Bug#896057: gcc-7: doesn't look for "as" in dir specified by -B

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>]

* Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>, 2018-04-19, 06:36:
> > perhaphs gcc-7 should ship an appropriate symlink in 
> > /usr/lib/gcc/<triplet>/7/, instead of hardcoding path to "as" at 
> > configure time?
>
> Your suggestion makes a lot of sense. The devil is in the detail 
> though:
> * Does it work the same way for ld?

Yes.

> * Do cross toolchains also need such a symlink?

No. (Although I suppose it wouldn't hurt either.)

> * If yes, where to place it? (They use a different directory layout.)
> * Which make variable contains the correct path?

$(gcc_lib_dir) would be my guess.

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Jakub Wilk