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From: Bengt Larsson <lists DOT cygwin4 AT bengtl DOT net>
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Subject: Re: gcc-4.8.2-1: /bin/gcc fails
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:08:39 +0100
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David Rothenberger wrote:
>With gcc-4.8.2-1, the following fails:
>
>% touch /tmp/t.c
>% /bin/gcc -c /tmp/t.c
>gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory
>
>This works correctly if gcc is invoked as "gcc" or "/usr/bin/gcc".
>It also works correctly with 4.8.1.
>

I seem to have found something related (in bash, latest gcc):

% touch /tmp/t.c
% PATH=/usr/bin
% gcc -c /tmp/t.c
% PATH=/bin
% gcc -c /tmp/t.c
gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory
% 

I used to have /bin (not /usr/bin) in my PATH and it used to work.

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