solaris, collect2 and ld

[Martin v. Loewis]

> I have binutils installed in --prefix=/backup/tim/binutils and
> egcs installed in --prefix=/backup/tim/egcs.  Should I have
> put them in the same place?  I have my PATH setup with the
> binutils first and egcs second (then the rest of the typical
> Solaris path).

As Alexandre explained - the PATH is irrelevant. If you had installed
both in /backup/tim, it should have worked. Now that you installed
that way, you still provide symbolic links to ld and as in
/backup/tim/egcs/bin, or
/backup/tim/egcs/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-something/gcc-2.95.

Hope that helps,
Martin