question about -print-search-dirs

[Ian Lance Taylor]

"Kate Minola" <kate01123@gmail.com> writes:

> For both lists of libraries, the directories exist.  So I don't understand
> your answer.

In that case, I don't understand either.  It does work as expected for
me.  I should note that there is one general exception: /lib and
/usr/lib will not be passed as -L options, on the assumption that the
linker will search them anyhow.

Note that a/b/c/../../../x will only exist if a/b/c exists.

Ian

> On 11 Sep 2006 13:21:12 -0700, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> > "Kate Minola" <kate01123@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > I guess I would have expected that the two lists of libraries would be the
> > same,
> > > or perhaps that the second list would be contained in the first.  But
> > > this does not
> > > seem to be the case.
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> >
> > gcc only generates a -L option for directories which actually exist,
> > and which actually are directories.
> >
> > Ian
> >