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Re: [PATCH] scan for i*86 directories on x86_64
- From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
- To: Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:02:10 +1030
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] scan for i*86 directories on x86_64
- References: <20071209193815.GA30356@thorin>
On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 08:38:15PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> When building elf32 code on x86_64, you typicaly want to scan for all
> the corresponding i*86 directories instead of just i386.
>
> This patch extends genscripts.sh so that it is possible to specify
> multiple targets in the TOOL_LIB list, and uses that to enumerate
> them in ld/configure.tgt.
No.
a) tool lib really is just one specific directory.
b) x86 binutils doesn't search multiple ${prefix}/*/lib without
specifying an option such as --with-lib-path, so it isn't appropriate
for an x86_64 target binutils to do so.
--
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM