Michael Zintakis <michael.zintakis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> Thanks Ian. So, in other words the prefix value is only used during >>> installation and then "forgotten" about, right? >>> >> >> It's not forgotten. It remains the default. But gcc will also try to >> find the associated libraries, header files, etc., based on the location >> of the gcc executable itself. >> > Right! Could this be changed *after* installing gcc (via the spec file > perhaps)? If not, then I could think of another way which might do the > trick - use the "correct" prefix (say /usr) and then when I do "make > install" specify DESTDIR to point to my buildroot directory where I > would keep all of the other programs and tools for my destination > image. Would that work? Why do you care that gcc remembers the --prefix with which it was configured? I don't see why that matters for your case. Sure, you can set --prefix to anything and use DESTDIR when you install, that should also work. Ian
