From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com>
To: Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: -B${prefix} during bootstrap 
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:38:00 -0000
Message-id: <827.969669694@upchuck>
References: <20000921150050.A11167@disaster.jaj.com>
X-SW-Source: 2000-09/msg00570.html

  In message < 20000921150050.A11167@disaster.jaj.com >you write:
  > Something that's bothered me for years that I'm just now asking...
  > 
  > Why is -B$prefix passed to the stage1 compiler when building the stage2
  > compiler?  If $prefix isn't there yet (normal when bootstrapping, I would
  > think), then what's the point?
Sometimes $prefix is there and sometimes it has programs we want to use
during the bootstrapping process.

jeff