it will not be created otherwise.  This is regarded as a feature,
+not as a bug, because it gives slightly more control to the packagers
+using the @code{DESTDIR} feature.
+
 If you built a released version of GCC using @samp{make bootstrap} then please
 quickly review the build status page for your release, available from
 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html}.