[rfc] common location for plugins

[rfc] common location for plugins

[Matthias Klose]

For packages of GCC I would like to see a common location where plugins can be 
installed; currently a path to the plugin has to be given on the command line, 
which is likely to be different for different installations.  What about 
-fplugin=<name> (without the .so) meaning to search for the plugin in a default 
location like <gcclibdir>/plugins for the plugin? -fplugin=<name>.so could also 
be used, but maybe would be ambiguous looking in the current dir, or the plugin dir.

   Matthias

Re: [rfc] common location for plugins

[Basile Starynkevitch]

Matthias Klose wrote:
> For packages of GCC I would like to see a common location where plugins 
> can be installed; currently a path to the plugin has to be given on the 
> command line, which is likely to be different for different 
> installations.  What about -fplugin=<name> (without the .so) meaning to 
> search for the plugin in a default location like <gcclibdir>/plugins for 
> the plugin? -fplugin=<name>.so could also be used, but maybe would be 
> ambiguous looking in the current dir, or the plugin dir.


I did posted on gcc-patches@ many times a patch providing exactly that 
feature, but nobody reviewed it.

Last post of the patch is 
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2010-03/msg00644.html

Given Matthias wish, I dare ping again that patch....

Cheers.

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