what is the '/opt' part of the cc command line doing?


On Wed, 8 May 2002, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> This is very weird.  Should I send-pr?
> 
> checking for gcc... cc
> checking whether the C compiler (cc -I/var/package-obj/lang/python22/work/.buildlink/include -O2 -g -pipe -I/var/package-obj/lang/python22/work/.buildlink/include  -L/var/package-obj/lang/python22/work/.buildlink/lib  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (cc -I/var/package-obj/lang/python22/work/.buildlink/include -O2 -g -pipe -I/var/package-obj/lang/python22/work/.buildlink/include  -L/var/package-obj/lang/python22/work/.buildlink/lib  -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether cc accepts -g... yes
> [[ .... ]]
> => Removing rpath references to buildlink directories.
> ===> Building for python22-2.2.1
> cc -c -DNDEBUG /opt -I. -I./Include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -o Modules/python.o Modules/python.c
> cc: cannot specify -o with -c or -S and multiple compilations
> *** Error code 1
> 
> 
> $ gcc --version
> egcs-1.1.2
> $ uname -srm
> NetBSD 1.5W i386
> 
> Why can't my gcc specify an output name for a .o file?
> 
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