[Bug driver/30090] New: Incorrectness in `gcc.c'

["tschwinge at gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

gcc.c
#v+
[...]
Specs are strings containing lines, each of which (if not blank)
is made up of a program name, and arguments separated by spaces.
The program name must be exact and start from root, since no path
is searched and it is unreliable to depend on the current working directory.
[...]
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On further inspection of `gcc.c' it turns out that this is not true, and
instead a rather extensive method of locating the executable is used, involving
hard-coded paths and also `$PATH'.


#v+
$ cat specs
@foo_language:
printenv PATH
which fortune
fortune
$ gcc -E -x foo_language -specs=specs /dev/null
/home/cip/3/cpts2523/command:/home/cip/3/cpts2523/shared/command:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
/usr/games/fortune
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
                -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
#v-


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           Summary: Incorrectness in `gcc.c'
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.1.1
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: driver
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: tschwinge at gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30090