[uw.mfcf.software] gas-inspired questions.

kcwellsch@watmath.waterloo.edu (09/29/89)

From: Ken Wellsch <kcwellsch>

> "man gas" says to use /usr/software/gnu/lib/gcc-as.
> Why is it "gcc-as" if the man page is for "gas"?

Apparently GNU feels you shouldn't need to use the assembler directly.

> Why is it under /usr/man/manp instead of under /software/gnu/man?

Old public holdover ... I moved this page to man1 last week.

>Why does it refer to "/usr/software", instead of to "/software".

Old man page when we still called it /usr/software.

> Why is the program under "lib" and not under "bin"?
> Isn't "lib" for "*.a" files?

lib is where compilers etc. often put their "passes" and gcc-as goes there too.

> And why doesn't /software/gnu/lib even exist?

GAS was moved to the GCC package.  I've created the link gas to the lib
location, but I should probably delete the man page as it's a quicky
from before my time and mostly useless.