From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22558 invoked by alias); 7 Jun 2008 01:07:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 9510 invoked by uid 48); 7 Jun 2008 01:06:51 -0000 Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:07:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20080607010651.9509.qmail@sourceware.org> X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC References: Subject: [Bug testsuite/36443] [4.3/4.4 Regression]: HOSTCC doesn't work with unstalled gcc In-Reply-To: Reply-To: gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org From: "hjl dot tools at gmail dot com" Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2008-06/txt/msg00383.txt.bz2 ------- Comment #8 from hjl dot tools at gmail dot com 2008-06-07 01:06 ------- (In reply to comment #7) > We set GCC_EXEC_PREFIX when testing in-tree GCC because we want the GCC we're > testing to search the right paths. > How does gcc search the right paths when GCC_EXEC_PREFIX points to non-existent directory because gcc isn't installed? Even if there is a GCC_EXEC_PREFIX directory, it could be a very old gcc installation and you may search very old files, instead of the current ones, which are just built, but not installed yet. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36443