Re: collect2 no PATH override

On 1 Sep 2012 at 22:09, Jay Michael wrote:

 I think "collect2" should honor all of the "where to find compiler
 components" switches fed to GPC.

Why?

 I think it would be helpful if GPC defaulted to acting as if it
 were run with "-B <directory containing gpc>" (unless the user
 provides a "-B" switch).

Again, why?

Well, with this one, it's over to Waldek/Frank/Peter (or you can add that feature yourself).

 The "collect2" in the binary distribution of gpc-2007-09-04 for
 Windows doesn't seem to make any effort to locate the "ld" it runs
 -- if there is no "ld" in the PATH, it prints

ld-orig: No such file or directory

Yes, indeed. And, that problem can easily be solved by adding the location of ld.exe to the PATH.

 I have been running GPC without putting GPC\bin in my PATH.  It has
 been working.  Then I discovered that when I installed Free Pascal,
 it took the liberty of updating my system-wide PATH.  When I
 removed it from my PATH, running GPC\bin\gpc resulted in 

gpc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory

Blame FreePascal, not gpc.

Adding "-B GPC\bin" solves that, but has no effect on "collect2" finding "ld".

Yes. And why would it? "-B" means something totally different to the linker.

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