2003-02-21 Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>

	PR other/5634
	* doc/install.texi (Configuration): Explain using $HOME instead of
	the ~ metacharacter when referring to home directories.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@63201 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 82301eb..5fafbeb 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-02-21  Ben Elliston  <bje@redhat.com>
+
+       PR other/5634
+       * doc/install.texi (Configuration): Explain using $HOME instead of
+       the ~ metacharacter when referring to home directories.
+
 2003-02-20  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
        * configure.in (TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT): Set default to

diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index c3bc46f..0d1496d 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -358,7 +358,10 @@ other than the default.  The toplevel installation directory defaults to
 @file{/usr/local}.
 
 We @strong{highly} recommend against @var{dirname} being the same or a
-subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa.
+subdirectory of @var{objdir} or vice versa.  If specifying a directory
+beneath a user's home directory tree, some shells will not expand
+@var{dirname} correctly if it contains the @samp{~} metacharacter; use
+@env{$HOME} instead.
 
 These additional options control where certain parts of the distribution
 are installed.  Normally you should not need to use these options.