Bug#1113854: gcc-14-x86-64-linux-gnu: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-14 calls /usr/bin/as without dependency on binutils

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

Control: unmerge -1

On 9/3/25 16:23, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> On 9/3/25 15:23, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > > echo '' | x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-14 -x c -c -
> > > x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-14: fatal error: cannot execute 'as': 
> > > posix_spawnp: No such file or directory
> > > compilation terminated.
> >
> > works fine here, I'm unable to reproduce this.
>
> minimal chroot, use --no-install-recommends
> especially w/o build-essential, w/o gcc-14, w/o binutils

> apt-get install --no-install-recommends linux-headers-amd64
>
> Now there should be
> - gcc-14-x86-64-linux-gnu (but no gcc-14)
> - binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu (but no binutils)

  * Update the gcc-search-prefixed-as-ld patch to find the correct as.
    Still needs an update for collect2.cc. Addresses: #1113854.

Updated in the VCS.  It should find now the prefixed as, but the fix is 
not yet complete.

It's not a regression, just not working.