https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118700
Bug ID: 118700
Summary: Include resolution changes when using -isystem and
some headers are symlinks between directories where
one is a prefix of the other
Product: gcc
Version: 14.2.1
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: preprocessor
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: christian.menard at gmx dot de
Target Milestone: ---
I discovered this problem while experimenting with Python 3.13t in a system
that installed headers in "/usr/include/python3.13" and
/usr/inclued/python3.13t", where most of the headers in
/usr/inclued/python3.13t" are symlinks to "/usr/include/python3.13". Note that
"python3.13" is a prefix of "python3.13t". Under certain circumstances (minimal
example below), gcc resolves header files to an incorrect location.
This bug is related to https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61918, but
I cannot reproduce 61918, and the problem described there appears to be fixed
for symlinks between directories with different names. However, the issue
persists if one directory is a prefix of the other.
Since this appears to be a preprocessor bug, a *.i file as requested in the
guidelines is not sufficient to reproduce.
Steps to reproduce:
$ mkdir foo foobar bar
$ echo '#include "second.h"' > foo/first.h
$ echo '#pragma message("included foo/second.h")' > foo/second.h
$ echo '#pragma message("included foobar/second.h")' > foobar/second.h
$ echo '#pragma message("included bar/second.h")' > bar/second.h
$ ln -s ../foo/first.h foobar/first.h
$ ln -s ../foo/first.h bar/first.h
$ echo '#include "first.h"\nint main() {return 0;}' > test.c
For convenience, I attached the created files as an archive.
This command produces the expected output:
$ gcc -I /abs/path/to/foobar test.c
note: ‘#pragma message: included foobar/second.h’
But when using -system, "second.h" is resolved to "foo/second.h"
$ gcc -isystem /abs/path/to/foobar test.c
note: ‘#pragma message: included foo/second.h’
This happens only when there is a shared prefix between the two directories.
Running the same command with "bar" on the include path correctly resolves
"second.h" to "bar/second.h".
$ gcc -isystem /abs/path/to/bar test.c
note: ‘#pragma message: included bar/second.h’
I reproduced this with 4 different versions between 11.4.0 and 14.2.1. gcc -v
output follows below:
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/11/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu
11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-11/README.Bugs
--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --prefix=/usr
--with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-11
--program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix
--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu
--enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes
--with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object
--disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib
--enable-libphobos-checking=release --with-target-system-zlib=auto
--enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --enable-cet
--with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32
--enable-multilib --with-tune=generic
--enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-11-XeT9lY/gcc-11-11.4.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-11-XeT9lY/gcc-11-11.4.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr
--without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu
--host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
--with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --enable-link-serialization=2
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 11.4.0 (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04)
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc-12
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu
12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-12/README.Bugs
--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --prefix=/usr
--with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-12
--program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix
--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug
--enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new
--enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin
--enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --enable-libphobos-checking=release
--with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch
--disable-werror --enable-cet --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64
--with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic
--enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-12-ALHxjy/gcc-12-12.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-12-ALHxjy/gcc-12-12.3.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr
--enable-offload-defaulted --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 12.3.0 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04)
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc-13
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/13/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu
13.1.0-8ubuntu1~22.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-13/README.Bugs
--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2,rust --prefix=/usr
--with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-13
--program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id
--libexecdir=/usr/libexec --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix
--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu
--enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes
--with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object
--disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib
--enable-libphobos-checking=release --with-target-system-zlib=auto
--enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --enable-cet
--with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32
--enable-multilib --with-tune=generic
--enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-13-IvzKaI/gcc-13-13.1.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-13-IvzKaI/gcc-13-13.1.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr
--enable-offload-defaulted --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
--with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --enable-link-serialization=2
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 13.1.0 (Ubuntu 13.1.0-8ubuntu1~22.04)
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/14.2.1/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /build/gcc/src/gcc/configure
--enable-languages=ada,c,c++,d,fortran,go,lto,m2,objc,obj-c++,rust
--enable-bootstrap --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
--with-bugurl=https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/gcc/-/issues
--with-build-config=bootstrap-lto --with-linker-hash-style=gnu
--with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-cet=auto
--enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie
--enable-default-ssp --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object
--enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-link-serialization=1
--enable-linker-build-id --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin
--enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch
--disable-werror
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 14.2.1 20240910 (GCC)
