driver/10707: c++ linking impossible when -V specified

[gawrilow@math.tu-berlin.de]

>Number:         10707
>Category:       driver
>Synopsis:       c++ linking impossible when -V specified
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 09 16:06:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ewgenij Gawrilow
>Release:        3.3, 3.4 (snapshots)
>Organization:
>Environment:
gcc version 3.3 20030506 (prerelease); gcc version 3.4 20030509 (experimental); platform-independent
>Description:
If g++ is called with -V option and the only input files are objects and libraries, then the alternative driver called in chain cannot guess the language any more, forgets to put libstdc++ in the collect2 call, and the linker fails. 
>How-To-Repeat:
Take a little C++ (Hello, world!) program, compile and link it separately, specifying the -V option in both commands.
>Fix:
Probably, the installation script could create an extra hardlink 'machine-g++-version'; the driver could then insert its basename into the execvp() first argument instead of fixed '-gcc-'.  Or give along a -x option depending on the own basename.
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