Cool. So, what is the purpose of having both $prefix/bin/mipsel-linux-ld and $prefix/mipsel-linux/bin/ld? Also, why is glibc installing libraries into $prefix/lib when mipsel-linux-ld is looking in $prefix/mipsel-linux/lib? Regards, Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geert Uytterhoeven" <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> To: "Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@ltc.com> Cc: <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 3:40 AM Subject: Re: cross-mipsel-linux-ld --prefix library path > On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Bradley D. LaRonde wrote: > > Another odd thing is that binutils installs: > > > > /usr/mipsel-linux/bin/mipsel-linux-ld > > > > and an identical copy at: > > > > /usr/mipsel-linux/mipsel-linux/bin/ld > > > > This seems like a Clue. If fact, the whole > > That's normal, I have > > | tux$ ls -li /usr/local/bin/*ld /usr/local/*/bin/ld > | 62976 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 946678 Jun 11 15:47 /usr/local/bin/m68k-amigaos-ld* > | 63675 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 1356730 Mar 12 11:17 /usr/local/bin/m68k-linux-ld* > | 63660 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 1545874 Mar 12 11:16 /usr/local/bin/powerpc-linux-ld* > | 62976 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 946678 Jun 11 15:47 /usr/local/m68k-amigaos/bin/ld* > | 63675 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 1356730 Mar 12 11:17 /usr/local/m68k-linux/bin/ld* > | 63660 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 1545874 Mar 12 11:16 /usr/local/powerpc-linux/bin/ld* > | tux$ > > The `duplicates' are just hard links (compare the inode numbers), so they don't waste real space (except for the directory entries :-). > > BTW, I used --prefix=/usr/local. > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert