RFC: allow a first "=" to mean sysroot for all paths in linker-scripts?

[Nicholas Clifton]

Hi Hans-Peter,

> Is there a reason not to allow a first character '=' to mean
> sysroot-prefix for all paths inside linker scripts?

No...

> So again, how about treating "=" as the sysroot prefix for
> *all* paths in linker scripts?

A good idea - please submit a patch.

> What to do about quoted paths?
> (I suggest both quoted and unquoted "="-prefixed paths to work.)

Hmm, I can think of no situation where a user would want to use = as a 
valid first character of a real filepath, so quoted and unquoted 
prefixes are fine.

Cheers
   Nick