On Aug 17 12:40, Ruben Van Boxem wrote:
> 2012/8/17 Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>
> > On Aug 17 12:19, Ruben Van Boxem wrote:
> > > For my Arch Linux cross-compilers I don't use a sysroot: there's no
> > point.
> > > Just install to prefix=/usr and be done with it.
> > > Every prefixed binary is placed nicely in /usr/bin, every target
> > dependent
> > > thing is placed in /usr/$TARGET. There are no conflicts anywhere, and
> > this
> > > goes right alongside any other GCC install.
> > >
> > > I don't see the need for a sysroot except for when it's *equal* to
> > prefix,
> > > to get a relocatable toolchain.
> > >
> > > Why you would add an extra sys-root directory, and even use prefix /mingw
> > > is beyond me.
> >
> > sysroot is for the installation of target files. Your host tools are
> > not supposed to go there.
> >
>
> What host tools are you talking about? (on linux) /usr/<target>/bin
> contains binutils executables that run on the host, and are specific to a
That's a host tool. It runs on the host, not on the target.
> target. /usr/<target>/include and lib contain the target's headers.
Not on Fedora 17. The target files are installed under
/usr/<target>/sys-root/mingw/{bin,include,lib,etc}.
Corinna
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