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Re: Fallout (mostly runtime library-related) from GCC versionnumber change


"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com> writes:

> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
>> > Also libexecsubdir, parts of which get "4.1.0" and parts of which get 
>> > "const".  Does fixincludes/mkheaders.in's definition of libexecsubdir 
>> > still work after this patch?
>> 
>> No, it doesn't.  Good catch, thanks.  Is that an installed program?
>
> Yes, it's installed; parts of the code for rerunning fixincludes go in 
> libsubdir and parts in libexecsubdir.

Ok, I'll adjust this in my tree.

>> The definition of libsubdir in gcc/Makefile.in is already correct.
>> (It was being overridden by a bad definition from the top level, though.)
>
> My comment is simply that libexecsubdir != libsubdir so defining one to 
> the other seems odd.  However, I don't think this definition of 
> libexecsubdir ever actually gets used.  Nor does gcc/Makefile.in's 
> SUBDIR_FLAGS_TO_PASS seem to get used.  Given that these definitions don't 
> seem to be used, they are separate issues.

Agreed.  This is not a spring-cleaning-on-the-Makefiles patch series,
much as it would be nice to have one.

zw


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