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Re: Searching configured and relocated prefix.

From: Paul Brook <paul at codesourcery dot com>
To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Cc: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at codesourcery dot com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:29:14 +0100
Subject: Re: Searching configured and relocated prefix.
References: <20060714201754.GJ12819@lios> <m3zmf0jjwl.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <9E0208FA-C4F1-4EFE-A9CF-4BD8F1AF243F@gmail.com>

> > (1b) If the configure-time prefix does not exist, but is under an NFS
> > mount, the compiler will cause automount traffic, NFS timeouts, etc.
>...
> > However, I think it's clear that the problems in (1) are more severe
> > than the problems in (2), on several grounds:
>
> I actually think the problems with 1 (b) are artificial and should not
> be taken into account.

1(b) is a common and very real problem, especially on windows hosts.
A hardcoded drive letter is pretty much guaranteed to be wrong. It makes the 
compiler unusable if that drive happens to be a removable drive or network 
share on the user's machine.

Paul

References:
- Searching configured and relocated prefix.
  - From: Carlos O'Donell
- Re: Searching configured and relocated prefix.
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: Searching configured and relocated prefix.
  - From: Andrew Pinski

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