gcc 2.95{,.1} looping forever

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Alain Magloire wrote:
> > Bonjour
> > 
> > # GCC_EXEC_PREFIX=/usr/local/ gcc -v c.c
> > ....
> > ##
> > 
> > will put the driver in looping mode when using the builtin specs.
> > There is nothing particular about "/usr/local" any path will do.
> > 
> 
> I guess You used --prefix=/usr/local (default) when configured gcc-2.95.

No --prefix=/opt/local

> The the reason is simple:
> 
> 	gcc-2.95 installs preprocessor executeble in $prefix/bin (it's
> 	different from cpp used by gcc itself. If You specify 

You mean $prefix/lib/gcc-lib/$target/$version/cpp

> 	GCC_EXEC_PREFIX=/usr/local  gcc errorously finds
> 	wrong cpp executable which tries recursively to call itself.
> 	I had the same problem for target=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp when
> 	similar GCC_EXEC_PREFIX were used (Tested, it happens also
> 	in Linux, I had prefox=/usr though)

Ok, thanks for the explanation, It will also happen if you do

# uname -sr
SunOS 5.6
# GCC_EXEC_PREFIX=/usr/ gcc -v c.c
Using builtin specs.
gcc version 2.95 19990728 (release)
 cpp -lang-c -v -iprefix ......
...
looping forever
...
^C
# which cpp
/usr/local/bin/cpp
#

-- 
au revoir, alain
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