Re: HP-UX question/bug

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In a message dated 9/26/98 10:50:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
R.Hildebrandt@tu-bs.de writes:

> which as" returns: /users2/local/bin/as (so it's the correct as for
>  the chosen prefix)
>  
>  Any idea ?

The FAQ's and system-dependent instructions must be somewhat deficient here,
as I don't know of anyone who hasn't been bitten.  The gnu compiler driver
looks for (gnu-)as in its own directory (as specified in configure) or in the
hpux.... directory in its own directory, and ignores the search paths.  If it
doesn't find (gnu-)as in its own directories, it tries next in /bin,
apparently.  The necessary binutils components have to be found (possibly as a
sym-link) in the directory which was specified in the installation configure.
>  
>  2nd: gdb-4.17 creates it's own libiberty -- doesn't that collide with the 
> one
>       egcs created ?
I've seen the comment posted here that the liberty files are used only local
to an install.  If gdb is built in a separate directory, it and egcs will not
see each others' libiberty directory.  If someone has a better explanation, it
would be appreciated.  Further, what happens if we try to set up for an
integrated build with binutils and gdb components copied into the egcs source
tree, or are we novices advised to avoid that?