Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 07:47:57 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Cc: berend AT beard DOT nest DOT nl, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: How to change ld's search path?


> Isn't putting it into [gcc] section, like the supplied DJGPP.ENV does,
> enough?  For one, it works for me (and just about everybody else).
> Second, is it ld.exe that needs to know about LIBRARY_PATH or gcc?
> Third, ld is usually a son of gcc, so gcc should pass its environment
> to ld, right?

gcc usually invokes ld with the -L options set based on gcc's
parameters and the LIBRARY_PATH variable, so ld doesn't need to know
LIBRARY_PATH.  I don't know if I can guarantee that ld always gets
gcc's environment, either.

If you invoke ld manually, the [gcc] section doesn't have any effect
on ld's environment.