Pinging to try and get this bug in gcc-ar fixed.

Note that the patch posted as an attachment in

https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2023-July/623400.html

is exactly the same as the patch embedded in

https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2023-July/623855.html

and the one posted in the PR itself

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77576

On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 at 13:00, Costas Argyris <costas.argyris@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Bootstrapped successfully on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 at 11:33, Costas Argyris <costas.argyris@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Problem: gcc-ar fails when a @file is passed to it:
>>
>> $ cat rsp
>> --version
>> $ gcc-ar @rsp
>> /usr/bin/ar: invalid option -- '@'
>>
>> This is because a dash '-' is prepended to the first
>> argument if it doesn't start with one, resulting in
>> the wrong call 'ar -@rsp'.
>>
>> Fix: Expand argv to get rid of any @files and if any
>> expansions were made, pass everything through a
>> temporary response file.
>>
>> $ gcc-ar @rsp
>> GNU ar (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2
>> ...
>>
>>
>> PR gcc-ar/77576
>> * gcc/gcc-ar.cc (main): Expand argv and use
>> temporary response file to call ar if any
>> expansions were made.
>> ---
>>  gcc/gcc-ar.cc | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/gcc/gcc-ar.cc b/gcc/gcc-ar.cc
>> index 4e4c525927d..417c4913793 100644
>> --- a/gcc/gcc-ar.cc
>> +++ b/gcc/gcc-ar.cc
>> @@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ main (int ac, char **av)
>>    int k, status, err;
>>    const char *err_msg;
>>    const char **nargv;
>> +  char **old_argv;
>> +  const char *rsp_file = NULL;
>> +  const char *rsp_arg = NULL;
>> +  const char *rsp_argv[3];
>>    bool is_ar = !strcmp (PERSONALITY, "ar");
>>    int exit_code = FATAL_EXIT_CODE;
>>    int i;
>> @@ -209,6 +213,13 @@ main (int ac, char **av)
>>   }
>>      }
>>
>> +  /* Expand any @files before modifying the command line
>> +     and use a temporary response file if there were any.  */
>> +  old_argv = av;
>> +  expandargv (&ac, &av);
>> +  if (av != old_argv)
>> +    rsp_file = make_temp_file ("");
>> +
>>    /* Prepend - if necessary.  */
>>    if (is_ar && av[1] && av[1][0] != '-')
>>      av[1] = concat ("-", av[1], NULL);
>> @@ -225,6 +236,39 @@ main (int ac, char **av)
>>      nargv[j + k] = av[k];
>>    nargv[j + k] = NULL;
>>
>> +  /* If @file was passed, put nargv into the temporary response
>> +     file and then change it to a single @FILE argument, where
>> +     FILE is the temporary filename.  */
>> +  if (rsp_file)
>> +    {
>> +      FILE *f;
>> +      int status;
>> +      f = fopen (rsp_file, "w");
>> +      if (f == NULL)
>> +        {
>> +          fprintf (stderr, "Cannot open temporary file %s\n", rsp_file);
>> +          exit (1);
>> +        }
>> +      status = writeargv (
>> +          CONST_CAST2 (char * const *, const char **, nargv) + 1, f);
>> +      if (status)
>> +        {
>> +          fprintf (stderr, "Cannot write to temporary file %s\n",
>> rsp_file);
>> +          exit (1);
>> +        }
>> +      status = fclose (f);
>> +      if (EOF == status)
>> +        {
>> +          fprintf (stderr, "Cannot close temporary file %s\n", rsp_file);
>> +          exit (1);
>> +        }
>> +      rsp_arg = concat ("@", rsp_file, NULL);
>> +      rsp_argv[0] = nargv[0];
>> +      rsp_argv[1] = rsp_arg;
>> +      rsp_argv[2] = NULL;
>> +      nargv = rsp_argv;
>> +    }
>> +
>>    /* Run utility */
>>    /* ??? the const is misplaced in pex_one's argv? */
>>    err_msg = pex_one (PEX_LAST|PEX_SEARCH,
>> @@ -249,5 +293,8 @@ main (int ac, char **av)
>>    else
>>      exit_code = SUCCESS_EXIT_CODE;
>>
>> +  if (rsp_file)
>> +    unlink (rsp_file);
>> +
>>    return exit_code;
>>  }
>> --
>> 2.30.2
>>
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