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Re: libiberty.a question
> OK. But GCC and binutils both install *by default* into /usr/local, so
> this would be an example of a conflict, that is created by pkg
> maintainers. Although I agree w/ your assessment of no two pkgs putting
> the same file into the same location, but it does occur, and I was
> wondering how the list members handle such an occurrence.
But neither of them *use* the installed libiberty when they're built.
The installed libiberty, if any, is there purely for your convenience.