------- Comment #2 from d dot g dot gorbachev at gmail dot com 2010-02-16
13:25 -------
> Except from the fact this 'as' is not symlinked but copied
It must be hardlinked, not copied, on the systems which support hard links.
> The fact that the toolchain has various such internal directories
> is not in any way a bug, and changing the internal directories for
> the sake of it is pretty pointless; only the confusing nature of
> those directories might possibly be a bug.
All right, but I still think that there is a bug. IMHO, the driver first should
use "as" from $prefix/$target/bin; if not found, look for $target-as in the
$PATH; and only after that, try to invoke plain "as".
For example, I have two cross-gcc installations with different ${prefix}es. It
would be nice to share one copy of cross-binutils between them. Currently I use
symlinks for that, but it would be easier to put the binutils directory on the
$PATH.
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43090
