Re: [PATCH] Add libiberty.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

>>> +    (synopsis "Collection of subroutines used by various GNU programs")))
>>
>> Maybe add a short description.
>
> Okay.
>
>>> +(define-public libiberty
>>> +  (make-libiberty gcc))
>>
>> s/gcc/gcc-4.8/ if 4.8 is the last package installing it.
>
> I wanted to provide a default libiberty package for the default “gcc”.
> Otherwise any change to the default GCC version would require packages
> to update their libiberty input.
>
> GCC 4.8 actually installs libiberty somewhere in the “lib” output of
> gcc-4.8, but GCC 4.9 does not, nor does GCC 5.1.  Is there a problem
> with “libiberty” as defined above, following whatever GCC version is set
> as the default?

Oh you mean that 4.9 and 5.1 install it as well, just not in the “lib”
output, right?

Then that is fine, indeed.

Ludo’.