Re: PATCH: Handle the shared libgcc is a system library

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:31:12PM -0700, H . J . Lu wrote:
> Linux is not the only system where gcc is used as the system compiler.

I thought your patch (which I no longer have in my mailbox) had some
linux-specific code, but if there's stuff outside of that switch statement,
then my questions don't apply.  (I only skimmed the patch, since it's not
my area of expertise.)

> BTW, it doesn't matter what --prefix is used. As long as you use the
> same option as the previous gcc configure, you have to be prepared
> to deal with this issue. That pretty much covers all systems gcc 3.0
> supports :-).

Yeah... Using the same --prefix is not recommended for random users,
since older files which no longer exist will still be there, fouling up
the works.  For /usr it gets very tricky, but that's what vendor package
upgrades are for.  :-)


Phil

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