On Fri, 2020-05-22 at 22:36 +0100, Sergei Trofimovich wrote: > 'tc-directly' tracker https://bugs.gentoo.org/243502 tracks > packages that don't respect users' CC/AR/LD flags. > > I added new USE=-native-symlinks mode for gcc-config and > binutils-config to ease detection of such packages. > > Native symlinks are still installed by default. Nothing should > break for users who use default USE flags. > > USE=-native-symlinks removes a bunch of links that most packages > use by default until are overridden explicitly. Incomplete list is: > - /lib/cpp > - /usr/bin/{gcc,cc,g++,c++,...} > - /usr/bin/{as,ld,ranlib,dwp,...} > > The rule of thumb is: if a tool does not have ${CTARGET}- prefix > it will probably disappear with USE=-native-symlinks.
Does this list include 'ar' or not? Asking because there's been a number of false positives reported for 'ar' being used as an archiver (e.g. to work on .deb packages). -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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