Re: [RFA] Make LIB_PATH configurable

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 11:31:42PM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> I did set NATIVE_LIB_DIRS in ld/configure.host:
>> 
>>         * configure.host (*cygwin): Add /usr/lib/w32api to NATIVE_LIB_DIRS.
>> 
>> It doesn't seem to affect a cross-built ld.  I just tried this again to
>> make sure.  Just setting NATIVE_LIB_DIRS only seems to affect the
>> behavior when creating an ld where host == target.
>
>Well, that's true.  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS only works for a native
>configuration.
>
>I don't understand why you need to do this in a cross-configuration.
>In a cross-configuration you're in complete control of where the
>libraries are installed.  Why not install all the libraries in the lib
>directory?

Because the makefile which installs the .a files puts them in a
subdirectory.  I could, of course, attempt to detect when this is happening
in a cross-build environment but that seems sort of pointless.  Why
not have the cross build mimic the native directory structure if
possible?

>It seems a bit odd to do this through a configuration option.  Where
>are you going to set that option?  (Maybe that was in your original
>patch, which I didn't examine).

It's not an option.  It is just a setting of LIB_PATH in configure.tgt.
Someone else asked for an option but I indicated that this was not
within the scope of what I was trying to accomplish.

>But I don't object to your patch.

cgf