[PATCH] ld: Unify the directory separator on Windows.
Jan Dubiec <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:42:55 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnu.binutils |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
This patch is a spin-off of the following discussion: https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/[email protected]/ When the linker searches for a file, it constructs the full file name by concatenating the search path, the directory separator, and the file name. As a result, on Windows users may encounter paths like this: [...] attempt to open D:/Works/binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-archive\tmpdir/a.o failed [...] or even like this: [...] D:\Works\xcomp\build-binutils-h8300-mingw\ld\ld-new.exe: cannot open linker script file D:/Works/binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\././././.\./././././/libpr33265-2.a: No such file or directory [...] This is a safe change, as the linker has been using forward slashes on Windows for a long time, and this piece of code appears to be a leftover from the dark Windows 9x era. Signed-off-by: Jan Dubiec <[email protected]> --- ld/ldfile.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ld/ldfile.c b/ld/ldfile.c index f47e860d437..00fe1d90d44 100644 --- a/ld/ldfile.c +++ b/ld/ldfile.c @@ -47,12 +47,8 @@ search_dirs_type *search_head; #ifdef VMS static char *slash = ""; #else -#if defined (_WIN32) && !defined (__CYGWIN32__) -static char *slash = "\\"; -#else static char *slash = "/"; #endif -#endif typedef struct search_arch { -- 2.54.0