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


On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 03:37:50PM -0400, Phil Edwards wrote:
> 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,

See

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2001-07/msg00096.html

> 
> > 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.  :-)

It doesn't matter. As long as

1. It is a valid option for ./configure.
2. There is no obvious warnings during ./configure.

gcc has to be prepared to deal with that. Welcome to the system shared
library :-).


H.J.


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