| | 49 | <variablelist> |
| | 50 | <title>The purpose of each link:</title> |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | <varlistentry> |
| | 53 | <term><parameter><filename>/bin/bash</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 54 | <listitem> |
| | 55 | <para>Many <command>bash</command> scripts specify |
| | 56 | <filename>/bin/bash</filename>.</para> |
| | 57 | </listitem> |
| | 58 | </varlistentry> |
| | 59 | |
| | 60 | <varlistentry> |
| | 61 | <term><parameter><filename>/bin/cat</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 62 | <listitem> |
| | 63 | <para>This pathname is hard-coded into Glibc's configure script.</para> |
| | 64 | </listitem> |
| | 65 | </varlistentry> |
| | 66 | |
| | 67 | <varlistentry> |
| | 68 | <term><parameter><filename>/bin/echo</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 69 | <listitem> |
| | 70 | <para>This is to satisfy one of the tests in Glibc's test suite, which |
| | 71 | expects <filename>/bin/echo</filename>.</para> |
| | 72 | </listitem> |
| | 73 | </varlistentry> |
| | 74 | |
| | 75 | <varlistentry> |
| | 76 | <term><parameter><filename>/bin/pwd</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 77 | <listitem> |
| | 78 | <para>Some <command>configure</command> scripts, particularly Glibc's, |
| | 79 | have this pathname hard-coded.</para> |
| | 80 | </listitem> |
| | 81 | </varlistentry> |
| | 82 | |
| | 83 | <varlistentry> |
| | 84 | <term><parameter><filename>/bin/stty</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 85 | <listitem> |
| | 86 | <para>This pathname is hard-coded into Expect, therefore it is needed |
| | 87 | for Binutils and GCC test suites to pass.</para> |
| | 88 | </listitem> |
| | 89 | </varlistentry> |
| | 90 | |
| | 91 | <varlistentry> |
| | 92 | <term><parameter><filename>/usr/bin/perl</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 93 | <listitem> |
| | 94 | <para>Many Perl scripts hard-code this path to the |
| | 95 | <command>perl</command> program.</para> |
| | 96 | </listitem> |
| | 97 | </varlistentry> |
| | 98 | |
| | 99 | <varlistentry> |
| | 100 | <term><parameter><filename>/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1}</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 101 | <listitem> |
| | 102 | <para>Glibc needs this for the pthreads library to work.</para> |
| | 103 | </listitem> |
| | 104 | </varlistentry> |
| | 105 | |
| | 106 | <varlistentry> |
| | 107 | <term><parameter><filename>/usr/lib/libstdc++{,.6}</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 108 | <listitem> |
| | 109 | <para>This is needed by several tests in Glibc's test suite, as well as |
| | 110 | for C++ support in GMP.</para> |
| | 111 | </listitem> |
| | 112 | </varlistentry> |
| | 113 | |
| | 114 | <varlistentry> |
| | 115 | <term><parameter><filename>/usr/lib/libstdc++.la</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 116 | <listitem> |
| | 117 | <para>This prevents a <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> |
| | 118 | reference that would otherwise be in |
| | 119 | <filename>/usr/lib/libstdc++.la</filename> after GCC is installed.</para> |
| | 120 | </listitem> |
| | 121 | </varlistentry> |
| | 122 | |
| | 123 | <varlistentry> |
| | 124 | <term><parameter><filename>/bin/sh</filename></parameter></term> |
| | 125 | <listitem> |
| | 126 | <para>Many shell scripts hard-code <filename>/bin/sh</filename>.</para> |
| | 127 | </listitem> |
| | 128 | </varlistentry> |
| | 129 | |
| | 130 | </variablelist> |
| | 131 | |
