Re: /usr/local/{include,lib} on Cygwin

Tom,

On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:22:34PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com> writes:
> > I'm not a gcc expert, but from empirical evidence I was able to determine
> > that Cygwin gcc seems to automatically search /usr/local/include and
> > /usr/local/lib during compilation and linking, respectively.
>
> I believe that the built-in search paths for gcc are a
> configuration-time option, with (if hazy memory serves) defaults that
> vary across platforms.  However, /usr/local/include and .../lib are
> certainly in those paths on *most* platforms.  If Jason can attest that
> they're in there in the standard Cygwin build of gcc, then I see no
> reason to fear assuming that they're normally there for cygwin.

I guess that I spoke too soon or once again I forgot about Cygwin b20.1.

I just tried the same experiment on the Cygwin b20.1 gcc.  Unfortunately,
it does *not* automatically search /usr/local/include during compilation
but it *does* automatically search /usr/local/lib during linking.  This
asymmetry seems strange or at least inconsistent.

I've tried 2.95.2-6, 2.95.2-7, and b20.1 and I can't get gcc to
explicitly tell me that it will automatically search /usr/local/lib
during linking.  I am using the -print-search-dirs which displays the
follow (for 2.95.2-7):

$ gcc -print-search-dirs
install: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/
programs:

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/
libraries:

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/lib/:/usr/lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/:/usr/lib/mingw/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/mingw/:/lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/lib/:/usr/lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-7/:/usr/lib/

Does anyone know how to glean this information from gcc?  Should I
actually be asking ld?

Anyway, if the PostgreSQL teams stills wants to support Cygwin b20.1,
then the -I/usr/local/include option should be set for b20.1 during configure.

Thanks,
Jason

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