gcc --prefix in chrooted environment

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Michael Zintakis <michael.zintakis@googlemail.com> writes:

>> That is supposed to work, yes.  You'll have to see if it really does
>> work....
>>   
> Thanks Ian. So, in other words the prefix value is only used during
> installation and then "forgotten" about, right?

It's not forgotten.  It remains the default.  But gcc will also try to
find the associated libraries, header files, etc., based on the location
of the gcc executable itself.

Ian