On 6/21/2015 09:32, Edward Diener wrote: >> Furthermore, GCC typically comes with a distro's package manager (which >> is expected to install to a fixed location) or built from source (with >> the sysroot derived from the configure arguments). Neither has any >> issues with hardcoded paths. >> >> Only on Windows do you typically need to have precompiled copies >> installed based on the user's preferences. > > Then on Windows mingw-64 would be foolish to continue to hardcode the > same absolute paths each time rather than have the paths be relative to > the distribution being installed. >
It isn't, anybody wanting to change it would simply rebuild it. And no "Windows users are special users therefore require special treatment" excuses aren't going to fly.
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