[Bug c/53529] New: assembler errors while building a cross compiler if . (dot) is in your PATH
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53529 Bug #: 53529 Summary: assembler errors while building a cross compiler if . (dot) is in your PATH Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: bernard.van.duij...@oracle.com If you have . (current directory) in your PATH in front of the location of the system assembler (typically /usr/bin/as) then while building the cross compiler the wrong assembler is called, resulting in errors about an unrecognized option or bad opcodes. The mixup is with the generated shell script as in the gcc sub directory of the build tree. This shell script points to the target-as and at this stage the host-as is needed. Took me quit a while to diagnose the root cause as this is not so easy to find.
[Bug c/53529] assembler errors while building a cross compiler if . (dot) is in your PATH
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53529 --- Comment #2 from Bernard van Duijnen 2012-05-30 15:49:43 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > Don't do it then? Having . in $PATH is a severe security issue anyway. Typically it is unsecure yes, but not always. For instance on my ubuntu laptop where I am the one and only user I do not think that is an issue. Its easy to fix your PATH to solve it, but only once you know that is the issue, just a check to catch the situation and give a warning is a sufficient solution.
