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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/cross-base.scm9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
index 4cfbbba234..e6a8a1b550 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@
;; library. This works because as a side effect
;; `genscripts.sh' sets `USE_LIBPATH=yes', which tells
;; elf32.em to use DT_RUNPATH in its search list.
- `(cons "--with-sysroot=/no-such-path"
- ,flags)))))))
+ ;; See <http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2013-05/msg00312.html>.
+ ;;
+ ;; In theory choosing / as the sysroot could lead ld
+ ;; to pick up native libs instead of target ones. In
+ ;; practice the RUNPATH of target libs only refers to
+ ;; target libs, not native libs, so this is safe.
+ `(cons "--with-sysroot=/" ,flags)))))))
(cross binutils target)))
(define* (cross-gcc target