Kai Ruottu <kai.ruottu@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > This has been changed recently but why? The "Install" docs in > 'gcc.gnu.org' however still says : > > --with-gxx-include-dir=dirname > Specify the installation directory for G++ header files. The default > is prefix/include/c++/version. > > Writing 'make install' in gcc-4.3.3 really didn't do this but put the > headers into '$prefix/$target/include/c++/$version' ! So they became > "target and version dependent" instead of the earlier "version > dependent". Only the '$prefix/include/c++/$version/$target' was that > target dependent in them... > > So now one MUST specify the old default if one wants the build to > follow the documentation and the old learned convention :( That only happens when cross-compiling. Right or wrong, the change was made starting here: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2006-06/msg00053.html You are quite right that doc/install.texi was not updated to correct the documented default. I've CC'ed Mark, who made the change. Ian
