[gcc(refs/users/aoliva/heads/testme)] [testsuite] note pitfall in how outputs.exp sets gld

[Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@gcc.gnu.org>]

https://gcc.gnu.org/g:660efbd2dec8c46bffe9430e743a39a3dcc86b9e

commit 660efbd2dec8c46bffe9430e743a39a3dcc86b9e
Author: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@adacore.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 23 17:09:48 2023 -0300

    [testsuite] note pitfall in how outputs.exp sets gld
    
    This patch documents a glitch in gcc.misc-tests/outputs.exp: it checks
    whether the linker is GNU ld, and uses that to decide whether to
    expect collect2 to create .ld1_args files under -save-temps, but
    collect2 bases that decision on whether HAVE_GNU_LD is set, which may
    be false zero if the linker in use is GNU ld.  Configuring
    --with-gnu-ld fixes this misalignment.  Without that, atsave tests are
    likely to fail, because without HAVE_GNU_LD, collect2 won't use @file
    syntax to run the linker (so it won't create .ld1_args files).
    
    Long version: HAVE_GNU_LD is set when (i) DEFAULT_LINKER is set during
    configure, pointing at GNU ld; (ii) --with-gnu-ld is passed to
    configure; or (iii) config.gcc sets gnu_ld=yes.  If a port doesn't set
    gnu_ld, and the toolchain isn't configured so as to assume GNU ld,
    configure and thus collect2 conservatively assume the linker doesn't
    support @file arguments.
    
    But outputs.exp can't see how configure set HAVE_GNU_LD (it may be
    used to test an installed compiler), and upon finding that the linker
    used by the compiler is GNU ld, it will expect collect2 to use @file
    arguments when running the linker.  If that assumption doesn't hold,
    atsave tests will fail.
    
    
    for  gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
    
            * outputs.exp (gld): Note a known mismatch and record a
            workaround.

Diff:
---
 gcc/testsuite/gcc.misc-tests/outputs.exp | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.misc-tests/outputs.exp b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.misc-tests/outputs.exp
index 7ee355034cc..9f44cbdb0b5 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.misc-tests/outputs.exp
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.misc-tests/outputs.exp
@@ -50,7 +50,15 @@ if !$skip_lto {
     set ltop [check_linker_plugin_available]
 }
 
-# Check for GNU LD.  Some files like .ld1_args depend on this.
+# Check for GNU LD.  Some files like .ld1_args depend on this.  This
+# should really be testing whether HAVE_GNU_LD was set by configure.
+# If we find GNU ld here, but the compiler wasn't configured
+# --with-gnu-ld or with DEFAULT_LINKER pointing at GNU ld, on a target
+# that doesn't set gnu_ld=yes unconditionally, configure and thus
+# collect2 will conservatively assume there's no support for @file in
+# the linker, but our atfile tests will expect ld1_args files to be
+# created, and thus fail.  Configuring the compiler --with-gnu-ld
+# fixes this.
 set gld [check_effective_target_gld]
 
 # Prepare additional options to be used for linking.