From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Starner To: Mike Stump , egcs@egcs.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Suggestion for --with-local-prefix configure option Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:46:00 -0000 Message-ID: <36F0746F.942D094D@aasaa.ofe.org> References: <199903172252.OAA03350@kankakee.wrs.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00605.html Message-ID: <19990331234600.jEsdWPFQuw2ql4vCdbDqqiAwhfbZ4JW7e71D7x-7Y3E@z> Mike Stump wrote: > > > From: fheitka@ibm.net > > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:55:12 -0500 > > > Lately, I've been inclined to put binutils and egcs binaries in their own > > directory like: --prefix=/usr/egcs-m68k-glibc2.1 > > > Is there any problems with this? > > Yes, you forgot the egcs version number in the path name. Include it, > even if you don't want to. > > If you must have a non-version path name, sym link over to a versioned > one. Why? I've always used --prefix=/usr/local/egcs and simlinked into /usr/local/bin as gcc-ss. Is there really a problem with this, as long as I only want the two versions? -- David Starner - OSU student - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org If you want a real optimist, look up Ray Bradbury. Guy's nuts. He actually likes people. -David Brin