Re: gfortran test runs

[Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:49, Andrew MacLeod wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:37, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > It really shouldn't be necessary for gcc developers to have to install
> > components into /usr/lib (or any other system directory) in order to be
> > able to develop and test the compiler.
> > 
> > I think the current situation is seriously broken and needs to be
> > addressed urgently.
> > 
> I couldnt agree more.. I ended up screwing around for quite a while
> trying to sort this out, and it wouldnt have been a problem if my
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH were honored, or at least looked at...   I hate it when
> things dont "just work"
> 
> but then I suspect this is probably a can of worms :-)
> 

It is.  And it gets even bigger when you realise that we end up linking
against a DSO that might not get installed in a standard place.  Then
every user has to set up their LD_LIBRARY_PATH correctly in order to use
GCC.

It was one thing when we could just about use any version of libgmp;
it's a completely different scale of problem now that a specific version
is required.

R.