From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Elliston To: Per Bothner Cc: hjl@gnu.org, carlo@runaway.xs4all.nl, gas2@cygnus.com, bfd@cygnus.com Subject: Re: [cygnus.gas2] binutils bug: config.guess Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:33:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <199904050625.XAA18984@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999/msg00062.html > That is irrelevant. The question is: Is it likely to fail on > *Linux* systems, since (as far as I can tell) those are the only > ones that will be running ld? True; although, for instance, my ld is not in /usr/bin. My ld is in /usr/local/bin, and /usr/bin/ld will report the wrong executable format. The point I was trying to make is that the script should be using the PATH to pick up the user's choice of tools in as many circumstances as possible. > Or just do: > (cd /; ld) > Remember: (CMD) runs CMD in a sub-shell. Silly me. Thanks, Ben