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@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ to not require fixing, issue the following command to prevent the
<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@\./fixinc\.sh@-c true@' gcc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
+<para>GCC provides a <command>gccbug</command> script which detects at
+compile time whether mktemp is present, and hardcodes the result in a test.
+This will cause the script to fall back to using less random names for
+temporary files. We will be installing mktemp later, so the following sed
+will simulate its presence.</para>
+
+<screen>sed -i 's/@have_mktemp_command@/yes/' gcc/gccbug.in</screen>
+
<para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source
directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>