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-iwithprefix include versus -isystem `gcc -print-fle-name=include`


In the linux kernel the trick: -nostdinc -iwithprefix include
is used to locate the compiler specific file: stdarg.h but excluding all
other standard include files.
Reading 'info gcc' it was not obvious to me how the above actually
give the desired behaviour.

So experimenting a little gave the following result:
1) -nostdinc -iwithprefix include
=> #include <stdarg.h> was OK
2) -nostdinc -iwithprefix `gcc --print-file-name=`
=> Was not OK. Adding -v option revealed that the path printed by
   --print-file-name= was not used at all.
   Conclusion: Only relative paths are used.

But reading 'info gcc' informed that the better solution would be to
use:
-nostdinc -isystem `gcc --print-file-name=`
And it works.

This is tested with gcc 3.3.4

Are there any troubles using -isystem `gcc --print-file-name=include` for older
gcc's like 2.95?

The reason to shift to gcc's --print-file-name=include mechanish is that
this allows gcc and sparse to share the same definition for where to
look for compiler specific files.

	Sam


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