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Rataerix

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Registered: 2013-08-08

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[SOLVED] gcc hanging without error message

gcc hangs when I run any command with it, even gcc --help hangs with no output.

core/gcc 6.2.1-1 (base-devel) [installed]
    The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends

uname -r
4.8.12-3-ARCH

I've run a `pacman -Syu` with no change.

Thanks

Last edited by Rataerix (2016-12-10 19:14:28)

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

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Re: [SOLVED] gcc hanging without error message

Please post the output of these commands:

$ which gcc
$ strace gcc

(Note: the second one requires you to have installed the `strace` package)

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Rataerix

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Registered: 2013-08-08

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Re: [SOLVED] gcc hanging without error message

which gcc
/usr/lib/hardening-wrapper/bin/gcc

I removed a few items from my PATH which has fixed the issue.

Thanks for your help

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

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Re: [SOLVED] gcc hanging without error message

Well... you're welcome.

Although, now I'm wondering how /usr/lib/hardening-wrapper (and the contained version of gcc) got onto your machine.
Also, if you had to remove something from your PATH variable, the question is what put it there in the first place.

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WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] gcc hanging without error message

I think extra/hardening-wrapper used to be a dependency for one or more commonly used packages, though these days it's not required by anything.

Rataerix, pacman's log would shed some light on the why, if you are interested.

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