[Bug other/43090] New: Why gcc can't invoke <target prefix>-as and uses 'as' instead?

[miro dot kropacek at gmail dot com]

This thing quite annoys me and it's present in all cross gcc/binutils
environments. If you install cross binutils+gcc, it looks like this (example
with --prefix=/usr --target=m68k-atari-mint):

/usr/bin/m68k-atari-mint-as
/usr/bin/m68k-atari-mint-gcc
:
:
/usr/m68k-atari-mint/bin/as (but not gcc, only binutils here)

Except from the fact this 'as' is not symlinked but copied I fail to see the
reason why it must be here. Why gcc can't search for m68k-atari-mint-as in this
case? Especially when it's found under this name and path during ./configure?

IMO, /usr/m68k-atari-mint/bin should be either empty (as the host is
incompatible with build) or reserved for host binaries (if we don't mind we
might not be able to use them).


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           Summary: Why gcc can't invoke <target prefix>-as and uses 'as'
                    instead?
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.4.3
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: miro dot kropacek at gmail dot com
 GCC build triplet: i386 Linux
  GCC host triplet: i386 Linux
GCC target triplet: m68k


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43090