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Re: A patch for default version and archive
Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> writes:
> One issue is with explicit -I and -L arguments passed to gcc on the
> command line. E.g. most of X programs pass -L/usr/X11R6/lib which points to
> the latest ABI and that user argument would come before spec file supplied
> path to some older ABI X libraries. Likewise with programs passing
> -I/usr/include if they want to use some headers with lesser priority than
> system headers.
Yep, this is why I've said that gcc (the driver) needs some work. It
should map the -I and -L parameters to appropriate places in the
alternative tree iff they exist. Otherwise the method we are
currently using in RH installations would work. It doesn't always.
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