gcc-4.3.3 problem

[Robin Becker]

I'm trying to run some benchmarks for a modified version of Python 
2.5.2, unfortunately the modification requires a newer version of GCC so 
I have installed gcc version 4.3.3 from ports.

When I try to run my make command I'm seeing this error

*** WARNING: renaming "_codecs_hk" since importing it failed: Shared 
object "libgcc_s.so.1"

I see that the gcc 4.3.3 libs were installed in /usr/local/lib/gcc-4.3.3 
and I can get things to work by setting up the appropriate -L option and 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Is there some way to make these libraries available without this?
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Robin Becker