>>>> If you use $DESTDIR, "make install" in gnu/usr.bin/gcc will put the
>>>> new bits in $DESTDIR/usr/bin and they won't get used at all.
>
>>> I don't see why you should necessarily expect that you should be
>>> able to do a complete build of -current without installing any of
>>> it.  [...]

Perhaps you could fix this by putting $DESTDIR/{bin,sbin,usr/bin,usr/sbin}
in your path first. At least, I *think* gcc uses its argv[0] to find the
directory it lives in.

Thinking out loud now, 33000 feet above the sea and far away from a NetBSD
system to actually try it out...

                                        -- Bert

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Bert Driehuis                 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things
driehuis@playbeing.org        I can't change, courage to change the things I
                              can, and the wisdom to know the difference.