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Re: The library interface again
- To: law at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: The library interface again
- From: Jason Merrill <jason at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 27 Jul 1998 17:07:30 -0700
- Cc: hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu), egcs-patches at cygnus dot com
- References: <17223.901581727@hurl.cygnus.com>
>>>>> Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:
> In message <m0z0rBf-00038iC@ocean.lucon.org>you write:
>> > For folks where this issue is indeed a problem, we should inform them
>> > about the option to place the library & include files in $libsubdir
>> > (and of course note the caveats for using that option).
>>
>> That is not a best solution. For system without shared library,
>> it is a waste of disk space. For ELF, it is not necessary.
> I think the libsubdir is the best short term (egcs-1.1) solution.
I think the status quo is the best solution for egcs-1.1. The libsubdir
stuff is counterproductive for end users.
Jason