------- Comment #1 from joseph at codesourcery dot com 2010-02-16 12:14 ------- Subject: Re: New: Why gcc can't invoke <target prefix>-as and uses 'as' instead?
The key thing to remember about $prefix/$target/bin (/usr/m68k-atari-mint/bin in this case) is that it is an *internal* directory of the toolchain for *internal* use by one toolchain binary calling another, just like libexec/gcc/$target/$version is an *internal* directory. The only problem with it is that people get confused by it and do inappropriate things such as putting it on their PATH. The fact that the toolchain has various such internal directories is not in any way a bug, and changing the internal directories for the sake of it is pretty pointless; only the confusing nature of those directories might possibly be a bug. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43090
