gcc 4.8.1 made it to Debian Sid

[eles]

On Wednesday, 10 July 2013 at 12:58:41 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 10 July 2013 13:14, eles <eles at eles.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 10 July 2013 at 12:03:06 UTC, eles wrote:
>> Quick and unportable (Linux-only) drop-in replacement:
>>
>
> Christ on a bike.  What's wrong with:
>
> import std.file;
> import std.process : environment;
>
> auto binpaths = environment.get("PATH");
>
> foreach (path; binpaths.split(<delimiter>)
> {
>     auto exe = path ~ <dirsep> ~ "gdc";
>     if (exists (exe)) {
>       // found
>     }
> }

Almost nothing (just a bracket). So, to make Teoh's life easier:

diff --git a/gdmd.d b/gdmd.d
index 6607ce2..12c610f 100644
--- a/gdmd.d
+++ b/gdmd.d
@@ -141,13 +141,19 @@ string findScriptPath(string argv0)
  /**
   * Finds GDC.
   */
-string findGDC(string argv0)
+string findGDC()
  {
-    // FIXME: this does not work 100% of the time.
-    auto c = match(baseName(argv0), 
`^(.*-)?g?dmd(-.*)?$`).captures;
-    auto targetPrefix = c[1];
-    auto gdcDir = absolutePath(dirName(argv0));
-    return buildNormalizedPath(gdcDir, targetPrefix ~ "gdc" ~ 
c[2]);
+       auto binpaths = environment.get("PATH");
+
+       foreach (path; binpaths.split(pathSeparator))
+       {
+          auto exe = path ~ dirSeparator ~ "gdc";
+          if (exists (exe)) {
+            return exe;
+          }
+       }
+
+       return "";
  }

  /**
@@ -262,7 +268,7 @@ Config init(string[] args)
  {
      auto cfg = new Config();
      cfg.scriptPath = findScriptPath(args[0]);
-    cfg.gdc = findGDC(args[0]);
+    cfg.gdc = findGDC();
      cfg.linker = cfg.gdc;

      readDmdConf(cfg);