Am 29.11.2012 10:10, schrieb Markus Trippelsdorf: > Additionally, what is the rationale for this patch? IOW why isn't the > following > enough? > > x4 ~ # ln -f /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld.gold > /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld > x4 ~ # ld -v > GNU gold (GNU Binutils 2.23.51.20121126) 1.11 > x4 ~ # ln -f /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld.bfd > /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld > x4 ~ # ld -v > GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.51.20121126
because you have to find out about these hard-coded path for every single installation of binutils.