[Discuss] really odd GCC bug? under Ubuntu

[invalid at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 08:16:26PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> > NO, IT IS NOT.  If the files were not there, he would STILL get a 
> > permission denied after chmod 0.  This conforms exactly to what I 
> > said.
> 
> Irrelevant. What Bill was expecting was "file not found" which GCC
> passes over for optional include and library directories. What he got
> was the unexpected "permission denied" error and GCC failing.

It's not irrelevant because the very point was that the technical
explanation you gave was wrong.  And it was.  You're a smart guy and
your technical explanations are usually excellent, and people expect
that from you.  But sometimes you say stuff that's out of left field
(which we all do), and you say it perfectly matter-of-factly, without
leaving any room for uncertainty (as, from time to time, probably most
of us do--I know I certainly have).  So I think when you do, you
should be called on it.  This is a case of that.

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