On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 02:01:42PM -0800, George Vasick wrote:
> Marc Glisse wrote:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >Indeed, or even directly /usr/lib/ldscripts. (Note that for gcc, there is 
> >/gcc/ between /usr/lib and i386-pc-solaris2.11, so we may not want to 
> >sneak binutils in there)
> 
> The existing precedent seems to be something like the following:
> 
> SuSE:   /usr/x86_64-suse-linux/lib/ldscripts
> Ubuntu: /usr/lib/ldscripts
> 
> While Ubuntu uses /usr/lib/ldscripts, I think it is not appropriate for 
> OpenSolaris since /usr/bin/ld is the Solaris linker, not the Gnu linker.

I don't see why the presence of the substring "ld" should lead to that
conclusion.  If the path is under your control you might just prefix it
with 'g' and be done (/usr/lib/gldscripts).

> I think the best option is to stick with the original proposal of 
> /usr/i386-pc-solaris2.11.

Why do we need such clutter in /usr?

Reply via email to