Subject: Re: Can we trim the fat from gcc3, please?
To: grant beattie <grant@netbsd.org>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/24/2003 10:48:12
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, grant beattie wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:15:23AM -0500, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
>
> > > in short, it is a gcc problem (just like the lack of implicit rpath
> > > to find it's own libraries!). it is exposed by the way we "hide"
> > > includes and libs.
> >
> > Buildlink *doesn't* *fix* the problem. The bootstrap compiler, "xgcc",
> > is not wrapped or touched by buildlink in any way.
>
> I didn't suggest that buildlink does fix it...
>
> > Even if it were,
> > the issue you're complaining about is a configuration issue with "gcc"
> > (and "binutils", which is installed to ${LOCALBASE}), and not anything
> > buildlink can help with.
>
> I agree, the problem lies with gcc (I can't comment about binutils,
> I'm using 3.3 mostly on Solaris), and buildlink is *not* the cause of
> it.

But "gcc" picking up "libiconv" is buildlink's fault. buildlink adds
"-I${LOCALBASE}/include" to CFLAGS, which causes the whole problem.

Frederick