On 30 Jun 2017, at 21:35, Sid <s...@bsdmail.com> wrote: > > Wouldn't it make sense for toolchains, compilers and their libraries to have > their own dedicated top level directories like something under > /usr/toolchain/ and /usr/local/toolchain/ in the latest FreeBSD versions? It > would be easier for maintenance, and organization of compilers and toolchain > components.
Debian does something like this, and it’s a huge pain to work with. The problem is that toolchains are not self-contained monolithic components (though gcc likes to pretend that they are). For example, we want gcc and clang to use the same linker, the same C and C++ standard library implementations, and the same system headers, irrespective of the compiler version. Things that actually are private to a compiler are in separate directories (see /usr/lib/clang, for example). David _______________________________________________ freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-toolchain To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-toolchain-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
