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Re: egcs links wrong libstdc++ and unwanted libgcc.a
- To: Carlo Wood <carlo at runaway dot xs4all dot nl>
- Subject: Re: egcs links wrong libstdc++ and unwanted libgcc.a
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:01:46 -0600
- cc: manfred at s-direktnet dot de, Manfred dot Hollstein at ks dot sel dot alcatel dot de, egcs at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <199806211611.SAA03450@jolan.ppro>you write:
> 2) The FAQ (http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#rpath) is unclear
> (I read it before, but did not realise the following).
>
> It should explicitly give the solution, in case that someone
> configured with a non-standard --prefix like /usr/local/egcs,
> to add "/usr/local/egcs/lib" to /etc/ld.so.conf. Note that
> "/usr/local/lib" is normally in there already, which might be
> the reason that this problem has gone by unnoticed before.
The problem is there is no single solution that is correct for everyone.
Each and every solution has pros and cons which need to be weighted
by the site installing the compiler.
I'm happy to add additional information about the alternatives if folks
provide such information.
jeff