https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98175
Bug ID: 98175 Summary: Problem with gcc front end and ld on vanilla Windows 10 installation (spaces in path) Product: gcc Version: 8.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: marcoxa at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Hi this came up while installing an update for "ps" in the latest R/Rtools/Rstudio combination. This is for 8.3.0 as included in Rtools 4.0.x. I don't know if it affects later versions of the GCC toolchain. I was able to reproduce it on a simpler case. Bottom line: while the GCC compiler frontend does not quote the "ld.exe" invocation. ``` g:\My Drive\Work\Projects\Hacking\elisp\iron-main\tests>"c:\Program Files\R\Rtools40\mingw64\bin\gfortran" hello.f "c:\Program Files\R\Rtools40\mingw64\bin\gfortran" hello.f c:/Program Files/R/Rtools40/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find c:/Program: No such file or directory c:/Program Files/R/Rtools40/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find Files/R/Rtools40/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/../lib/default-manifest.o: No such file or directory collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status ``` Note that Rtools 4.0.x correctly quotes the gfortran (or gcc) command. But then, the inner call to "ld.exe" is not. I know I can work around this by changing the installation path, but people using vanilla W10 are bound to trip on this quite often. All the best Marco Antoniotti