On 01/12/2010 02:04 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > "Philip A. Prindeville" <philipp_subx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I have to say, the overloading of '=' *plus* the fact that some arguments use '=' (like --sysroot=) while others don't (-isystem xxx) is confusing. > > Yes. > >> Ok, what about how 'ld' interprets --sysroot? If I have "ld --sysroot /xyzzy -L/a/b/c" will it look in /xyzzy/a/b/c? > > No. ld uses --sysroot for very few things, really just to set the > default library search path. Generally the compiler passes the > library paths to search as -L options. > > Ian Any chance of filing an enhancement request that -L =path expand to -L <sysroot>/path?
