This patch
commit cc12934b555625b130e242eb6199c60b353ab509
Author: Rainer Orth <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Feb 3 20:41:40 2026 +0100
build: Only use gas_flag/gnu_ld_flag internally [PR123841]
caused testsuite regressions on Linux/x86_64 in one configuration: if
configured without --with-gnu-as/--with-gnu-ld, taking as and ld from
PATH, the stage 1 gcc/auto-host.h differs:
@@ -538 +544 @@
-#define HAVE_AS_IX86_GOT32X 1
+#define HAVE_AS_IX86_GOT32X 0
@@ -586 +592 @@
-#define HAVE_AS_IX86_TLSLDM 1
+#define HAVE_AS_IX86_TLSLDM 0
@@ -599 +605 @@
-#define HAVE_AS_IX86_TLS_GET_ADDR_GOT 1
+#define HAVE_AS_IX86_TLS_GET_ADDR_GOT 0
@@ -1795 +1801 @@
-#define HAVE_LD_DEMANGLE 1
+/* #undef HAVE_LD_DEMANGLE */
gas_flag and gnu_ld_flag weren't set correctly in this case:
Without --with-gnu-ld, AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld) sets gnu_ld_flag to no. The
later check to determine gnu_ld_flag from $gcc_cv_ld --version isn't
even run because it is guarded by test -z "$gnu_ld_flag".
To avoid this, two things need to happen:
* The ld --version check needs to be done in the ACTION_IF_NOT case of
AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld), not afterwards.
* For this to work, gcc_cv_ld needs to be set at this point.
Therefore this patch does the first. In order for the second to work,
AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld) is moved later when gcc_cv_ld has already been set.
The same applies to gas_flag, too.
Tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu and sparc64-pc-linux-gnu like so:
* Establish a baseline before my gas_flag/gnu_ld_flag patches:
commit f75fe68437e3cd62548370f9653aae7fee8c621c
Author: Rainer Orth <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Jan 27 19:11:11 2026 +0100
build: Only use --fatal-warnings if assembler supports it
configure with --disable-bootstrap --enable-languages=c++ in various
combinations:
* without anything more, taking as/ld from PATH
* the same with --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld added
* specifying --with-as=/usr/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/bin/ld instead
* the same with --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld added
then run make configure-gcc and compare gcc/auto-host.h files.
* At current trunk, there are two differences:
** The ones described above.
** HAVE_AFUNIX_H that was added to configure.ac since.
* With the current patch, all differences to the baseline vanish again,
with the exception of the latter.
Ok for trunk?
I'm concentrating on Linux/x86_64 and Linux/sparc64 for now. The test
matrix with
* Solaris on sparc and x86, with
* native as/ld, or
* GNU as/ld,
* FreeBSD/amd64 with either
* lld as /usr/bin/ld, or
* GNU ld,
* and Darwin with
* cctools as, which identifies as gas 1.38 although not taking gas
--32/--64 options in old OS versions,
* as later replaced by a clang-based one, and
* ld which is ld64 instead of GNU ld
is so much larger that it's more important to get Linux back on track
first.
However, the others will allow to investigate non-GNU configurations in
more detail.
Rainer
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
2026-02-04 Rainer Orth <[email protected]>
gcc:
* configure.ac (gnu_ld_flag): Move $gcc_cv_ld --version check into
AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld).
(gcc_cv_ld): Set before gnu_ld_flag.
(gas_flag): Move $gcc_cv_ld --version check into AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld).
(gcc_cv_as): Set before gas_flag.
* configure: Regenerate.
# HG changeset patch
# Parent 8e3f8afff2a3f4f83ca592a5dd28f5f5c001e941
build: Properly set gcc_cv_as/gcc_cv_ld
diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -969,11 +969,9 @@ with_gxx_include_dir
with_gxx_libcxx_include_dir
with_cpp_install_dir
enable_generated_files_in_srcdir
-with_gnu_ld
with_ld
with_demangler_in_ld
with_dsymutil
-with_gnu_as
with_as
with_windres
enable_largefile
@@ -1011,6 +1009,7 @@ with_picolibc
with_zstd
with_zstd_include
with_zstd_lib
+with_gnu_ld
enable_rpath
with_libiconv_prefix
with_libiconv_type
@@ -1033,6 +1032,7 @@ enable_fast_install
enable_libtool_lock
enable_darwin_at_rpath
with_darwin_extra_rpath
+with_gnu_as
enable_ld
enable_gold
with_plugin_ld
@@ -1868,12 +1868,10 @@ Optional Packages:
--with-cpp-install-dir=DIR
install the user visible C preprocessor in DIR
(relative to PREFIX) as well as PREFIX/bin
- --with-gnu-ld arrange to work with GNU ld
--with-ld arrange to use the specified ld (full pathname)
--with-demangler-in-ld try to use demangler in GNU ld
--with-dsymutil arrange to use the specified dsymutil (full
pathname)
- --with-gnu-as arrange to work with GNU as
--with-as arrange to use the specified as (full pathname)
--with-windres arrange to use the specified windres (full pathname)
--with-stack-clash-protection-guard-size=size
@@ -1921,6 +1919,8 @@ Optional Packages:
--with-darwin-extra-rpath=[ARG]
Specify a runpath directory, additional to those
provided by the compiler
+ --with-gnu-as arrange to work with GNU as
+ --with-gnu-ld arrange to work with GNU ld
--with-plugin-ld=[ARG] specify the plugin linker
--with-glibc-version=M.N
assume GCC used with glibc version M.N or later
@@ -3925,16 +3925,6 @@ fi
# Find default linker
# -------------------
-# With GNU ld
-
-# Check whether --with-gnu-ld was given.
-if test "${with_gnu_ld+set}" = set; then :
- withval=$with_gnu_ld; gnu_ld_flag="$with_gnu_ld"
-else
- gnu_ld_flag=no
-fi
-
-
case $target in
*darwin*)
ld64_flag=yes # Darwin can only use a ld64-compatible linker.
@@ -4031,16 +4021,6 @@ fi
# Find default assembler
# ----------------------
-# With GNU as
-
-# Check whether --with-gnu-as was given.
-if test "${with_gnu_as+set}" = set; then :
- withval=$with_gnu_as; gas_flag="$with_gnu_as"
-else
- gas_flag=no
-fi
-
-
# Check whether --with-as was given.
if test "${with_as+set}" = set; then :
@@ -21973,7 +21953,7 @@ else
lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 21976 "configure"
+#line 21956 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -22079,7 +22059,7 @@ else
lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 22082 "configure"
+#line 22062 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -25496,6 +25476,20 @@ fi
fi
fi
+# With GNU as
+
+# Check whether --with-gnu-as was given.
+if test "${with_gnu_as+set}" = set; then :
+ withval=$with_gnu_as; gas_flag="$with_gnu_as"
+else
+ if $gcc_cv_as --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
+ gas_flag=yes
+ else
+ gas_flag=no
+fi
+fi
+
+
ORIGINAL_AS_FOR_TARGET=$gcc_cv_as
case "$ORIGINAL_AS_FOR_TARGET" in
@@ -25504,15 +25498,6 @@ case "$ORIGINAL_AS_FOR_TARGET" in
;;
esac
-# Check if we are using GNU as if not already set.
-if test -z "$gas_flag"; then
- if $gcc_cv_as --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
- gas_flag=yes
- else
- gas_flag=no
- fi
-fi
-
if $gcc_cv_as --help 2>&1 | grep -- --fatal-warnings > /dev/null; then
fw_as_opt=--fatal-warnings
fi
@@ -25626,6 +25611,20 @@ fi
fi
fi
+# With GNU ld
+
+# Check whether --with-gnu-ld was given.
+if test "${with_gnu_ld+set}" = set; then :
+ withval=$with_gnu_ld; gnu_ld_flag="$with_gnu_ld"
+else
+ if $gcc_cv_ld --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
+ gnu_ld_flag=yes
+ else
+ gnu_ld_flag=no
+ fi
+fi
+
+
ORIGINAL_PLUGIN_LD_FOR_TARGET=$gcc_cv_ld
PLUGIN_LD_SUFFIX=`basename $gcc_cv_ld | sed -e "s,$target_alias-,,"`
# if the PLUGIN_LD is set ld-new, just have it as ld
@@ -25650,15 +25649,6 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
_ACEOF
-# Check if we are using GNU ld if not already set.
-if test -z "$gnu_ld_flag"; then
- if $gcc_cv_ld --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
- gnu_ld_flag=yes
- else
- gnu_ld_flag=no
- fi
-fi
-
case "$target:$gnu_ld_flag" in
*-*-solaris2*:no)
# While Solaris ld has -m32/-m64 it usually determines the ELF class
diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -332,12 +332,6 @@ AC_SUBST(GENINSRC)
# Find default linker
# -------------------
-# With GNU ld
-AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld,
-[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-gnu-ld], [arrange to work with GNU ld])],
-gnu_ld_flag="$with_gnu_ld",
-gnu_ld_flag=no)
-
case $target in
*darwin*)
ld64_flag=yes # Darwin can only use a ld64-compatible linker.
@@ -411,12 +405,6 @@ fi
# Find default assembler
# ----------------------
-# With GNU as
-AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-as,
-[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-gnu-as], [arrange to work with GNU as])],
-gas_flag="$with_gnu_as",
-gas_flag=no)
-
AC_ARG_WITH(as,
[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-as], [arrange to use the specified as (full pathname)])],
DEFAULT_ASSEMBLER="$with_as")
@@ -2738,6 +2726,16 @@ else
AC_PATH_PROG(gcc_cv_as, $AS_FOR_TARGET)
fi])
+# With GNU as
+AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-as,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-gnu-as], [arrange to work with GNU as])],
+gas_flag="$with_gnu_as",
+[if $gcc_cv_as --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
+ gas_flag=yes
+ else
+ gas_flag=no
+fi])
+
ORIGINAL_AS_FOR_TARGET=$gcc_cv_as
AC_SUBST(ORIGINAL_AS_FOR_TARGET)
case "$ORIGINAL_AS_FOR_TARGET" in
@@ -2745,15 +2743,6 @@ case "$ORIGINAL_AS_FOR_TARGET" in
*) AC_CONFIG_FILES(as:exec-tool.in, [chmod +x as]) ;;
esac
-# Check if we are using GNU as if not already set.
-if test -z "$gas_flag"; then
- if $gcc_cv_as --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
- gas_flag=yes
- else
- gas_flag=no
- fi
-fi
-
if $gcc_cv_as --help 2>&1 | grep -- --fatal-warnings > /dev/null; then
fw_as_opt=--fatal-warnings
fi
@@ -2820,6 +2809,16 @@ else
AC_PATH_PROG(gcc_cv_ld, $LD_FOR_TARGET)
fi])
+# With GNU ld
+AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-gnu-ld], [arrange to work with GNU ld])],
+gnu_ld_flag="$with_gnu_ld",
+[if $gcc_cv_ld --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
+ gnu_ld_flag=yes
+ else
+ gnu_ld_flag=no
+ fi])
+
ORIGINAL_PLUGIN_LD_FOR_TARGET=$gcc_cv_ld
PLUGIN_LD_SUFFIX=`basename $gcc_cv_ld | sed -e "s,$target_alias-,,"`
# if the PLUGIN_LD is set ld-new, just have it as ld
@@ -2837,15 +2836,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(plugin-ld,
AC_SUBST(ORIGINAL_PLUGIN_LD_FOR_TARGET)
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PLUGIN_LD_SUFFIX, "$PLUGIN_LD_SUFFIX", [Specify plugin linker])
-# Check if we are using GNU ld if not already set.
-if test -z "$gnu_ld_flag"; then
- if $gcc_cv_ld --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
- gnu_ld_flag=yes
- else
- gnu_ld_flag=no
- fi
-fi
-
case "$target:$gnu_ld_flag" in
*-*-solaris2*:no)
# While Solaris ld has -m32/-m64 it usually determines the ELF class
