Re: Error: CC not set to working compiler

[Doug Evans <dje at transmeta dot com>]

Kai Ruottu writes:
 >  Why the Cross-GCC FAQ puts newbies to try all these weird options?  Many K.I.S.S.es for
 > the Cross-GCC-FAQ, please...

Weird options?  Let's keep a little perspective please.

 >  In Cygnus people may be obliged to use the host-name in the prefix, but the normal Unix
 > and Linux users are free to follow the standards...  If the Cross-GCC FAQ says that people
 > should use these kind of name-monsters, I will strongly disagree...

"should use"?!  The path names are just examples.  People choose whatever
pathname they wish to.  An argument can be made _against_ _any_ path name
specified in the FAQ.

 >  The standard install dir for local executables, '/usr/local/bin' should already be in
 > the user's path on every installed Linux system. The 'root' may miss it but the ordinary
 > users should have it. So following the standards and defaults has its point...

Some argue they don't want standards dictated to them.
Let people install things where they wish to.
Besides, /usr/local/bin as a standard for local executables is hardly
that much of a standard.  As I'm sure you know, on some systems users
don't have write access to it whereas they do have write access to
some other place (as specified by the local sysadmin).

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