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From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE=-native-symlinks for gcc-config and binutils-config
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 07:55:20
Message-Id: 20200524195504.5cdf98c5@katipo2.lan
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-dev] New USE=-native-symlinks for gcc-config and binutils-config by Pengcheng Xu
1 On Sun, 24 May 2020 09:40:50 +0800
2 "Pengcheng Xu" <i@××××××××.moe> wrote:
3
4 > Do we currently have (or is there a plan for) a mechanism to manage the symbolic links and/or create them after merging the package when necessary? It's quite tiresome to type in $CHOST-gcc for simple everyday tasks.
5
6 There are (currently undocumented) methods that work regardless of the
7 USE flag:
8
9 {binutils,gcc}-config <profile> --enable-native-links
10 {binutils,gcc}-config <profile> --disable-native-links
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12 All the use flag does is dictate which of those "--<x>-native-links"
13 behaviours occur when no "--<x>-native-links" flags are passed.