From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Cc: 41038@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41038: gcc creates binaries that don't find their shared libraries
Date: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:30:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2q8rqr8.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2050118.Ql0zV9tn6O@omega> (Bruno Haible's message of "Mon, 04 May 2020 01:09:10 +0200")
Hi,
Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> skribis:
> The question "What packages do I need to do normal C development?" should
> really be documented.
>
> How about a doc section - at the beginning of the chapter
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Development.html - that says:
>
> Packages needed for C development
> =================================
>
> For C development, you will typically need the packages
> make gcc-toolchain gdb
>
> Do NOT install glibc and binutils explicitly, as they would shadow
> the 'ld' wrapper that is necessary for proper operation of GCC.
Good idea, I did something along these lines:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=1f14e25c1969a93908288cb302a572f3cbbaa478
> Additionally, the documentation page
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Application-Setup.html
> starts with the sentence
> "When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than Guix System ..."
> but then the majority of the page applies to native Guix as well.
> How about restructuring this documentation chapter into two pages:
> - one that explains things valid about Guix in general,
> - one that covers only the foreign-distro topics.
The locale and nscd bits are foreign-distro-specific, but the for the
rest I agree that something needs to be done.
Thanks for your feedback!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-04 9:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-02 23:55 bug#41038: gcc creates binaries that don't find their shared libraries Bruno Haible
2020-05-03 21:07 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-03 23:09 ` Bruno Haible
2020-05-04 8:50 ` zimoun
2020-05-04 9:06 ` zimoun
2020-05-04 9:30 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2020-05-04 9:59 ` zimoun
2020-05-04 19:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-06 17:42 ` bug#41038: [PATCH] doc: Reword "The GCC toolchain" zimoun
2020-05-15 16:59 ` zimoun
2020-05-15 19:42 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-16 14:57 ` zimoun
2020-05-16 15:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-03 22:12 ` bug#41038: gcc creates binaries that don't find their shared libraries Danny Milosavljevic
2020-05-05 9:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-05 11:17 ` Bruno Haible
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