From: mquinson Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 21:24:46 +0000 (+0000) Subject: split out the compilation issues from the 'make check' ones, and add a link from... X-Git-Tag: v3.3~3264 X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/commitdiff_plain/b7ace14cb46a13419c4e499d8d012aad0a6510e6 split out the compilation issues from the 'make check' ones, and add a link from the compilation explanation to the compilation troubleshooting git-svn-id: svn+ssh://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/simgrid/simgrid/trunk@2094 48e7efb5-ca39-0410-a469-dd3cf9ba447f --- diff --git a/doc/FAQ.doc b/doc/FAQ.doc index bc4636b64f..3f6aacedae 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.doc +++ b/doc/FAQ.doc @@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ make make install \endverbatim -If at some point, something fails, you can report this problem to the list -but, please, avoid sending a laconic mail like "There is a problem. Is it -normal?". Send the config.log file which is automatically generated by -configure. Try to capture both the standard output and the error output of -the make command with script. There is no way for us to -help you without the relevant bits of information. +If at some point, something fails, check the section "\ref +faq_compil_trouble". If it does not help, you can report this problem to the +list but, please, avoid sending a laconic mail like "There is a problem. Is it +okay?". Send the config.log file which is automatically generated by +configure. Try to capture both the standard output and the error output of the +make command with script. There is no way for us to help you +without the relevant bits of information. Now, the following directory should have been created : @@ -707,6 +708,17 @@ An example of this trick is distributed in the file examples/msg/msg_test_surfxm \section faq_troubleshooting Troubleshooting +\subsection faq_compil_trouble ./configure fails! + +We now only one reason for the configure to fail: + + - You are using a borken build environment\n + If symptom is that configure complains about gcc not being able to build + executables, you are probably missing the libc6-dev package. Damn Ubuntu. + +If you experience other kind of issue, please get in touch with us. We are +always interested in improving our portability to new systems. + \subsection faq_distcheck_fails Dude! "make check" fails on my machine! Don't assume we never run this target, because we do. Really. Promise! @@ -721,9 +733,6 @@ machine: 4.0 gcc compiler. This version happens to be completely unusable, and you should install a gcc-3.4 compiler and change the /usr/bin/gcc link to let it point on /usr/bin/gcc-3.4. - - You are using a borken build environment\n - If symptom is that configure complains about gcc not being able to build - executables, you are probably missing the libc6-dev package. Damn Ubuntu. - You are using a borken libc (probably concerning the contextes).\n The symptom is that the "make check" fails within the examples/msg directory.\n By default, SimGrid uses something called ucontexts. This is part of the