summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/started/buildc.t
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/started/buildc.t')
-rw-r--r--doc/started/buildc.t16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/started/buildc.t b/doc/started/buildc.t
index c5cf38973a..fee12bf660 100644
--- a/doc/started/buildc.t
+++ b/doc/started/buildc.t
@@ -221,6 +221,22 @@ are on a Solaris 2.x host, then change the first line of the files
@code{bit}, @code{bit_gdb}, and @code{bit_rtems} to use the
@code{/bin/ksh} shell instead.
+@subsection Linux
+
+@subsubsection Broken install Program
+
+Certain versions of GNU fileutils include a version of @code{install} which
+does not work properly. Please perform the following test to see if you
+need to upgrade:
+
+@example
+install -c -d /tmp/foo/bar
+@end example
+
+If this does not create the specified directories your install
+program will not install RTEMS properly. You will need to upgrade
+to at least GNU fileutile version 3.16 to resolve this problem.
+
@c
@c Reading the Documentation
@c