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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/cross-base.scm | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm index 4cfbbba234..e6a8a1b550 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm @@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ ;; library. This works because as a side effect ;; `genscripts.sh' sets `USE_LIBPATH=yes', which tells ;; elf32.em to use DT_RUNPATH in its search list. - `(cons "--with-sysroot=/no-such-path" - ,flags))))))) + ;; See <http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2013-05/msg00312.html>. + ;; + ;; In theory choosing / as the sysroot could lead ld + ;; to pick up native libs instead of target ones. In + ;; practice the RUNPATH of target libs only refers to + ;; target libs, not native libs, so this is safe. + `(cons "--with-sysroot=/" ,flags))))))) (cross binutils target))) (define* (cross-gcc target |