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Date:	Sun, 29 Jan 2023 17:44:02 +0200
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> From: "Ozkan Sezer (sezeroz AT gmail DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 18:20:15 +0300
> 
> >> >> How about the following suggestion?
> >> >
> >> > Is this really needed?  IOW, can it really happen that the compiler
> >> > fails to find libgcc unless explicitly told to look in the right
> >> > directory?
> >>
> >> gcc can, but ld can not: my suggested patch is not on top of JW's patch
> >> it is against cvs where we invoke ld, not gcc. (Remember that the whole
> >> purpose of JW's patch is that dxe3gen can find libgcc automatically w/o
> >> any user effort..)
> >
> > So it's an alternative patch?
> 
> Yes
> 
> >  If so, what do you suggest to do with
> > libstdc++, which AFAIU was the original motivation for the change?
> 
> Aren't all gcc-provided versioned libraries residing in the same dir?
> My patch just relies on that.

Maybe so, I simply don't know.  So I think the code should have a
comment to that effect.

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