GIMP retains reference to GCC

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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 8 Sep 2022 15:11
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87o7vqggez.fsf@gnu.org
From ca. commit 2183db8d2ab773f41e4320367645880b06959bfc:

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$ guix size gimp | head -4
store item total self
/gnu/store/wdm2s2si8fqsrcd5xpc29ivmpkf20s8d-mesa-21.3.8 411.6 169.6 14.1%
/gnu/store/6pdzpmxg5afzss6dlivq8z84sfa31x22-llvm-11.0.0 221.5 149.5 12.4%
/gnu/store/069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg-gcc-10.3.0 217.7 145.8 12.1%
$ guix graph --path -t references /gnu/store/m4s1ghyqp05irx8acz2mqa68lyclcsrz-gimp-2.10.32 /gnu/store/069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg-gcc-10.3.0
/gnu/store/m4s1ghyqp05irx8acz2mqa68lyclcsrz-gimp-2.10.32
/gnu/store/069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg-gcc-10.3.0
$ grep -r 069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg /gnu/store/m4s1ghyqp05irx8acz2mqa68lyclcsrz-gimp-2.10.32
grep: /gnu/store/m4s1ghyqp05irx8acz2mqa68lyclcsrz-gimp-2.10.32/libexec/gimp-debug-tool-2.0: binary file matches
grep: /gnu/store/m4s1ghyqp05irx8acz2mqa68lyclcsrz-gimp-2.10.32/bin/gimp-console-2.10: binary file matches
grep: /gnu/store/m4s1ghyqp05irx8acz2mqa68lyclcsrz-gimp-2.10.32/bin/gimp-2.10: binary file matches
$ strings /gnu/store/m4s1ghyqp05irx8acz2mqa68lyclcsrz-gimp-2.10.32/bin/gimp-console-2.10 | grep -C3 069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg
GNU Image Manipulation Program
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/gnu/store/069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg-gcc-10.3.0/libexec/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/10.3.0/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Configured with:
Thread model: posix

So the root cause is that GIMP’s build process captures the output of
‘gcc -v’, which leads to this unintended retention.

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??? wrote on 8 Feb 2023 08:13
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)(address . 57677@debbugs.gnu.org)
87h6vwfx3w.fsf@envs.net
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

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> So the root cause is that GIMP’s build process captures the output of
> ‘gcc -v’, which leads to this unintended retention.

I sent a patch to fix reference from 'gcc -v', but gcc is still here via
exiv2->gcc:

rg -a /gnu/store/069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg-gcc-10.3.0 $(guix build exiv2)

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bin/iptcprint:^@^@^@std::auto_ptr< <template-parameter-1-1> >::element_type* std::auto_ptr< <template-parameter-1-1> >::operator->() const [with _T
p = Exiv2::Image; std::auto_ptr< <template-parameter-1-1>>::element_type =
Exiv2::Image]^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@/gnu/store/069aq2v993kpc41yabp5b6vm4wb9jkhg-gcc-10.3.0/include/c++/backward/auto_ptr.h^@^@%s:%d:
%s: Assertion '%s' failed.
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??? wrote on 23 Mar 12:27 +0100
(address . 57677-done@debbugs.gnu.org)
871q81dw79.fsf@envs.net
Fixed in commit b099e5e98033, forgot to close.
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