[Bug gcov-profile/36412] gcov -l -p exceeds maximum file name length

[marxin at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36412

--- Comment #3 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Peter Klotz from comment #2)
> Hello Martin
> 
> It's great that you came up with a solution!
> 
> Meanwhile I removed "-l" from the command line to avoid the error and use an
> additional script to rename files as soon as they are generated by gcov.
> This way file name collisions leading to overwritten files are prevented.
> 
> Once your solution is present in a binary distribution I'm happy to remove
> all these workarounds.
> 
> Regards, Peter.

Hi Peter.

I'm happy that you're using GCC and that the request is still more than valid.
I expect it's going to be accepted to trunk soon:
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-08/msg00721.html

What compiler version are you using, I may backport the patch if you are
interested (cause GCC 7.1 is going to be released in ~May 2017)?