On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 05:21:38PM -0500, James K. Lowden wrote: > However IMO, the incantation: > > make install DESTDIR=/foo > > is invalid. The compiler's library search path is fixed when the > compiler is built, based on configure options. Installing into an > arbitrary directory cannot work; there is no opportunity then to alter > the gcobol binary.
This is how most distros install stuff for their packaging systems, make install DESTDIR=/some/directory and then everything under /some/directory is packaged into the package. GCC is generally relocatable, the compiler driver should find the compiler and library/include directories etc. relative to where the driver resides in the filesystem. Jakub