I should also add that for a rsp file that contains just "--version":

gcc-ar @rsp

fails without the patch (current problem) and successfully prints
the version info with it.


On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 22:45, Costas Argyris <costas.argyris@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Basically implementing what Andrew said in the PR:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77576
>
> If @file has been passed to gcc-ar, do the following:
>
> 1) Expand it to get an argv without any @files.
> 2) Then apply the plugin modifications to argv.
> 3) Create temporary response file.
> 4) Put the modified argv in the temporary file.
> 5) Call ar with @tmp.
> 6) Delete the temporary response file.
>