Public bug reported: Configure scripts that used to use --print-multi-os-directory to find .so files (e.g. GNU Smalltalk's) do not have an alternative way that they can use with multiarch. -print-multiarch is in gcc 4.6, but not in 4.5.
Introduction of multiarch broke 20 years worth of conventions and was done without bothering to contact upstream GCC, please mend the pieces now. ** Affects: gcc-4.5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: multiarch ** Description changed: Configure scripts that used to use --print-multi-os-directory to find - .so files (e.g. GNU Smalltalk's) cannot find them with multiarch. - -print-multiarch is in gcc 4.6, but not in 4.5. + .so files (e.g. GNU Smalltalk's) do not have an alternative way that + they can use with multiarch. -print-multiarch is in gcc 4.6, but not in + 4.5. Introduction of multiarch broke 20 years worth of conventions and was done without bothering to contact upstream GCC, please mend the pieces now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855391 Title: please backport -print-multiarch to gcc 4.5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.5/+bug/855391/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs