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RE: BUG gcc-mingw 20040810-1 library search path


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Gerrit P. Haase
> Sent: 03 September 2004 16:08
> To: Igor Pechtchanski

> Hallo Igor,

  I'm not Igor!  Heh, PMFBI!

> > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> >> >> This is in binutils/ld/configure.tgt:
> >> >> i[3-7]86-*-cygwin*)     targ_emul=i386pe ;
> >> >>                         targ_extra_ofiles="deffilep.o pe-dll.o"
> >> >>                         test "$targ" != "$host" &&
> >> >> LIB_PATH='${tooldir}/lib/w32api' ;;
> >> >>
> >> >> where tooldir should be /usr/i686-pc-mingw32 in this 
> case and you need
> >> >> to have the symlinks installed in /usr/i686-pc-mingw32:
> >> >>     21 Nov  1  2003 bin -> ../i686-pc-cygwin/bin
> >> >>     16 Nov  1  2003 include -> ../include/mingw
> >> >>     12 Nov  1  2003 lib -> ../lib/mingw
> 
> The whole point was that there is stated in binutils ld config
> LIB_PATH='${tooldir}/lib/w32api' 

> ${tooldir}/lib/w32api it is the same as saying
> /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/../lib/mingw/w32api which doesn't resolve and I
> wonder how this works.

  Gerrit, the default search path for ld is passed down from the gcc driver,
not compiled into ld.  I think this LIB_PATH setting is maybe just used on
the build machine, at the time when compiling a cross-binutils (hence the
test "$targ" != "$host") targetted at mingw, perhaps?


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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